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Sica Schmitz

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From Sequim to Hollywood: Costumer to the stars

PORT TOWNSEND — As a Hollywood costumer, Sica Schmitz has seen plenty: glamorous movie premieres, demanding directors, stars…

PENINSULA PROFILE: Instructor heats Port Angeles with passion for salsa

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PENINSULA PROFILE: Instructor heats Port Angeles with passion for salsa

Paul Kelly always did feel like dancing. Salsa, that blend of African, European and Latin rhythms, appealed to…

WEEKEND: The Paperboys return with rhythmic news

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WEEKEND: The Paperboys return with rhythmic news

PORT ANGELES — Revved reggae, Irish jigs, Latin beats, full-on rock ’n’ roll: The Paperboys are delivering their…

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WEEKEND: Youths to venture to ‘Looking Glass Land’

PORT ANGELES — There’s been a lot of drama this summer at the Clallam County YMCA, and it’s…

IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Los Lobos to prowl into Port Townsend on Sunday

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IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Los Lobos to prowl into Port Townsend on Sunday

PORT TOWNSEND — Listen and hear the living, rocking, twangin’ proof: Music transcends time and difference. This true…

Kilmer, Driscoll will face off for Congress in November

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Kilmer, Driscoll will face off for Congress in November

PORT ANGELES — Democrat Derek Kilmer held a commanding lead Tuesday night in the race to represent the…

Kilmer, Driscoll will face off for Congress in November

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Kilmer, Driscoll will face off for Congress in November

PORT ANGELES — Democrat Derek Kilmer held a commanding lead Tuesday night in the race to represent the…

Faith Junker

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PENINSULA PROFILE: Mother helps children heal from traumatic beginnings

PORT ANGELES — Tiffany Sudela-Junker has a 13-year-old daughter: a blue-eyed blond girl who, after joining her new…

IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Not just any old summertime blues

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IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Not just any old summertime blues

PORT TOWNSEND — Ultimately, the blues is an optimistic music. It’s about moving through life, dancing sometimes, and…

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WEEKEND: ‘Chocolate Confessions’ tastes life’s many flavors

SEQUIM — She’s an authority on chocolate: its history, its flavors . . . and its powers. And…

“Dungeness Homecoming

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WEEKEND: Demonstrations, crafts part of Art in the Park

SEQUIM — Feel like a walk in the woods or a visit to an art gallery? You can…

Berkeley

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Key City Cabaret wraps this Sunday

PORT TOWNSEND — When George Rezendes said come to the cabaret, people listened. And this weekend, the guitarist…

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Children’s musical show coming to Port Angeles, Sequim

Recess Monkey, a “kindie” band on a nationwide tour, is bringing its children’s musical comedy show to the…

Jaden Rockwell

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Youthful exuberance fills Dungeness showcase

DUNGENESS — The striking thing about this Broadway-style show was its theme, danced and demonstrated, that a stage…

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PENINSULA PROFILE: Man uses boat building, fishing to help veterans, others recover from pain

PORT ANGELES ­— There’s the pretty award. And then there is a long-lasting reward. Both came to Bill…

“My Own Two Wheels

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‘Bike relief’ on gear at Port Angeles shop, college

PORT ANGELES — For people around the world, a bike means freedom. It means pedaling into a brand-new…

“This Imaginary Something” by Amy Weber

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Art, natural world to grace park for festival of displays

SEQUIM — Your eyes have an appetite for art, but you’re not inclined to spend too much time…

This image of Richard Kobayashi is among the pictures taken by famed photographer Ansel Adams of Japanese-Americans at Manzanar internment camp in California in the 1940s. An exhibit called "Ansel Adams: A Portrait of Manzanar" is on display at the Jefferson Museum of Art & History through Aug. 18. Ansel Adams

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Port Townsend museum opens Ansel Adams display today

PORT TOWNSEND — Pictures of one of the nation’s darkest moments, captured by a famous photographer, are part…

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WEEKEND: Tour gives look at what makes Port Angeles businesses run

PORT ANGELES — For the first time, downtown Port Angeles will entice people behind the scenes of several…

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Film on autism attitudes to screen Sunday

PORT TOWNSEND — A one-time benefit screening of “Wretches & Jabberers,” a movie about two men with autism…