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Ken Balcomb, senior scientist at the Center for Whale Research (CWR), talks about the declining population of endangered orcas that frequent Washington state waters during a news conference on Oct. 28, 2016, in Seattle. Balcomb, a pioneering whale researcher who devoted the past five decades to studying the Pacific Northwest’s charismatic and endangered orcas, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, according to the organization he founded. He was 82. (Elaine Thompson/The Associated Press)

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Ken Balcomb, researcher who championed orcas, dies at 82

SEATTLE — Ken Balcomb, a researcher who spent nearly five decades studying the Pacific Northwest’s charismatic and endangered…

In honor of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, about 75 people paraded up Harrison Street in Port Townsend toward St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church on Monday afternoon. The police-escorted procession marked the day on which Roman Catholics believe the Virgin Mary appeared to Juan Diego, an indigenous man, in 1531. Mary, known as Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico, is the patron saint of that country and “the Mother of us all,” according to a handout at the parish. St. Mary Star of the Sea, the only Catholic church in Jefferson County, celebrates Sunday masses in Spanish and in English. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

In honor of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, about 75 people paraded up Harrison Street in…

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Should the United States approve the Patriot missile battery for use in Ukraine?

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Brian King, the chief criminal deputy for the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, is among more than 100 volunteers from a dozen agencies to participate in the Shop with a Hero program at Wal-Mart in Port Angeles. About 80 kids from the community got to go on a shopping spree with law enforcement officers from Port Angeles, Sequim and other agencies and spend $100 however they wished. They also had a chance to take photos with Santa, sip on hot chocolate, decorate cookies and see police vehicles up close. (Jesse Major/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Shop with a Hero

Brian King, the chief criminal deputy for the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, is among more than 100 volunteers…

Featured soloist Stephen Schermer smiles at the audience during Saturday’s public dress rehearsal with the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra, which brings musicians from across and beyond the North Olympic Peninsula to the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center. The symphony celebrated its 90th anniversary over the weekend with the world premiere of the specially commissioned Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra by Seattle composer Sarah L. Bassingthwaighte. (Diane Urbani de la Paz for Peninsula Daily News)

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World premiere

Featured soloist Stephen Schermer smiles at the audience during Saturday’s public dress rehearsal with the Port Angeles Symphony…

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High school culinary program going mobile

Food truck will be learning lab for students

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CVS and Walgreens have agreed to $10 billion in opioid settlements. Is that sufficient to cover the impacts of the opioid crisis?

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Washington State head coach Mike Leach, right, speaks with quarterback Anthony Gordon (18) during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Stanford in Pullman, Wash., Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Young Kwak)

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WASHINGTON STATE FOOTBALL: Former coach Mike Leach dies

Gruff, pioneering and unfiltered, Mike Leach was one of the most influential football coaches of this or any…

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New on-demand Clallam Transit service starts today

Riders can download an app for a ride

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YMCA, Port Townsend School District lease signing delayed

PORT TOWNSEND — The signing of a lease between the Olympic Peninsula YMCA and the Port Townsend School…

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East Jefferson Fire District board to consider levy lid lift

Special meeting, hearing on Tuesday

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NASA’s Orion capsule has returned to earth from the moon. Will you follow the next manned mission in 2024?

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Sen. Krysten Sinema of Arizona has registered as an Independent instead of a Democrat. Will that impact the Democrats’ slim lead in the U.S. Senate?

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A GROWING CONCERN: Make your chore list and check it twice

SO ALTHOUGH IT is indeed December, it is not winter yet. Winter begins here on the Olympic Peninsula…

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Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

PORT ANGELES — Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show…

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Sophia McKee, owner of Rainier Reindeer Ranch in Buckley, directs the nose of Bunny, an 8-year-old reindeer, to the raisin treat offered by a young girl during the first Magic of Christmas event that opened on Thursday night at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 4907 Landes St., Port Townsend. Although reindeers were onsite only for opening night, a myriad of free activities are planned from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. through Tuesday, with special events planned on Christmas Eve. For more information, see https://jeffcofairgrounds.com/.

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Making deer friends in Port Townsend

Sophia McKee, owner of Rainier Reindeer Ranch in Buckley, directs the nose of Bunny, an 8-year-old reindeer, to…

Soprano Renee Fleming appears in the Metropolitan Opera's "The Hours," the new production to be simulcast live at Port Angeles' Naval Elks Ballroom this Saturday. photo courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera Photo: Kevin Puts, Composer & Greg Pierce, Libretto THE HOURS Renée Fleming, Kelli O’Hara & Joyce DiDonato Phelim McDermott, Director; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor Met Orchestra and Chorus Dress Rehearsals photographed: Sunday, November 6, 2022 at The Metropolitan Opera; New York, NY. Photograph: © 2022 Richard Termine PHOTO CREDIT - RICHARD TERMINE

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New York City to Port Angeles: Opera to premiere Saturday morning

By Diane Urbani de la Paz

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Program to benefit businesses and students

Grant of $1.3 million supports three-county effort

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Sean Bunting, red hat, and David Molotsky, blue hat, both teachers in the Ocean K-12 program, a partnership program between the Northwest Maritime Center and the Port Townsend School District, instructs the Bravo Team class in the benefits of eel grass during a session at the beach on eh Port Townsend Boat Haven on Thursday. The team would normally be out in a long boat but had to stay ashore because of small craft warnings.

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Ocean lessons at Port Townsend Boat Haven

Sean Bunting, red hat, and David Molotsky, blue hat, both teachers in the Ocean K-12 program, a partnership…

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ISSUES OF FAITH: When boys become bishop

BEFORE I GET to a specific instance of turn around and fair play, that of the medieval Boy…