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Pictured, left to right, are Maria Catuira, Sarah Hoagland, Elin Seever and Julie Hatch.

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Holiday food drive, diaper drive ongoing in Port Angeles area

PORT ANGELES — Kitsap Bank is conducting a holiday food drive for the Port Angeles Food Bank.

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Tribal storytelling event to take place virtually

PORT ANGELES — Quinault Storyteller Harvest Moon and Quileute Elder Sharon Pullen will share stories from their tribal…

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A GROWING CONCERN: ‘Tis the season to plant winter wonders

With the advent of December; winter is but 19 days away (Dec. 21).

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Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe gets grant to digitize collections

BLYN — The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe has received a $14,536 grant from the Office of the Secretary of…

Harpist David Michael will present “Concert for Peace” at 3 p.m. Sunday.

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Holiday concert set for Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Harpist David Michael will present “Concert for Peace” at 3 p.m. Sunday.

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Sequim revives its Christmas Chorus

Community performances set this weekend

Isaac Smith, who lived his 12 years in Sequim, enjoyed Wednesday morning birdwalks at the Dungeness River Nature Center. After he died in a vehicle collision in 2010, his mother wanted to do something to honor him. A new partnership between Isaac’s family, the Dungeness River Nature Center and Wild Birds Unlimited has resulted in 14 new Vortex binoculars that are available for checkout at the river center. (Teresa Smith)

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Donation gives 14 binoculars to Dungeness River Nature Center

Memorial is for 12-year-old boy

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Olympic Driftwood sculptors set show

SEQUIM — The Olympic Driftwood Sculptors will showcase works from several of its 45 members during the First…

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A GROWING CONCERN: For every season, there is a plant

WELL, THANKSGIVING HAS come and gone, and hopefully so has all the leftover turkey!

Singers, from left, Abbigail Cuellar, 16, Danielle Lorentzen of Ghostlight Productions, Kaylyn Stroup, 15, and Max MacFall, 15, perform a Christmas carol during Wednesday evening’s opening ceremony for the 33rd annual Festival of Trees at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Tickets are available for Festival of Trees

Senior breakfast, gala and family days also part of annual event

Volunteer Merry Svenson of Port Angeles carries plates of turkey and fixings to be served to hungry visitors during Wednesday’s annual pre-Thanksgiving lunch at the Salvation Army Social Service Center in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Salvation Army offers meal on Thanksgiving Eve

Additional free community fests to be offered today

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Free public Thanksgiving feasts offered on Peninsula

First meal set today in Port Angeles

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Conservation district hosting annual plant sale

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam Conservation District is taking orders for its annual native plant sale.

Betsy Reed Schultz (far left), founder of Captain Joseph House, gets a look at a carved bear donated by Bret Wirta’s Black Bear Diner and Holiday Inn & Suites last week at the Port Angeles facility. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Carved bear added to Captain Joseph House grounds

Gold Star families can find respite at Port Angeles facility

Ocean Sains of Port Angeles, then in fourth grade, was among the younger recipients of Music on the Strait’s 2022 Alice Rapasky scholarships. (Music on the Strait)

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Music scholarship applications open

PORT ANGELES — Young musicians who are taking part in their schools’ strings programs are invited to apply…

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A GROWING CONCERN: Get creative with outdoor lighting

HERE WE ARE, a few days away from the beginning of the “holiday season” and with a new…

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A GROWING CONCERN: Make your evergreens a cut above the rest

OKAY, I PUSHED you last week to decorate your garden with evergreen displays — but how do you…

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Cutline: Paradigm Sporthorse Training owner Rebecca Cushman with Carcare, one of  11 horses she’s rescued from the war zones in Ukraine. The 17.1 hand Warmblood gelding with level 2 FEI training has gained about 200 pounds since his arrival in August. She said, “He’s  a well-trained and willing horse who loves to give hugs.”

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HORSEPLAY: Port Townsend trainer rescues horses in Ukraine from war

“IT WAS TERRIFYING,” Rebecca Cushman said of her first-time wiring thousands of dollars in purchase and transport fees…

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Friends, family and Roughrider fans line Race Street in front of Port Angeles Civic Field as a bus carrying the Port Angeles High School football team heads for Tumwater for Friday's state playoff opener. The Roughriders were on their first trip to state in more than a decade to play No. 1-seeded Tumwater High School. Dozens of people took part in the team sead-off.

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Roughriders sendoff

Friends, family and Roughrider fans line Race Street in front of Port Angeles Civic Field as a bus…

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Tickets on sale for Festival of Trees

PORT ANGELES — Tickets are now on sale for the Festival of Trees, highlighted by the Gala on…