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First Fed Foundation helps fund Patient Navigator Program

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Medical Center Foundation has received a $35,000 grant from the First Fed Foundation,…

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A GROWING CONCERN: For the best season, add a pinch

MID-JULY — IT IS the calm before the storm. Your flowers all seem to be growing so well.…

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Tom Rooney of Seattle, left, and Marie Cazanave of Montreal, Quebec ride their bicycles over a 201-foot long footbridge spanning a small creek on Thursday at Sequim Bay State Park east of Sequim. The pair were on a bicycle camping excursion along the Olympic Discovery Trail.

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Biking on bridge in Sequim

Tom Rooney of Seattle, left, and Marie Cazanave of Montreal, Quebec, ride their bicycles over a 201-foot footbridge…

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New Sunset Speaker Series set at Dungeness River Nature Center

Experts to begin presentations this Saturday

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Parent to Parent meetups planned in Clallam County

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Parent to Parent will host two meetups to introduce Shelby Bell, its new…

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Weekly deadheading and disbudding will not only give you a long lasting supply of cut flowers, it will also give you amazing color in the garden. The results pictured are after just one week of work.

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A GROWING CONCERN: Take time to smell, and prune, the roses

THIS YEAR HAS been just spectacular for roses! My very first job in the greenhouse, at age 4,…

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Book discussions begin today

The North Olympic Library System’s Second Saturday Book Discussion Groups begin today.

Jefferson County Master Gardener Candice Gohn will offer tips on growing flowers in Port Angeles on Thursday.

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Flower farmer to offer tips, tricks

PORT ANGELES — “Tips &Tricks from a Flower Farmer” will be presented from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday.

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Bob Cain, far right, offers advice to participants at the June 10 Second Saturday Garden Walk. He will be among those teaching at the garden walk on Saturday.

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Second Saturday Garden Walk set in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Master Gardeners Jan Bartron, Bob Cain, Laurel Moulton and Audreen Williams will discuss how to…

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WAG to host open house at Halfway Home Ranch

SEQUIM — Welfare for Animals Guild plans two open houses for the public, with the first set for…

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First Friday Art Walk in lavender hues

SEQUIM — The color theme for this month’s First Friday Art Walk is purple — the color of…

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Hospice volunteer orientation planned

PORT ANGELES — Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County will conduct both an online orientation and an in-person sessions…

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NOLT renews accreditation with national commission

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Land Trust announced earlier this year it successfully renewed its land trust…

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Betty Bellet, front, accompanied by Ron Murphy, both of Port Angeles, pick blackberries near the Olympic Discovery Trail near Lower Elwha Road. The pair said that blackberrys are still not quite in season in most locations, but the discovery of area of pickable berries was worth a picking excursion.

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Berry picking near Olympic Discovery Trail

Betty Bellet, front, accompanied by Ron Murphy, both of Port Angeles, pick blackberries near the Olympic Discovery Trail…

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A GROWING CONCERN: Summer chores, summer tips for gorgeous gardens

JULY IS OFFICIALLY here! It is now the beginning of mid-early summer.

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Evensong service scheduled Sunday for Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Katy Taylor will provide music for an Evensong service from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.…

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Dungeness River Nature Center visitors, from left, Chris McDonald of Port Angeles, Tram Pham of Huntington Beach, Calif., and Paul McDonald of Redmond examine a relief map display of the Dungeness River Watershed on Wednesday in Sequim. The center at Railroad Bridge Park offers a variety of displays and exhibits showcasing the nature and geography of the Dungeness River Valley.

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Visiting Dungeness River Nature Center

Dungeness River Nature Center visitors, from left, Chris McDonald of Port Angeles, Tram Pham of Huntington Beach, Calif.,…

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Camera group’s exhibit opens today

SEQUIM — Olympic Peaks Camera Club’s newest exhibit, “A Photographic Journey 11,” opens today.

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Cougar lecture scheduled

MARROWSTONE ISLAND — Nickoli Kallman will present “Cougar and Bear Conflict Management and Prevention” at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

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Radio operator Chris Icide of Joyce, who uses the call sign WY7W, talks to other radio stations while broadcasting from a tent on Saturday at the Clallam County Fairgrounds in Port Angeles as part of Field Day, an international competition where partcipants attempt to log as many contacts across the United States and Canada as possible in a 24-hour period. The North Amerian event was coordinated nationally by the American Radio Relay League and hosted locally by the Clallam County Amateur Radio Club.

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Field Day held in Clallam County

Radio operator Chris Icide of Joyce, who uses the call sign WY7W, talks to other radio stations while…