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A bed of daffodils blooms at the U.S. 101 Deer Park Rest Area on Tuesday as spring gets into full swing on the North Olympic Peninsula. As the days get longer and temperatures moderate, a wide variety of flowers and other plants are coming into blossom as nature wakes from winter slumber.

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Hello, yellow in Port Angeles

A bed of daffodils blooms at the U.S. 101 Deer Park Rest Area on Tuesday as spring gets…

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Battle of the Books award goes to Five Acre School

Fourth graders finish reading competition

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ISSUES OF FAITH: Time to change gears

ONE SONG I just love from my past (my ever increasing past, as it turns out, against all…

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Cavin Vernwald of Port Angeles walks down Lincoln Street in a suit of armor on Wednesday in Port Angeles. Vernwald said  the suit was a hobby and decided that he would run errands while wearing it.

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Well protected in Port Angeles

Cavin Vernwald of Port Angeles walks down Lincoln Street in a suit of armor on Wednesday in Port…

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Rally in the Alley set for Saturday

SEQUIM — There will be a “Rally in the Alley” from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., or until…

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Vietnam vet ceremony set Wednesday

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Veterans Association and the Michael Trebert Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution…

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Volunter Janis Burger of Port Angeles, left, plants American dune grass as Allyce Miller, revetation manage for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, looks on during a planting session at a newly-restored section of beach on Ediz Hook in Port Angeles on Thursday. Nearly a dozen volunteers added their efforts to replant native grasses and other beach vegetation through a joint project of the tribe and the Clallam Conservation District.

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Beach planting in Port Angeles

Volunteer Janis Burger of Port Angeles, left, plants American dune grass as Allyce Miller, revegetation manager for the…

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Peninsula Junior Rodeo competitors Lillian Bond and Jasper practice Breakaway Roping (meaning she releases the rope after she throws the loop around the steer’s head instead it staying attached to her saddle horn and backing up to keep a tight connection between horse and steer)) using a “dummy” steer pulled by a Quad driven by her mom Jennifer Bond.

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HORSEPLAY: Kids come join PJRA; learn the ropes, riding

CALLING ALL BUCKAROOS, cowboys and cowgirls! It’s time to saddle up and join our local Peninsula Junior Rodeo…

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A GROWING CONCERN: Take some time to mulch things over

I’VE BEEN THINKING about all the spring jobs to be done and realizing it is now spring, let’s…

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Curtains of red and green peek out from behind a bank of clouds as the aurora borealis illuminates the sky north of Port Angeles on Thursday evening. Otherwise known as the northern lights, the aurora was the result of a severe, G4-category geomagnetic storm in the Earth's atmosphere triggered by charged particles emanating from the Sun. Auroras were widely visible Thursday across Canada and northern portions of the United States. Forecasts say they might be visible tonight.

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Northern lights over Peninsula

Curtains of red and green peek out from behind a bank of clouds as the aurora borealis illuminates…

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Squatchcon offers comics, cosplay

Homegrown comic professionals to speak, offer student mentorship

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Holden evening prayer service slated

PORT ANGELES — There is a Holden evening prayer service at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith

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Service set for Unity in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Julian of Norwich’s Seven Lessons” at 11 a.m. Sunday

Timothy West

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Speaker scheduled for Sunday program

PORT ANGELES — Timothy West will present “Look What Love Can Do: Celebrating a Wellspring of Joy!” at…

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Christian Hoy of Port Angeles practices riding his new unicycle against a backdrop of wind turbine spires at Pebble Beach Park on the Port Angeles waterfront on Tuesday. Hoy said he had previously mastered the use of a motoriszed unicycle and decided he wanted to learn to ride a a pedal-powered one, and the circular paths at the park were perfect for the task.

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Breezy rider in Port Angeles

Christian Hoy of Port Angeles practices riding his new unicycle against a backdrop of wind turbine spires at…

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End of life program offered

PORT ANGELES — Volunteers from End of Life Washington will present “End of Life Ready” from 3 p.m.…

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Running Start information nights at campuses, online

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College is hosting a Running Start information night for students and parents at 5:30…

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Free dance workshops being held this week

PORT ANGELES — “Movement for People Who Don’t Consider Themselves Dancers,” a free workshop with teacher Bill Evans,…

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Abilene Christian dean’s list set

ABILENE, Texas — Riley Pyeatt, of Sequim, was named to the fall 2022 dean’s list at Abilene Christian…

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Mason Wilcox-Olton, 8, of Port Angeles casts a shadow on a high-banked curve at the Port Angeles Pump Track at Erickson Playfield on Wednesday. The track, the largest of its type in the Northwest, caters to a wide variety of wheeled conveyances and the first in the country to have an adaptive track element.

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Pump track tricks in Port Angeles

Mason Wilcox-Olton, 8, of Port Angeles casts a shadow on a high-banked curve at the Port Angeles Pump…