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Bill Evans will perform at a farewell recital, “Bill Evans 85!” on Thursday. (Jim Dusen)

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Bill Evans to present farewell performance

PORT TOWNSEND — Bill Evans will present a farewell performance “Bill Evans 85!” at 7 p.m. Thursday.

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Moonfest music festival to open Friday

QUILCENE — Sahara Calling will perform at 5 p.m. Friday to open Moonfest 2025.

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Uptown Street Fair set Saturday in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The Uptown Street Fair will return to Port Townsend from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.…

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Artists to show work during first Port Angeles Studio Tour

PORT ANGELES — The inaugural Port Angeles Studio Tour will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.…

Violinist Ray Chen will be featured at the Olympic Music Festival at Fort Worden State Park this weekend.

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Olympic Music Festival fellows to host concert this weekend

PORT TOWNSEND — The Olympic Music Festival will continue its summer season with concerts at 2 p.m. Saturday…

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Cellist, pianist to host benefit concert in Port Ludlow

PORT LUDLOW — Pamela Roberts and Sung-Ling Hsu will present “Music for a Better World” at 1 p.m.…

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Victims of Love to wrap Olympic Cellars summer concert series

PORT ANGELES — Victims of Love will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday to finish up the summer series…

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Concert to benefit nonprofit Olympic Angels

PORT HADLOCK — BellaJack will perform a benefit concert at 1 p.m. Sunday.

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Cellist to perform concerts across Peninsula

Ian Maksin will perform several concerts across the Peninsula during his summer tour.

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Tickets on sale for annual Empty Bowls fundraiser

PORT ANGELES — Tickets are on sale for the Port Angeles Food Bank’s fourth Empty Bowls fundraiser set…

A surveillance and patrol helicopter operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security lands at Saturday’s Unity of Effort festival of military, law enforcement and first responders in Sequim. The event, hosted by Security Services Northwest, featured a variety of military equipment, law enforcement and public safety displays, food, music and other activities as well as a helicopter fly-in. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Honoring first responders

A surveillance and patrol helicopter operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security lands at Saturday’s Unity of…

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Board considers selling property

Transit hub would increase access, agency says

If negotiations between Sequim School District staff and The Wenaha Group are finalized, the firm will lead construction management of the voter-approved bond projects, such as building a new Helen Haller Elementary School, a new wing at Sequim High School along with construction of the Career Technical Education building. (Sequim School District)

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Sequim schools narrow choices

District negotiating on its bond projects

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Gary Young’s innovative approach to surfboard building led him to use the same concept for constructing a tiny home that he intends to ship to Hawaii, allowing him to split his time between there and Sequim. He relocated to the Pacific Northwest in 2018 after he lost his home and workshop in the Kilauea lava flow.

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Surf board builder crafting ultralight tiny home

Innovative structures could help with housing crisis, he says

Tammy Blessing holds up her cell phone through which she is communicating with her daughter, Taylor White. She and her husband Cassidy Blessing (behind her) shop for a new pair of school shoes for Taylor with a gift card provided by H.U.M.A.N., a new Sequim nonprofit created by Cassidy’s former bosses, Darrin and Alicia Liggins. (Jacques Star/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Nonprofit provides students with shoes for school

Shopping event provides 25 kids with $100 gift cards

The pink salmon were running close enough to shore to attract at least dozen anglers to the beach at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend on Friday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Pinks are running

The pink salmon were running close enough to shore to attract at least dozen anglers to the beach…

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Marine Area 6 closes Monday to salmon fishing until Saturday

OLYMPIA — All salmon fishing in the eastern part of the Strait of Juan de Fuca closes temporarily…

Abby Dugle of Sebastopol, Calif., holds Marvin, a Eurasian eagle owl, during a Raptor Experience at the Jefferson County Fair on Friday. Dugle paid $50 for the experience of holding the raptor that is used as a stand-in for great horned owls due to their resemblance. Dugle described the experience as “wonderful and exciting.” The Raptor Experience will be showing other raptors today and Sunday during the fair. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Raptor Experience

Abby Dugle of Sebastopol, Calif., holds Marvin, a Eurasian eagle owl, during a Raptor Experience at the Jefferson…

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Peninsula food banks bracing for SNAP cuts

Demand could outpace supply, executive director says

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Port Angeles school board reviews renaming Stevens

Discussion, decision expected in September