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AmeriCorps service members Suzy Elbow, left, and Maggie Baker are debuting their springtime interpretive programs this Saturday at Fort Worden State Park. The pair will set up a “Wind: Nature’s Biggest Fan” exhibit near the beach in the morning and host an art-in-the-park activity beside a madrona tree in the afternoon. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Fort Worden to host interpretive programs

Beach activities usher in spring with AmeriCorps

Keltoi -- from left, Cameron St. Louis, Vienna Scheyer, Bill Woods, David Rivers and Rich Hill -- will bring their Celtic music to Port Townsend's Quimper Grange Hall this Saturday night. photo courtesy of Keltoi

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Sailboat regatta, music, art await this weekend

Live music — from Celtic to classical, blues to rock’n’roll — will flow freely this weekend on the…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County CEO Colleen Robinson, left, talks with Julie Maron, the organization's family resource manager, on the porch of a completed Habitat house on Maloney Court in Port Angeles on Thursday.

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Million-dollar donation made to local Habitat

All Peninsula will benefit from gift to Clallam, official says

Susan Willis of Port Townsend, a relatively new pickleball player, takes command of her side of the court Tuesday evening. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Pickleballers poised to raise money, expand sport

‘Not just a game,’ enthusiasts tell city council

4-H Club member Fern Knobel wrote the theme for the Clallam County Fair, which will return this summer after being on hold for two years.

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Clallam County Fair to return in August

‘Welcome back’ concert planned after two-year break

An aerial overview of the slide area shows state Highway 112 at left and a private service road at right. The state Department of Transportation reopened Highway 112 to two-way traffic, although a second slide area still requires about eight weeks of work. (State Department of Transportation)

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State Highway 112 reopens to two-way traffic

Massive slide cleared, repairs made during months of work

Pastor Joey Olsen blesses the 19th-century bell at Trinity United Methodist Church in February. (Courtesy photo)

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Once-silent church bell revived in at Trinity United

After past 20 years, historic fixture calls worshipers to services

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Jefferson County mulling housing dollars

Project could help Habitat for Humanity plans

Matt Cooper and daughter Molly, 6, attach their wish slips Sunday afternoon onto the Port Townsend Library’s wishtree, which will be accepting wishes through March 31. The biodegradable, seed-impregnated slips are available inside the library, which is open Tuesdays through Sundays. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port Townsend Library welcomes wishful thinkers

Seeds may bloom into wildflowers later this summer

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Sports betting open by Aug. 1

Must be on site at 7 Cedars Casino

Dr. Allison Berry gave an online presentation to the Chamber of Jefferson County. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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Berry: Case rates down now

We can relax at this point, but be prepared for future

terry ward

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Publisher outlines mail delivery change

New system to begin March 28

xAt the Recovery Cafe in Port Townsend, Nordland Garden Club members -- from left, Alice Tibbals, Sandy Haynes and Leslie Watkins -- established a new patio garden earlier this month. Its vegetables and berries will go into the free meals prepared in the cafe kitchen. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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Recovery Cafe feeds body and soul

Haven adds kitchen garden on patio

Gold Star mother Betsy Reed Schultz, executive director of the Captain Joseph House in Port Angeles, sits in a bedroom of the soon-to-open respite facility for military families who have lost loved ones in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Open house set for Gold Star Family center

Speakers, tours planned Sunday for facility unique in nation

Tony Raynor.

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West End timber mills waking up

Economy rising as second site is sold in past month

The Sweater Weather Stringband -- from left, Adam Amr, Joey Gish, Richard Vinh, Will Jevne, Collin Macivinchey and Colin Schmidt -- will step up to play at Port Angeles' New Moon Craft Tavern tonight. (photo courtesy Sweater Weather Stringband)

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Arts bloom as spring begins

Winter officially turns to spring this weekend, as musicians, artists and storytellers of many stripes will share their…

Jenniemae Hillyard, an organizer of the 11th annual Plant and Seed Exchange in Port Townsend, encourages gardeners to bring seeds, plant starts, bulbs and bare roots to the event Sunday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Gardeners to exchange plants, seeds, knowledge

Sunday event open to public at Shy Acre Farm

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group American Red Cross volunteers based in the Carlsborg office, from left, Don Zanon, Jean Pratschner, and Mary Ann Dangman say their volunteer numbers depleted during the COVID-19 pandemic, but they find there are many ways to reengage the volunteer group, including fire prevention, disaster preparation and connecting military families.

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Red Cross seeks new volunteers to help community in disasters

Numbers depleted during pandemic as crises rose

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Peninsula's Millie Long, right, drives past the defense of Shoreline's Symone Pease during Wednesday's season finale in Port Angeles. Long sprained her ankle in this game and the Pirates hope to have her back for the NWAC tournament that begins Saturday.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Favorable NWAC draws for the Peninsula Pirates men, women

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College men’s basketball team can expect to see some familiar opponents at the…

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Clallam County Fire District 3 firefighters meet with Gregg Vella weeks after rescuing him from a house fire. Pictured from, left, are firefighter/EMT Jaisal White; firefighter/paramedic Len Horst; Capt. Stef Anderson; firefighter/paramedic Chase Laubach; Capt. Kjel Skov; Vella; firefighter/paramedic Mark Mullvain; Capt. Joel McKeen; firefighter/EMT Jared Romberg; firefighter/paramedic Casey Sires; firefighter/paramedic Jack Hueter.

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Man meets rescuers who pulled him from blaze

Crew says incident likely only happens once in a career