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Chimacum School District has lined the fence outside of the school along Rhody Drive with banners honoring its 2021 graduating class. Public high schools across the North Olympic Peninsula are conducting their graduation ceremonies this weekend. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

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Jefferson County high school graduations this weekend

Ceremonies to be less restrictive than ones for last year

Sequim High School principal Shawn Langston (foreground, left) and photography teacher Jim Heintz look on at an SHS graduation rehearsal on Jan 9. An estimated 187 seniors will graduate at the school’s commencement ceremony on Friday. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Clallam County high school graduations this weekend

Ceremonies less restrictive than in 2020

Five teenage students at the Ballet Workshop in Port Angeles are headed for summer training programs, reported Kate Robbins, BW’s artistic director. From left are Amelia Brown, 13, Isabella Knott, 17, Caitlynn Donaldson, 17, Ava Johnson, 15, and Daphne Oakes, 13. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Life

Five teens accepted to summer intensives

Youth stars to leave this month for training programs

Jefferson Community Foundation CEO Siobhan Canty. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Jefferson Community Foundation offers grants for art, culture

Emphasis on pandemic recovery

Delores Hagerman, 83, of Port Ludlow will benefit from a trust fund created for asbestos poisoning victims, such as her late husband Ken, derived from insulation made by Owens-Illinois Inc between 1948 and 1958. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

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Peninsula widow beneficiary of asbestos-illness fund

Deceased husband had served on settlement panel

Left to right, Port Angeles City Council candidates Jena Stamper, Jason Thompson and Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin receive election forum format information from moderator Andrew May. (Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News)

Politics

Social issues top Port Angeles City Council race agenda

Homelessness, housing debated during forum

Tom Ferrell.

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Sequim city manager search opens through July 2

Council agrees to candidate profile

This Asian giant hornet was found with a nest during a 2020 tree removal. (Karla Salp/State Department of Agriculture)

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Murder hornets to be counted

Traps to be set to see if invasive bugs on Peninsula

Blues Is a Woman, one of the bands in the Juan de Fuca Foundation Season Concerts series, features, from left, Pamela Rose, Pat Wilder, Daria Johnson and Kristen Strom. photo courtesy Blues Is a Woman

Arts & Entertainment

JFFA Season Concerts announced

Eight shows, flex pass offered

David Scott Johnson

Crime & Justice

Crash suspect’s bail set at $1 million

Man incoherent at hearing

Shaelee Evans of Goodness Tea, an herb farm based in Sequim, is among the vendors at farmers markets in Sequim and Chimacum. The Chimacum market opens for the season this Sunday. (Photo courtesy of Whaleheart Productions)

Arts & Entertainment

Chimacum Farmers Market opens Sunday

Fifteen vendors to start season

Linda Ward of Port Townsend is among several solo participants in the Seventy48, the 70-mile, human-powered boat race starting tonight in Tacoma. This will be her first time as a solo participant with her Winged Maas Aero rowing shell. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Racers of all stripes poised to challenge sea

‘Everyday heroes’ propel craft from Tacoma to Port Townsend

Youngsters accompanied by a pair of pace runners take off down the Waterfront Trail portion of the Olympic Discovery Trail from Port Angeles City Pier during the 2019 North Olympic Discovery Marathon Kid's Marathon. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Sports

NORTH OLYMPIC DISCOVERY MARATHON: Modified slightly, marathon and related events hit the trails

More than 1,500 expected to participate this weekend

Port Angeles amputee Dana Lawson is a survivor of multiple bouts of cancer and domestic violence. She plans to compete in the North Olympic Discovery Marathon in June to raise awareness for her group Unbounded Horizons, which helps domestic violence survivors heal through nature. (Photo courtesy of Colton McCoy)

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NORTH OLYMPIC DISCOVERY MARATHON: Cancer-fighter Dana Lawson running to support survivors of domestic abuse

Woman to begin race at 1:30 a.m. Sunday

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Jefferson PUD approves electric rate increase

Most residential customers to see $2.50 base fee rise this year

Team North2Alaska is among the stars of “The Race to Alaska,” this week’s Port Townsend Film Festival Pic available for online streaming. The team took a 25-foot Maryland fishing Sharpie on the 750-mile race, which began in Port Townsend and finished in Ketchikan. (Photo by Liv von Oelreich)

Arts & Entertainment

Race to Alaska documentary online this week

Seventy48, WA360 coming up

Summer brings “smella-vision” to the Alpenfire orchard, co-owner Nancy Bishop says. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Arts & Entertainment

Alpenfire cidery to host Jefferson County historical program

First Friday series celebrates people who make things

News

Olympic Discovery Trail idea draws opposition

Port Angeles City Council votes to study bypass of problem area

The Port of Port Angeles Terminal 3 pier is more hospitable for large ships at the conclusion of a dredging project to allow more room underwater. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Dredging at Terminal 3 pier paves way for log ships

$1.6 million project goes 50 percent over original budget

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Schools aim for full-time class in fall

Plans call for in-person instruction with masks