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Seattle Symphony violinist Elisa Barston returns to offer music of Mozart, Leclair and Brahms this week in Port Angeles and Sequim. She’ll perform with collaborative pianist Paige Roberts Molloy, also of Seattle. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)

Arts & Entertainment

Port Angeles Symphony to present updated recitals

Duo will perform in Port Angeles, Sequim

News

Olympic Medical Center is denied motion in Hill case

Judge says privilege does not extend to criminal search warrants

Steve Tharinger, left, and Brian Pruiett.

Politics

District 24 candidates trade views

Rising costs dominate their political discussion

Chuck Boggs began his career as a firefighter in 1971 and retired as assistant chief of East Jefferson Fire and Rescue in 2010. Boggs attended the 150th anniversary celebration of the department Saturday at Port Townsend City Hall where vintage fire engines were on display. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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East Jefferson Fire Rescue celebrates 150 years of emergency response

Jefferson County agency started as an all-volunteer brigade

A number of neighbors and users of Miller Peninsula State Park hope to limit the proposed development of the property as state officials consider making it a “destination park.” (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Open house to spotlight changes at Miller Peninsula State Park

Village Concept is one of three state is considering

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, right, visits the jetty renovation project at Point Hudson with Port of Port Townsend Executive Director Eron Berg. Half of the funds for the $14.1 million project came from a $7 million Economic Development Administration grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Cantwell is Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Sen. Maria Cantwell visits Port of Port Townsend’s jetty project

Replacement received $7M in federal EDA funding

News

Chamber of Jefferson County to host electric vehicle chargers

Annoucement made as expo nears

Crab crew member Jacob Brown of Port Angeles pulls cooked crab from a boiler on Thursday in preparation for the opening of the Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival on the Port Angeles waterfront. The three-day festival begins today and runs through Sunday. For more information, see Page A6. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Prepping for crab

Crab crew member Jacob Brown of Port Angeles pulls cooked crab from a boiler on Thursday in preparation…

Broken wreckage of the cabin cruiser Eudora is hoisted by helicopter from the beach on Ediz Hook in Port Angeles on Wednesday as a crew hired by the state Department of Natural Resources gathers pieces of the shipwrecked vessel. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Boat salvaged from beach

Natural Resources department plans to finish work today

Lorna Smith.

News

Eleanor Stopps Award presented

Environmentalist Lorna Smith honored for decades of efforts

Betsy Reed Schultz, head of the Captain Joseph Foundation, sits in the library of the Captain Joseph House in Port Angeles as the respite home for Gold Star families prepares for its first guests this weekend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Captain Joseph House to welcome its first families

Respite center first in nation of its kind

The 21st Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival opens Friday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Arts & Entertainment

CrabFest offers good eats beginning Friday

Tribes contribute to food at weekend festival

A hot air balloon rises from the soccer field of the Wally Sigmar Athletic Complex at Peninsula College in Port Angeles for tethered rides on Saturday as part of the Peninsula College Fall Spectacular. The event, hosted by the school to bring the community to the campus, also featured displays and demonstrations, children’s activities, food and music. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Arts & Entertainment

Activities, presentations bring families in for festival

Peninsula College welcomes community to campus

The City of Port Townsend is looking at options for its municipal golf course and is seeking community feedback through a series of meetings with stakeholders and the public. (City of Port Townsend)

News

Port Townsend City Council, stakeholder group to meet on future of municipal course

Commissioned study says $1.5 million needed for upgrades

Submitted photo David Large leads a small tour in November of his home that produces more energy than it uses. He hosts an open house Saturday.

Life

Sequim ‘net-zero’ home joins National Solar Tour on Saturday

Owner says most people can upgrade, save with incentives

Susan Hazard’s Floribunda painting series is among the work on display at the Port Townsend Gallery.

Arts & Entertainment

Port Townsend Gallery Walk to feature new exhibits Saturday

Drawings, paintings, textiles on display

Tuba player Tyler Benedict is among the Port Angeles Symphony brass players prominent in "Fanfare for the Common Man." Aaron Copland's piece is part of the Family Pops concerts Friday and Saturday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz)

Arts & Entertainment

Port Angeles Symphony’s season begins with Family Pops

‘Amazing acoustics’ at site for orchestra a ‘special experience’

Jefferson Healthcare’s Campus Expansion and Modernization project is explained to state Reps. Mike Chapman and Steve Tharinger, far left, earlier this week. Dr. Christine Skorberg, middle, speaks to them about the importance of an expanded obstetrics and gynecology clinic while hospital Commissioner Jill Buhler Rienstra and Dr. Asif Luqman, far right, look on. (Jefferson Healthcare)

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Jefferson Healthcare presents plans to legislators

Expansion project in the works

Arts & Entertainment

Kinetic Skulpture race this weekend

Human-powered inventions to transverse varied kourse

Dr. Suzanne Ames.

Education

Peninsula College president emphasizes community connections

Leader says institution must be proactive