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This 12-inch painted copper salmon table piece will be raffled off during the Second Saturday Art Walk in Port Angeles this weekend.

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Second Saturday Art Walk set this weekend

Featured artist’s series inspired by national park

Julie Kustura and her horse Rocky, front, and Kari Olson riding Spirit, make their way down an equestrian trail paralleling the Olympic Discovery Trail along Vautier Road west of Sequim on Thursday. The pair were on their way to nearby Robin Hill Farm County Park and its collection of horse and pedestrian trails. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Trail riders

Julie Kustura and her horse Rocky, front, and Kari Olson riding Spirit, make their way down an equestrian…

North Olympic Library System Executive Director Noah Glaude gestures to the outdoor children’s area of the Sequim Library, which features benches, a rock and bouncy turf along with a soon-to-be installed gate and a door directly into the inside children’s area. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Sequim library opening shifted to fall

Large infrastructure elements source of delay

Joseph Molotsky of Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue in Port Townsend came to Sequim to take custody of two baby owls from Bert Corales and Candace Fagerhaugh. The couple, who have an owl house on their 5-acre property, fed the owlets after the birds’ parents disappeared. (Bert Corales and Candace Fagerhaugh)

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Sequim couple helps rescue four baby owls

Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue releases raptors after rehab

Durashine Concrete Polishing removed 4,000 square feet of tile inside the former Sequim Safeway and JCPenney for the new Shipley Center, Sequim’s senior center. (Shipley Center)

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Shipley Center readies construction permit

Director hopeful to move in by late December 2026

Kat Malcom, child nutrition director for the Sequim Boys & Girls Club, prepares chicken enchilada wraps for distribution to children throughout Sequim. During the months of June and July, the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula provided more than 16,000 meals and snacks to children in Sequim and Port Angeles. (Jacques Star/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Teens help provide thousands of meals this summer

Boys Girls Clubs of Olympic Peninsula steps in with program

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Veterans memorial meant for healing

Area soldiers lost in Vietnam names displayed

Joel Kawahara holds an oyster in Dabob Bay in 2018. (Kellie Henwood)

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Remains of Quilcene fisherman recovered

Joel Kawahara found near Clallam Bay

From out of the fog in Port Townsend Bay on Thursday morning, the 97-year-old yacht Blue Peter passes by spectators who lined the pier at the entrance to Point Hudson Marina. Harbormasters, lower right, are ready to guide the 96-foot vessel to its place at the dock in preparation of the opening of the 47th Wooden Boat Festival, which opens today. The festival will run until Sunday afternoon. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Boats arrive

From out of the fog in Port Townsend Bay on Thursday morning, the 97-year-old yacht Blue Peter passes…

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Grants would help Clallam County with fair accommodation, training

Funding would provide mobile sensory unit

"Michael and Damian" will screen Sept. 19 as a part of the Port Townsend Film Festival.

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Documentary follows unhoused man in PT

Film to be shown at festival Sept. 19

From left to right, Collin McAvinchey, Adam Amr, Joey Gish and Will Jevne of Sweater Weather Stringband will host Olympickin' at the Quilcene Lantern on Saturday.

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Mini music shows set for this weekend

Olympickin’, Quietly festivals to be held at Quilcene Lantern

Ralph Riccio, left, of Port Townsend, checks the level of the sign for his setup at the Wooden Boat Festival at the Point Hudson Marina on Wednesday afternoon. Riccio raises oysters on his farm, Marrowstone Island Fresh Oysters, in Kilisut Harbor, between Indian Island and Marrowstone Island. The festival opens at 9 a.m. Friday with a free preview after 5 p.m. today. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Festival preparation

Ralph Riccio, left, of Port Townsend, checks the level of the sign for his setup at the Wooden…

Brad Simmons, president of UW Medicine Hospitals & Clinics, left, looks on as Olympic Medical Center Board President Ann Henninger signs a letter of intent on Wednesday to pursue an operating agreement between the two organizations. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Hospital signs a letter with UW

Three-month timeline to discuss details

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Port Angeles City Council appoints Hamilton to vacant seat

Teacher among three finalists for position

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Four suspected of overdose in Brinnon

Infant taken into Child Protective Services custody

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Juvenile arrested for school threat

Social media post claimed he would ‘shoot up’ Sequim High School

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Peninsula Daily News to open office Thursday

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula Daily News will open its new office on Thursday.

Jandi Small’s painting, “Lavender Fields Forever,” will be part of the Northwest Elements exhibit at the Sequim Civic Center.

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Self-guided First Friday Art Walk set for this weekend

SEQUIM — The First Friday Art Walk will celebrate with a blue-themed event from 5 p.m. to 8…

Jefferson Elementary School first-grade teacher Pamela Miller welcomes Ethan Puderbaugh to the classroom as school started Tuesday in the Port Angeles School District. Port Townsend and Chimacum schools also began Tuesday while classes in the Quillayute Valley and Cape Flattery school districts start today. The Quilcene and Brinnon school districts began Aug. 25 while Sequim and Crescent schools began Aug. 27. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Class is in session

Jefferson Elementary School first-grade teacher Pamela Miller welcomes Ethan Puderbaugh to the classroom as school started Tuesday in…