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Reading Specialist Christine MacDougall Danielson signs fifth-grader Orion Schmit’s “last day of school” shirt with help from paraeducator Elizabeth Joers. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Sequim teachers retire after three decades

Couple spent much of their careers in elementary schools

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS June Ward, 10, examines a wooden paddle she is decorating as her father, Jack Ward of Port Angeles, works on his own paddle during a craft-making session on Friday at the Elwha Klallam Heritage Center in Port Angeles. The paddles are among the thousands of gifts being created for participants in the 2025 Tribal Canoe Journey, hosted this year by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. The event begins with the landing of dozens of native canoes at the mouth of the Elwha River on July 31 and continues with five days of celebration on the Lower Elwha reservation west of Port Angeles. As many as 10,000 indigenous peoples are expected to take part. The public is invited to help with giftmaking sessions, scheduled daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Heritage Center.

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Canoe paddle crafts

June Ward, 10, examines a wooden paddle she is decorating as her father, Jack Ward of Port Angeles,…

Crime & Justice

Trial date set for 2016 murder

Suspect in woodcarver’s death goes to court in August

Ralph Henry Keil and Ginny Grimm.

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Long lost sailor to be honored at graduation

CHIMACUM — An honorary diploma will be presented to the family of former Chimacum High School student, Ralph…

Crime & Justice

Cox again refuses court appearance

Standoff suspect to get competency evaluation

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Singers to workshop vocal instruments at Fort Worden

One hundred and fifty singers to join together in song

Denise Thornton of Sequim deadheads roses on a flower display at the Sequim Botanical Garden at the Water Reuse Demonstration Park at Carrie Blake Park on Wednesday in Sequim. Thornton, a volunteer gardener, was taking part in a work party to maintain the beauty of the garden. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Rose display

Denise Thornton of Sequim deadheads roses on a flower display at the Sequim Botanical Garden at the Water…

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Electric rates see big increase

Jefferson proposal approved for 4-year hike

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Clallam Transit to receive $4M in grants

Agency to use funds on Strait Shot and other routes

The One Horse Ranch Garden will be part of the Clallam County Master Gardeners’ 2025 Petals and Pathways tour on June 28. (Master Gardeners of Clallam County)

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Petals and Pathways garden tour set June 28

Self-guided event includes eight Sequim locations

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Port Angeles council OKs sidewalk near park

Applicants to receive grant funding for one-third of total cost

An Olympic marmot stands as the star of the show at Hurricane Ridge on Monday. These tourists from Alaska stopped and photographed the creature from a distance as he slowly ate his meal of wildflowers. The marmot is a rodent in the squirrel family and is unique to Washington state. The hibernating mammal’s burrow is only about 50 feet up the paved path away from the parking lot. The group had just photographed deer at the Ridge. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Olympic marmot

An Olympic marmot stands as the star of the show at Hurricane Ridge on Monday. These tourists from…

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Peninsula College to continue without budget

Board expects plan in September

Frank Nicholson and David Martel.

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Veterans in Warrior Bike program to pass through Peninsula towns

Community asked to welcome, provide lodging this summer

Eighth-graders Saydey Cronin and Madelyn Bower stand by a gazebo they and 58 other students helped to build through their Sequim Middle School Core Plus Instruction industrial arts class. The friends were two of a handful of girls to participate in the building classes. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Middle school students build gazebo for academy

Businesses support project with supplies, flooring and tools

Special Olympian Deni Isett, center, holds a ceremonial torch with Clallam County Sheriff Brian King, right, accompanied by Lt. Jim Thompson of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal Police on a leg of the Law Enforcement Torch Run on the Olympic Discovery Trail at Port Angeles City Pier. Tuesday’s segment of the run, conducted mostly by area law enforcement agencies, was organized to support Special Olympics Washington and was to culminate with a community celebration at 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Carrying the torch

Special Olympian Deni Isett, center, holds a ceremonial torch with Clallam County Sheriff Brian King, right, accompanied by…

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Hopefuls for Olympic Medical Center board debate

Talk focuses on funds, partnership

An encapsulated engineered coupler used to repair a January leak. The leak occurred along a similar welded joint near to the current leak. (City of Port Townsend)

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Port Townsend considers emergency repair for pipeline

Temporary fix needs longer-term solution, officials say

The Peninsula Crisis Response Team responded with two armored vehicles on Tuesday when a 37-year-old Sequim man barricaded himself in a residence in the 200 block of Village Lane in Sequim. (Clallam County Sheriff’s Office)

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Man barricaded with rifle arrested

Suspect had fired shots in direction of deputies, sheriff says

Cancan dancers such as these will perform at Hog Wild Goes to Moulin Rouge on June 28 at Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles. (EnJoy)

Arts & Entertainment

Hog Wild event to feature dancers, acrobats

Tickets available for purchase through this weekend