Members of team We Brake for Whales celebrate their win in the 2023 Race to Alaska in Ketchikan, Alaska, on Wednesday. (Kelsey Brenner via the Northwest Maritime Center)

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We Brake for Whales wins Race to Alaska

Captain is event’s first two-time winner

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OMC Foundation provides $400,000 for scholarships

Shrinking workforce biggest challenge for hospital

Bret Kenney appears in court via video in May 2022 after being accused of killing his mother, Teri Ward of Sequim, and attempting to kill Sequim police officer Daniel Martinez during a traffic stop in 2022.

Crime & Justice

Man accused of killing mother unable to stand trial

Four charges could be refiled at later date

Rachel Storck, community engagement director for the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, sits on the art installation “Sky Gazer” by Port Angeles artist Steve Belz, one of several new artworks in the Webster’s Woods Sculpture Park, the site of this weekend’s Summertide Solstice Arts Festival. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Arts & Entertainment

Art festival to kick off summer at fine arts center

New works, poetry at Webster’s Woods

Travis Valenti and Marlene.

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Park identifies kayaker who drowned in Lake Crescent

New York man not wearing life jacket

Pictured, from left to right, are Don Corson, Darlene Martin, Teresa Martin, Tom Sanford, Sandy Cameron, Pam Ehtee, Tina Cozzolino, Alex Wilson, Vicki Corson and Gay Taylor.

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Garden club donates

The Port Angeles Garden Club recently donated $3,000 to the North Olympic Land Trust.

The duty crew from Clallam County Fire District #3 stopped in at the Sequim High School wrestling team’s car wash fundraiser on Saturday, June 3. 

Both teams are joined by the shared sorrow over the recent loss of District #3 Fire Captain/Sequim wrestling coach Chad Cate.

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Sequim car wash crew

The duty crew from Clallam County Fire District 3 stopped in at the Sequim High School wrestling team’s…

Danika Chen

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2023 music scholarships awarded to local students

PORT ANGELES — Monday Musicale has announced the recipients of its 2023 music scholarships.

Arts & Entertainment

Drag burlesque set at Studio Bob

PORT ANGELES — Eau de Hollywood-A Drag/Burlesque Tribute to the Golden Age will be presented at Studio Bob…

Manuel Piazza

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Manuel Piazza to perform on pipe organ

PORT ANGELES — Holy Trinity Lutheran Church will host organist Manuel Piazza at 7 p.m. Friday.

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Alternate prom set at First United Methodist Church

PORT ANGELES — The Social Norm’s Social Club for YOUth will host its inaugural GAYLA, an Alternative Prom…

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New tsunami siren to cost $45K

PORT ANGELES — Replacing the tsunami siren that was knocked over in an April vehicle wreck will cost…

Opinion

PAT NEAL: Lessons of the lost

GETTING LOST IN the woods is a proud American tradition that goes back to before the days of…

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Hood Canal Bridge closure canceled

SHINE — An overnight closure of the Hood Canal Bridge, originally set for tonight, has been canceled.

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Clallam County restricts burning

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County burn restrictions took affect Wednesday and will run through Oct. 1 unless conditions…

U.S. Army veteran Nancy Zimmerman, a member of the Michael Trebert Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, is flanked by fellow DAR members Amira-Lee Salavati, left, and Lindsey Christianson as Zimmerman incinerates a used American Flag during a flag retirement ceremony on Wednesday at the Northwest Veterans Resource Center in Port Angeles. A total of 24 cotton flags were burned during the Flag Day ceremony. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Flag retirement ceremony

U.S. Army veteran Nancy Zimmerman, a member of the Michael Trebert Chapter of the Daughters of the American…

Visitors examine the marine exhibits at the Feiro Marine Life Center at Port Angeles City Pier on Sunday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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NOAA pledges $3 million for new marine life center in Port Angeles

Building to replace Feiro Marine Discovery Center

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Process set for Clallam admin

Five applicants set for county testing

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Book sale continues through week

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Friends of the Library will host a six-day Bag of Books sale…

Team We Brake for Whales, currently in first place in the Race to Alaska, pulled into the checkpoint in Bella Bella, British Columbia, on Sunday. The team could reach the finish line in Ketchikan, Alaska, as soon as today. (Peter Geerlofs via Northwest Maritime Center)

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8-person sailboat may reach Ketchikan today

Team captain led Sail Like a Girl to 2017 victory