Joan Mickelson of Anacortes, left, and Doug Atterbury of Port Angeles scour the shores of Port Angeles Harbor on Ediz Hook on Saturday looking for refuse as an Earth Day activity in Port Angeles. Washington CoastSavers and Olympic National Park, as well as several other organizations, hosted beach cleanups across the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Earth Day cleanup

Joan Mickelson of Anacortes, left, and Doug Atterbury of Port Angeles scour the shores of Port Angeles Harbor…

Artist Emily Carlquist, seen here before one of her abstract multi-media pieces featuring acrylic paint on textured canvas with needle-woven local fiber warped on canvas, on display at Dandelion Botanical for the month of April. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Fiber artist’s debut show at Dandelion Botanical

Closing party, celebration set for Saturday

Ida Shantz, 5, of Port Angeles looks over a sheet of stenciled letters with her grandmother, Patricia Kessler of Woodburn, Ore., at a cardboard crown craft table during Saturday’s Barn Dance at the Clallam County Fairgrounds to benefit the Five Acre School north of Sequim. The dance also included food, entertainment, children’s activities and a silent auction. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Five Acre School benefit

Ida Shantz, 5, of Port Angeles looks over a sheet of stenciled letters with her grandmother, Patricia Kessler…

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Van De Wege lone Democratic senator to oppose gun ban

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been corrected to show that it was Justice Antonin Scalia who said the…

Sequim’s high school equestrian team celebrates taking home the district 4 small teams Championship, along with belt buckles and medals at the end of their final district WAHSET competition. The team’s high scores also earned them 24 qualifying placements to compete at the State Finals in May. Standing from left: Coach Katie Newton, Celbie Karjalainen, Katelynn Sharpe, Lily Meyer, Kennady Gilbertson, Coach Bettina Hoesel, Assistant Coach Keri Tucker. Sitting from left: Libby Swanberg, Sydney Hutton, Paige Reed.

Photo submitted by Katie Newton

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HORSEPLAY: WAHSET competition; how to treat choking

THREE CHEERS AND a hip-hip hurrah for Sequim High School Equestrian Team, with Celbie Karjalainen, Kennady Gilbertson, Paige…

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A GROWING CONCERN: Now is the time for cool-tolerant plants

JUST SO YOU know, I’m outraged and furious!

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Point of View: Partnership for the Planet: Some Earth Day thoughts

ALL OF US have made a conscious decision to live on the Olympic Peninsula. We need only step…

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Sales kick off for Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby

PORT ANGELES — One lucky duck will win someone a Toyota Corolla.

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Diamond Point’s Mingee named to District 3 commission

Fills former fire commissioner Steven Chinn’s term

Officer Lilliana Emery, Officer Kyle Cooper and Cpl. Jeff Ordona, from left. were recognized by the Port Angeles City Council for their actions in saving a man in a burning car. The three received Life Saving Medals and Meritorious Service Medals.

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Awards recognize Port Angeles officers

ANGELES — Port Angeles Police Officers Lilliana Emery and Kyle Cooper and Cpl. Jeff Ordona have been recognized…

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Port Orchard woman accused of stolen property, illegal drugs

PORT ANGELES — A Port Orchard woman was arrested for investigation of stolen property and drug charges after…

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Port Angeles man accused of child porn possession, dealing

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect the case was dismissed without prejudice on Nov. 23,…

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PASD talks 2023-24 budget funding, cuts

Community invited to ask questions, offer feedback

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EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

• Port Angeles Business Association — Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held Tuesdays at 7:30…

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Panel to discuss food, sustainability locally

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Fine Art Center will host the next presentation in the Civic Minds…

This sonar image of the Pythias Oasis site shows bubbles rising from the seafloor about two-thirds of a mile deep and 50 miles off Newport, Ore. These bubbles are a byproduct of a unique site where warm, chemically distinct fluid gushes from the seafloor. Researchers believe this fluid comes directly from the Cascadia megathrust zone, or plate boundary, and helps control stress buildup between the two plates.Philip et al./Science Advances

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Undersea ‘oasis’ sheds new light on plate tectonics

Seepage doesn’t mean an earthquake is imminent

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In One Voice: Hood Canal Bridge closure victory

As you have no doubt seen in this newspaper and from other local news sources, the much anticipated…

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Port Angeles book sale set Saturday

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

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Fabric of the Forest Quilt show this weekend

FORKS — Piecemakers Quilt Club is hosting its 20th anniversary Fabric of the Forest Quilt Show today, Saturday…

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Fine arts center to host poetry reading

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Fine Art Center will host author and poet Carmen Germain and guest…