The Sequim Irrigation Festival float features the royalty court, from left, princess Emma Rhodes, princess Caroline Caudle, queen Tilly Woods and prince Brayden Baritelle. They will represent Sequim at community events and regional parades, including Saturday’s during the 131st Irrigation Festival. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Festival float

The Sequim Irrigation Festival float features the royalty court, from left, princess Emma Rhodes, princess Caroline Caudle, queen…

James McGrath Morris.

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Writer-in-residence set for public events

Biographer to speak during Thursday’s Studium lecture

Violinist Miranda Liu of Budapest, Hungary, will join the Port Angeles Symphony Chamber Orchestra for its season finale concerts this week. (Miranda Liu)

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Soloist from Budapest to join chamber orchestra for season finale concerts

‘Thoughtful musician’ to play violin concerto on Friday and Saturday

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Magician, comedian to host show at Field Hall

PORT ANGELES — Michael Carbonaro will present “Wonderboy” at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Donna M. Morris Auditorium…

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Clallam County to join riparian rule lawsuit

New rule would remove acreage from excise tax

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The community’s support of the Sequim Food Bank is evident in other ways besides donations of money and food. Here, volunteer Marilyn Pulk offers a bouquet of flowers donated by a local grocery store to a food bank client.

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Some Sequim Food Bank clients never thought they would need it

Agency provides fresh food, camaraderie for its volunteers

Donna Stoffel received a state Volunteer Service Award in the Peninsula/Coastal region for her hours of service, including organizing the Safety Fair. She was recognized last month by Clallam County Fire District 3 commissioners and staff, including board chairman Bill Miano, left, and Fire Chief Justin Grider. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Woman honored with state award

Volunteer helps stage annual safety fair

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Participants in the National Geographic Photo Camp pose during the five-day camp based at NatureBridge along Lake Crescent during spring break. Twenty students participated through the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula.

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Photography camp helps teens see through new lens

Twenty students participate through Boys Girls Club

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WAG’s Barb Brabant and CVAR’s lead medical supervisor Sara Penhallegon are ready more supplies for the low-income clinic. To donate or get on the clinics’ wait list, visit wagsequimwa.com or centervalleyanimalrescue.org.

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HORSEPLAY:WAG, CVAR offer low-income spay/neuter clinics

IT’S PRETTY CUT and dried. Unplanned litters of kittens and puppies have led to an explosion of the…

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Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

PORT ANGELES — Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show…

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EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

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

Stevens Middle School seventh-graders Olivia Blank, left, Taylor Cummings and Abby Zajkowski were among the 450 students who wrote their names on a 30-foot-long iron wide flange beam — one of four lifted into place Thursday on the new Hurricane Ridge Middle School that will open in fall 2027. Also signing the beams were the Port Angeles School Board, the Port Angeles Capital Advisory Committee and members from Integrus Architecture, FORMA Construction and Vanir construction management teams. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Middle school milestone

Stevens Middle School seventh-graders Olivia Blank, left, Taylor Cummings and Abby Zajkowski were among the 450 students who…

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Port Angeles School District to cut 8 FTEs in budget

Thirteen positions also gone due to attrition

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Fourth candidate files to run for Jefferson County commissioner

Primary races set for Congress seat, legislative position

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EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Charter Review town hall meetings to be discussed

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

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Overnight Hood Canal bridge closures set to begin Monday

SHINE — The state Department of Transportation has announced a series of overnight closures of the Hood Canal…

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ISSUES OF FAITH: The unconditional love of mothers

THE GIVING TREE by Shel Silverstein is a children’s book about a boy and a tree.

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Artistic director to be honored following concert

Music performances, art exhibits and plant sales highlight this weekend’s events on the North Olympic Peninsula.

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Weekend program scheduled for Unity in the Olympics

PORT ANGELES — The Rev. Julie Lobato will present “Embodying the Heart of the Divine Feminine” at 10:30…

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Olympic Medical Center’s clean audit still has concerns

Commissioner calls it a ‘very sobering report’