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Citizen of the Year finalist Gary Huff, left, stands with Emerging Leader recipient Laila Sundin and 2025 Citizen of the Year John Bridge on Feb. 24 at The Cedars at Dungeness for the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce’s annual Citizen of the Year awards luncheon. Bridge said he was overwhelmed with joy after he received the award because he’s known so many of the past recipients. “It just feels great,” he said. (Monica Berkseth/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Youth volunteer Bridge named Citizen of the Year

Sequim teenager presented new Emerging Leader honor

Liliana Scordino, 17, of Neah Bay takes time out four days a week from her classes at Peninsula College to practice her skills using her inline skates at the Port Angeles Skate Park next to Erickson Playfield. She has learned to do flips out of the skate park bowl with regular consistency. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Flipping out

Liliana Scordino, 17, of Neah Bay takes time out four days a week from her classes at Peninsula…

Bicycle repairman Mike Roddy of Port Townsend points to a brake pad that should to be replaced to owner Michael Donald of Port Townsend during a free JeffCo Repair event at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds’ 4H building. Roddy has volunteered his time and expertise for several years for the event. About 50 people took advantage of the free service to have small electric devices, furniture, clothing repair and bicycles fixed. The next event will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 21 at the Brinnon Community Center. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Repair cycle

Bicycle repairman Mike Roddy of Port Townsend points to a brake pad that should to be replaced to…

Kori Ward, marina director at Port Ludlow Marina, shows off one of the 28 new GFI pedestals installed on the private dock at the marina in order to comply with a new state electrical code requiring ground-fault protection at marinas. The code, effective Jan. 1, mandates that every vessel must be able to plug into shore power without tripping a marina’s ground fault breakers. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Vessels now required to plug into shore power

Change is meant to curb stray electrical current

Liv and Griffin Gilchrist, siblings in the 5-6 age group, attempt to create the best Lego building they can in 30 minutes on Sunday during a Building Block Challenge at the North Peninsula Building, Remodeling and Energy Expo at the Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. Eighteen children in different age groups built the best creations they could. Prizes were awarded from judges. The two-day expo had more than three dozen vendors answer questions about building or fixing up homes. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Lego competition

Liv and Griffin Gilchrist, siblings in the 5-6 age group, attempt to create the best Lego building they…

Jennifer Thomas Jennifer Thomas watches Japanese skaters Masaya Morita and Utana Yoshida skate to her instrumental tune “Rise of the Phoenix” during the Winter Olympics. Japan won a silver medal with their score in the Ice Dance – Rhythm Dance routine for team figure skating.

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Sequim composer’s epic music remains staple at Olympics

‘Rise of the Phoenix’ helps Japan figure skating team win silver

Stevie Borggard of Port Angeles holds up a welcome sign as the first passengers come off the M.V. Coho on Thursday. Gail Scott, center with bag, from Sooke is all smiles. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Coho returns to music, sign-waving community

Event marks first voyage since winter maintenance period

Jada Easterly of Utah and her partner Kaeden Warnberg-Lemm of Minnesota were on a national park trek and found Madison Falls west of Port Angeles. The falls are located at the park entrance up the Elwha River valley on Olympic Hot Springs Road on a wheelchair-accessible, 500-foot trail. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Waterfall watchers

Jada Easterly of Utah and her partner Kaeden Warnberg-Lemm of Minnesota were on a national park trek and…

Port Angeles-born James Garlick will be the featured artist in Saturday’s Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra concert. (Alex Bodi Hallett/Sattva Photo)

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Port Angeles-born soloist to rejoin symphony orchestra

James Garlick will play Barber’s Concerto for Violin

Dr. Bri Butler, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe Family Dental Clinic dental director, stands in one of the pediatric rooms of the clinic she helped develop. The tribe is planning to move its Blyn clinic into Sequim to expand both pediatric and adult services. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Jamestown Tribe plans to move dental clinic to Sequim

Sequim building would host both children, adults

4PA volunteers Kathy and Vern Daugaard pick up litter on the edge of the Tumwater Truck Route this week. 4PA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to a clean and safe community. The efforts of staff and volunteers have resulted in the Touchstone Campus Project, which is being constructed in the 200 block of East First Street, with transitional housing for Port Angeles’ most vulnerable residents. Those interested in volunteering or donating can visit 4PA.org. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Volunteer work

4PA volunteers Kathy and Vern Daugaard pick up litter on the edge of the Tumwater Truck Route this…

Port of Port Townsend Harbormaster Kristian Ferrero, right, watches as a crew from Seattle Global Diving and Salvage work to remove a derelict catamaran that was stuck in the sand for weeks on a beach at the Water Front Inn on Washington Street in Port Townsend. The boat had been sunk off of Indian Point for weeks before a series of storms pushed it to this beach last week. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Derelict boat removal

Port of Port Townsend Harbormaster Kristian Ferrero, right, watches as a crew from Seattle Global Diving and Salvage…

Jefferson County Auditor Brenda Huntingford, right, watches as clerk Ronnie Swafford loads a stack of ballots that were delivered from the post office on Tuesday into a machine that checks for signatures. The special election has measures affecting the Port Townsend and Brinnon school districts as well as East Jefferson Fire Rescue. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Jefferson County voters supporting school district measures, fire lid lifts

Port Townsend approving 20-year, $99.25 million construction bond

The members of the 2026 Rhody Festival royalty are, from left, Princess Payton Frank, Queen Lorelei Turner and 2025 Queen Taylor Frank. The 2026 queen was crowned by the outgoing queen during a ceremony at Chimacum High School on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Rhody coronation

The members of the 2026 Rhody Festival royalty are, from left, Princess Payton Frank, Queen Lorelei Turner and…

Runners in the Run The Peninsula's Elwha Bridge Run take off into the rain Saturday morning. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

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RUN THE PENINSULA: Nearly 500 take on the Elwha Bridge Run

PORT ANGELES — Nearly 500 people young and old braved the wet February weather west of Port Angeles…

A seal pops its head out of the water as a dory rower propels his craft in the calm waters of the Salish Sea. Whidbey Island is in the distance. Today’s high temperature is forecast to be in the low 50s with partly cloudy skies. Rain is set to return this weekend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Rowing on the Strait

A seal pops its head out of the water as a dory rower propels his craft in the…

Jovino Santos Neto will appear, along with his Quinteto, at Field Arts & Events Hall on Saturday. (Daniel Sheehan)

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Brazilian pianist, composer brings Quinteto to Field Hall

Multifaceted Santos Neto to appear Saturday

Aliya Gillet, the 2025 Clallam County Fair queen, crowns Keira Headrick as the 2026 queen during a ceremony on Saturday at the Clallam County Fairgrounds. At left is princess Julianna Getzin and at right is princess Jasmine Green. The other princesses, not pictured, are Makenzie Taylor, Molly Beeman and Tish Hamilton. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Clallam County royalty crowned for annual fair

Silent auction raises funds for scholarships

Port Angeles Community Award recipients gather after Saturday night’s annual awards gala. From left, they are Frances Charles, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, Organization of the Year; Kyla Magner, Country Aire, Business of the Year; Amy Burghart and Doug Burghart, Mighty Pine Brewing, Emerging Business of the Year; Rick Ross, Educator of the Year; Kayla Fairchild, Young Leader of the Year; John Fox, Citizen of the Year. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Community leaders honored at annual awards banquet

Fox named Citizen of Year for support of athletic events

Wendy Rae Johnson waves to cars on the north side of U.S. Highway 101 in Port Angeles on Saturday during a demonstration against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minnesota. On the other side of the highway is the Peninsula Handmaids in red robes and hoods. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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ICE protest

Wendy Rae Johnson waves to cars on the north side of U.S. Highway 101 in Port Angeles on…