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A fire engine sits along Spartan Avenue in front of Forks High School during an investigation on Wednesday of a shooting threat on campus. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Forks schools go into lockdown after shooting threat is reported

Students dismissed after scheduled half-day of classes Wednesday

Led by teacher Jennifer Manning, a group of third-graders from Salish Coast Elementary School in Port Townsend heads toward the Marine Science Center to begin a Tuesday field day studying seaweed on the beach at Battery Kinzie near the Point Wilson Lighthouse. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Field trip

Led by teacher Jennifer Manning, a group of third-graders from Salish Coast Elementary School in Port Townsend heads…

An American Constellation cruise ship deckhand throws a mooring line to Port of Port Townsend staff members Azariah Helies and Kimberlie Webber to catch so the ship can tie up at the Union Pier in Port Townsend on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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American Constellation visit

An American Constellation cruise ship deckhand throws a mooring line to Port of Port Townsend staff members Azariah…

Port Townsend Main Street Program volunteers Kate Dwyer, rear, prune a flannel tree while Paulette Dell’Ario plants a marigold during a Saturday Earth Day event at the Adams Street Park in downtown Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Earth Day touchups

Port Townsend Main Street Program volunteers Kate Dwyer, rear, prune a flannel tree while Paulette Dell’Ario plants a…

From left, Bill Niekamp of Port Townsend, Ed Derusha of Tacoma and Thom Johnson of Port Townsend look for a great horned owl and her three chicks nestled in the trees at Fort Worden State Park. The appearance of the owls has been the talk of the neighborhood, according to passersby. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Great horned owl sighting

From left, Bill Niekamp of Port Townsend, Ed Derusha of Tacoma and Thom Johnson of Port Townsend look…

A worker from Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC, cuts back branches on Kearney Street in Port Townsend to clear the way for a future Jefferson County Public Utility District fiber optics cable. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Tree trimming

A worker from Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC, cuts back branches on Kearney Street in Port Townsend to clear…

Walter Parsons, president of the board of Centrum, claps as Libby Pratt, program manager of the Artists Residence Program, cuts the ribbon to announce the opening of the 5 Artists Residences that were remodeled by Clark Construction from Poulsbo. Jessica Prevost, left, and Debbie Cienega, both from Clark Construction, hold the ribbon. The cutting took place on Monday at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Ribbon cutting

Walter Parsons, president of the board of Centrum, claps as Libby Pratt, program manager of the Artists Residence…

“I like working on them. These are my babies,” said Sally Giesler, a 20-year member of the Rat Island Rowing Club in Port Townsend, as she wipes down the club’s quad scull Buckley, a George Pocock boat built in the early 1960s after a row on Port Townsend Bay. Pocock is the builder of the famed Husky Clipper that was in the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics that won the gold for the University of Washington rowing team and inspired the best-selling book “The Boys in the Boat” in addition to the 2023 movie by the same name. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Finishing touch

“I like working on them. These are my babies,” said Sally Giesler, a 20-year member of the Rat…

Hungry diners enjoy a hot dog from Dogs a Foot in downtown Port Townsend on a warm sunny day. The stand reopened after being closed for the winter. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Dog day

Hungry diners enjoy a hot dog from Dogs a Foot in downtown Port Townsend on a warm sunny…

From left to right, Francis Charles, chair of the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe, and her granddaughter, Emma Skerbeck, break ground during a ceremony Wednesday along with Clallam County Commissioner Randy Johnson, state Sen. Mike Chapman, Port Angeles Mayor Kate Dextor and April Messenger from U.S. Rep. Emily Randall’s office and her granddaughter Addalyn Chipman. There was an estimated 250 people at the ceremony. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Olympic Coast Exploration Center breaks ground on new facility

More than $24 million has been raised over three-year period

Jennie Cockrell of Darrington watches as the Washington State Ferry Kennewick glides by on its way to Whidbey Island on a regular afternoon schedule through the skeleton of Gunther, the Pacific Gray whale on display at the city dock in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Ferry watching

Jennie Cockrell of Darrington watches as the Washington State Ferry Kennewick glides by on its way to Whidbey…

Port Townsend Mayor Amy Howard, left, market president Angela Dunham and Jefferson County commissioner Heidi Eisenhour, right, cut the ribbon on Saturday to open the 34th Port Townsend Farmers Market at 650 Tyler St. in Uptown. The market is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays through Oct. 31, and a Wednesday market will open June 3. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Farmers market opens

Port Townsend Mayor Amy Howard, left, market president Angela Dunham and Jefferson County commissioner Heidi Eisenhour, right, cut…

Children ages 3 to 5 dash to gather plastic eggs during the 48th annual KONP Easter egg hunt on Saturday at the Clallam County Fairgrounds. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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On the hunt

Children ages 3 to 5 dash to gather plastic eggs during the 48th annual KONP Easter egg hunt…

Brita Altig, née Guthrie, greets her father Jim Guthrie as he goes onstage at the Port Townsend High School auditorium on Saturday to receive the Alumni Inductee Award and to be inducted into the PTHS Alumni Hall of Fame. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Hall of Fame

Brita Altig, née Guthrie, greets her father Jim Guthrie as he goes onstage at the Port Townsend High…

A Pacific Gray whale spy hops in the Salish Sea on Wednesday, giving passengers on a whale watching trip out of Port Townsend a sight to behold. A Washington State Ferry makes its way to Clinton, Whidbey Island, in the background. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Whale spotting

A Pacific Gray whale spy hops in the Salish Sea on Wednesday, giving passengers on a whale watching…

Monica Berkseth/Olympic Peninsula News Group Kidney transplant recipient Gabriele Ellis is able to once again help her partner Steffan Sherman run their farm in Sequim thanks to help from Northwest Kidney Centers, a nonprofit, community-based provider of kidney dialysis that has an office in Port Angeles. Ellis credits the organization for the kidney transplant she received last October and said the staff were “very caring, encouraging and helpful.”

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Farmer back in saddle after life-changing transplant

For Gabriele Ellis, March and April hold special meaning

East Jefferson Fire Rescue conducted a series of training exercises in an uninhabitable residential home on Tuesday. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)

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House fire provides dynamic opportunity for EJFR firefighters

Homeowners partner with fire district for unique experience

Rhonda Ellis, dressed as Lady Liberty, and her friend Margaret McGaughey, both from Port Townsend, take part in the No Kings rally on Saturday. The nationwide rally, with an estimated 3,000 participants from Port Townsend, started on Sims Way at Boat Haven and ended with a march to Pope Marine Park downtown. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Hundreds participate in rally

Rhonda Ellis, dressed as Lady Liberty, and her friend Margaret McGaughey, both from Port Townsend, take part in…

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Richard Kaye of Sequim is the first patron to check out an item at the renovated Sequim Library. He’s helped by Amika Parr, a public service specialist. Kaye said he spotted the photography book “America the Abandoned” by Bryan Sansivero on the shelf as he walked in and checked it out within a few minutes of the library opening on March 21.

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Sequim library reopens to more than 1,000 visitors

Nearly 1,800 items checked out on first day of soft opening

Rhett LeDuke, 9, of Beaver looks over a few of the many items available for bidding during the 62nd Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction at Forks High School commons on last weekend. The annual auction raised $175,750 for the scholarship program, which typically awards 50 to 60 scholarships for four-year colleges, two-year colleges, technical certification programs and apprenticeships to graduating seniors at Forks High School and the Quileute Tribal School. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Scholarship auction

Rhett LeDuke, 9, of Beaver looks over a few of the many items available for bidding during the…