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Tracie Hedin opened Alley Cat Boutique 30 years ago with $500 and a determination to succeed. Today she and her store are an anchor of Port Angeles’ downtown retail core. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Downtown Port Angeles store builds consistency after 30 years

Alley Cat offers stylish clothing and jewelry as well as accessories

Freddie Lane, in red, and Yvette Tworabbits, on drum, conduct a blessing of the water ceremony at Hollywood Beach on Saturday. About two dozen people attended the Indigenous-led ceremony to honor the sacred waters that Native Americans have used for generations. The event was part of World Water Day, a United Nations-sponsored observation which celebrates water and inspires action to tackle the global water crisis where 2.1 billion people are living without access to safe water. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Blessing of the Water

Freddie Lane, in red, and Yvette Tworabbits, on drum, conduct a blessing of the water ceremony at Hollywood…

Karyn Williams, owner of Red Dog Farm in Chimacum’s central valley, holds a flat of greens ready for market in one of the greenhouses on the farm. Red Dog Farm is a 23-acre, certified-organic farm and grows more than 150 varieties of vegetables, berries and cut flowers. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Red Dog is gearing up for summer season

Starts are planted, seasonal workers hired at Chimacum farm

A fledgling bald eagle takes flight after hearing its parents call from a distance. The young eagle was spotted roosting in a tree at Fort Worden State Park on Friday. It takes about five years for an eagle to develop the signature white head of an adult. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Fledgling flight

A fledgling bald eagle takes flight after hearing its parents call from a distance. The young eagle was…

A Port Townsend backhoe operator moves dirt to stabilize the bluff along Water Street that sloughed off overnight last week due to excessive rain. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Bluff cleanup

A Port Townsend backhoe operator moves dirt to stabilize the bluff along Water Street that sloughed off overnight…

A small sailboat rests on the beach at Northwest Maritime on Monday after it was blown off its anchorage in Port Townsend Bay. A hardy swimmer, left of the bowsprit, gets in his daily laps in the frigid water. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Choppy seas

A small sailboat rests on the beach at Northwest Maritime on Monday after it was blown off its…

Fishermen drift the Lake Creek Hole on the Sol Duc River north of Forks in hopes of hooking steelhead. It was a clear and sunny day on the river. High temperatures are forecast to be in the mid-50s for the rest of this week with periods of heavy rain until this weekend, when sun breaks are expected. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Fishing the Sol Duc

Fishermen drift the Lake Creek Hole on the Sol Duc River north of Forks in hopes of hooking…

Bennett Smith-Ferguson, 4, tries out a riding lawn mower with his dad, Steve Smith, on Saturday during the 41st annual KONP Home Show at the Port Angeles High School gym. The two-day event featured exhibitors and presentations that showcased home improvement, landscaping and other services. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Home Show

Bennett Smith-Ferguson, 4, tries out a riding lawn mower with his dad, Steve Smith, on Saturday during the…

Nicole Driggs More than two dozen of Tom Green’s quilts will be on display throughout March at A Stitch in Time Quilt Shoppe, 225 E. Washington St., Sequim.

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Artist works with his own patterns for quilts

Former educator embraces sewing hobby, has display in Sequim

Port Angeles High School CTE teacher Paul Arndt, center, is conducting a construction class for students who are building the subfloor and framing for a tiny home that will become part of 4PA’s Touchstone Campus transitional housing. The class is part of the statewide Core Plus program, which provides hands-on training for careers in the skilled trades. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Students in Port Angeles High School class building tiny home for Touchstone Campus

Construction efforts are part of career, technical education elective

Members of the Democracy Bucket Brigade demonstrate during a Port Townsend Indivisible rally along Sims Way in Port Townsend. The rally was protesting the war in Iran and other grievances. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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War protest

Members of the Democracy Bucket Brigade demonstrate during a Port Townsend Indivisible rally along Sims Way in Port…

Melissa Miller, left, a Port Angeles School District food service worker, assists Hamilton Elementary fourth-grader Wesley Degoede as he prepares mini cheeseburgers for the Future Chefs National Challenge on Wednesday at the Port Angeles High School cafeteria. Nine students participated in the event, which was sponsored by Sodexo and judged by school board directors. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Students make recipes for annual Port Angeles School District challenge

School board members judge nine participants’ tasty contest entries

Sutton Beckett of Port Angeles mows his front lawn after nice weather last weekend. He got a riding mower because he had knee surgery recently and it also gives him the opportunity to mow his elderly neighbors’ lawn. Sunday was the first meteorological day of spring while March 20 will mark the first official day of the season based on the vernal equinox. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Signs of spring

Sutton Beckett of Port Angeles mows his front lawn after nice weather last weekend. He got a riding…

Linda Christie of Port Townsend engages her 8-year-old rescue dog, Flaco, in a bit of gymnastic exercise at Fort Worden State Park. Flaco was mostly skin and bone when Christie rescued him from the streets of Mexico about five years ago, she said. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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One giant leap

Linda Christie of Port Townsend engages her 8-year-old rescue dog, Flaco, in a bit of gymnastic exercise at…

The 35th annual Shipwright’s Regatta got underway on Port Townsend Bay on Saturday after it was postponed for a week due to dangerously high winds. About 50 sailing vessels of all shapes and sizes crisscrossed the bay with just enough wind and sunny skies. The event, sponsored by the Port Townsend Sailing Association and Northwest Maritime, is a celebration of local maritime culture. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Shipwright’s Regatta

The 35th annual Shipwright’s Regatta got underway on Port Townsend Bay on Saturday after it was postponed for…

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…