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Ezra Rodriguez, 3, of Forks learns the workings of a bear canister with Olympic National Park Education Technician Christine Whitmarsh at the Peninsula College Fall Spectacular on Saturday in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Fall spectacular

Ezra Rodriguez, 3, of Forks learns the workings of a bear canister with Olympic National Park Education Technician…

Kaiden Silva of Bellingham rides in the boys U7 category in the second running of the NW Cup at Dry Hill in May. The championship of the seven-race NW Cup series will be held Sunday at Dry Hill, one of three major sporting/outdoor events on the Peninsula this weekend. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Mountain bikes, sprint boats and runners to hit Peninsula

Separate events expected to bring hundreds of athletes, spectators to town

Looking to stay cool, several people jump off the Rainbow Bridge over the Devil’s Punch Bowl on the Spruce Railroad Trail on Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park over Labor Day weekend. A heat advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service with temperatures expected to reach the 80s and possibly the low 90s through today. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Heat advisory

Looking to stay cool, several people jump off the Rainbow Bridge over the Devil’s Punch Bowl on the…

Violet Wilkie looks to see how her classmate Sylas Hall is coloring his name tag, the first chore on the first day of school Tuesday in Danika Johnson’s first-grade classroom at Hamilton Elementary in Port Angeles. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Welcome back

Violet Wilkie looks to see how her classmate Sylas Hall is coloring his name tag, the first chore…

Port Angeles Police Officer Whitney Fairbanks plays with her dog Copper during a presentation to the Port Angeles Noon Rotary Club at the Wildcat Cafe. Fairbanks and Sgt. Kevin Miller each brought their K-9 officers to the demonstration. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port Angeles Police Department’s K-9 program to benefit from woman’s will

Funds may be used to add resources to unit deployed Peninsula wide

Nor’Wester Rotary member Chris Szczepczynski turns hot dogs for sale at Jammin’ in the Park on Saturday at Pebble Beach Park on the Port Angeles waterfront. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Jammin’ in the Park

Nor’Wester Rotary member Chris Szczepczynski turns hot dogs for sale at Jammin’ in the Park on Saturday at…

Port of Port Townsend employee Eva Ellis trims brush and weeds out of the rain gardens Wednesday morning at Point Hudson in advance of the annual Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival Sept. 6-8 at Point Hudson Marina. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Prep work

Port of Port Townsend employee Eva Ellis trims brush and weeds out of the rain gardens Wednesday morning…

Tom Waertz of Ready America, left, runs an earthquake simulation in a shake trailer as participants, from left, Sequim EMT Lisa Law, CERT member Anne Koepp of Joyce and Jim Buck of the Joyce Emergency Planning and Preparation Group recover after being jolted by a 6.8-magnitude quake. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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High magnitude earthquake simulator comes to Port Angeles

Area emergency responders experience shaking in small room

Levi Liberty enjoys one of his beers in front of Social Fabric Brewery’s three fermenters in Port Townsend. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port Townsend’s Social Fabric Brewing ready to keep the beer flowing

Port Angeles beer entrepreneur steps into commercial brewing

Ruby Coulson of Sequim, playing as the Stanford Tree, and gymnast Levi Jung-Ruivivar, who competed for the Philippines’ women’s gymnastics team and is an incoming Stanford freshman, jump together in Paris during an interview promoting the university’s many Olympians. (Stanford Athletics)

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Sequim woman performs as Stanford mascot at Paris Olympics

Coulson to appear as university’s ‘Tree’ through next April

Visitors and dignitaries ascend the steps at the observation tower at Port Angeles City Pier on Wednesday after a ceremony to officially reopen the structure to the public. The tower was closed in November 2023 due to safety issues and structural concerns, prompting numerous repairs. Funding for the work, totaling more than $650,000, came from city lodging tax. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Tower opens in Port Angeles

Visitors and dignitaries ascend the steps at the observation tower at Port Angeles City Pier on Wednesday after…

Nora Murray, 2, reaches for a handhold while climbing on a playground toy at the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield as her mother, Christina Murray of Port Angeles, looks on. The pair were on a Wednesday outing to the popular Port Angeles playground. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Firm grasp

Nora Murray, 2, reaches for a handhold while climbing on a playground toy at the Dream Playground at…

A model of a statue of Nisqually tribal activist Billy Frank Jr. by Chinese American sculptor Haiying Wu sits in the Port Angeles Public Library in conjunction with a meeting of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. The model eventually will be cast in bronze and installed in the National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C. Frank received a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015 for his work in fighting for tribal treaty rights and obligations. The statue will be on display at the library through Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Tribal activist

A model of a statue of Nisqually tribal activist Billy Frank Jr. by Chinese American sculptor Haiying Wu…

Sarah Spaeth, left, and Kate Godman stand at a viewpoint on the north side of the newly acquired Chimacum Ridge Community Forest. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)

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Chimacum Ridge Community Forest opening to the public next year

Jefferson Land Trust completes acquisition, continues its fundraising phase

The McKinley Paper Co. mill in Port Angeles sits mostly idle on Thursday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Clarity sought for McKinley mill closure

Union, community leaders say there’s been a lack of transparency

Kenzi Winters, 14, of Port Angeles, a member of the Lambchops 4H Club, along with her broad-breasted white turkey, Earl, wait for their chance in the show ring on Wednesday at the Clallam County Fairgrounds in Port Angeles. The fair officially opens today and runs through Sunday at the fairgrounds. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Clallam County Fair opens

Kenzi Winters, 14, of Port Angeles, a member of the Lambchops 4H Club, along with her broad-breasted white…

Erin Moilanen of the Crescent Grange arranges the group’s display in preparation for the Clallam County Fair on Tuesday in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Traditional offerings, new activites highlight Clallam fair

Food, music, events part of annual agricultural celebration

Maya Jennings-Kelly, 5, of Port Angeles gets a push from Nick Simpson of Port Angeles during an outing to Bovee’s Meadow at Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park on Saturday. Warm weekend weather drew hundreds of people to the Barnes Point area of the lake, leading to full parking lots and busy beaches. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Floating on water

Maya Jennings-Kelly, 5, of Port Angeles gets a push from Nick Simpson of Port Angeles during an outing…

A packed grandstand watches as Belgian draft horses Rusty and George, with teamster Jeff Lee aboard, strain to pull the sled with 6,500 pounds on it the required 27 feet, 9 inches during the draft horse pulls competition at the Jefferson County Fair on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Draft horse pulls

Belgian draft horses lift the 5,500-pound sled off the ground during a draft horse pull competition at the…

Grace Mathews, 14, of Chimacum grooms her Tennessee walking horse Chief, also 14, before entering the ring for the Showmanship Class competition on Thursday at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Port Townsend. The 87th annual fair starts today and runs through Sunday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Animals, entertainment set at Jefferson County Fair

Annual event to feature multiple stages, food options this weekend