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Members of team We Brake for Whales celebrate their win in the 2023 Race to Alaska in Ketchikan, Alaska, on Wednesday. (Kelsey Brenner via the Northwest Maritime Center)

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We Brake for Whales wins Race to Alaska

Captain is event’s first two-time winner

Rachel Storck, community engagement director for the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, sits on the art installation “Sky Gazer” by Port Angeles artist Steve Belz, one of several new artworks in the Webster’s Woods Sculpture Park, the site of this weekend’s Summertide Solstice Arts Festival. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Art festival to kick off summer at fine arts center

New works, poetry at Webster’s Woods

Visitors examine the marine exhibits at the Feiro Marine Life Center at Port Angeles City Pier on Sunday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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NOAA pledges $3 million for new marine life center in Port Angeles

Building to replace Feiro Marine Discovery Center

Participants in the Maritime Festival’s Orca Bait Swim pump themselves up on Ediz Hook before heading out across the harbor. The inaugural event drew 12 swimmers and three orcas, whose paths did not happen to meet over the 1 1/2-mile course. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Orcas visit inaugural race in their name

Maritime fesitival offers variety over weekend

Derek Binnersley of Victoria, B.C., crosses the finish line as the winner of the North Olympic Discovery Marathon. Binnersley, running his first marathon, won in a time of 2 hours, 48 minutes, 47.51 seconds, winning by more than 5 minutes. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Victoria runners lead the way in annual marathon

Series of races include 5K, 10K and kids event

Tamara Galvin, facilities manager for the Feiro Marine Life Center in Port Angeles, watches as Rocky, the center’s black rockfish, explores his new viewing tank. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Feiro Marine Life Center replaces tank for rockfish

City lodging tax pays for project

Matthew Sacks, left, and Levi Smith of Brandsen Co. from Portland, Ore., lay one of the layers on the new stage floor at the Field Arts and Events Hall in downtown Port Angeles. There will be a total of six layers of materials for the high-tech stage floor. The venue, which will seat 500, will begin to host performances when it opens at the end of July. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Field Hall floor installation

Matthew Sacks, left, and Levi Smith of Brandsen Co. from Portland, Ore., lay one of the layers on…

A helicopter from the Coast Guard station in Port Angeles assists in the rescue. (Clallam County Sheriff’s Office)

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Unidentified man rescued from beach after falling 60 feet

Taken to Harborview; his condition was unknown on Tuesday

Betsy Schultz, left, and Claire Rausch unveil a painting especially drawn for the Captain Joseph House on Monday. The artwork was done by a Michael Reagan, a veteran who features military men and women who have been lost in the service to their country. This was the 12th Memorial Day ceremony held at Captain Joseph House, at 1108 S. Oak St. in Port Angeles, which is now open to Gold Star families. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Peninsula Memorial Day

Betsy Schultz, left, and Claire Rausch unveil a painting especially drawn for the Captain Joseph House on Monday.…

Sam Chase, center, performs with The Sam Chase Trio, Chandra Johnson, left, and Devon McClive, on Saturday at the Chamber Stage of the Juan de Fuca Festival. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Festival acts light up stage

Sam Chase, center, performs with The Sam Chase Trio, Chandra Johnson, left, and Devon McClive, on Saturday at…

Ryan Schroeder of Port Angeles makes adjustments to a beaded hanging ceiling decoration as his son, Noah, 3, looks on before the hanging was hoisted into place during Thursday’s preparation for the 30th annual Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The three-day festival kicks off today at Vern Burton and Port Angeles City Hall, and it spreads out to additional venues on Saturday and Sunday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Preparing for the festival

Ryan Schroeder of Port Angeles makes adjustments to a beaded hanging ceiling decoration as his son, Noah, 3,…

Mandy Miller hands first-grader Mason Ng a bean in teacher Jennifer Soule’s class at Franklin Elementary School. Cora Lehmann, right, peels a bean apart to find and identify the different parts of the seed as part of a lesson in the Creative Start program administered by the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center in three district schools that combine lessons in art and science. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Creative Start combines elements of art, science

Grant-funded program taught in three Port Angeles School District schools

Alahan Sivam, left, and Kandice Ringer, both of Eugene, Ore., take cellphone photos of Sol Duc Falls in the Sol Duc River Valley of Olympic National Park on Monday. The pair visited the popular attraction while on a weeklong exploration of the park. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Capturing the falls

Alahan Sivam, left, and Kandice Ringer, both of Eugene, Ore., take cellphone photos of Sol Duc Falls in…

Sequim's Kendall Hastings plays against an Olympic opponent on April 21 in Sequim. Hastings won three matches at the West Central 2/3 2A tournament this weekend and finished second in the district, moving on to the state tennis championships this weekend at the Nordstrom Tennis Center in Seattle. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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DISTRICT TENNIS PLAYOFFS: Sequim’s Hastings second; moves on to state tournament

BREMERTON — Sequim’s Kendall Hastings finished second at the West Central District 2/3 tournament held this weekend at…

Dan Wilder Jr. pulls the winning duck from a Wilder truck at the 34th annual Great Olympic Duck Derby on Sunday. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Pluck nets 34 winners

Duck Derby breaks foundation records

Left, Emily Post of Sequim hits a tee shot at the district golf tournament held at Cedars at Dungeness on Tuesday. Right, Sara German of Sequim hits a fairway shot at the district golf tournament. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP GOLF: Wolves trio qualifies for state tournament

SEQUIM — Disappointment for area girls golfers and excitement for the Sequim boys team in its last-ditch attempt…

Ollie Thibault of Shawnigan Lake, B.C., competes in the NW Cup mountain biking downhill race at Dry Hill on Sunday. More than 500 racers took up the challenge on the Dry Hill courses this weekend. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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MOUNTAIN BIKING: NW Cup brings huge crowds to Olympic Peninsula

DRY HILL — More than 500 mountain bike daredevils from all over the U.S. and Canadian Pacific Northwest…

Sequim Irrigation Festival royalty, from left, Princess Paige “Skylar” Krzyworz, Prince Fred Cameron, Princess Anne Marie Barni and Queen Pepper Reymond preside over the festival from their float in Saturday’s Grand Parade. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Irrigation Festival grand parade

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Olympic National Park Superintendent Sula Jacobs speaks on Wednesday about the status of the day lodge at Hurricane Ridge and public access to the area in the aftermath of a fire on Sunday that destroyed the popular tourist destination. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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It’s still open, says park chief

Fire didn’t affect other areas in national park

Photos by KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles’ Colton Romero, center, reaches the plate thanks to a sacrifice bunt by teammate Jordan Shumway, right, as Franklin Pierce catcher Trey Smith looks on helplessly in the second inning of Wednesday’s playoff game at Port Angeles Civic Field.

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PREP BASEBALL: Riders crush Franklin Pierce and live to play another day

PORT ANGELES — With their backs against the wall in a loser-out district playoff game, the Port Angeles…