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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…

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…