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Active crew members rescue loggerhead sea turtles that had become tangled in fishing gear during their 58-day counternarcotics patrol.

Coast Guard cutter Active returns to Port Angeles

Crew back from 58-day patrol that included counternarcotics

Active crew members rescue loggerhead sea turtles that had become tangled in fishing gear during their 58-day counternarcotics patrol.
A mural by Craig Robinson in downtown Sequim represents a new partnership between Olympic Angels and Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County. Executive director Morgan Hanna with Olympic Angels, left, said they seek volunteers and mentors to help foster families. Colleen Robinson, chief executive officer for Habitat, said people are welcome to take photos on the wall of Habitat’s Boutique Store and they’ll place a sandwich board sign with information outside, and provide pamphlets about Olympic Angels during business hours. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Olympic Angels, Habitat partner on family support systems

New mural a vision leaders hope to bring to Peninsula

A mural by Craig Robinson in downtown Sequim represents a new partnership between Olympic Angels and Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County. Executive director Morgan Hanna with Olympic Angels, left, said they seek volunteers and mentors to help foster families. Colleen Robinson, chief executive officer for Habitat, said people are welcome to take photos on the wall of Habitat’s Boutique Store and they’ll place a sandwich board sign with information outside, and provide pamphlets about Olympic Angels during business hours. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Jefferson County Public Works employee Monte Reinders, center, project manager Samantha Harper and county commissioner Greg Brotherton stand above the percolation pond for the new Port Hadlock sewer treatment facility that will be built along Loperman Road in Port Hadlock. The pond will treat, at its maximum, 700,000 gallons of treated wastewater per day. By the time the wastewater is treated and sent to this pond, it will be classified as class A reclaimed water, the highest category. The groundbreaking was held on Tuesday evening with about 35 guests on hand for the groundbreaking. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Kickoff celebrates Port Hadlock sewer

Construction on facility 20 years in making

Jefferson County Public Works employee Monte Reinders, center, project manager Samantha Harper and county commissioner Greg Brotherton stand above the percolation pond for the new Port Hadlock sewer treatment facility that will be built along Loperman Road in Port Hadlock. The pond will treat, at its maximum, 700,000 gallons of treated wastewater per day. By the time the wastewater is treated and sent to this pond, it will be classified as class A reclaimed water, the highest category. The groundbreaking was held on Tuesday evening with about 35 guests on hand for the groundbreaking. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
A line of Canada geese floats past family members, from left, Maisie Christison, 8, Apollo Christison, 3, grandmother Elizabeth Keitel of Wallace, Idaho, and mother Megan Christison of Port Angeles, on a warm day on Ediz Hook in Port Angeles. The group was enjoying cooler temperatures near the water. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Just passing through

A line of Canada geese floats past family members, from left, Maisie Christison, 8, Apollo Christison, 3, grandmother Elizabeth Keitel of Wallace, Idaho, and mother… Continue reading

A line of Canada geese floats past family members, from left, Maisie Christison, 8, Apollo Christison, 3, grandmother Elizabeth Keitel of Wallace, Idaho, and mother Megan Christison of Port Angeles, on a warm day on Ediz Hook in Port Angeles. The group was enjoying cooler temperatures near the water. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Demolition began Monday morning on the derelict two-story brick building at 204 E. Front St. in Port Angeles. A 300-foot section of Front Street will be shut down while the work is being done, and that could stretch into next week. The developer has said he has plans for an apartment building on the site. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Building demolition

Demolition began Monday morning on the derelict two-story brick building at 204 E. Front St. in Port Angeles. A 300-foot section of Front Street will… Continue reading

Demolition began Monday morning on the derelict two-story brick building at 204 E. Front St. in Port Angeles. A 300-foot section of Front Street will be shut down while the work is being done, and that could stretch into next week. The developer has said he has plans for an apartment building on the site. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Zumba dancers perform on Lawrence Street during the Uptown Street Fair parade in Uptown Port Townsend on Saturday. Seventeen marching units, including this one, paraded down Lawrence Street in front of hundreds of spectators lining the sidewalk. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Uptown Street Fair

Zumba dancers perform on Lawrence Street during the Uptown Street Fair parade in Uptown Port Townsend on Saturday. Seventeen marching units, including this one, paraded… Continue reading

Zumba dancers perform on Lawrence Street during the Uptown Street Fair parade in Uptown Port Townsend on Saturday. Seventeen marching units, including this one, paraded down Lawrence Street in front of hundreds of spectators lining the sidewalk. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Sequim graduate loses home in Maui fire

‘Lahaina’s just not there anymore’

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“Jammers” Cindy Kelly, left, and Shelly Romero prepare freshly baked scones for distribution on Wednesday in the scone kitchen at the Clallam County Fairgrounds. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Dry Creek Grange celebrates 60 years of scones

Sales are primary fundraiser, help with scholarships

“Jammers” Cindy Kelly, left, and Shelly Romero prepare freshly baked scones for distribution on Wednesday in the scone kitchen at the Clallam County Fairgrounds. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Sen. Patty Murray, center, listens to Olympic National Park Superintendent Sula Jacobs, right, explain the ongoing investigation into the cause of the fire that destroyed the Hurricane Ridge Day Lodge on May 7 and the park’s efforts to maintain visitor access this summer and possibly into the winter. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Murray vows for help in rebuilding lodge

Senator tours sites in Olympic National Park

Sen. Patty Murray, center, listens to Olympic National Park Superintendent Sula Jacobs, right, explain the ongoing investigation into the cause of the fire that destroyed the Hurricane Ridge Day Lodge on May 7 and the park’s efforts to maintain visitor access this summer and possibly into the winter. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)
Eugenia Vargas is among the performers who will perform Japanese Butoh in Port Townsend this week.

Butoh Fesitval begins with free performance

Japanese art form to be seen also Wednesday, Saturday

Eugenia Vargas is among the performers who will perform Japanese Butoh in Port Townsend this week.
This agave plant, pictured in 2020, was bought nearly 30 years ago by Isobel Johnston when it was about the size of a baseball, and it's now preparing to bloom with a sprout that could grow more than 25 feet tall. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Agave plant getting ready to bloom after nearly 30 years

Large succulent could reach heights more than 25 feet

This agave plant, pictured in 2020, was bought nearly 30 years ago by Isobel Johnston when it was about the size of a baseball, and it's now preparing to bloom with a sprout that could grow more than 25 feet tall. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Thousands of seagulls roost and fly near a log boom inside the Port Angeles Harbor earlier this week. This view is looking south from Ediz Hook toward the city. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Birds on a boom

Thousands of seagulls roost and fly near a log boom inside the Port Angeles Harbor earlier this week. This view is looking south from Ediz… Continue reading

Thousands of seagulls roost and fly near a log boom inside the Port Angeles Harbor earlier this week. This view is looking south from Ediz Hook toward the city. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Carol and Greg Shinsky of Port Angeles take an afternoon break on a picnic table at the Port Angeles City Pier with visiting friends. Gay and Russ James, right, are visiting from Orland, Calif., where the temperature has been over 100 degrees. They rested at the pier after visiting Hurricane Ridge and the Dungeness Spit. The couples have known each other for years from when they both lived in Arizona. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Catching up with friends

Carol and Greg Shinsky of Port Angeles take an afternoon break on a picnic table at the Port Angeles City Pier with visiting friends. Gay… Continue reading

Carol and Greg Shinsky of Port Angeles take an afternoon break on a picnic table at the Port Angeles City Pier with visiting friends. Gay and Russ James, right, are visiting from Orland, Calif., where the temperature has been over 100 degrees. They rested at the pier after visiting Hurricane Ridge and the Dungeness Spit. The couples have known each other for years from when they both lived in Arizona. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Washington Scuba Alliance diver Glenn Grant holds the regulator of dive buddy Randy Williams while Williams adjusts his flipper before submerging at the breakwater at the entrance to the Point Hudson Marina. The divers were volunteering their services to relocate marine animals, such as sea stars, sea anemone and other invertebrates in advance of the re-placing the south entrance to the marina after the Wooden Boat Festival ends in September. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Scuba divers relocate Point Hudson creatures

Action taken to preserve marine life during breakwater work

Washington Scuba Alliance diver Glenn Grant holds the regulator of dive buddy Randy Williams while Williams adjusts his flipper before submerging at the breakwater at the entrance to the Point Hudson Marina. The divers were volunteering their services to relocate marine animals, such as sea stars, sea anemone and other invertebrates in advance of the re-placing the south entrance to the marina after the Wooden Boat Festival ends in September. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
A bright sun shone Tuesday afternoon on Kevin Mason and his Raccoon Lodge in Uptown Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)

Port Townsend Raccoon Lodge to stay for at least two years

Whimsical art piece to be loaned to city

A bright sun shone Tuesday afternoon on Kevin Mason and his Raccoon Lodge in Uptown Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)
Stephen Fisher, from the Kenmore area, tows 2-year-old Juniper and pugs Jackie and JoJo, with wife Catherine Creason following. They participated in the couple’s sixth Tour de Lavender this weekend. Creason said they were married during the event five years ago. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Tour de Lavender enjoys its biggest turnout to date

More than 900 people register for annual bike ride

Stephen Fisher, from the Kenmore area, tows 2-year-old Juniper and pugs Jackie and JoJo, with wife Catherine Creason following. They participated in the couple’s sixth Tour de Lavender this weekend. Creason said they were married during the event five years ago. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Blackberry pie contest winners, from left, Rachel Rice of Joyce (second place, adult), Audry Rice, 11, of Joyce (third place, youth), Janice Harsh of Port Angeles (third place, adult), Haylie Tenneson, 11, of Port Angeles (first place, youth), Tamara Stephens, Clackamas, Ore. (first place, adult) and Ariana Varholla, 15, of Sequim (second place, youth) display their pies and ribbons at the end of judging on Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Joyce Daze

Blackberry pie contest winners, from left, Rachel Rice of Joyce (second place, adult), Audry Rice, 11, of Joyce (third place, youth), Janice Harsh of Port… Continue reading

Blackberry pie contest winners, from left, Rachel Rice of Joyce (second place, adult), Audry Rice, 11, of Joyce (third place, youth), Janice Harsh of Port Angeles (third place, adult), Haylie Tenneson, 11, of Port Angeles (first place, youth), Tamara Stephens, Clackamas, Ore. (first place, adult) and Ariana Varholla, 15, of Sequim (second place, youth) display their pies and ribbons at the end of judging on Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Greg Holmquist of Port Angeles walks to his beached boat to pull it to a waiting trailer, parked more than 100 yards from the end of the regular boat ramp as a group of kayakers paddle around the Bachelor Rock sea stack during Thursday’s minus-2 low tide at Freshwater Bay west of Port Angeles. Holmquist said it was a perfect day for boating with calm seas and pleasant weather. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Low tide boat launch

Greg Holmquist of Port Angeles walks to his beached boat to pull it to a waiting trailer, parked more than 100 yards from the end… Continue reading

Greg Holmquist of Port Angeles walks to his beached boat to pull it to a waiting trailer, parked more than 100 yards from the end of the regular boat ramp as a group of kayakers paddle around the Bachelor Rock sea stack during Thursday’s minus-2 low tide at Freshwater Bay west of Port Angeles. Holmquist said it was a perfect day for boating with calm seas and pleasant weather. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
A multi-agency police force walks up the ramp after conducting a high-risk, low-frequency training exercise on board the M/V Kennewick on Wednesday. High risk refers to the level of danger to people and property, i.e., a hostage situation, and low frequency refers to the chance of it actually happening, but the agencies want to be prepared by training. The force was made up with personnel from the Port Townsend, Port Angeles and Sequim police departments and both the Clallam and Jefferson county sheriff’s departments as well as from customs enforcement. The 8 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. ferries from Port Townsend were cancelled due to low tides, so travel was not impacted during the exercise. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Training exercise

A multi-agency police force walks up the ramp after conducting a high-risk, low-frequency training exercise on board the M/V Kennewick on Wednesday. High risk refers… Continue reading

A multi-agency police force walks up the ramp after conducting a high-risk, low-frequency training exercise on board the M/V Kennewick on Wednesday. High risk refers to the level of danger to people and property, i.e., a hostage situation, and low frequency refers to the chance of it actually happening, but the agencies want to be prepared by training. The force was made up with personnel from the Port Townsend, Port Angeles and Sequim police departments and both the Clallam and Jefferson county sheriff’s departments as well as from customs enforcement. The 8 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. ferries from Port Townsend were cancelled due to low tides, so travel was not impacted during the exercise. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Visitors to Cape Flattery, the northwesternmost point in the contiguous United States, take scenic photos and selfies from the viewing platform on Tuesday as Tatoosh Island lies in the distance. The popular tourist attraction is part of an area administered by the Makah Tribe in Neah Bay. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Northwestern landmark

Visitors to Cape Flattery, the northwesternmost point in the contiguous United States, take scenic photos and selfies from the viewing platform on Tuesday as Tatoosh… Continue reading

Visitors to Cape Flattery, the northwesternmost point in the contiguous United States, take scenic photos and selfies from the viewing platform on Tuesday as Tatoosh Island lies in the distance. The popular tourist attraction is part of an area administered by the Makah Tribe in Neah Bay. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)