Sue Ridder and husband Johnny from Vancouver, visiting relatives in Port Townsend, start cleaning some of the 13 Dungeness crab they caught in Port Townsend Bay on Wednesday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Catch of the day

Sue Ridder and husband Johnny from Vancouver, visiting relatives in Port Townsend, start cleaning some of the 13…

Santa rides down Forks Avenue during the Twinkle Light Parade in 2022 in the West End Business & Professional association train. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News, file)

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Santa arrives in Port Townsend, Forks this weekend

Tree lightings, other activities are on tap

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Plankenhorn to perform at The Palindrome

PORT TOWNSEND — Jeff Plankenhorn, a world-class songwriter who recently moved to Vancouver Island from Texas, will perform…

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Nordland man dies of injuries from Nov. 14 wreck

SHINE — A second person involved in a two-car collision on Nov. 14 has died of his injuries,…

Arin Sarkissian.

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Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra concert set for Sunday

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Maestro Tigran Arakelyan, will present its…

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Jefferson County updates fee schedules

Environmental Public Health up 6 percent

Santa Claus, portrayed by Stephen Rosales of Sequim, waves to the crowd after his arrival by vintage fire truck at Centennial Place in downtown Sequim on Saturday, part of the city’s Hometown Holidays celebration. Santa, accompanied by Irrigation Festival royalty, greeted children next to the city’s Christmas tree in an event that also featured music by the Sequim City Band and a lighted tractor parade. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Holiday tradition

Santa Claus, portrayed by Stephen Rosales of Sequim, waves to the crowd after his arrival by vintage fire…

Local artist and immigrant Egor Shokoladov has been accepted into Art Basel Miami, the art fair considered the largest event of its kind in the Americas.

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Peninsula artist to exhibit work at leading arts fair in Miami, Fla.

International event will show pieces from hundreds of galleries

Rich Foutch of Active Construction, Inc., in Tacoma paints a line on the roadway at the new roundabout at Kearney Street and state Highway 20 for the placement of temporary stripes in a pedestrian crosswalk on Monday in Port Townsend. The temperatures have to be in the mid-50s to install permanent striping, he said. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Roundabout striping

Rich Foutch of Active Construction, Inc., in Tacoma paints a line on the roadway at the new roundabout…

Jonathan Blum, principal deputy administrator and chief operating officer at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, speaks about the financial difficulties facing rural hospitals during a visit to Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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CMS chief visits rural hospitals on Peninsula

Older population more dependent on Medicare, Medicaid

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Melissa Montague of Corvallis, Ore., examines tables filled with locally-made gifts at the Makers Market on Friday at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center.

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Post-Thanksgiving shopping spurred on Peninsula

Holiday events offered today

Mary Fahl's show at Concerts in the Woods on Dec. 2nd.

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Mary Fahl to perform year’s final Concert in the Woods

COYLE — Mary Fahl, formerly of the October Project, will perform at 2023’s last Concerts in the Woods…

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A GROWING CONCERN: For every season, there is a plant

WELL, THANKSGIVING HAS come and gone, and hopefully so has all the leftover turkey!

Photo by Karen Griffiths

Cutline: My niece Brooke Stromberg and Lacy, both 15, make a winning turn during a barrel racing competition during an April game show in 2008  at JeffCo fairgrounds.   Later, the duo became the 2008 Washington High School Equestrian Team  and Patterned Speed Horse Association’s (junior division) state champions in barrel racing. Both shows were held in Wenatchee.

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HORSEPLAY: Saying goodbye to a faithful friend

I’M FEELING A bit emotional as I share my Lacey passed away peacefully in her pasture on Nov.…

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Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

PORT ANGELES — Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show…

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EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

• Port Angeles Noon Rotary — Meets at noon on Wednesdays at Asian Buffet, 1940 E. First St. #160…

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Ceremonies, lights, shopping mark Thanksgiving weekend

Port Angeles and Sequim both will mark the Saturday after Thanksgiving with tree-lighting ceremonies to coincide with Small…

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Port Hadlock man arrested after alleged assault, standoff

PORT HADLOCK — A 49-year-old Port Hadlock man is scheduled for a Dec. 1 arraignment on charges stemming…

Anna-Marie Tax, 7, of Port Angeles and her brother A.J. Tax, 4, behind, are served by volunteers, from left, Phil Becillis, Lorenz Sololmann and Patty Sollman during Thursday’s Community Dinner at Queen of Angeles community hall in Port Angeles. Hundreds of people took part in the free meal, which featured traditional Thanksgiving fare, dessert and the companionship of other community members. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Free community feasts draw Peninsula residents

Volunteers serve hundreds with turkey, all the fixings

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Election field is lining up for 2024

Candidates emerge for vacant positions