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Weekly flight operations scheduled

COUPEVILLE — There will be no field carrier landing practice for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey…

Chelsea Rosenberger, right, and sons Josiah and Micah, go through the bits of trash they picked up along a beach at Fort Worden State Park on Saturday as their volunteer contribution for Earth Day. The family participated in a beach cleanup sponsored by the Marine Science Center in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Earth Day cleanup

By Steve Mullensky

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Sequim and PA’s high school equestrian teams merged to compete as one in Freestyle 4’s Drill Team, placing 1st  in meet 3 and winning a gold medal are Joanna Seelye, left, Libby Swanberg, Maggie Anderson and Sydney Hutton with coaches Katie Newton, left, and Keri Tucker. Watch them  compete live at state finals May 19-22  by visiting https://www.wahset.info/stream-links and clicking on District 4.

Life

HORSEPLAY: PA, Sequim equestrian teams head to state meet

LET’S ALL CHEER and congratulate the Sequim and Port Angeles equestrian teams on their Washington State High School…

Life

A GROWING CONCERN: For spring garden glory, hang out with the cool kids

LAST WEEK, I told you what not to plant. This week, let me give you a list of…

Peninsula Daily News

Mount Olympus in Olympic National Park, as seen from the High Divide trail in August 2020, could lose its glaciers by 2070 because of global warming.

News

Study: Olympic glaciers doomed

Researchers project most melting by 2070

Business

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…

Howly Slim

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Howly Slim dies of cancer

Man of many talents known for concerts on Peninsula

Business

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

• Port Angeles Business Association — In-person meeting 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 DelGuzzi Drive (off…

Arts & Entertainment

Kingly compositions to be heard Sunday

PORT TOWNSEND — Concerti from the Court of Frederick the Great is set for 2 p.m. Sunday at…

Dr. Suzanne Ames

News

Peninsula College selects president

New chief to replace retiring Luke Robins

News

Woman rescued after falling in toilet trying to get phone

The Associated Press

Life

ISSUES OF FAITH: Seeing and nurturing beauty

THE ANCIENT CHINESE philosopher Confucius said of beauty: “Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it.”

Education

Peninsula school districts mulling cutbacks

Reduction likely in future for many

Above the crowd in the Chimacum School Commons is Brian Goodman’s family portrait of, from top, Cindy, Azuriah, Phineas and Zishe Sylvester. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Arts & Entertainment

‘Still Here: Portraits of the Chemakum’ reopens Saturday

Exhibit elicits both joy, tears at Chimacum High

Nellie Bly (Maggie Jo Bulkley) and Phileas Fogg (Brendan Chambers) engage in global travel — real and imagined — in “Around the World in Less Than 80 Days,” now playing at Key City Public Theatre in Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Arts & Entertainment

Music, film, drama spring up this weekend across North Olympic Peninsula

Springtime activities hit full strength this weekend with jazz and swing, a film festival and a theatrical race…

Arts & Entertainment

Earth Day celebrations set this weekend on Olympic Peninsula

The North Olympic Peninsula will offer a variety of Earth Day celebrations.

Principal horn player Bruce Kelley is the featured soloist with the Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra, which will offer Armenian American composer Alan Hovhaness’ Artik Concerto tonight and Sunday at the Chimacum School Auditorium. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Arts & Entertainment

Port Townsend Symphony on stage Friday, Sunday

Performances set in Chimacum

News

Weekend workshop to explore plans for poplars

Groups oppose proposal to remove ‘heritage’ trees

Life

Grange meeting planned Wednesday

CHIMACUM — Richard Tucker will address a meeting of Chimacum Grange at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Life

Spring plant sale online through Wednesday

PORT TOWNSEND — The Food Bank Growers Network is hosting its second spring plant sale through Wednesday, April…