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WEEKEND: Lobo del Mar set for performance tonight in Port Angeles CORRECTED

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, May 20. PORT ANGELES — Lobo del Mar, a music and dance troupe based in Port Hadlock, will… Continue reading

Lobo del Mar

NEWS BRIEFS: Port Townsend cidery’s new location opening May 28 . . . and other items

PORT TOWNSEND — Finnriver Farm & Cidery has moved its tasting room and event facilities to the new Finnriver Orchard and Cider Garden, 124 Center… Continue reading

Parent firm of Port Townsend mill names new president; not expected to affect operations immediately

PORT TOWNSEND — The naming of a new leader for Port Townsend Paper Corp.'s parent company will not immediately affect local operations, Crown Paper Group… Continue reading

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Safe Boating Week to start Saturday, continue until May 27

The North Olympic Sail and Power Squadron will promote National Safe Boating Week starting Saturday until Friday, May 27, to bring awareness to the “Wear… Continue reading

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Port Angeles Fine Arts Center director Jake Seniuk sits in the courtyard of the center in this December 2011 file photograph. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News ()

Saturday celebration at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center to salute longtime arts center director

PORT ANGELES — The life and works of Jake Seniuk — longtime executive director of the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, who died March 18… Continue reading

Port Angeles Fine Arts Center director Jake Seniuk sits in the courtyard of the center in this December 2011 file photograph. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News ()
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WEEKEND: 27th annual Duck Derby race day Sunday at Lincoln Park

PORT ANGELES — Rain or shine, more than 26,000 bright-yellow rubber ducks will splash into the Lincoln Park pond during the 27th annual Great Olympic… Continue reading

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WEEKEND: Brats, brews, benefit on tap this weekend on the Peninsula

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, May 20. A Brats and Brew Fest and “The Art of Ending Homelessness” benefit for Serenity House are… Continue reading

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WEEKEND: Clallam Conservation District programs to be topic of talk tonight in Forks

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, May 20. FORKS — Clallam Conservation District’s conservation efforts will be the topic of tonight’s Evening Talk at… Continue reading

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San Francisco Bay Area jazz duo Leftover Dreams are slated to perform tonight at the Key City Playhouse

WEEKEND: Jazz duo Leftover Dreams performs tonight at Key City Playhouse

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, May 20. PORT TOWNSEND — Explore the hip sounds of jazz this evening with San Francisco Bay Area… Continue reading

San Francisco Bay Area jazz duo Leftover Dreams are slated to perform tonight at the Key City Playhouse
Unity Church of Port Townsend at 11 a.m. Saturday will present the Rev. Simon de Voil

WEEKEND: Meditation workshop set in Port Townsend on Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — Unity Church of Port Townsend will present a special workshop, “Invoking the Sacred Earth Through Song and Meditation,” on Saturday. The workshop,… Continue reading

Unity Church of Port Townsend at 11 a.m. Saturday will present the Rev. Simon de Voil
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WEEKEND: Nature exhibit to travel to Port Angeles Library on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — A traveling nature exhibit featuring educators with the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture will visit the Port Angeles Library on… Continue reading

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WEEKEND: Stamp Out Hunger food drive continues Saturday in Sequim

The annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive raised more than 15,000 pounds of food and $3,100 for North Olympic Peninsula food banks May 7, and… Continue reading

YOUTH SPORTS: Felton sixth at national hoop shoot; baseball and softball roundup

Felton sixth in nation at hoop shoot contest CHICAGO — Isabelle Felton of Port Angeles recently finished sixth in the nation in the girls 8-9… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 firefighters douse a structure fire at an employee housing unit near Lake Crescent Lodge on Tuesday evening. — Jay Cline/Clallam County Fire District No. 2 ()

Eight people moved to new housing after fire near Lake Crescent

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Eight people were moved to new housing after a multi-family employee housing building at Lake Crescent was heavily damaged in a… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 firefighters douse a structure fire at an employee housing unit near Lake Crescent Lodge on Tuesday evening. — Jay Cline/Clallam County Fire District No. 2 ()
Shae Pozarzycki works out on a homemade strength-training structure behind his Port Angeles home

‘Northwest Ninja’ from Port Angeles competes for $1 million in televised contest

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man known to fellow trainers as the Northwest Ninja is competing in a televised athletic game show in which… Continue reading

Shae Pozarzycki works out on a homemade strength-training structure behind his Port Angeles home

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Sequim salon set to debut next weekend . . . and other items

SEQUIM — Xochitl’s Salon, 201 S. Sunnyside Ave., will hold its grand opening at noon Saturday, May 28. Refreshments will be available, and small gifts… Continue reading

Jefferson: County election contest line-ups unchanged

PORT TOWNSEND — Election contest lineups for Jefferson County races remained the same Wednesday when no additional candidates filed with the county auditor. Candidate filing… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Port Angeles special storytime set this Friday . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Library System (NOLS) has partnered with Olympic National Park to offer a special Endangered Species Day edition of storytime… Continue reading

District 2 Fire-Rescue firefighters hose down an employee housing building at the Lake Crescent Lodge complex on Tuesday evening. (Jay Cline/District 2)

Employee housing unit at Lake Crescent complex heavily damaged in fire

PORT ANGELES — An employee housing building at Lake Crescent sustained heavy damage in a fire Tuesday night. Clallam District 2 Fire-Rescue reported that it… Continue reading

District 2 Fire-Rescue firefighters hose down an employee housing building at the Lake Crescent Lodge complex on Tuesday evening. (Jay Cline/District 2)

‘Virtual’ opening set for Sunday for Wandering Princess website

FORKS — The Wandering Princess will have its “virtual ribbon cutting” at noon Sunday through its website, www.thewanderingprincess.net, and Facebook page. The owners said there… Continue reading