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Weekly flight operations scheduled

There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex this week. There will be… Continue reading

Ryan Malane with one of his cats.

Business community mourns Ryan Malane

Sudden death leaves people ‘heartbroken’

Ryan Malane with one of his cats.
Bob McCall, from Great Britain, loads his kayak with supplies he will need for his 710-mile journey to Ketchikan, Alaska, during the 2022 Race 2 Alaska, which got underway at noon Thursday from Victoria Harbour. A self-described tracker junkie since the first race, McCall decided to enter the race in 2020 and ordered a kayak built in Victoria, but COVID-19 hit and canceled everything. This is the first time he was able to enter and he is looking forward to the adventure. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Race to Alaska teams start 710-mile trek

Thirty-two leave Victoria for Ketchikan

Bob McCall, from Great Britain, loads his kayak with supplies he will need for his 710-mile journey to Ketchikan, Alaska, during the 2022 Race 2 Alaska, which got underway at noon Thursday from Victoria Harbour. A self-described tracker junkie since the first race, McCall decided to enter the race in 2020 and ordered a kayak built in Victoria, but COVID-19 hit and canceled everything. This is the first time he was able to enter and he is looking forward to the adventure. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

A GROWING CONCERN: Cut flowers like a pro

Last week, we learned about pinching and deadheading as a means to create far more flower for a greater duration. So what could one do… Continue reading

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  • By Andrew May For Peninsula Daily News

COVID, gun violence prevention before health board

Ten Public Health Heroes recognized

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An excavator pulls apart the charred wreckage of the former Castaways Restaurant and Lounge on Thursday in Port Angeles. The resaturant, located at 1213 Marine Drive at Boat Haven West,  was destroyed by a fire of unknown origin on Jan. 31. Jim Bishop Excavating is performing the demolition.

Demolition begins for burned business in Port Angeles

An excavator pulls apart the charred wreckage of the former Castaways Restaurant and Lounge on Thursday in Port Angeles. The restaurant, located at 1213 Marine… Continue reading

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An excavator pulls apart the charred wreckage of the former Castaways Restaurant and Lounge on Thursday in Port Angeles. The resaturant, located at 1213 Marine Drive at Boat Haven West,  was destroyed by a fire of unknown origin on Jan. 31. Jim Bishop Excavating is performing the demolition.

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

In-person meeting 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 DelGuzzi Drive (off U.S. Highway 101) in east Port Angeles.… Continue reading

Ezra Kikue Cook earned best of show for his photograph “Waking Up.”

High School Art Exhibition winners named

The Pirate Union Building Gallery of Art has announced the winners of its 2022 Olympic Peninsula High School Art Exhibition. Ezra Kikue… Continue reading

Ezra Kikue Cook earned best of show for his photograph “Waking Up.”
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Home barged from B.C. to 3 Crabs in Dungeness

Owner replaces house that burned in a fire in 2017

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Lectures on crabs scheduled in-person and online this week

The Port Townsend Marine Science Center and Jefferson County Marine Resources Committee will co-sponsor lectures on crabs during the upcoming week. • The… Continue reading

Alex ‘Swiftwater’ McCarty, a Makah artist who will present a lecture, about the Ozette Village, is pictured working on a carving.  (Shauna Bittle)

Makah Museum opens after two years

Facility marks 43rd anniversary

Alex ‘Swiftwater’ McCarty, a Makah artist who will present a lecture, about the Ozette Village, is pictured working on a carving.  (Shauna Bittle)
Puget Sound Anglers-North Olympic Peninsula chapter
A full Dungeness crab pot awaits crabbers during a run to check pots on the Strait of Juan de Fuca last summer.
Puget Sound Anglers-North Olympic Peninsula chapter
A full Dungeness crab pot awaits crabbers during a run to check pots on the Strait of Juan de Fuca last summer.

Reading party slated for summer program

The North Olympic Library System will host launch parties for the Summer Reading Program next week. The theme for this year’s program… Continue reading

Sheriff’s office: Corrections staff’s quick response saves lives of three inmates

Staff at the Clallam County Corrections Facility saved the lives of three inmates after fentanyl overdoses, according to the Clallam County Sheriff’s… Continue reading

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show on KONP 1450 AM, 101.7 FM in… Continue reading

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Lefties second baseman Kemet Brown bats in the first inning against Bend on Thursday in Port Angeles.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Lefties second baseman Kemet Brown bats in the first inning against Bend on Thursday in Port Angeles.

AREA SPORTS: Free youth football camp in Forks; basketball and soccer camps in Jefferson County

Friday summer youth volleyball sessions begin June 28 in Sequim

Tranco Transmission won the 12U softball city championship over P.A. Power Equipment 10-3 last Saturday. Tranco players are, back row, from left, Athena Grego, Paeton Elofson, Parker Horn, Norah Delgado, Sophie Weed and, front row, Catherine Chance, Morgan Politika, Madison Wright, Juno Rognlien and Olivia McCallister. Not Pictured: Alyssa Romero and London Wilkinson. The team was managed by Kim Politika and coached by Joe Politika and Nils Rognlien.

AREA SPORTS: Tranco Transmission wins 12U softball crown

Oregon State wrestlers leading Forks camp June 28-29

Tranco Transmission won the 12U softball city championship over P.A. Power Equipment 10-3 last Saturday. Tranco players are, back row, from left, Athena Grego, Paeton Elofson, Parker Horn, Norah Delgado, Sophie Weed and, front row, Catherine Chance, Morgan Politika, Madison Wright, Juno Rognlien and Olivia McCallister. Not Pictured: Alyssa Romero and London Wilkinson. The team was managed by Kim Politika and coached by Joe Politika and Nils Rognlien.