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Maintenance workers, from left, Brian Phillips, Jeff Clark and Noah Mohmand, suspend a banner outside the Port Angeles Public Library to gather interest in the library system’s Summer Reading Program, which runs from Friday through Aug. 23. The program offers free books and prizes for avid readers at the system’s branches in Port Angeles, Sequim, Forks and Clallam Bay. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Summer reading

Maintenance workers, from left, Brian Phillips, Jeff Clark and Noah Mohmand, suspend a banner outside the Port Angeles Public Library to gather interest in the… Continue reading

Maintenance workers, from left, Brian Phillips, Jeff Clark and Noah Mohmand, suspend a banner outside the Port Angeles Public Library to gather interest in the library system’s Summer Reading Program, which runs from Friday through Aug. 23. The program offers free books and prizes for avid readers at the system’s branches in Port Angeles, Sequim, Forks and Clallam Bay. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Tina Marie Alcorn, right, talks with attorney John Hayden during Alcorn’s first appearance on Tuesday in Clallam County Superior Court after extradition from Arkansas in connection with the 2016 homicide of George Cecil David in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Woman charged in decade-old murder

Alcorn, 54, extradited in woodcarver’s death

Tina Marie Alcorn, right, talks with attorney John Hayden during Alcorn’s first appearance on Tuesday in Clallam County Superior Court after extradition from Arkansas in connection with the 2016 homicide of George Cecil David in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Ethan Davidson, 16, left, competes with his brother, Pierce Davidson, 12, both of Dallas, Texas, in a paddleboard race on a temporary course set up at East Boat Haven in Port Angeles as part of the weekend’s Maritime Career Fair & Festival. The two-day event, hosted by the Port of Port Angeles, featured informational displays, children’s activities, maritime demonstrations, food, music and a fishing derby. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Paddleboard race

Ethan Davidson, 16, left, competes with his brother, Pierce Davidson, 12, both of Dallas, Texas, in a paddleboard race on a temporary course set up… Continue reading

Ethan Davidson, 16, left, competes with his brother, Pierce Davidson, 12, both of Dallas, Texas, in a paddleboard race on a temporary course set up at East Boat Haven in Port Angeles as part of the weekend’s Maritime Career Fair & Festival. The two-day event, hosted by the Port of Port Angeles, featured informational displays, children’s activities, maritime demonstrations, food, music and a fishing derby. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Ivy Karlinsky of Seattle has her two daughters Isla, 6, and Ellie, 3, help her over the finish line during the last 20 meters of her half-marathon race at the Port Angeles Pier on Sunday. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

NORTH OLYMPIC DISCOVERY MARATHON: A hot time was had by all

They came, they ran and they conquered the elements in the 23rd annual North Olympic Discovery Marathon on Sunday. Runners from all… Continue reading

Ivy Karlinsky of Seattle has her two daughters Isla, 6, and Ellie, 3, help her over the finish line during the last 20 meters of her half-marathon race at the Port Angeles Pier on Sunday. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Master Gardener Cece Fitton of Sequim waters a patch of black-eyed Susans and phacelia, along with other pollinator plants, on Thursday at the group’s demonstration garden at 2711 Woodcock Road near Sequim. The Woodcock Garden, operated through the Washington State University Extension office, features a classroom and an outdoor pavilion for seasonal lectures and workshops and is open to the public during daylight hours year-round. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Demonstration garden

Master Gardener Cece Fitton of Sequim waters a patch of black-eyed Susans and phacelia, along with other pollinator plants, on Thursday at the group’s demonstration… Continue reading

Master Gardener Cece Fitton of Sequim waters a patch of black-eyed Susans and phacelia, along with other pollinator plants, on Thursday at the group’s demonstration garden at 2711 Woodcock Road near Sequim. The Woodcock Garden, operated through the Washington State University Extension office, features a classroom and an outdoor pavilion for seasonal lectures and workshops and is open to the public during daylight hours year-round. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Elizabeth Angell of Port Angeles keeps watch on her son, Myles Angell, 2, during an outing at the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield on Wednesday in Port Angeles. Portions of the playground are currently closed for maintenance and the entire playground is scheduled to be closed on Saturday morning for seasonal play surface rehabilitation. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Seasonal closure

Elizabeth Angell of Port Angeles keeps watch on her son, Myles Angell, 2, during an outing at the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield on Wednesday… Continue reading

Elizabeth Angell of Port Angeles keeps watch on her son, Myles Angell, 2, during an outing at the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield on Wednesday in Port Angeles. Portions of the playground are currently closed for maintenance and the entire playground is scheduled to be closed on Saturday morning for seasonal play surface rehabilitation. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Lane Coney, who lives in Port Townsend, stops and looks at a flowering poison hemlock plant that extends over the sidewalk on Washington Street near the Port Townsend post office on Tuesday morning. Poison hemlock is a highly poisonous, flowering plant in the carrot family. All parts of the plant are toxic, especially when ingested. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Poison hemlock

Lane Coney, who lives in Port Townsend, stops and looks at a flowering poison hemlock plant that extends over the sidewalk on Washington Street near… Continue reading

Lane Coney, who lives in Port Townsend, stops and looks at a flowering poison hemlock plant that extends over the sidewalk on Washington Street near the Port Townsend post office on Tuesday morning. Poison hemlock is a highly poisonous, flowering plant in the carrot family. All parts of the plant are toxic, especially when ingested. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Stephen and Christine Humphries of Nottingham, United Kingdom, spend part of Monday looking over the skeleton of Gunther, the 4-year-old Pacific gray whale that washed ashore and died on a beach in Port Ludlow in 2019 and is now an educational exhibit for the Port Townsend Marine Science Center located on the Union Wharf in downtown Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Visiting Gunther

Stephen and Christine Humphries of Nottingham, United Kingdom, spend part of Monday looking over the skeleton of Gunther, the 4-year-old Pacific gray whale that washed… Continue reading

Stephen and Christine Humphries of Nottingham, United Kingdom, spend part of Monday looking over the skeleton of Gunther, the 4-year-old Pacific gray whale that washed ashore and died on a beach in Port Ludlow in 2019 and is now an educational exhibit for the Port Townsend Marine Science Center located on the Union Wharf in downtown Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Lynette Hostetler of Port Angeles instructs Ian, her shetland sheepdog, over an inclined obstacle during Saturday’s AKC Agility Rally and Obedience Trials at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim. The event, hosted by the Hurricane Ridge Kennel Club, featured a variety of obstacle courses with dogs searching for the fastest time in the ring. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Up and over

Lynette Hostetler of Port Angeles instructs Ian, her shetland sheepdog, over an inclined obstacle during Saturday’s AKC Agility Rally and Obedience Trials at Carrie Blake… Continue reading

Lynette Hostetler of Port Angeles instructs Ian, her shetland sheepdog, over an inclined obstacle during Saturday’s AKC Agility Rally and Obedience Trials at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim. The event, hosted by the Hurricane Ridge Kennel Club, featured a variety of obstacle courses with dogs searching for the fastest time in the ring. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Edmond Mills, 4, and his brother, Avery Mills, 10, both of Port Angeles, enjoy ice cream on Saturday at the Juan de Fuca Festival. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Sights and sounds of Juan de Fuca Festival

Edmond Mills, 4, and his brother, Avery Mills, 10, both of Port Angeles, enjoy ice cream on Saturday at the Juan de Fuca Festival.… Continue reading

Edmond Mills, 4, and his brother, Avery Mills, 10, both of Port Angeles, enjoy ice cream on Saturday at the Juan de Fuca Festival. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Kayla Oakes, former director of the Juan de Fuca Festival Foundation and current director of education for Field Arts & Events Hall, hangs student artwork in the Port Angeles City Hall atrium on Thursday in preparation for this weekend’s Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts. The three-day festival features music, food, a craft market and other entertainment spread over four stages. Additional festival information is available at jffa.org. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Festival preparation

Kayla Oakes, former director of the Juan de Fuca Festival Foundation and current director of education for Field Arts & Events Hall, hangs student artwork… Continue reading

Kayla Oakes, former director of the Juan de Fuca Festival Foundation and current director of education for Field Arts & Events Hall, hangs student artwork in the Port Angeles City Hall atrium on Thursday in preparation for this weekend’s Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts. The three-day festival features music, food, a craft market and other entertainment spread over four stages. Additional festival information is available at jffa.org. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
A crane lifts the framework for a new scoreboard being installed at Port Angeles Civic Field. The nearly $1 million, 40-foot-wide scoreboard, which dwarfs the field’s old board, is expected to be operational in time for opening day of the Port Angeles Lefties baseball season on May 30. About $800,000 came from state funding through the West Coast League, and $120,000 in Port Angeles Lodging Tax funds also were awarded. Due to technical issues, final placement of the structure was postponed on Wednesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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New scoreboard

A crane lifts the framework for a new scoreboard being installed at Port Angeles Civic Field. The nearly $1 million, 40-foot-wide scoreboard, which dwarfs the… Continue reading

A crane lifts the framework for a new scoreboard being installed at Port Angeles Civic Field. The nearly $1 million, 40-foot-wide scoreboard, which dwarfs the field’s old board, is expected to be operational in time for opening day of the Port Angeles Lefties baseball season on May 30. About $800,000 came from state funding through the West Coast League, and $120,000 in Port Angeles Lodging Tax funds also were awarded. Due to technical issues, final placement of the structure was postponed on Wednesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
U.S. Highway 101, pictured from the Black Diamond bridge, is set to reopen late Thursday or early Friday, the state Department of Transportation said. The section has been closed since early March for fish passage work on Tumwater Creek with a detour set up on state Highway 117. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Reopening soon

U.S. Highway 101, pictured from the Black Diamond bridge, is set to reopen late Thursday or early Friday, the state Department of Transportation said. The… Continue reading

U.S. Highway 101, pictured from the Black Diamond bridge, is set to reopen late Thursday or early Friday, the state Department of Transportation said. The section has been closed since early March for fish passage work on Tumwater Creek with a detour set up on state Highway 117. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Kayla Fairchild, culinary manager for the Port Angeles Food Bank, chops vegetables on Friday that will go into ready-made meals for food bank patrons. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Meal programs offer twist to food bank services

PA launches first revenue-producing effort with entrees

Kayla Fairchild, culinary manager for the Port Angeles Food Bank, chops vegetables on Friday that will go into ready-made meals for food bank patrons. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Bill Schlichting of Wilder Toyota holds up the rubber duck belonging to winner Colleen WIlliams of Port Angeles at the 36th annual Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby held at City Pier on Sunday. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)
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Lucky duck

Bill Schlichting, Wilder Toyota sales manager, holds up the rubber duck belonging to Colleen Williams of Port Angeles, winner of the 2025 Toyota Corolla, at… Continue reading

Bill Schlichting of Wilder Toyota holds up the rubber duck belonging to winner Colleen WIlliams of Port Angeles at the 36th annual Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby held at City Pier on Sunday. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)
Bliss Morris of Chimacum, a float builder and driver of the Rhody float, sits in the driver’s seat on Thursday as he checks out sight lines in the 60-foot float he will be piloting in the streets of Port Townsend during the upcoming 90th Rhody Parade on Saturday. Rhody volunteer Mike Ridgway of Port Townsend looks on. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Final touches

Bliss Morris of Chimacum, a float builder and driver of the Rhody float, sits in the driver’s seat on Thursday as he checks out sight… Continue reading

Bliss Morris of Chimacum, a float builder and driver of the Rhody float, sits in the driver’s seat on Thursday as he checks out sight lines in the 60-foot float he will be piloting in the streets of Port Townsend during the upcoming 90th Rhody Parade on Saturday. Rhody volunteer Mike Ridgway of Port Townsend looks on. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
A Clallam County Public Utilities District worker trims sycamore trees on East Washington Street near the Bell Creek Plaza shopping complex in Sequim on Wednesday as part of an effort to clear branches that may interfere with nearby power lines. The clearing helps pave the way for eventual maintenance on the PUD lines. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Clearing the line

A Clallam County Public Utilities District worker trims sycamore trees on East Washington Street near the Bell Creek Plaza shopping complex in Sequim on Wednesday… Continue reading

A Clallam County Public Utilities District worker trims sycamore trees on East Washington Street near the Bell Creek Plaza shopping complex in Sequim on Wednesday as part of an effort to clear branches that may interfere with nearby power lines. The clearing helps pave the way for eventual maintenance on the PUD lines. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles Symphony Conductor Jonathan Pasternack, guest soloist Anna Petrova and the orchestra celebrate their return to the stage in November 2021. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)

Symphony maestro wraps his 10th anniversary season

Two concerts set for this weekend

Port Angeles Symphony Conductor Jonathan Pasternack, guest soloist Anna Petrova and the orchestra celebrate their return to the stage in November 2021. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)
Chimacum Elementary School sixth-grade students jump on a rotating maypole as they use the new playground equipment on Monday during recess. The playground was redesigned with safer equipment and was in use for the first time since inspections were completed last Thursday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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New equipment

Chimacum Elementary School sixth-grade students jump on a rotating maypole as they use the new playground equipment on Monday during recess. The playground was redesigned… Continue reading

Chimacum Elementary School sixth-grade students jump on a rotating maypole as they use the new playground equipment on Monday during recess. The playground was redesigned with safer equipment and was in use for the first time since inspections were completed last Thursday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
A group of people play American Mahjong at the Harmony Center of Sequim in the activities room, which is large and well-lit, with Wi-Fi, a 70-inch television, folding tables and chairs. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Harmony Center cultivates peace through connection

Nonprofit offers free activity space in Sequim

A group of people play American Mahjong at the Harmony Center of Sequim in the activities room, which is large and well-lit, with Wi-Fi, a 70-inch television, folding tables and chairs. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)