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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“Trail to Sol Duc Falls” will be part of the Blue Whole Gallery’s “28 on the Strait” exhibit during the First Friday Art Walk in Sequim.

First Friday Art Walk set this week

The First Friday Art Walk will celebrate with a white-themed event from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at… 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)
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Clallam County Sheriff’s Office reports that they believe the body found on June 1 is missing kayaker Ty Coone. The remains were found about a mile from where Coone was fishing on May 13 in a kayak north of Cline Spit. A local Celebration of Life is set for 7 p.m. Saturday, June 14, at the big barn at 702 Kitchen-Dick Road in Sequim. (Michele Scott Duncan)

Update: Body found in Dungeness believed to be missing kayaker

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Eamon Myers, age 10 of Port Angeles, feeds some of the Shetland Sheep at the 42nd annual Shepherd’s Festival, held Monday at the Sequim Prairie Grange — both inside and out. It included many vendors with sheep, goats, llamas and related products. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)
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Port Angeles Fire Department Capt. Travis McFarland, left, and firefighter/EMT Tom Muir spread landscaping bark as part of a project to beautify the landscape around the fire hall. Fire department personnel spent time on Tuesday sprucing up the station grounds. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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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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Lane Coney, who lives in Port Townsend, stops and looks at a flowering poison hemlock plant that extends over the… Continue reading

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“Trail to Sol Duc Falls” will be part of the Blue Whole Gallery’s “28 on the Strait” exhibit during the First Friday Art Walk in Sequim.

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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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Port Townsend City Council dissolves Fort Worden PDA

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Abby Kimball bats for Port Angeles during the 2A state tournament in Selah. Kimball was named the Olympic League Offensive Player of the Year. (Daniel Rosenfield/Longview Daily News)

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Runners take off at 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn during the start of the 2024 North Olympic Discovery Marathon. More than 2,200 people are signed up to compete in a variety of races this weekend as part of marathon weekend. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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“Trail to Sol Duc Falls” will be part of the Blue Whole Gallery’s “28 on the Strait” exhibit during the First Friday Art Walk in Sequim.

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