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Photo by Paul Stehr-Green Nothing tastes like a fresh berry plucked right off the vine! Join Clallam County Master Gardeners Jeanette Stehr Green and Audreen Williams for the 2026 Homegrown Berry Series and learn how to grow ripe, juicy strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries in your home garden. This 8-part series will teach you what you need to know to grow and care for your very own berry plants. Left to right: Jeanette Stehr-Green and Audreen Williams pruning a blueberry bush.

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Learn How to Grow Berries at 2026 Homegrown Berry Series

Gardeners who dream of harvesting ripe, flavorful berries straight from their own backyard will have a chance to…

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Community Invited to 2026 Winterfest Dinner at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church will hold its 2026 Winterfest Dinner a bit later this year; watch for…

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Native Plant Sale

Native Plant Sale

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Peninsula College Announces Winter 2026 Studium Generale Schedule

PORT ANGELES, WA - Peninsula College’s Studium Generale lecture series returns for Winter Quarter 2026 with a diverse…

Last Wednesday, many looked up to say …it’s a bird, it’s a plane it’s …not Superman …so what was it? A fallstreak hole (also known as a “hole punch cloud”) is a large circular or elliptical gap that can appear in cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds. High to mid-level clouds, such as altocumulus, are often composed of tiny water droplets that are much colder than freezing, but have yet to freeze. These “supercooled” water droplets need a “reason” to freeze, which usually comes in the form of ice crystals. Planes passing through the cloud layer can bring these ice crystals. Once the ice crystals are introduced, the water droplet quickly freeze, grow and start to fall. A hole is left behind, which will start to expand outward as neighboring droplets start to freeze. Photo Rod Fleck

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Unusual cloud formation

Last Wednesday, many looked up to say …it’s a bird, it’s a plane it’s …not Superman …so what…

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Free days added for national parks

Americans will see more fee-free national park days in 2026, while international visitors to some of the nation’s…

Learn how to select blueberries, strawberries, raspberries and blackberries for your home garden. Join veteran Clallam County Master Gardener Jeanette Stehr-Green for the Green Thumb Education Series presentation “Berry-licious: Selecting Berries for Your Home Garden.” Photo of Jeanette Stehr-Green holding berry plant by Audreen Williams.

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Berry-licious Program to Help Gardeners Choose the Right Berries

Berries are a popular and rewarding addition to home gardens, but selecting the right berry type and variety…

Photo Christi Baron West End Business and Professional Association wrapped up its holiday Promotion on Saturday, Dec. 20 outside Forks Outfitters. Winner for the last week were - Santa Bucks - Martin Perez $200, Rita Enlow $50 and Shelli Leons $25; winners of Outfitters giftcards were - Cathy Harner, Lori Crippen, Gabby Salsgiver, Eliza Hull, Tammy Jordan, David Tenorio, Nikole Gaydeski, and Pyper Graham; winners of Sully’s gift certificates were - Edward Stringer, Walter Jackson and Athena Ward. Thanks to all who shopped local, and thanks to Outfitters, Sully’s, and Chinook Pharmacy for adding to the prizes. A special thanks to Santa for his help. Winners pictured here are - Tammy, Athena, Rita, Santa, Edward, Cathy, (Joanne photo bombing), Shelli, Lori, Eliza, Nikole, and Martin.

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Last Santa Bucks Drawing

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Submitted photo Forks cheerleaders Libby Owen and Danikka King enjoyed their experience in Hawaii.

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Forks cheerleaders perform in Pearl Harbor Day Parade

HONOLULU — Cheerleaders from Forks helped represent the North Olympic Peninsula in the annual Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade…

Submitted photo A long-forgotten box of high school and college memories.

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Memories of a former Spartan …

The holidays can be a challenging time for anyone who has lost a friend or relative, at any…

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’Twas the Night Before Christmas …Forks Edition 2025

A short note about last week’s paper …thanks to the double power outages, I created the newspaper mostly…

Submitted photo Feeding 5000 volunteers served turkey and all the trimmings during their most recent Free lunch last Tuesday at the Community Center. Here you see 45 ready-to-eat meals packed up for those in need. Many thanks to the dedicated volunteers who make this effort possible every week, and Merry Christmas from Eugene, Don, Sherry, Debbie, Pat, Cathy, Chrissy, Theresa, Saydee, and Charles.

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Feeding 5000 Serves Up Holiday Cheer at Community Center

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