Joe Smillie

Jamestown builds ‘starter’ logjams on Dungeness River to aid salmon

SEQUIM –– Using helicopters to strategically place logs and to create jams on the Dungeness River, the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe and Olympic National Forest are… Continue reading

 

Part of last April's Sequim elk herd rests in a field above Brownfield Road off U.S. Highway 101 southeast of Sequim.  —Photo by Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

A reprieve: No public hunt this winter for Sequim’s elk

SEQUIM –– For the first time in a decade, there won't be any public hunts of the Dungeness Valley's signature elk herd this winter. “We've… Continue reading

 

Part of last April's Sequim elk herd rests in a field above Brownfield Road off U.S. Highway 101 southeast of Sequim. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

An elk reprieve: No public hunt this winter for Sequim’s signature beast

SEQUIM –– For the first time in a decade, there won't be any public hunts of the Dungeness Valley's signature elk herd this winter. “We've… Continue reading

 

Dawn Pierson

Port Townsend pub crawl today to celebrate beginning of fall

PORT TOWNSEND –– It's time to strap on the lederhosen and wax up the mustache as the Port Townsend Main Street program throws an early… Continue reading

Dawn Pierson

Sequim considers new water rates; public hearing set Oct. 13

SEQUIM –– Consumption will factor more into the bills of city water users if a new rate structure is approved by the Sequim City Council.… Continue reading

Sequim considers new water rates; public hearing set Oct. 13

SEQUIM –– Consumption will factor more into the bills of city water users if a new rate structure is approved by the Sequim City Council.… Continue reading

Accused killer Pierce heads for fourth trial after motion to dismiss denied

PORT TOWNSEND –– Michael J. Pierce will face a fourth trial for the March 2009 murders of Quilcene farm couple Pat and Janice Yarr. Kitsap… Continue reading

Fatal logging accident killing Port Angeles man one of three in Northwest in one week

COYLE –– A logger killed by a falling tree off Coyle Road last week was a 23-year-old Port Angeles man. Emergency officials Friday identified the… Continue reading

Dawn Pierson

Port Townsend pub crawl Monday to celebrate beginning of fall

PORT TOWNSEND –– It's time to strap on the lederhosen and wax up the mustache as the Port Townsend Main Street program throws an early… Continue reading

Dawn Pierson

Sequim schools eye bond measure

SEQUIM –– School district officials are eyeing another proposal for a bond measure to build more schools, this one a third the size of a… Continue reading

Trial date designation delayed in Sequim labor lawsuit

PORT ANGELES –– A Clallam County Superior Court judge has postponed setting a trial date to debate the merits of two proposed initiatives aimed at… Continue reading

2nd UPDATE — Fatal logging accident killing Port Angeles man one of three in Northwest in one week

COYLE –– A logger killed by a falling tree off Coyle Road last week was a 23-year-old Port Angeles man. Emergency officials Friday identified the… Continue reading

Accused killer Pierce heads for fourth trial after motion to dismiss denied

PORT TOWNSEND –– Michael J. Pierce will face a fourth trial for the March 2009 murders of Quilcene farm couple Pat and Janice Yarr. Kitsap… Continue reading

Kyra Cartwright of Sequim watches as Smokey Bear looks at a string of beads Kyra created at an activity booth set up by the Olympic Driftwood Sculptors group at the annual Dungeness River Festival in 2013 at Railroad Bridge Park near Sequim. The event featured a variety of exhibits and activities geared around nature

Dungeness River Festival celebrates the wild today

SEQUIM –– The wild things are in the river. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, this weekend's 15th edition of the Dungeness River… Continue reading

Kyra Cartwright of Sequim watches as Smokey Bear looks at a string of beads Kyra created at an activity booth set up by the Olympic Driftwood Sculptors group at the annual Dungeness River Festival in 2013 at Railroad Bridge Park near Sequim. The event featured a variety of exhibits and activities geared around nature
Crews gathered at the Port of Port Townsend’s Boat Haven on Thursday to watch the Lady Washington

Refurbished Lady Washington back gets back in the sea from Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND –– After almost three weeks of work as it received a makeover at the Port of Port Townsend’s Boat Haven, Lady Washington, the… Continue reading

Crews gathered at the Port of Port Townsend’s Boat Haven on Thursday to watch the Lady Washington

Logger dies after being crushed by tree in Coyle

COYLE –– An unidentified logger died after he was crushed by a tree Thursday afternoon. East Jefferson Fire-Rescue crews found the man dead on scene… Continue reading

UPDATE — Logger who died after being crushed by tree in Coyle is identified as Port Angeles man

COYLE –– Emergency officials have identified Jeremy Paapke as the logger killed by a fallen tree off Coyle Road on Thursday afternoon. Quilcene Deputy Fire… Continue reading

Crews gathered at the Port of Port Townsend’s Boat Haven on Thursday to watch the Lady Washington

Refurbished Lady Washington back gets back in the sea from Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND –– After almost three weeks of work as it received a makeover at the Port of Port Townsend’s Boat Haven, Lady Washington, the… Continue reading

Crews gathered at the Port of Port Townsend’s Boat Haven on Thursday to watch the Lady Washington
Kyra Cartwright of Sequim watches as Smokey Bear looks at a string of beads Kyra created at an activity booth set up by the Olympic Driftwood Sculptors group at the annual Dungeness River Festival in 2013 at Railroad Bridge Park near Sequim. The event featured a variety of exhibits and activities geared around nature

WEEKEND: Dungeness River Festival to celebrate the wild today, Saturday

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Sept. 26. SEQUIM –– The wild things are in the river. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness… Continue reading

Kyra Cartwright of Sequim watches as Smokey Bear looks at a string of beads Kyra created at an activity booth set up by the Olympic Driftwood Sculptors group at the annual Dungeness River Festival in 2013 at Railroad Bridge Park near Sequim. The event featured a variety of exhibits and activities geared around nature
Port Townsend police continue increased foot patrols downtown in response to complaints of transients littering and sleeping in parks and on docks

Port Townsend police increase patrols in response to trash from transients, festival attendees

PORT TOWNSEND –– Police have ramped up downtown foot patrols in an effort to counter a rash of trash left at public places by transients… Continue reading

Port Townsend police continue increased foot patrols downtown in response to complaints of transients littering and sleeping in parks and on docks