Leah Leach

Olympic National Park biologist Heidi Hugunin

IF YOU MISSED THIS SUNDAY STORY — Chinook salmon seen in upper Elwha River for first time in 102 years

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — The sight of a chinook resting quietly by the bank of the Upper Elwha River was one that Mel Elofson had… Continue reading

Olympic National Park biologist Heidi Hugunin
Olympic National Park biologist Heidi Hugunin

Chinook salmon seen in upper Elwha River for first time in 102 years

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — The sight of a chinook resting quietly by the bank of the Upper Elwha River was one that Mel Elofson had… Continue reading

Olympic National Park biologist Heidi Hugunin
Visitors look over the goods on display at the community sale in Joyce during the 2013 Great Strait Sale. Juan de Fuca Scenic Byway Association

WEEKEND: Great Strait Sale to offer miles of bargains, beauty Saturday on state Highway 112

Where else can you combine whale-watching with bargain-hunting but at the Great Strait Sale, set for the seventh year, this Saturday? Along the 61 miles… Continue reading

Visitors look over the goods on display at the community sale in Joyce during the 2013 Great Strait Sale. Juan de Fuca Scenic Byway Association
Visitors look over the goods on display at the community sale in Joyce during the 2013 Great Strait Sale. Juan de Fuca Scenic Byway Association

WEEKEND: Great Strait Sale to offer miles of bargains, beauty Saturday on state Highway 112

Where else can you combine whale-watching with bargain-hunting but at the Great Strait Sale, set for the seventh year, this Saturday? Along the 61 miles… Continue reading

Visitors look over the goods on display at the community sale in Joyce during the 2013 Great Strait Sale. Juan de Fuca Scenic Byway Association
A bull trout in the East Fork Quinault River.  Similar bull trout are appearing far up the newly freed Elwha River. National Park Service

IF YOU MISSED THIS ON SUNDAY — Fish migrate into upper Elwha River for first time in century

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Fish have migrated into the upper Elwha River for the first time in a century. Olympic National Park biologists confirmed last… Continue reading

A bull trout in the East Fork Quinault River.  Similar bull trout are appearing far up the newly freed Elwha River. National Park Service
A bull trout in the East Fork Quinault River.  Similar bull trout are appearing far up the newly freed Elwha River. National Park Service

Fish migrate into upper Elwha River for first time in century

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Fish have migrated into the upper Elwha River for the first time in a century. Olympic National Park biologists confirmed last… Continue reading

A bull trout in the East Fork Quinault River.  Similar bull trout are appearing far up the newly freed Elwha River. National Park Service
Bull trout

UPDATED — After a century, fish return to upper Elwha River

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Fish have migrated into the upper Elwha River for the first time in a century. Olympic National Park biologists confirmed last… Continue reading

Bull trout
Port Townsend Friends Meeting has a new home at 1841 Sheridan St. — Port Townsend Friends Meeting

Port Townsend Friends Meeting buys a home after outpouring of support

PORT TOWNSEND — After gathering in rented space for more than a dozen years, Port Townsend Friends moved quickly to get its first real home.… Continue reading

Port Townsend Friends Meeting has a new home at 1841 Sheridan St. — Port Townsend Friends Meeting
What remains of Glines Canyon Dam on the Elwha River is expected to be demolished this week. — National Park Service

Final blasts to bring down Glines Canyon Dam this week

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — The remnants of the last dam on the Elwha River are expected to be blasted out this week. On Friday, crews… Continue reading

What remains of Glines Canyon Dam on the Elwha River is expected to be demolished this week. — National Park Service
What remains of Glines Canyon Dam on the Elwha River is expected to be demolished this week. National Park Service

Final blasts to bring down Glines Canyon Dam this week

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — The remnants of the last dam on the Elwha River are expected to be blasted out this week. On Friday, crews… Continue reading

What remains of Glines Canyon Dam on the Elwha River is expected to be demolished this week. National Park Service
A young Roosevelt elk searches for food among the ferns

Annual Roosevelt elk count in Olympic National Park to begin today

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Biologists are counting Roosevelt elk in high places from low-flying helicopters beginning today if weather permits. Staff from Olympic National Park… Continue reading

A young Roosevelt elk searches for food among the ferns
Marv Fowler of Sequim stands next to a line of his Ford Mustangs that he will show at this weekend's Kiwanis Car Show in Port Townsend. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Mustangs to be star of annual Port Townsend Kiwanis car show Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Kiwanis Classic Car Show will celebrate 50 years of the Ford Mustang on Saturday. The Mustang — introduced April… Continue reading

Marv Fowler of Sequim stands next to a line of his Ford Mustangs that he will show at this weekend's Kiwanis Car Show in Port Townsend. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Marv Fowler of Sequim stands next to a line of his Ford Mustangs that he will show at this weekend's Kiwanis Car Show in Port Townsend. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Mustangs to be star of annual Port Townsend Kiwanis car show Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Kiwanis Classic Car Show will celebrate 50 years of the Ford Mustang on Saturday. The Mustang — introduced April… Continue reading

Marv Fowler of Sequim stands next to a line of his Ford Mustangs that he will show at this weekend's Kiwanis Car Show in Port Townsend. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Bluebills often build ramps to help seniors or people with disabilities remain in their homes.  —Photo by Rodney Harp

Bluebills seek volunteers in Clallam for building projects

SEQUIM — Olympic Peninsula Bluebills is looking for a few good people in Clallam County to help seniors stay independent and distribute goods to nonprofits.… Continue reading

Bluebills often build ramps to help seniors or people with disabilities remain in their homes.  —Photo by Rodney Harp
Bluebills often build ramps to help seniors or people with disabilities remain in their homes.  —Photo by Rodney Harp

Bluebills seek volunteers in Clallam for building projects

SEQUIM — Olympic Peninsula Bluebills is looking for a few good people in Clallam County to help seniors stay independent and distribute goods to nonprofits.… Continue reading

Bluebills often build ramps to help seniors or people with disabilities remain in their homes.  —Photo by Rodney Harp
Quilcene's Q Gardens expanding into orchard, sculpture gardens

Quilcene’s Q Gardens expanding into orchard, sculpture gardens

QUILCENE — Q Gardens, a work in progress that may never be truly finished, is shaping up to be a place to create, learn, garden,… Continue reading

Quilcene's Q Gardens expanding into orchard, sculpture gardens
Kamron Meadows

Byway association’s Elwha River interpretative center off state Highway 112 expected to open in fall

PORT ANGELES — History in the making will become history recorded when the Juan de Fuca Scenic Byway Association’s interpretive center arises on the bank… Continue reading

Kamron Meadows

Fighting brush fire to cost Port Angeles landowner $1,046

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Fire District No. 2 will charge a Hoare Road landowner $1,046 for fire-suppression costs after a brush fire in the… Continue reading

Fighting brush fire to cost Port Angeles landowner $1,046

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Fire District No. 2 will charge a Hoare Road landowner $1,046 for fire-suppression costs after a brush fire in the… Continue reading

Lt. Patty Reifenstahl of Clallam County Fire District No. 2 digs a line around a grass fire in the Black Diamond area south of Port Angeles on Tuesday. Jay Cline/Clallam County Fire District No. 2

UPDATED — Fire department to charge landowner $1,062 for costs of extinguishing brush fire

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Fire District 2 will charge a Hoare Road landowner $1,046 for fire-suppression costs after a brush fire in the Black… Continue reading

Lt. Patty Reifenstahl of Clallam County Fire District No. 2 digs a line around a grass fire in the Black Diamond area south of Port Angeles on Tuesday. Jay Cline/Clallam County Fire District No. 2