Peninsula Daily News

Once again, lots to do this weekend

CHILLY WEATHER HASN'T dampened the pursuit of pleasure and meaning on the North Olympic Peninsula. From the Kinetic Skulpture Race in Port Townsend, to a… Continue reading

Salmon start flying on West End: Where you can view (but not fish) them

PORT ANGELES - All the Sol Duc summer coho (silver salmon) needed was a little bit of rain. Days after the Friends of Olympic National… Continue reading

Where to see solar power systems on the North Olympic Peninsula

FOR MAPS OF solar tours in Jefferson and Clallam counties on Saturday, visit www.SolarWashington.org, phone Power Trip Energy Corp., in Port Townsend at 360-643-3080 or… Continue reading

Forks celebrates logging heritage

FORKS - A week of celebration of Forks' logging heritage will continue today and run through Sunday. Fork Heritage Days began on Friday. At 9… Continue reading

Man held after break-in damages Port Townsend complex

PORT TOWNSEND - A 25-year-old man was taken into custody after a business complex at 2500 W. Sims Way in Port Townsend was broken into… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ Lincoln Park reopened after 100 trees felled

PORT ANGELES - Lincoln Park was reopened on Sunday after loggers finished taking down about 100 trees from the park's south side, near Lauridsen Boulevard,… Continue reading

Vrooom! Jet Skiers to race across Strait to Victoria

PORT ANGELES - Several of the nation's top Jet Ski riders will hit the choppy, gray waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca for… Continue reading

Watching the salmon come home

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK - This is an ideal time for nature watchers to get a close-up view of salmon migrating back to the North Olympic… Continue reading

Jefferson, Clallam commissioners set rare co-meeting Monday — here’s the agenda

PORT ANGELES - Water quality and salmon recovery head the agenda for Monday's meeting among Clallam and Jefferson counties' commissioners. The session - with 11… Continue reading

Navy seeks to expand Northwest Training Range activities

HOOD CANAL - The Navy is eying Hood Canal, Puget Sound and the Washington coast for a significant expansion of testing and training exercises, including… Continue reading

Lincoln Park to close for tree removal starting Monday

PORT ANGELES — All of Lincoln Park, including the baseball fields, will be closed beginning Monday for five days for the removal of trees. The… Continue reading

Makah consider ‘contingency plans’ if federal charges filed against whalers

NEAH BAY - Members of the Makah Tribal Council have discussed meeting to consider "contingency plans" if federal charges are filed against five tribal members… Continue reading

Port Angeles-Clallam tourism marketing session set today, Thursday

PORT ANGELES - A meeting to seek ideas and feedback on how to best market Port Angeles and Clallam County will be held today at… Continue reading

Makah whaler offers insight into Sept. 8 hunt

EDITOR’S NOTE: Wayne Johnson was the captain of the successful and federally sanctioned Makah whale hunt in 1999 — and one of the five tribe… Continue reading

Hearing set on reintroducing fisher into Olympic National Park

FORKS - A public hearing about the proposed reintroduction of the fisher, a cat-sized member of the weasel family, into Olympic National Park will be… Continue reading

Sleep better: Shred boxes of personal info

SEQUIM - Got closets and boxes filled with old bank account statements, pay stubs and home improvement receipts? Are you concerned someone's prying eyes might… Continue reading

Ceremony Saturday relocates monument to Port Angeles Harbor’s founding

PORT ANGELES - A historical marker will be rededicated in a new home on Saturday. The ceremony will be at 2 p.m. at the marker's… Continue reading

Sequim Irrigation Festival float up in flames

BRINNON - The Sequim Irrigation Festival float was destroyed in a fire while it was parked in the day-use section of Dosewallips State Park on… Continue reading

Checkpoint set up near entrance to Makah Reservation

NEAH BAY - Tribal police set up a checkpoint just inside the reservation boundary in Neah Bay on Sunday  braced for anti-whaling demonstrators who never… Continue reading

First two-day StreamFest draws 1,000 to Port Angeles farmland

PORT ANGELES - The first ever two-day StreamFest drew about 1,000 people to the event, which focuses on the conservation and restoration of land. Robbie… Continue reading