Peninsula Daily News

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

Stardust big band ends Music in Park series Tuesday

SEQUIM - The last Music in the Park concert in Sequim will feature the Stardust big band on Tuesday. Stardust will play hits from the… Continue reading

Federal assessment for fisher reintroduction released

PORT ANGELES — The fisher, a cat-sized member of the weasel family long missing from North Olympic Peninsula forests, could soon be roaming Olympic National… Continue reading

Final day of Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival today

PORT TOWNSEND - The 31st annual Wooden Boat Festival continues today at Hudson Point Marina at the end of Water Street. Both large and small… Continue reading

Breaking news: Plane crashes at Jefferson County airport

PORT TOWNSEND -- A pilot was injured today when the 1947 Stinson 108-2 aircraft registered to Caballeros Aircraft LLC of Snohomish crashed at Jefferson County… Continue reading

Other weekend activities across the Peninsula this sunny weekend

Port Townsend, a town of festivals, celebrates its biggest this weekend with the Wooden Boat Festival, while StreamFest offers nature walks, lecturer and a salmon… Continue reading