WEEKEND: Finnriver Farm & Cidery to harvest song, story in Chimacum

CHIMACUM –– In lieu of weeding, planting and picking, this Saturday on the farm includes hula hoops, storytelling and fights with foam swords. Finnriver Farm… Continue reading

Donna Helgeson of Sedro-Woolley

WEEKEND: Green River Mountain Men set up camp on North Olympic Peninsula

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Aug. 29. SEQUIM — A field south of Sequim will be transformed into an early 19th-century trading fair… Continue reading

Donna Helgeson of Sedro-Woolley

WEEKEND: Musical extremes at Olympic Music Festival this weekend in Quilcene

QUILCENE — The Olympic Music Festival presents the 10th weekend of its 31st season with violinist Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, violist Alan Iglitzin, cellist Matthew Zalkind… Continue reading

Zen Cook

WEEKEND: Musical mystery to take theatergoers on adventure in Port Townsend

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Aug. 29. PORT TOWNSEND –– The Generation Goat Rocket theater company brings a madcap musical chase through the… Continue reading

Zen Cook
WEEKEND: Navy Band at Fort Flagler on Sunday helps illustrate rich defense history of Peninsula's old forts

WEEKEND: Navy Band at Fort Flagler on Sunday helps illustrate rich defense history of Peninsula’s old forts

NORDLAND –– Built as massive outlets to hold off invasions of foreign forces, the forts built on the North Olympic Peninsula to protect Puget Sound… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Navy Band at Fort Flagler on Sunday helps illustrate rich defense history of Peninsula's old forts

WEEKEND: Port Angeles, Sequim Lions to offer free health checks

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Aug. 29. The Port Angeles and Sequim Lions Clubs will offer free health screenings today and Saturday in… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Seahawks rally, Tibetan dance, rhody garden tours among offerings on Peninsula

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Aug. 29. A Seattle Seahawks rally, gun show, Tibetan dance and rhododendron garden tours are among the Labor… Continue reading

David King of Arlington arranges the camouflage on his Army jeep. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: War machines to swarm Port Townsend’s Artillery Hill

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Aug. 29. PORT TOWNSEND — A military vehicle show featuring vintage combat machines will celebrate Fort Worden's military… Continue reading

David King of Arlington arranges the camouflage on his Army jeep. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News
Meredith Powell in an earlier appearance in Pierce County Superior Court. KOMO 4 TV

Former Tacoma teacher, a Sequim native, sentenced in sex case

TACOMA — Sequim native Meredith Powell was sentenced on Friday to six months in the Pierce County Jail for having sex with two of her… Continue reading

Meredith Powell in an earlier appearance in Pierce County Superior Court. KOMO 4 TV

KABOOM! Watch a new video of the blast at Glines Canyon Dam

CAN'T GET ENOUGH of the blast Tuesday that took out the remaining 30 feet of Glines Canyon Dam in the $325-million effort to free the… Continue reading

Outdoor concert set for Sunday on Marrowstone Island's Fort Flagler

Outdoor concert set for Sunday on Marrowstone Island’s Fort Flagler

HERE'S THE WEEK'S remaining schedule as free outdoor concerts wind down across the North Olympic Peninsula: ■ FORT FLAGLER SUMMER CONCERTS (last in this summer's… Continue reading

Outdoor concert set for Sunday on Marrowstone Island's Fort Flagler
Richard Ivan Huggins is pictured in photos from the Clallam County Sheriff's Office.

UPDATED — Clallam County deputies seek man after high-speed chase

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Sheriff's Office is looking for Richard Ivan Huggins, who led authorities on a high-speed, off-road chase in a stolen… Continue reading

Richard Ivan Huggins is pictured in photos from the Clallam County Sheriff's Office.
Pierce County Superior Court Judge Ronald Culpepper.  —Photo by The Associated Press

Judge gives small city ability to ban marijuana businesses

By Gene Johnson The Associated Press TACOMA — A state judge said today (Friday) that a small city can continue to ban state-licensed marijuana businesses,… Continue reading

  • Aug 29, 2014
  • By Gene Johnson The Associated Press
Pierce County Superior Court Judge Ronald Culpepper.  —Photo by The Associated Press

UPDATED — Port Angeles opens up lodging tax competition; chamber of commerce to vie for funds (with letter from PA City Manager Dan McKeen)

EDITOR'S NOTE: Read Port Angeles City Manager Dan McKeen's letter at http://issuu.com/peninsuladailynews/docs/first_quarter_report_response PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce officials vowed to compete… Continue reading

ALL'S FAIR! It's time to vote for your favorite county fair photo!

ALL’S FAIR! It’s time to vote for your favorite county fair photo!

WE RECEIVED 45 great entries in our County Fair Photo Contest, and now it's your turn to vote and decide the winners! Three winners will… Continue reading

  • Aug 29, 2014
ALL'S FAIR! It's time to vote for your favorite county fair photo!

BUSINESS BRIEF — New YMCA classes set to start next month in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Peninsula YMCA, located at 302 S. Francis St., is offering new classes starting in September: ■ “Insanity at the Y!” is… Continue reading

The Enchanted Valley Chalet teeters on the eroding bank of the Quinault River in Olympic National Park. National Park Service

Enchanted Valley chalet move preparations begin Monday

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Work to prepare for the temporary relocation of the Enchanted Valley Chalet away from the East Fork of the Quinault River… Continue reading

The Enchanted Valley Chalet teeters on the eroding bank of the Quinault River in Olympic National Park. National Park Service

ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFLY — A hootenanny, tango marathon and other treats … all in brief!

Woodshop hootenanny scheduled QUILCENE –– Playing among the smells of a woodworking shop, a series of local celebrities will stage an old-fashioned hootenanny at Waltz… Continue reading

Hearings examiner denies permit for Carlsborg marijuana growing, processing operation

PORT ANGELES –– Clallam County Hearings Examiner Mark Nichols has affirmed a planning department decision to deny a conditional-use permit for a marijuana growing and… Continue reading

Jefferson County airport in Port Townsend to get own weather station

PORT TOWNSEND — A new atmospheric detection system at Jefferson County International Airport could be operational as soon as Nov. 1, the Port of Port… Continue reading