The historic schooner Adventuress will take passengers on a sail around Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday.

Protection Island sail aboard historic Adventuress slated for Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — If the wind is manageable, the historic schooner Adventuress will take passengers on a leisurely tour of sights around Protection Island National… Continue reading

The historic schooner Adventuress will take passengers on a sail around Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday.
Members of Navy Band Northwest perform in the Seafair Parade in Seattle earlier this summer. U.S. Navy (click on photo to enlarge)

Sequim’s Music in the Park tonight — last performance . . . and other free concerts in the great outdoors this week

SEQUIM'S MUSIC IN the Park, Port Townsend's Concert on the Dock and Fort Flagler Summer Concerts are ending their music for the summer. Here's the… Continue reading

Members of Navy Band Northwest perform in the Seafair Parade in Seattle earlier this summer. U.S. Navy (click on photo to enlarge)

Signups for fall art club in Port Angeles underway

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center is sponsoring Art Club for young people this fall. Classes will be from 3 p.m. to… Continue reading

Snohomish County marks lowest primary election turnout in state; Jefferson breaks 50 percent while Clallam reports 37 percent

The Associated Press EVERETT — Snohomish County had the dubious distinction of recording the lowest voter turnout in the state during the primary election while… Continue reading

  • Aug 26, 2014
  • The Associated Press
Participants in a Sunday ranger-guided hike of the former Lake Aldwell bed examine giant stumps left behind after the lakebed was logged around 1911

Take a walk today on the bottom of a former lake: Treasures seen in tour of lands once inundated by Elwha Dam

PORT ANGELES — The now-dry bed of Lake Aldwell — no longer a bare moonscape as trees, grasses and other native plants sewn by both… Continue reading

Participants in a Sunday ranger-guided hike of the former Lake Aldwell bed examine giant stumps left behind after the lakebed was logged around 1911
The Enchanted Valley Chalet will be moved a short distance to give Olympic National Park more time to develop a permanent solution to the structure being undercut by the East Fork Quinault River. National Park Service

The old-fashioned way: Mules to move Enchanted Valley Chalet

By Jeffrey P. Mayor Tacoma News Tribune OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A Sequim company will employ mules to move the Enchanted Valley Chalet away from… Continue reading

  • Aug 26, 2014
  • By Jeffrey P. Mayor Tacoma News Tribune
The Enchanted Valley Chalet will be moved a short distance to give Olympic National Park more time to develop a permanent solution to the structure being undercut by the East Fork Quinault River. National Park Service
John Johnston

WWII plane coming to take vets on trip back in time during Olympic Peninsula Air Affaire this weekend in Sequim

SEQUIM –– Veterans from World War II will be able to take a flight from their past at the Olympic Peninsula Air Affaire this weekend.… Continue reading

John Johnston
Port Angeles Fire Department and Clallam County Fire District No. 2 firefighters work to mop up a brush fire on the bluffs of the Rayonier Mill property just west of Ennis Creek in Port Angeles. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Brush fire contained quickly in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A small brush fire burned on the Rayonier property bluffs east of the Ennis Creek mouth on Monday afternoon but was stopped… Continue reading

Port Angeles Fire Department and Clallam County Fire District No. 2 firefighters work to mop up a brush fire on the bluffs of the Rayonier Mill property just west of Ennis Creek in Port Angeles. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Near the end: Glines Canyon Dam’s final blast scheduled for Tuesday

Peninsula Daily News and news sources [To see real-time views of the former Elwha River dam sites — including the remaining stub of Glines Canyon… Continue reading

  • Aug 25, 2014
  • Peninsula Daily News and news sources
Departing Jefferson County Sheriff Tony Hernandez

Chief criminal deputy appointed interim Jefferson County sheriff

PORT TOWNSEND — A Jefferson County sheriff's deputy with 21 years on the job will serve as acting sheriff beginning Friday when the current sheriff… Continue reading

Departing Jefferson County Sheriff Tony Hernandez

Clallam commissioners split over pot regulations — and Chapman’s in the middle

PORT ANGELES — A split board of Clallam County commissioners debated the regulation of licensed recreational marijuana businesses Monday. And while no action was taken… Continue reading

After a tense rescue effort

Killer whale pod rallies around orca trapped in fisherman’s net in British Columbia

A YOUNG KILLER whale is trapped in a fisherman's net near Port Hardy, B.C. A pod of distressed whales cries out frantically as the youngster struggles to… Continue reading

After a tense rescue effort
PDN's front page for today's Jefferson County readers. There's more inside that isn't online!

What’s up on the Peninsula? Check out today’s PDN Page 1

WHEN YOU GET home delivery of the Peninsula Daily News, the digital comes free. Subscribers to the print PDN (Sunday through Friday or Friday/Sunday only)… Continue reading

  • Aug 25, 2014
PDN's front page for today's Jefferson County readers. There's more inside that isn't online!

UPDATED — Peninsula men run strong but don’t place in Seattle soapbox race

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Peninsula's entry to Seattle Red Bull Soapbox Race made a strong showing Sunday but failed to place in the… Continue reading

Members of Navy Band Northwest perform in the Seafair Parade in Seattle earlier this summer. U.S. Navy (click on photo to enlarge)

Sequim’s Music in the Park on Tuesday — last performance . . . and other free concerts in the great outdoors this week

SEQUIM'S MUSIC IN the Park, Port Townsend's Concert on the Dock and Fort Flagler Summer Concerts are ending their music for the summer. Here's the… Continue reading

Members of Navy Band Northwest perform in the Seafair Parade in Seattle earlier this summer. U.S. Navy (click on photo to enlarge)
Andy Ritchie

Take a ranger-guided exploration walk along Elwha River on Tuesday — see transformations from the dam removal first-hand

PORT ANGELES — Take a guided walk on what was once under water behind Elwha Dam. Olympic National Park rangers are leading free two-hour walking… Continue reading

Andy Ritchie
John Goar with two of his telescopes. Olympic Astronomical Society

Have a starry, starry night at Hurricane Ridge

PORT ANGELES — Get lost in a spectacular sky before summer's end. John Goar of the Olympic Astronomical Society this week is winding up his… Continue reading

  • Aug 25, 2014
John Goar with two of his telescopes. Olympic Astronomical Society
Andy Ritchie

Take a ranger-guided exploration walk along Elwha River on Sunday

PORT ANGELES — Take a guided walk on what was once under water behind Elwha Dam. Olympic National Park rangers are leading free two-hour walking… Continue reading

Andy Ritchie
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 25, 2014
ALL'S FAIR! It's time to vote for your favorite county fair photo!
Sue Keilman and Scott Horton captured this flotilla of Velella velella from their boat off LaPush on Aug. 9. (Click on photo to enlarge)

Invasion of the blue ‘sailors’ — jellyfish-like creatures Velella velella pile up on Peninsula beaches

LAPUSH –– The translucent corpses of thousands of tiny jellyfish-like creatures are littering Pacific Ocean beaches on the North Olympic Peninsula after currents and winds… Continue reading

Sue Keilman and Scott Horton captured this flotilla of Velella velella from their boat off LaPush on Aug. 9. (Click on photo to enlarge)