Enter our Lavender Photo Contest (you don't need a purple camera!)

Enter our Lavender Photo Contest (you don’t need a purple camera!)

HAVE YOU CAPTURED an incredible lavender picture? An expansive purple field in Sequim? A family meandering among the flowers? The majestic Olympic Mountains and a… Continue reading

  • Jul 25, 2014
Enter our Lavender Photo Contest (you don't need a purple camera!)

LIVE MUSIC COLUMN: Music muse paints town

CONCERTS AND MUSIC fill the hills and valleys of the Peninsula this weekend and into next week. There is a wide variety of live music… Continue reading

  • Jul 25, 2014
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Necessities and Temptations in Port Angeles celebrates anniversary with sales, party today

PORT ANGELES — Necessities and Temptations, 217 N. Laurel St., is holding a “Sweet 16” party to celebrate its 16 years in business as a… Continue reading

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NEWS BRIEFS — Olympic sanctuary meeting set this morning (Friday) in Port Angeles . . . and other items

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, July 25. PORT ANGELES — An update on Elwha River restoration and a briefing on mercury levels in… Continue reading

No spill when oil train derails in Seattle rail yard, but warnings sound for environmentalists

No spill when oil train derails in Seattle rail yard, but warnings sound for environmentalists

SEATTLE — Nothing spilled when three tanker cars in an oil train from North Dakota derailed at a rail yard early Thursday, but it alarmed… Continue reading

  • Jul 25, 2014
No spill when oil train derails in Seattle rail yard, but warnings sound for environmentalists

Orca documentary, discussion set in Forks on Aug. 8

FORKS — Peninsula College will bring a documentary and a discussion about Luna, a young orca who was abandoned, to the Forks branch on Friday,… Continue reading

Marshall Woodman on the deck of the Sea Gypsy

Owner appeals to Port of Port Townsend for reimbursement after boat is damaged in fire

PORT TOWNSEND — A live-aboard Boat Haven resident has petitioned the Port of Port Townsend to reimburse him for damage to his boat caused by… Continue reading

Marshall Woodman on the deck of the Sea Gypsy

Port Angeles exhibit seeks artists to mark Wilderness Act’s 50th anniversary; deadline is Sept. 15

PORT ANGELES — Artists, hobbyists and craftspeople are asked to submit original work for a show to mark the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act.… Continue reading

Port Angeles man gets five-year sentence for possession, delivery of methamphetamine

PORT ANGELES — Matthew M. Malcolm was sentenced Tuesday to five years in state prison for delivery of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine and bail jumping.… Continue reading

Port Angeles man sentenced to three years in prison in bomb threats case

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man has been sentenced to slightly more than three years in prison after pleading guilty to making bomb threats… Continue reading

Port Angeles motorcyclist discharged from hospital

BLYN — A Port Angeles man had been discharged from Harborview Medical Center in Seattle by Thursday after he was hurt in a motorcycle wreck… Continue reading

The Lady Washington will make a three-day stop at the Port Ludlow Marina in August

Tall ships to visit Port Ludlow for three-days starting Aug. 5

PORT LUDLOW — The tall ships Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain will make a three-day stop during their summer tour of Puget Sound ports. The… Continue reading

  • Jul 25, 2014
The Lady Washington will make a three-day stop at the Port Ludlow Marina in August
Motor vehicle traffic on U.S. Highway 101 travels through the 50 mph speed zone in front of 7 Cedars casino in Blyn on Thursday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

U.S. Highway 101 speed limit to be lowered to 45 mph as it passes through Blyn

BLYN — The speed limit is coming down on U.S. Highway 101 through Blyn. The state Department of Transportation announced Thursday that the limit will… Continue reading

Motor vehicle traffic on U.S. Highway 101 travels through the 50 mph speed zone in front of 7 Cedars casino in Blyn on Thursday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Biologists to share tips on clam digging Saturday in Port Hadlock

PORT HADLOCK — Tips on digging for your dinner will be presented at 10 a.m. Saturday. Biologists Camille Speck and Doug Rogers will give a… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Diabetes risk screening set Saturday at Port Angeles Farmers Market

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College nursing students will join volunteers and staff from the Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics free clinic to provide screening… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Dungeness Schoolhouse to host jazz today (Friday)

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, July 25. SEQUIM –– The third annual Jazz at the Schoolhouse will feature special guest vocalist Elinore O’Connell… Continue reading

Erin O'Meara pours a growler at the Port Townsend Brewing Co.

WEEKEND: Festivals for good causes to draw beer lovers to Port Townsend and Blyn on Saturday

For millennia, beer has helped soothe the summertime blues. This Saturday, beer will help local charities with a pair of frothy celebrations in Port Townsend… Continue reading

Erin O'Meara pours a growler at the Port Townsend Brewing Co.

WEEKEND: Online publishing workshop for teens scheduled today (Friday) in Sequim

SEQUIM — An online publishing workshop for young adults from 12 to 18 years old is set at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.,… Continue reading

Pato Banton will bring the Now Generation and a positive life message to the Elks Naval Lodge in Port Angeles on Sunday.

WEEKEND: Pato Banton to bring positive reggae message to Port Angeles on Sunday

PORT ANGELES –– The wise owl is here to share the reggae gospel. Pato Banton and the Now Generation bring back their deep-rooted reggae sounds… Continue reading

Pato Banton will bring the Now Generation and a positive life message to the Elks Naval Lodge in Port Angeles on Sunday.
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WEEKEND: Port Ludlow to celebrate Festival by the Bay with music, fun, fireworks starting today

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, July 25. PORT LUDLOW — Once a small affair with a couple of bands and a crafts show,… Continue reading

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