Dog shows, boat races also on tap for Peninsula’s weekend

Champion dogs and boats will prevail under abundant sunshine at two North Olympic Peninsula events this weekend. The eighth annual Hurricane Ridge Kennel Club dog… Continue reading

Jefferson: Who’s going to run in fall elections?

Months of speculation about who might be running for offices in Jefferson County ends next week as official candidate filing takes place Monday through Friday.… Continue reading

Paddle Journey canoes to land in Port Townsend, Jamestown, Port Angeles starting Sunday

Sights, sounds and traditions that recall the Pacific Northwest of pre-European settlement arrive on the North Olympic Peninsula starting Sunday. At least 16 canoes are… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Archeologists find non-Native skeleton on graving yard site

PORT ANGELES -- Workers at the Hood Canal Bridge graving yard archeological site say they have unearthed the first non-Native remains on it. The complete… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Classic cars take spotlight this weekend

PORT ANGELES -- Gentlemen (and ladies), start your engines! There are three free car shows in Port Angeles tonight, Saturday and Sunday -- and a… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Sand sculpture contest’s only woman competitor likes the area

PORT ANGELES -- The only woman competing in this weekend's Windermere Masters Sand Sculpture Classic says she has competed all over the world -- and… Continue reading

‘Slow slip’ silent earthquake occurs again under North Olympic Peninsula and moves into Canada

They call it a "slow slip," a silent earthquake on the deep part of the Cascadia subduction zone. That silence one day could trigger a… Continue reading

Jefferson: Strong opinions about how Chimacum Creek Estuary beach should be restored

CHIMACUM -- A state plan to restore the Chimacum Creek Estuary beach in Irondale is running into opposition from people who want a path carved… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Clallam Transit begins condemnation for Gateway Center

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam Transit System has filed a condemnation petition seeking to obtain property for the proposed Port Angeles International Gateway Transportation Center. According… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Hotel/conference center evaporating? Developer says no, but city official says maybe

PORT ANGELES -- The developer of a proposed waterfront hotel and conference center has yet to show "proof of financing" as the city's deadline approaches,… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Writers Conference participants meet with Centrum chief over poet Hamill’s ouster

PORT TOWNSEND -- Poet Sam Hamill's absence from Centrum's 2004 Writers' Conference is casting a shadow across the nine-day event stretching across two weekends until… Continue reading

Sequim: Battelle lab expected to receive $4.2 million homeland security contract

SEQUIM -- A Sequim laboratory is set to benefit from the federal government's war on terrorism through a $4.2 million contract expected to pass through… Continue reading

Sequim: City Council rejects role in agreement with Port Angeles, Clallam County to build garbage transfer station

SEQUIM -- Waste not, want not -- and the Sequim City Council wants not to hook up with Port Angeles and Clallam County on a… Continue reading

An invitation to peninsuladailynews.com readers in Jefferson County

PORT TOWNSEND -- The second of 10 free summer concerts on the Port Townsend waterfront features Tongue and Groove, a rock-country-folk/funk group, from 6 p.m.… Continue reading

Port Angeles, Clallam County agree to trash transfer pact; Sequim to consider joining in

The Port Angeles City Council and Clallam County commissioners took the first giant step Tuesday toward shipping most of the county's garbage off the North… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Eighth Street bridges update set for July 27

PORT ANGELES -- Questions about the upcoming Eighth Street bridges project can be asked at a workshop Tuesday. Project diagrams and photographs will be on… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Ah, ah, ah … don’t touch that dial — tune in next week for another City Council episode on the fate of PTTV

PORT TOWNSEND -- After meeting for five hours Monday night, the City Council agreed to postpone discussion of the future of the public access cable… Continue reading

Port Townsend: City Council rejects another request to help save Scout House

PORT TOWNSEND -- City Council members have rejected another request from Friends of the Scout House to ease the purchase of the Boy Scout House… Continue reading

Sequim: Interim middle school principal named

SEQUIM -- A retired administrator who spent several years in Washington schools has been named interim principal at Sequim Middle School for the 2004-2005 school… Continue reading

Sequim: Schools superintendent asks to end pact with sister city program

SEQUIM -- A 10-year relationship between the Sequim School District and the Yamasaki Sister City Program may be severed if directors of the School Board… Continue reading