Jefferson County

DNR: Sustainable harvest, murrelet plan due by end of 2018

DNR: Sustainable harvest, murrelet plan due by end of 2018

A pair of planning documents that will affect timber harvests on the North Olympic Peninsula for the next decade will be completed by… Continue reading

DNR: Sustainable harvest, murrelet plan due by end of 2018
Carbon fiber bridge to be tested at competition

Carbon fiber bridge to be tested at competition

Peninsula College students in the Advanced Manufacturing and Composites Program will compete this week in the Society for the Advancement of Material… Continue reading

Carbon fiber bridge to be tested at competition
Mariners’ regatta sets sail June 2-4 in Port Townsend

Mariners’ regatta sets sail June 2-4 in Port Townsend

The 34th annual Classic Mariners’ Regatta boat race event will be held June 2-4 at the Northwest Maritime Center, 431 Water St.… Continue reading

Mariners’ regatta sets sail June 2-4 in Port Townsend
Port Angeles man facing drug, weapons charges released after posting $210,000 bond

Port Angeles man facing drug, weapons charges released after posting $210,000 bond

A Port Angeles man facing several drug and weapons charges has posted bond and been released from Clallam County jail. Gerald Neil… Continue reading

Port Angeles man facing drug, weapons charges released after posting $210,000 bond
A big find: Locals stumble upon mammoth molar on Sequim beach

A big find: Locals stumble upon mammoth molar on Sequim beach

Sequim residents Lori Christie and Dean Flowers were taking their regular walk along a Sequim public beach when they stumbled upon a rare… Continue reading

A big find: Locals stumble upon mammoth molar on Sequim beach

A GROWING CONCERN: Dress your yard to impress with these varieties

THIS PAST WEEK (including Mother’s Day weekend), I’ve been planting an array of cool-tolerant flowers, biannuals and perennials at various clients’ properties. Another truck is… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: The lives, deaths of Dosewallips settlers

BACK WHEN: The lives, deaths of Dosewallips settlers

ACROSS THE DOSEWALLIPS River from one another, just beyond the bridge, were the homes of Capt. Samuel Clements and his brother, John. Lillie Christiansen told… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: The lives, deaths of Dosewallips settlers

BIRD WATCH: Here’s the scoop on feeder activity

THIS IS THE month when black-headed grosbeaks and Western tanagers add their neotropical color to neighborhoods throughout the Northwest. If you can’t join in the… Continue reading

Extended filing period to be announced for Jefferson County seats with no hopefuls

An extended filing period will be announced for the 15 elected seats in Jefferson County that had no contenders as the weeklong… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Twice-monthly breakfast meetings are held at 11:45 a.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at Sunland… Continue reading

Ross McCurdy, owner of the Oak Table Cafe in Silverdale, currently holds the Guinness World Record for most eggs cracked one-handed in a minute. He, along with his daughter, Mira, 12, have been invited by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay to test that record on a special Father’s Day episode of Ramsay’s show “The F Word.” (Larry Steagall/Kitsap Sun via AP)

Father-daughter stare down egg-cracking record

The staccato, rapid-fire cracking of eggs is a ubiquitous sound in the kitchen of the Oak Table Cafe… Continue reading

Ross McCurdy, owner of the Oak Table Cafe in Silverdale, currently holds the Guinness World Record for most eggs cracked one-handed in a minute. He, along with his daughter, Mira, 12, have been invited by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay to test that record on a special Father’s Day episode of Ramsay’s show “The F Word.” (Larry Steagall/Kitsap Sun via AP)

HELP LINE: In face of dementias, check for compassionate allowances

maybe the kids are gone, maybe they’re not — and these days,… Continue reading

LETTER: John Adams’ missive on ‘wise and honest Men’ something to think about

I would like to share with our Peninsula Daily News readers a brief but very important historic item. On Nov. 2, 1800, on President John… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Field carrier landing practice scheduled this week in Coupeville … and other items

Field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island are scheduled to occur at the outlying field in… Continue reading

A Puget Sound Pilots boat pulls alongside the SS Pacific Tracker as it sails into the Salish Sea on Thursday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

ON THE WATERFRONT: Waterfront Day sails in to Port Angeles today

THE SECOND ANNUAL Waterfront Day in Port Angeles is today from noon until 4 p.m. There have been some changes to the original venues because… Continue reading

A Puget Sound Pilots boat pulls alongside the SS Pacific Tracker as it sails into the Salish Sea on Thursday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Streets packed for Rhody Fest’s grand parade

Streets packed for Rhody Fest’s grand parade

Community members rallied around this year’s Port Townsend Rhododendron Festival, which features all of the traditional favorite events including bed races, hair… Continue reading

Streets packed for Rhody Fest’s grand parade
TRACK: Area athletes qualify for state

TRACK: Area athletes qualify for state

Forks’ Cole Baysinger won the discus at the District 4 Track and Field Championships and will be going to the State 1A meet… Continue reading

TRACK: Area athletes qualify for state

Port Angeles police search for hit-and-run driver

Police are searching for the driver of a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run collision at Pine and W. 16th streets Friday night.… Continue reading

Port Townsend moving ahead on Water Street project

Port Townsend moving ahead on Water Street project

The city of Port Townsend is moving forward with a plan to rehabilitate Water Street, which is just one of $13.8 million… Continue reading

Port Townsend moving ahead on Water Street project