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KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Carnival-goers take a spin through the air on the Ali Baba amusement ride at the Clallam County Fair in Port Angeles on Friday.

Rodeo, demolition derby among Clallam Fair attractions this weekend

The 102nd Clallam County Fair continues today and Sunday with a rodeo, logging show and demolition derby along with a carnival, animal… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Carnival-goers take a spin through the air on the Ali Baba amusement ride at the Clallam County Fair in Port Angeles on Friday.

‘Night of Living Dead’ auditions scheduled

Olympic Theatre Arts will host auditions for the second annual “Night of the Living Dead” fall production on Sunday, next Wednesday and Aug.… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: The big eight of late summer gardening

MONDAY, WE WILL move into the last trimester of summer. As late summer looms just over the horizon, many changes are occurring in your yard!… Continue reading

All County Picnic to focus on preparedness on Sunday

The All County Picnic, which offers information about resilience and emergency preparedness in East Jefferson County, is scheduled from 11 a.m. to… Continue reading

Cantwell conducts fentanyl roundtable in Port Angeles

Health officials call for regulatory reform

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 DelGuzzi Drive… Continue reading

Free outdoor music performed on Peninsula

The penultimate weekend of free outdoor summer concerts are scheduled on the North Olympic Peninsula next week. The season’s free concerts are on Tuesdays in… Continue reading

Jeremiah Johnson will perform outdoors in Coyle on Sunday.

Jeremiah Johnson to perform at Concerts in the Woods

Jeremiah Johnson, a Blues Music Award nominee, will bring his musical stew of Mississippi blues, rock and country to an outdoor show at… Continue reading

Jeremiah Johnson will perform outdoors in Coyle on Sunday.
FILE - Trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami, March 9, 1995. Lolita, an orca whale held captive for more than a half-century, died Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, at the Miami Seaquarium as caregivers prepared to move her from the theme park in the near future. (Nuri Vallbona/Miami Herald via AP, File)

Lolita dies before move from Miami to her home

Orca known as Toki lived in captivity for more than five decades

FILE - Trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami, March 9, 1995. Lolita, an orca whale held captive for more than a half-century, died Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, at the Miami Seaquarium as caregivers prepared to move her from the theme park in the near future. (Nuri Vallbona/Miami Herald via AP, File)

National park, forest issue campfire ban

Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest have announced a complete ban on campfires. The Stage 2 fire restrictions that came into… Continue reading

OMC financial woes continue

Agency gets distressed hospital grant

Port Townsend's Anna Nasset will launch her book "Now I Speak: From Stalked to Standing Up" this Monday at Jeanette Best Gallery. photo courtesy of Stand Up Resources

Port Townsend woman to launch ‘Now I Speak’

One fall day in downtown Port Townsend, Anna Nasset was creating a window display at her gallery, Artisans on Taylor. When a… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Anna Nasset will launch her book "Now I Speak: From Stalked to Standing Up" this Monday at Jeanette Best Gallery. photo courtesy of Stand Up Resources
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Visitors to Union Wharf in downtown Port Townsend read information about a North Pacific gray whale that was stranded on a beach in Port Ludlow and died in 2019 as they look at a display of the 42-foot whale’s skeleton on Union Wharf in Port Townsend. The skeleton, which was dedicated on Tuesday after it had been put together in July, “is attracting a lot of attention,” said Liesl Slabaugh, development and marketing director for the Port Townsend Marine Life Center. She said personnel at the center hoped the exhibit would inspire awareness and curiosity ”about this whole world that is under the water and our interdependence with it… We need to respect their home.”
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Skeleton makes whale of a statement

Visitors to Union Wharf in downtown Port Townsend read information about a North Pacific gray whale that was stranded on a beach in Port Ludlow… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Visitors to Union Wharf in downtown Port Townsend read information about a North Pacific gray whale that was stranded on a beach in Port Ludlow and died in 2019 as they look at a display of the 42-foot whale’s skeleton on Union Wharf in Port Townsend. The skeleton, which was dedicated on Tuesday after it had been put together in July, “is attracting a lot of attention,” said Liesl Slabaugh, development and marketing director for the Port Townsend Marine Life Center. She said personnel at the center hoped the exhibit would inspire awareness and curiosity ”about this whole world that is under the water and our interdependence with it… We need to respect their home.”

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show on KONP 1450 AM,… Continue reading

Two youths charged in unhoused man assault

$100,000 bond set for juveniles

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Counties to view Sekiu sewer line contract, South Couty projects

Government meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

Members of the Port Angeles Junior Badminton team, from left, Tyna Barinaga, Caroline Jensen; back row, Judy Brodhun and Susie Childers were part of a squad that won an unprecedented 11 nationals titles as well as three second-place finishes in the 1964 Junior Nationals Tournament held in Pomona, Callif. Port Angeles players reached the finals 12 of 15 events.

HALL OF FAME: 1964 Port Angeles Junior Badminton squad leads slate of Port Angeles Hall inductees

Tickets for Aug. 26 dinner available

Members of the Port Angeles Junior Badminton team, from left, Tyna Barinaga, Caroline Jensen; back row, Judy Brodhun and Susie Childers were part of a squad that won an unprecedented 11 nationals titles as well as three second-place finishes in the 1964 Junior Nationals Tournament held in Pomona, Callif. Port Angeles players reached the finals 12 of 15 events.
The Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association hosted their Inaugural OPRA Coastal Beach Regatta at Hollywood Beach on Sunday. Port Angeles rower participation included from left, Mason Mai, Low Handicap Solo; Cooper Disque, second Place, Low Handicap Solo; Ella Shultz. fourth place Low Handicap Solo; and Harrison Fulton, third place High Handicap Solo.

ROWING: Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association’s coastal beach rowing event on Hollywood Beach a hit

More regattas to follow

The Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association hosted their Inaugural OPRA Coastal Beach Regatta at Hollywood Beach on Sunday. Port Angeles rower participation included from left, Mason Mai, Low Handicap Solo; Cooper Disque, second Place, Low Handicap Solo; Ella Shultz. fourth place Low Handicap Solo; and Harrison Fulton, third place High Handicap Solo.
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Sequim graduate loses home in Maui fire

‘Lahaina’s just not there anymore’

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Application deadline Oct. 16; Clallam County accepting applications for Lodging Tax grants

The Clallam County Lodging Tax Advisory Committee is accepting applications for grants from the county’s lodging tax fund until noon on Monday,… Continue reading