‘Swamp Rock’ from Louisiana tonight in free concert

PORT ANGELES — Sounds of Louisiana will swing the Port Angeles City Pier tonight as fiddler Kelly Thibodeaux of Baton Rouge, La., and band Etouffee… Continue reading

Events galore to entertain on Fourth of July

Activities to get into the patriotic spirit will be available throughout the North Olympic Peninsula on Friday. Fourth of July events from fairs to fireworks… Continue reading

Maritime Center groundbreaking Thursday to be celebrated ‘Port Townsend style’

PORT TOWNSEND — The Northwest Maritime Center will celebrate the start of construction of two buildings with songs of the sea, speeches from the powerful,… Continue reading

Park users debate disc golf proposal

CARLSBORG — Those helixes, hammers, grenades and scoobies — and other types of disc-golf tosses — could ruin Robin Hill Park, now a quiet haven… Continue reading

Rayonier mill off-site soil sampling meetings slated

PORT ANGELES — The public will have two opportunities next week to learn more about the off-site Rayonier soil sampling that is part of cleaning… Continue reading

Recent hot weather, three-day weekend especially incendiary for fireworks, authorities warn

Dry conditions and the fact that this year's Fourth of July falls on a Friday, the beginning of a three-day weekend, has fire officials issuing… Continue reading

Robin Hill Park users will get to plan future use

SEQUIM — Riders up on their high horses and disc golfers out for a fling will get to hammer out a plan to accommodate both… Continue reading

Whaling sentences ‘disappoint’ Peninsula, national animal activists

Anti-whaling activists expressed disappointment and sadness over sentences handed to five Makah whale hunters Monday. "We believe all five [defendants] got off lightly," Chuck Owens… Continue reading

Free outdoor concerts tonight in Sequim, tomorrow in Port Angeles, Thursday in Port Townsend

SEQUIM — The horn-driven rock of Locust Street Taxi livens up the second installment of the Sequim Music in the Park summer series tonight. The… Continue reading

Judge has words about ‘tacks’ used in Makah whalers’ defense

TACOMA — U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Kelley Arnold didn't buy a whaling defendants' claim that former Makah Tribal Chairman Ben Johnson Jr. had tacitly ordered… Continue reading

Motorcyclist killed in wreck might have been traveling 100 mph

CARLSBORG — A Sequim man died when he crashed his motorcycle — possibly at 100 mph — into the rear of a car traveling in… Continue reading

New Dungeness Lighthouse in popularity contest — for new windows

DUNGENESS — A North Olympic Peninsula tower is up against stiff winds — and competition: the Plum Island Life-Saving Station at Death's Door Passage from… Continue reading

Two Makah whalers sent to prison

TACOMA — Only three of five accused Makah whalers walked out of U.S. District Court on Monday. The remaining two, identified by the judge as… Continue reading

Valid petition signatures lead toward November election on East Jefferson electricity future

PORT TOWNSEND — The question of whether to give Jefferson County Public Utility District authority to provide electric power is expected to go to the… Continue reading

Year-round rescue tug starts today in Neah Bay

NEAH BAY — An ocean-going rescue tug will take its station near the mouth of the Strait of Juan de Fuca today, beginning what is… Continue reading

‘Hands-free’ cell phone law starts Tuesday

Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press If you're driving while talking on the cell phone without a headset or other hands-free device, it could… Continue reading

  • Jun 29, 2008
  • Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press

‘Reading Bug’ to attack Clallam libraries

A fierce insect infestation overtakes libraries across Clallam County this week. Free entertainment — with some science mixed in — is part of the "Catch… Continue reading

BREAKING NEWS: Makah whalers sentenced

TACOMA -- Two of five Makah tribal members who killed a gray whale last September will do time in federal prison, a magistrate judge ordered… Continue reading

New Elwha River bridge dwarfs men who build it

PORT ANGELES — This must be Paul Bunyan's work. The tiny men atop the 85-foot concrete columns on the banks of the Elwha River couldn't… Continue reading

Port Angeles, Port Townsend to have tall ships visiting today

Port Angeles and Port Townsend get up close and personal today with many tall ships visiting their harbors en route from one festival to another.… Continue reading