Joe Smillie

River Carey of Port Townsend

UPDATE — First legal recreational pot bought on Peninsula

DISCOVERY BAY –– River Carey of Port Townsend purchased the first legal recreational marijuana on the North Olympic Peninsula at Sea Change Cannabis in Discovery… Continue reading

River Carey of Port Townsend
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Conservation group donates land near Lake Ozette to Makah tribe

NEAH BAY –– The Makah tribe now owns 240 acres of habitat critical to the spawning of endangered Ozette sockeye salmon along Umbrella Creek at… Continue reading

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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.
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.

WEEKEND: Songwriting forum, concert set Sunday in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND –– The sirens are calling you to a special concert and songwriting forum Sunday. “Sirens Sing: A Two-Part Collaborative Event on the Art… Continue reading

Good Machine — Taylor Thomas-Price on cello

WEEKEND: Summertime means good music at Sequim Library, starting tonight (Friday)

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, July 25. SEQUIM –– It's summertime, and the living is about to get a little bit easier as… Continue reading

Good Machine — Taylor Thomas-Price on cello
Dr. Charles Brandt

Work at Sequim’s Battelle lab ‘critical,’ director tells chamber of commerce

SEQUIM –– While researchers at Battelle's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory work on projects to protect and study the natural environment around Sequim, their focus, the… Continue reading

Dr. Charles Brandt
Meredith Powell File photo

Sequim native Meredith Powell pleads guilty to having sex with Tacoma students (WITH VIDEO from outside the courtroom)

EDITOR'S NOTE — A video produced by the Tacoma News Tribune of interviews outside the courtoom with Powell's attorney and a school administrator can be… Continue reading

Meredith Powell File photo

Proposed transgender policy draws fire at Sequim schools meeting

SEQUIM –– Unveiling of a proposed, state-ordered policy regarding transgender students generated criticism as the Sequim School District’s board of directors considered the new policy… Continue reading

Sequim native Meredith Powell pleads guilty to having sex with Tacoma students

TACOMA –– Sequim native Meredith Powell has admitted to having sex and sexual conversations with students she taught during her former employment as a math… Continue reading

Proposed transgender policy draws fire at Sequim schools meeting

SEQUIM –– Unveiling of a proposed, state-ordered policy regarding transgender students generated criticism as the Sequim School District’s board of directors considered the new policy… Continue reading

Sequim School Board interviews candidates to fill vacancy; decision expected next month

SEQUIM –– The Sequim School Board expects to decide next month who will take over the vacant District 1 director seat after having interviewed three… Continue reading

Proposed transgender policy draws fire at Sequim schools meeting

SEQUIM –– Unveiling a proposed, state-ordered policy regarding transgender students generated criticism as the Sequim School District's board of directors considered the new policy for… Continue reading

Diver Doug Monk

Admiralty Inlet anchor thought to be from HMS Chatham arrives at Texas A&M for study

COLLEGE STATION, Texas –– Researchers at Texas A&M University are now examining an anchor recovered from Admiralty Inlet last month to see if it is,… Continue reading

Diver Doug Monk

Conservationists threaten to sue over unused Elwha River hatchery weir

Four wild fish advocacy groups plan to sue over an unused weir at the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe’s hatchery on the Elwha River, saying that… Continue reading

Jazz Port Townsend to call to music lovers starting Thursday

PORT TOWNSEND –– The clubs and bars of Port Townsend will come alive beginning next Thursday, as the 40th annual Jazz Port Townsend conference spills… Continue reading

Sequim schools eye transgender policy

SEQUIM –– Sequim school directors will hear for the first time Monday a proposed policy to prevent discrimination against transgender students. The board will meet… Continue reading

Shelley Taylor rides the chair lift she is leading an effort to replace in the Dungeness Schoolhouse. The chair ran out of power before she could make it to the top. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

New platform lift a dream for historic Dungeness Schoolhouse

SEQUIM –– Members of Readers Theatre Plus and the Museum & Arts Center in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley want to give the historic Dungeness Schoolhouse a… Continue reading

Shelley Taylor rides the chair lift she is leading an effort to replace in the Dungeness Schoolhouse. The chair ran out of power before she could make it to the top. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Sequim schools eye transgender policy

SEQUIM –– Sequim school directors will hear for the first time Monday a proposed policy to prevent discrimination against transgender students. The board will meet… Continue reading

German tourists Frieda and Moritz Guhrke enjoy lavender-and-white-chocolate ice cream with custard in garden chairs at Purple Haze Lavender Farm. —Photo by Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

SEQUIM LAVENDER WEEKEND: Sweet purple lavender to spread calm during this weekend’s celebration

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, July 18. SEQUIM –– There's a calm in the air. Though the tens of thousands of lavender-loving visitors… Continue reading

German tourists Frieda and Moritz Guhrke enjoy lavender-and-white-chocolate ice cream with custard in garden chairs at Purple Haze Lavender Farm. —Photo by Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News