Joe Smillie

Bernie Arthur looks over a rusting piece of a ship near the beach in downtown Port Townsend he is donating for a memorial to sailors lost at sea. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Port Townsend beach property to be donated for lost sailor memorial in Wednesday ceremony

PORT TOWNSEND –– Stationed on the peninsula where the Strait of Juan de Fuca turns into Puget Sound, Port Townsend's history is filled with both… Continue reading

Bernie Arthur looks over a rusting piece of a ship near the beach in downtown Port Townsend he is donating for a memorial to sailors lost at sea. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Forks hospital board fires administrator after paid leave since November

FORKS –– After two months of paid administrative leave, now-former Forks Community Hospital Administrator Bill McMillan has been fired by Clallam County Hospital District 1… Continue reading

Bartender Tommy Napoli practices mixing up Seattle Seahawks-inspired drinks at the Rainforest Sports Bar at 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

IN CASE YOU MISSED THIS EARLIER: 12 super spots on the North Olympic Peninsula to watch Seahawks on Sunday

From Neah Bay to Quilcene, Port Townsend to Kalaloch, restaurants, taverns and all other manner of public gathering places will offer up Skittles and green-and-blue… Continue reading

Bartender Tommy Napoli practices mixing up Seattle Seahawks-inspired drinks at the Rainforest Sports Bar at 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News
Bartender Tommy Napoli practices mixing up Seattle Seahawks-inspired drinks at the Rainforest Sports Bar at 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

12 super spots on the North Olympic Peninsula to watch Seahawks on Sunday

From Neah Bay to Quilcene, Port Townsend to Kalaloch, restaurants, taverns and all other manner of public gathering places will offer up Skittles and green-and-blue… Continue reading

Bartender Tommy Napoli practices mixing up Seattle Seahawks-inspired drinks at the Rainforest Sports Bar at 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News
Bartender Tommy Napoli practices mixing up Seattle Seahawks-inspired drinks at the Rainforest Sports Bar at 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: 12 super spots on Peninsula to watch Seahawks Sunday

From Neah Bay to Quilcene, Port Townsend to Kalaloch, restaurants, taverns and all other manner of public gathering places will offer up Skittles and green-and-blue… Continue reading

Bartender Tommy Napoli practices mixing up Seattle Seahawks-inspired drinks at the Rainforest Sports Bar at 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News
Gracen Hook

Port Townsend marijuana clinic burglarized; owner plans to reopen Friday

PORT TOWNSEND –– Gracen Hook plans to reopen his Alternative Clinic medical marijuana dispensary Friday after a five-day closure that followed an apparent burglary in… Continue reading

Gracen Hook

Sequim eyes $154 million bond for revitalization of schools

SEQUIM –– Voters in the Sequim School District could be asked as soon as April to approve a $154 million bond issue for a major… Continue reading

Gracen Hook

Port Townsend marijuana clinic burglarized; owner plans to reopen

PORT TOWNSEND –– Gracen Hook plans to reopen his Alternative Clinic medical marijuana dispensary Friday after a five-day closure that followed an apparent burglary in… Continue reading

Gracen Hook
Community Development Director Chris Hugo speaks to the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday at the SunLand Golf & Country Club. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Community development director urges small house lot sizes to limit Sequim growth

SEQUIM –– Housing lots need to shrink in Sequim to prevent the city from “continuing to consume the [Dungeness] Valley,” Chris Hugo, the city's community… Continue reading

Community Development Director Chris Hugo speaks to the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday at the SunLand Golf & Country Club. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Conservation groups file suit for court injunction to stop hatchery fish release in Elwha River

TACOMA –– Four conservation groups are seeking an injunction in federal court to stop hatchery coho and steelhead from being used to boost the Elwha… Continue reading

Sequim to hire police officer to patrol schools

SEQUIM –– Police Chief Bill Dickinson is beginning the process of hiring a new officer to patrol the city’s four schools. Dickinson was given unanimous… Continue reading

Gracen Hook

Budding businesses can’t bank on marijuana: Cash-only trade raises fears

PORT TOWNSEND –– Every day, Gracen Hook takes stacks of cash from his medical marijuana businesses to a secret, off-site storage facility. He staggers the… Continue reading

Gracen Hook
Mick Dodge

IN CASE YOU MISSED THIS STORY (or are curious after watching the NatGeo Channel show) . . . Mountain man Mick Dodge loves the wild but isn’t a ‘wild man’

THIS HAS BECOME one of our website's "most viewed" stories. It originally appeared in the Peninsula Daily News last Sunday, Jan. 19. ----------------------------------- FORKS ––… Continue reading

Mick Dodge

Puget Sound conservation group intends to sue state over introduced steelhead

OLYMPIA –– Wild Fish Conservancy, a Puget Sound conservation group, has sent a 60-day notice of intent to sue the state Department of Fish and… Continue reading

Olympic Resource Protection Council petitions for Dungeness Water Rule overhaul

SEQUIM –– The Olympic Resource Protection Council has petitioned the state Department of Ecology for a major overhaul of the Dungeness Water Rule, the year-old… Continue reading

Olympic Resource Protection Council petitions for Dungeness Water Rule overhaul

SEQUIM –– The Olympic Resource Protection Council has petitioned the state Department of Ecology for a major overhaul of the Dungeness Water Rule, the year-old… Continue reading

Sequim considers annexation; no plans for development yet

SEQUIM –– A request to have 14.66 acres of land annexed off the private Cameron Farm Drive on Sequim’s west side was put to the… Continue reading

Sequim schools setting building priorities ahead of construction bond request

SEQUIM –– As it prepares to consider asking voters for a construction bond, the Sequim School Board is prioritizing a $170 million list of projects… Continue reading

Jake Oppelt shows off his lucky Seahawks mug while watching Sunday's NFC championship game at the Next Door Gastropub in Port Angeles. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

North Olympic Peninsula does its part for the 12th Man in Seahawks’ NFC championship win

Skittles and blue 12th Man flags filled the air from Forks to Port Townsend on Sunday as the North Olympic Peninsula gathered in beer halls… Continue reading

Jake Oppelt shows off his lucky Seahawks mug while watching Sunday's NFC championship game at the Next Door Gastropub in Port Angeles. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News
Boss

49 former Olympic Animal Sanctuary dogs still in need of homes; 75 canines adopted

GOLDEN VALLEY, Ariz. –– Animal rescue agencies quickly adopted 75 dogs from Steve Markwell’s former Olympic Animal Sanctuary in Forks, but interest in taking in… Continue reading

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