Joe Smillie

The Forks City Council has chosen the “rustic contemporary” design with shake-look siding and angled support for the new Rainforest Arts Center. City of Forks

Forks City Council chooses new arts center design

FORKS –– A year after a fire destroyed the Rainforest Arts Center, the City Council has selected a final design scheme for the $2.1 million… Continue reading

The Forks City Council has chosen the “rustic contemporary” design with shake-look siding and angled support for the new Rainforest Arts Center. City of Forks
Performing at the Juna de Fuca Festival of the Arts in May are

WEEKEND: Marimba music highlights Five Acre School fundraiser

DUNGENESS –– Warm wooden tones fill the air around the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge every morning as students hone their marimba skills under the guidance… Continue reading

Performing at the Juna de Fuca Festival of the Arts in May are
Two sides of Sequim's most recognizable structure

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SEQUIM! You’re 100 years old today!

SEQUIM –– While growing from a sleepy farm town of some 300 people to a booming city of 6,606 with the Peninsula's largest collection of… Continue reading

Two sides of Sequim's most recognizable structure
Ty Bingham

Diverse push for salal permits on Peninsula

FORKS –– U.S. Forest Service employees reported mixed demand Wednesday, one of four days when permits are issued to harvest salal in Olympic National Forest.… Continue reading

Ty Bingham
The Forks City Council has chosen the “rustic contemporary” design with shake-look siding and angled support for the new Rainforest Arts Center. City of Forks

Forks City Council chooses new arts center design

FORKS –– A year after a fire destroyed the Rainforest Arts Center, the City Council has selected a final design scheme for the $2.1 million… Continue reading

The Forks City Council has chosen the “rustic contemporary” design with shake-look siding and angled support for the new Rainforest Arts Center. City of Forks
The Forks City Council chose the “rustic contemporary” design with shake-look siding and angled support for the new Rainforest Arts Center.

Forks council chooses new arts center design

FORKS –– A year after a fire destroyed the Rainforest Arts Center, the City Council has selected a final design scheme for the $2.1 million… Continue reading

The Forks City Council chose the “rustic contemporary” design with shake-look siding and angled support for the new Rainforest Arts Center.
Tim Smith looks at the bluff that broke off behind the garage of his home on Gehrke Road in a July landslide. Smith said erosion has taken away a good portion of his backyard over the past several years.  -- Photo by Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Going, going, gone: Workshop tonight to focus on homes on eroding bluffs

SEQUIM –– Michael Gentry went to sleep March 11, 2011, after spending the night watching footage of the disastrous earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan.… Continue reading

Tim Smith looks at the bluff that broke off behind the garage of his home on Gehrke Road in a July landslide. Smith said erosion has taken away a good portion of his backyard over the past several years.  -- Photo by Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Sequim schools’ future eyed tonight at facilities meeting

SEQUIM –– A special committee charged with reviewing the future needs of the Sequim School District’s facilities will present its recommendations to the public at… Continue reading

Tarcisio’s

Sequim cuisine stumbles with two eateries shuttering

SEQUIM –– Sequim’s restaurant scene has suffered a pair of hits as two West Washington Street eateries closed their doors. After 26 years as a… Continue reading

Tarcisio’s
Tarcisio’s

Sequim cuisine stumbles with two eateries shuttering

SEQUIM –– Sequim’s restaurant scene has suffered a pair of hits as two West Washington Street eateries closed their doors. After 26 years as a… Continue reading

Tarcisio’s
Colleen McAleer

Port of Port Angeles candidates weigh industry vs. tourism at Forks forum

FORKS –– Candidates for the open seat on the Port of Port Angeles commission sparred in a Forks Chamber of Commerce forum this week over… Continue reading

Colleen McAleer
KSQM disc jockey Doris Cosman and Bob Schilling

Nonprofit radio KSQM extends its reach with signal boost today

SEQUIM –– Starting today, the radio signal for KSQM 91.5 FM will beam its sounds over a much broader area than ever before from its… Continue reading

KSQM disc jockey Doris Cosman and Bob Schilling
Sequim High alums Loxie Gradillas

Alumni take in remodel of former Sequim High School

SEQUIM –– Old school mates Terri Lillquist and Loxie Gradillas remembered cooking in home economics class 50 years ago in the corner now occupied by… Continue reading

Sequim High alums Loxie Gradillas
John Kunparak of Sequim watches for a wobble as his model Burlington Northern train heads down the track at the North Olympic Peninsula Railroaders' train show Saturday in the Sequim Prairie Grange Hall. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Model train show chugs along today at Sequim grange

SEQUIM –– Miniature trains carried pumpkins, hobos and coal on tracks around the Sequim Prairie Grange Hall as dozens of model railroad buffs swapped stories… Continue reading

John Kunparak of Sequim watches for a wobble as his model Burlington Northern train heads down the track at the North Olympic Peninsula Railroaders' train show Saturday in the Sequim Prairie Grange Hall. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News
Rendering shows the preferred Rainforest Arts Center building design.

Petition drive shows some dislike of design for new Forks arts center

FORKS –– A petition signed by 244 people who think the proposed design for a new Rainforest Arts Center does not properly reflect the city… Continue reading

Rendering shows the preferred Rainforest Arts Center building design.

Sequim council OKs partnership with school district for officer

SEQUIM –– The city’s four schools are expected to have a full-time police presence in the 2014-15 school year. The City Council unanimously agreed to… Continue reading

THE SHUTDOWN: DAY 16 — Two top Peninsula lawmen unsuccessful in trying to dismiss Olympic National Park's $125 'closure' tickets

THE SHUTDOWN: DAY 16 — Two top Peninsula lawmen unsuccessful in trying to dismiss Olympic National Park’s $125 ‘closure’ tickets

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Two top North Olympic Peninsula law enforcement officials unsuccessfully lobbied federal authorities Tuesday to dismiss the $125 “violation of closure” tickets… Continue reading

THE SHUTDOWN: DAY 16 — Two top Peninsula lawmen unsuccessful in trying to dismiss Olympic National Park's $125 'closure' tickets

Kalaloch Lodge reopens despite Olympic National Park shutdown

FORKS — Closed since it was ordered to evacuate guests because of the federal government’s shutdown Oct. 3, Kalaloch Lodge near Ruby Beach in West… Continue reading

Olympic National Park Ranger Jennifer Jackson hands a ticket for "Violation of Closure (Government Shutdown)" to Leanne Potts of Sequim near Storm King Ranger Station at Lake Crescent over the weekend. The citation carries a $125 fine. Kelly Sanders

THE SHUTDOWN, DAY 15 — Olympic National Park-goers handed $125 tickets for ‘violation of closure’

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK –– Kelly Sanders decided to take her crew of six international students, including two visiting Port Angeles from its Japanese sister city,… Continue reading

Olympic National Park Ranger Jennifer Jackson hands a ticket for "Violation of Closure (Government Shutdown)" to Leanne Potts of Sequim near Storm King Ranger Station at Lake Crescent over the weekend. The citation carries a $125 fine. Kelly Sanders
Wind Rose winemaker David Volmut

Volunteers pitch in to aid in final winemaking crush

SEQUIM –– Wind Rose Cellars has finished its 10th and final crush of the 2013 winemaking season, finishing off a 25-ton crush of Central Washington… Continue reading

Wind Rose winemaker David Volmut