Joe Smillie

Internet outage on Peninsula is said to have minimal effects

PORT ANGELES –– Minimal impacts were reported Thursday from an Internet outage that swept across the North Olympic Peninsula on Wednesday. Customers of Wave Broadband… Continue reading

NEXT WEEK: Fine Arts Center invites artists to Paint the Peninsula starting Monday

NEXT WEEK: Fine Arts Center invites artists to Paint the Peninsula starting Monday

PORT ANGELES –– They're out there where the art is. For the next week, artists from the local area and abroad will be out in… Continue reading

NEXT WEEK: Fine Arts Center invites artists to Paint the Peninsula starting Monday

Sequim sued over delayed decision on two union initiatives

SEQUIM –– Susan Brautigam has filed a lawsuit against the city, saying the council violated state law when it opted to delay a decision on… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Embrace blues at First Friday Art Walk in Sequim

SEQUIM –– It is called the Blue Whole, after all. Sequim gets the blues for its monthly Art Walk at downtown galleries and businesses Friday.… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Neil Simon’s wit on display in Sequim production of ‘Rose’s Dilemma’ starting Friday

SEQUIM –– A dead lover’s suggestion to the blocked writer he left leads to . . . . such is the plot of “Rose’s Dilemma.”… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Port Townsend Gallery Walk has maritime flair Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND –– As worshipers of wooden boats descend on the city, artists of worldwide acclaim will display their work inspired by watercraft and wood… Continue reading

WEEKEND: PT Shorts goes nautical for Saturday’s reading

PORT TOWNSEND –– Tall tales of adventure at sea will be featured as Key City Public Theatre’s sets sail a selection of shorts Saturday. Stories… Continue reading

UPDATE — Internet outage that hit North Olympic Peninsula and beyond said to have minimal effects

UPDATE — Internet outage that hit North Olympic Peninsula and beyond said to have minimal effects

PORT ANGELES –– Minimal impacts were reported Thursday from Wednesday's Internet outage that swept across the North Olympic Peninsula. Customers of Wave Broadband and CenturyLink… Continue reading

UPDATE — Internet outage that hit North Olympic Peninsula and beyond said to have minimal effects
Michael Pierce

Judge to hear motion to dismiss double-murder charges against Michael J. Pierce on Sept. 11

PORT TOWNSEND –– Michael J. Pierce should not be tried a fourth time for the killings of Pat and Janice Yarr, his attorney says, and… Continue reading

Michael Pierce
Michael Pierce

Judge to hear motion to dismiss double-murder charges against Michael J. Pierce on Sept. 11

PORT TOWNSEND –– Michael J. Pierce should not be tried a fourth time for the killings of Pat and Janice Yarr, his attorney says, and… Continue reading

Michael Pierce
Sequim’s Estafets

Sequim band hits the road for tour thanks to online fundraising push

SEQUIM –– With funding from their friends and fans, an armed band has set out from the North Olympic Peninsula on a month-long excursion to… Continue reading

Sequim’s Estafets
Artist rendering shows the future Sequim City Hall

Sequim City Hall work progresses just ahead of schedule

SEQUIM –– The new City Hall is taking shape. “You can start to tell what it’s going to look like,” Sequim City Manager Steve Burkett… Continue reading

Artist rendering shows the future Sequim City Hall
The Enchanted Valley Chalet is shown precariously over the bank of the changing East Fork Quinault River last March.  —National Park Service photo

How do you save a wilderness chalet? Start with mules to pack in gear

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK –– A team of pack mules set out Saturday to begin efforts to save the Enchanted Valley Chalet from falling in a… Continue reading

The Enchanted Valley Chalet is shown precariously over the bank of the changing East Fork Quinault River last March.  —National Park Service photo

Neighbors object to former Port Angeles school becoming pot facility

PORT ANGELES –– Neighbors of the shuttered Fairview School plan to mount a campaign to stop it from becoming a pot growing and processing plant.… Continue reading

The Enchanted Valley Chalet is shown precariously over the bank of the changing East Fork Quinault River last March.  —National Park Service photo

How do you save a wilderness chalet? Start with mules to pack in gear

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK –– A team of pack mules set out Saturday to begin efforts to save the Enchanted Valley Chalet from falling in a… Continue reading

The Enchanted Valley Chalet is shown precariously over the bank of the changing East Fork Quinault River last March.  —National Park Service photo

Neighbors object to former Port Angeles school becoming pot facility

PORT ANGELES –– Neighbors of the shuttered Fairview School plan to mount a campaign to stop it from becoming a pot growing and processing plant.… Continue reading

The Diamond Point Swift Formation Team flies over 2013's inaugural Olympic Peninsula Air Affaire.

Hot air balloons, small planes to soar at Air Affaire today, Sunday in Sequim

SEQUIM –– Blue hole, gray hole — it won't stop the flying fun set for this weekend's Olympic Peninsula Air Affaire. “It'll all be fine… Continue reading

The Diamond Point Swift Formation Team flies over 2013's inaugural Olympic Peninsula Air Affaire.
Zen Cook

WEEKEND: Musical mystery to take theatergoers on adventure in Port Townsend

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Aug. 29. PORT TOWNSEND –– The Generation Goat Rocket theater company brings a madcap musical chase through the… Continue reading

Zen Cook
WEEKEND: Navy Band at Fort Flagler on Sunday helps illustrate rich defense history of Peninsula's old forts

WEEKEND: Navy Band at Fort Flagler on Sunday helps illustrate rich defense history of Peninsula’s old forts

NORDLAND –– Built as massive outlets to hold off invasions of foreign forces, the forts built on the North Olympic Peninsula to protect Puget Sound… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Navy Band at Fort Flagler on Sunday helps illustrate rich defense history of Peninsula's old forts

Hearings examiner denies permit for Carlsborg marijuana growing, processing operation

PORT ANGELES –– Clallam County Hearings Examiner Mark Nichols has affirmed a planning department decision to deny a conditional-use permit for a marijuana growing and… Continue reading