Joe Smillie

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

WEEKEND: Hot air balloons, small planes to soar at Air Affaire on Saturday, 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 starting tonight (Friday) in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND –– The Generation Goat Rocket theater company brings a madcap musical chase through the pages of literature as 14 young actors play out… 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
Port Townsend rock band Mood Ring will play at a rock 'n' roll show tonight at the Cellar Door. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Rock bands plan to get loud underground in Port Townsend tonight (Friday)

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Aug. 29. PORT TOWNSEND –– Get ready to get loud underground. Led by the all-girl outfit of Mood… Continue reading

Port Townsend rock band Mood Ring will play at a rock 'n' roll show tonight at the Cellar Door. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

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

Brian Barrick has reopened Sequim Consignment Shop

Sequim consignment shop rousted by fire reopens across street

SEQUIM –– Brian Barrick is back at work selling elaborately designed antique couches, vintage pantsuits and heirloom jewelry after reopening his Sequim Consignment Shop, which… Continue reading

Brian Barrick has reopened Sequim Consignment Shop
Brian Barrick has reopened Sequim Consignment Shop

Sequim consignment shop rousted by fire reopens across street

SEQUIM –– Brian Barrick is back at work selling elaborately designed antique couches, vintage pantsuits and heirloom jewelry after reopening his Sequim Consignment Shop, which… Continue reading

Brian Barrick has reopened Sequim Consignment Shop
A Clallam County sheriff's deputy

Assault in Forks sends one to hospital; investigation ‘active and ongoing’

FORKS –– Clallam County sheriff's deputies are investigating a Sunday night assault that reportedly led to the hospitalization of one man and the arrest of… Continue reading

A Clallam County sheriff's deputy

Debate over labor propositions heats up in Sequim

SEQUIM –– Proposed changes in the way the city negotiates contracts with its three collective bargaining units heated up in City Council chambers Monday night.… Continue reading

Presidential mom’s life detailed in Port Townsend show opening night

PORT TOWNSEND –– Bringing up a president isn’t easy, and neither is trying to encapsulate that experience in a short stage show. But that’s what… Continue reading

A Clallam County sheriff's deputy

Assault in Forks sends one to hospital; investigation ‘active and ongoing’

FORKS –– Clallam County sheriff's deputies are investigating a Sunday night assault that reportedly led to the hospitalization of one man and the arrest of… Continue reading

A Clallam County sheriff's deputy
Activists on both sides of the issue picket in front of the Sequim Transit Center before Monday night's Sequim City Council meeting. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News (Click on photo to enlarge)

Measures to change union contact negotiations heat up Sequim City Council meeting

SEQUIM –– Changes in the way the city negotiates contracts with its three collective bargaining units heated up the already August-roasty Sequim City Council chambers… Continue reading

Activists on both sides of the issue picket in front of the Sequim Transit Center before Monday night's Sequim City Council meeting. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News (Click on photo to enlarge)
John Johnston

WWII plane coming to take vets on trip back in time during Olympic Peninsula Air Affaire this weekend in Sequim

SEQUIM –– Veterans from World War II will be able to take a flight from their past at the Olympic Peninsula Air Affaire this weekend.… Continue reading

John Johnston

UPDATED — Peninsula men run strong but don’t place in Seattle soapbox race

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Peninsula's entry to Seattle Red Bull Soapbox Race made a strong showing Sunday but failed to place in the… Continue reading

Sue Keilman and Scott Horton captured this flotilla of Velella velella from their boat off LaPush on Aug. 9. (Click on photo to enlarge)

Invasion of the blue ‘sailors’ — jellyfish-like creatures Velella velella pile up on Peninsula beaches

LAPUSH –– The translucent corpses of thousands of tiny jellyfish-like creatures are littering Pacific Ocean beaches on the North Olympic Peninsula after currents and winds… Continue reading

Sue Keilman and Scott Horton captured this flotilla of Velella velella from their boat off LaPush on Aug. 9. (Click on photo to enlarge)
Top Shelf medical marijuana dispensary owner JD Janssen

Medical marijuana shops pop up in Port Angeles while recreational industry struggles to start

PORT ANGELES –– As recreational marijuana outlets struggle through the state licensing process and an unstable supply of newly legal pot, the city has seen… Continue reading

Top Shelf medical marijuana dispensary owner JD Janssen
John Johnston

WWII plane coming to take vets on trip back in time during Olympic Peninsula Air Affaire this weekend in Sequim

SEQUIM –– Veterans from World War II will be able to take a flight from their past at the Olympic Peninsula Air Affaire this weekend.… Continue reading

John Johnston
Top Shelf medical marijuana dispensary owner JD Janssen

Medical marijuana shops pop up in Port Angeles while recreational industry struggles to start

PORT ANGELES –– As recreational marijuana outlets struggle through the state licensing process and an unstable supply of newly legal pot, the city has seen… Continue reading

Top Shelf medical marijuana dispensary owner JD Janssen

UPDATED — Peninsula men run strong but don’t place in Seattle soapbox race today

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Peninsula’s entry to Seattle Red Bull Soapbox Race made a strong showing Sunday but failed to place in the… Continue reading

Jerry Jeff Pedersen

Ex-Sequim volunteer coach pleads guilty to communicating with minor for immoral purposes

PORT ANGELES –– Jerry Jeff Pedersen, a former unpaid volunteer Sequim High School girls basketball coach, pleaded guilty Thursday to five counts of communicating with… Continue reading

Jerry Jeff Pedersen