Blyn News

In the wake of an unprecedented gathering of more than 400 Native American leaders with President Obama and Cabinet members last week, a question remains: Will government agencies keep the promises of the president of the United States? "Is it just a listening session, or it is something that will be productive in the long run?" said Frances ...

The message of the first North Olympic Peninsula Farm to The Cafeteria Conference on Thursday was that the farmer and the food buyer should be friends.

Although Halloween spooks and treats dominate the weekend, other activities -- from tours and hikes to fundraisers -- are offered on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.

Santa Claus, who resembled Don McIntyre of Diamond Point, walks past a line of motorcycles at Steele's Sports Bar & Grill, the terminus of the toy run.

Brinnon resident JoAnn Bussa said Wednesday that she was ecstatic and overwhelmed when she and the great-great grandson of venerable Klallam Chief Chetzemoka appeared before the state Transportation Commission.

For 18 years Robert Welker has taken a toy for a ride on his motorcycle on the annual Biker Toy Run.

The first of two 64-car state ferries to be built for the Port Townsend-Keystone route will be named for Chetzemoka, the Klallam chief who befriended 19th century settlers on the Olympic Peninsula.

The only nontribal casino in Clallam and Jefferson counties has run out of luck.

THE 13TH ANNUAL Clallam County Harvest Celebration Farm Tour runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of a two-part series which began Sunday and can be found at the bottom of the peninsuladailynews.com home page on Monday.

SINCE I BEGAN this column, I've seen live music venues go dark and others born to carry on the live music vibe.

The community is now under the protection of Clallam County Fire District No. 3 after fire commissioners for the district covering Eastern Clallam County agreed to jump the county line and include Gardiner.

A Port Angeles man will leave Thursday for Georgia to bury his son killed in an unsolved mass murder in a mobile home Saturday, while his grandson remains under arrest.

IT'S HARD TO believe but the last weekend of August is upon us and the first day of sch -- Whoops! I almost said it the dreaded "s" word, kids.

BLYN, WA.-Marine wildlife lovers sliced a chocolate cake and toasted the Obama Administration's grant of $4.6 million in economic stimulus funds to hire 40 or more scuba divers to remove derelict fishing nets that have killed untold millions of fish, marine mammals, and birds in the waters of Puget Sound over the past century.

BLYN, WA.-Marine wildlife lovers sliced a chocolate cake and toasted the Obama Administration's grant of $4.6 million in economic stimulus funds to hire 40 or more scuba divers to remove derelict fishing nets that have killed untold millions of fish, marine mammals, and birds in the waters of Puget Sound over the past century.

The Northwest Straits Commission will outline the details of a newly funded project to remove derelict fishing nets from Puget Sound during a meeting today.

An Oregon woman sustained facial injuries when her Subaru Forester was broadsided by a Dodge Caravan on Wednesday.

After a wait that stretched some two years longer than planned, site preparation has begun for the nearly 35,000-square-foot Jamestown Medical Clinic alongside the Olympic Medical Cancer Center.

Two Olympic Peninsula tribes say federal, state and county officials have failed to protect tribal shellfish beds in Marrowstone Island's Mystery Bay in violation of treaty rights.