Neah Bay News

Clallam County should deny a request from the Quillayute Valley Park and Recreation District to forgive or defer a $225,000 loan it received in 2004, County Treasurer Selinda Barkhuis has recommended.

The concept of "stand downs" for military veterans has been around for a few years.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife plans to close the recreational halibut fishery in Marine Area 2 , on May 20th.

The first northern coastal hatchery chinook fishery started off with not much effort and depending on who you talked fishing was either very slow to fair at times.

Many ocean salmon sport anglers are wondering what to expect as the first fishery of the season opens this Friday and Saturday off the northern coast at La Push and Neah Bay.

By Lee Horton Peninsula Daily News ANGLERS COULDN'T HAVE asked for a better halibut opener.

OLYMPIA The Washington Department of Ecology has given its final approval of the Washington State Maritime Cooperative's umbrella oil spill readiness plan that covers more than 1,600 commercial vessels that transit Puget Sound and Grays Harbor.

By Lee Horton Peninsula Daily News HALIBUT SEASON HAS finally arrived. Starting today, most of the Strait of Juan de Fuca is open to the popular fishery.

The state Court of Appeals has upheld Scott L. Davis' 25-year conviction of first-degree assault and first-degree attempted murder in connection with a 2009 gunfight with Clallam County Sheriff's Deputy Bill Cortani at a cabin in the West End.

The state soon will begin testing popular saltwater beaches for bacteria to prevent people from getting sick from playing in the water.