Neah Bay News

Sol Duc Falls, seen here last weekend, thunders in Olympic National Park on the West End of the North Olympic Peninsula.

A fugitive wanted on a federal warrant that stemmed from a murder conviction surrendered to police Saturday after hiding in a house on West A Street for about four hours.

IS IT A perfect time for living on the North Olympic Peninsula, or what? A holiday weekend starts for many today, weather about as perfect as it can get for this area for this time of year is predicted and salmon fishing and crabbing are going gangbusters right now.

A banner season is expected for Washington salmon anglers, and the fish are already cruising the state's saltwaters.

Rendering courtesy of Lindberg & Smith Architects [enlarge] The Makah Tribe is developing a 14,500-square-foot multi-purpose facility on the tribe's reservation in Neah Bay.

Matt Schubert's five best bets this weekend Sekiu halibut -- There's only one place left to catch flatties.

David Lindau of Washington Coastsavers said the April Washington Coast Cleanup was an even bigger success than first thought.

Washington Dept. of Ecology The Neah Bay rescue tug Saving Puget Sound? Exactly how? The Puget Sound Partnership has an Action Agenda, but so far no Answer Agenda.

The Puget Sound recreational crab season will get under way June 18, including waters south of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.

While I'm out on the road, I've asked SUVs guide Jason Fogelson to do a bit of test-driving for me.

A dozen Coast Guard members honored two of their comrades by cleaning up the graves of two men on Waadah Island earlier this month.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of a two-part series on the thoughts of some Makah tribal members 10 years after a successful gray whale hunt in 1999.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part series on the thoughts of some Makah tribal members 10 years after a successful gray whale hunt in 1999.

The Clallam Bay-Sekiu Community Action Team is leading a Spring Spruce Up at the end of the month.

The Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth are trying to reconnect with their traditional lifeways, and the resumption of sustainable whaling is considered an important part of this.

Environmentalists won a few victories in the Washington Legislature but they didn't win all they wanted from state lawmakers.

A team of scientists from Cascadia Research has identified the gray whale that was illegally shot and harpooned by five Makah men in September 2007 as CRC-175, one considered to be a resident of the area.

A gray whale killed illegally in 2007 by Neah Bay men was a Northwest resident and not part of the migrating population.

It was one of those moments at one of those locations where I could have sat happily all day.

University of Great Falls track and field coach Jim Brewer has announced the signing of William Secor Jr.