Quilcene News

Documents outlining Jefferson County's draft updates to its shoreline master plan are available for viewing at neighborhood information booths.

Wylie Gustafson leads Wylie and his Wild West to Port Ludlow July 20 where they'll headline the daylong Music on the Green event at the Bay Club, 120 Spinnaker Place off Paradise Bay Road.

A state proposal to expand the Dabob Bay Natural Area Preserve up to 3,200 acres has Jefferson County leaders and conservationists working toward a land swap to offset the loss of state timber trust land ...

Where: 7360 Center Road, Quilcene When: 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, June 28 to Sept.

West Coast shellfish biologists are engaged in a war against a species of bacteria that has been killing oyster larvae and threatening to cripple the $111-million-a-year shellfish industry.

Brinnon seniors and volunteers were surprised and upset to learn their nutrition program will close after the last meal is served today, and the man who made the decision hopes the service can be restored.

The 2008 graduating class of Quilcene High School graduated 26 students on Saturday.

A cappella trio Bella - from left, Susan Welch, Emily Groff and Georgia Brown - will be in concert at 7 p.m. June 21 at Island Music Guild, 10598 Valley Rd.

An invisible menace is invading one of the Northwest's most famous and valuable farming sectors, and shellfish farmers say it's already caused tremendous damage.

Dosewallis Road washed out in a storm six years ago - and ever since there has been intense controversy about rebuilding it.

Come bike the North Shore of Hood Canal, view Champion trees in Illahee Preserve or catch the last blooms on the native rhodies hiking Mt.

Federal budget cuts have delayed the opening of Fallsview Campground south of Quilcene, which a Chamber of Commerce leader sees as a threat to the community's economy.

Toxic blue-green algae levels have worsened at Anderson Lake, but the popular fishing hole will remain open for the time being.

Eighth-grade students in Quilcene display some of the flags, a banner and a cross they will use to honor fallen soldiers and sailors during today's Memorial Day observances.

Take a trip through world cultures without leaving the North Olympic Peninsula. The 15th annual Juan De Fuca Festival of the Arts continues a full schedule of entertainment from throughout America and around ...

“I just checked the gauge stations, and they certainly are rising, but they aren't near dangerous levels.”

Spring's late arrival, which has kept snow longer in the lower elevations, is expected to lead to higher streamflows this spring and summer as it melts off. via Peninsula Daily News

“This weekend is going to be interesting, because we're going to see warm weather”

Elevated levels of toxic blue-green algae found in Gibbs and Teal lakes has led Jefferson County Public Health officials to warn against drinking or swimming in the water - and if trout are caught in either ... via Peninsula Daily News

Ten people were arrested Sunday during an annual Mother's Day protest of nuclear weapons just outside the gates of Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor. The Poulsbo-based Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action said that ... via Kitsapsun.com

“It'll be a line when they open”

By Rachel Pritchett Sunday, May 4, 2008 Lenna Himmelstein Kitsap Sun Ed Jones, manager of the Taylor Shellfish Hatchery at Quilcene, stands near the large plastic bag containers used to breed algae that is fed ... via Kitsap Sun

“We've been working with our sewer system for years to provide clean water and where has the county been?”

A countywide per-parcel fee proposed to fund Jefferson County's Clean Water District has dried up for lack of support. via Peninsula Daily News