Neah Bay News

Within a month, items lost in the Japanese tsunami last year should start washing ashore on the Oregon Coast, according to scientists.

Is the black float found on a Neah Bay area beach really from the Japan tsunami? Last Thursday, Tomoko Dodo, senior consul from the Consulate General of Japan in Seattle, visited the home of Arnold Schouten, a member of Surfrider Foundation, to see the float for herself.

The trial of a Port Angeles man accused of driving drunk when he caused a head-on wreck that killed an Ahousat, B.C., man in August has been postponed.

A count Thursday will aim to get an accurate snapshot of the number of homeless on the North Olympic Peninsula.

Once the pride of Puget Sound, the historic ferry Kalakala is in such bad shape the Corps of Engineers could seize it and dismantle the vessel to prevent it from becoming a hazard to navigation.

The 1930s-era art deco ferry Kalakala sets sail from Seattle's Lake Union for a trip to Neah Bay in this 2004 file photo.

Snowy, wintry weather is expected to continue easing its grip on the North Olympic Peninsula - at least until Friday.

The ocean mapping and zoning process off the Oregon coast will attempt to balance a diversity of needs and interests including those of fishermen and ocean energy technologies.

Traveling down the west coast of Peru, I was surprised by the fact of how much of the country is a desert.

Snow flurries are expected to continue to dust the North Olympic Peninsula through Tuesday, though accumulations will be limited to an inch or 2 in the lowlands, the National Weather Service said Saturday.

The first snow of the year could fall on North Olympic Peninsula lowlands this weekend, but the National Weather Service said it's difficult to predict how much will accumulate.

Last March's tsunami in Japan killed 20,000 people. A debris field 1,000 miles wide and 2,000 miles long was captured on satellite making its way westward.

The Pacific County Emergency Management Agency plans public forums Jan. 17 and 18 at Seaview, Ocean Park and Tokeland to help prepare residents for debris from the Japanese tsunami that might wash ashore on coastal beaches.