* * * UPDATE — School closures, other weather-related closures in Jefferson, Clallam for Friday * * *

Clallam Transit and Jefferson Transit has all buses running on normal schedules on Friday.

Updated list of weather-related closures (PLEASE . . . LOG IN AND ADD YOUR CLOSURES TO THE COMMENT SECTION BELOW):

Port Angeles, Sequim and Queen of Angels (Port Angeles) schools — closed Friday.

Port Townsend schools — Opening one hour late on Friday, buses on snow routes.

Quilcene schools — Opening two hours late Friday. No West Sound Tech.

Cape Flattery schools — phone the Neah Bay info line at 360-645-2221 or the district’s offices at 360-963-2329

(***Click on http://www.schoolreport.org/ for further schools-weather updates ***)

Port Angeles’ Franklin School’s “Goodies for Gals” on Friday has been canceled and will be rescheduled.

Comfort and Cozy (Port Angeles) Kids Afterschool Program — closed Friday. Comfort & Cozy Childcare main campus is open.

Sequim City Council special meeting scheduled for Friday — canceled.

The Museum Lecture Series presentation featuring author and historian Terry Buchanan, scheduled for Friday at the Dungeness Schoolhouse, 2871 Towne Road, in Sequim — canceled.

The Olympic Driftwood Sculptors’ third annual Winter Show at the Dungeness River Audubon Center this weekend — postponed.

Nor’wester Rotary Club — 7 a.m. Friday meeting in OMC cafeteria canceled.

Sequim Weight Watchers’ Friday meeting — cancelled.

Tree-planting event at Kah Tai Lagoon Nature Park in Port Townsend scheduled for Saturday — postponed to Saturday, March 5, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

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