Daily Update Newsletter

PASD highlights career, tech education

Program offers more than 40 classes, director says

Demonstrators gather on the lawn of the Clallam County Courthouse on Tuesday in protest of the foreign and domestic policies of the Trump administration. Upwards of 100 people took part in the event. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Protesting policies

Demonstrators gather on the lawn of the Clallam County Courthouse on Tuesday in protest of the foreign and domestic policies of the Trump administration. Upwards… Continue reading

Demonstrators gather on the lawn of the Clallam County Courthouse on Tuesday in protest of the foreign and domestic policies of the Trump administration. Upwards of 100 people took part in the event. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Peninsula College's Ciera Tugade Agasiva made the all-North first team. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula teams put six on all-North squads

As expected, the North Region-champion Peninsula College women are filling up the roster of the all-North teams. Named to the first team… Continue reading

Peninsula College's Ciera Tugade Agasiva made the all-North first team. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Sequim baseball team to hold youth clinic

The Sequim High School baseball team willhost a youth clinic for all players from third to eighth grades Saturday. The high school players… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ Lindsay Smith, here playing against Bremerton, is leading the Roughriders in scoring this season. Smith and her teammates begin play at the Yakima Valley SunDome on Wednesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

POSTSEASON BASKETBALL: Five area prep and college teams prepare for state, NWAC tournaments

Four Olympic Peninsula boys and girls basketball teams and one women’s college team will be busy hooping it up in central and… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ Lindsay Smith, here playing against Bremerton, is leading the Roughriders in scoring this season. Smith and her teammates begin play at the Yakima Valley SunDome on Wednesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Stewart Cockburn from New Dungeness Nursery in Sequim explains landscaping ideas to Steve Sodorff and his wife Patti of Port Townsend while attending the annual Jefferson County Home Builders’ Association Home Show on Saturday at Blue Heron Middle School. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Landscaping ideas

Stewart Cockburn from New Dungeness Nursery in Sequim explains landscaping ideas to Steve Sodorff and his wife Patti of Port Townsend while attending the annual… Continue reading

Stewart Cockburn from New Dungeness Nursery in Sequim explains landscaping ideas to Steve Sodorff and his wife Patti of Port Townsend while attending the annual Jefferson County Home Builders’ Association Home Show on Saturday at Blue Heron Middle School. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
A pig similar to this inflamed the British and U.S. conflict.

BACK WHEN: The Great Pig War and how a pig helped set a boundary

HERE IT IS! March 1. It is National Pig Day. It is a day we can celebrate the pig. The purpose is to give the… Continue reading

A pig similar to this inflamed the British and U.S. conflict.
A portion of U.S. Highway 101 closed Monday for the next 80 days as crews work on culvert improvements. Heading east on Highway 101 just past Fairmount, traffic is diverted onto the Tumwater Truck Route to go through Port Angeles and connect back with Highway 101. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Highway 101 closes

A portion of U.S. Highway 101 closed Monday for the next 80 days as crews work on culvert improvements. Heading east on Highway 101 just… Continue reading

A portion of U.S. Highway 101 closed Monday for the next 80 days as crews work on culvert improvements. Heading east on Highway 101 just past Fairmount, traffic is diverted onto the Tumwater Truck Route to go through Port Angeles and connect back with Highway 101. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Kayke Carvalho and YeonSeo Choi of the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company will perform at Field Arts & Events Hall on Friday and Saturday. (Emma Zordan)

American Ballet Theatre company to perform at Field Hall

The American Ballet Theatre studio company will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday and at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Donna M. Morris… Continue reading

Kayke Carvalho and YeonSeo Choi of the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company will perform at Field Arts & Events Hall on Friday and Saturday. (Emma Zordan)

Artist to provide lecture at Studium Generale

Studium Generale will host Artist Lecture with Corry Ench at 12:35 p.m. Thursday. The free hybrid lecture series will be in the… Continue reading

Artist to provide monthly lecture at Studium Generale East

Studium Generale East will present An Evening of Art, Adventure and Sketching with Expeditionary Artist Maria Coryell-Martin at 6 p.m. Thursday. Coryell-Martin… Continue reading

Clallam County looks to change virtual meeting platform

Move comes after racist, obscene material has been broadcast

Scott Cook and Pamela Mae will perform at the Palindrome on Wednesday.

Cook, Mae to play at Palindrome on Wednesday

Scott Cook and Pamela Mae will perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Palindrome at Eaglemount Wine and Cider, 1893 S. Jacob… Continue reading

Scott Cook and Pamela Mae will perform at the Palindrome on Wednesday.

Heart luncheon raises record $266K for cause

The 18th annual Red, Set Go! Heart Luncheon netted a record-breaking $266,000 to benefit the Olympic Medical Center Heart Center in Sequim.… Continue reading

International Women’s Day celebration set Wednesday

Womanfest and Olympic Cellars will host a 21st International Women’s Day celebration at 6 p.m. Wednesday. The annual fundraiser will be in… Continue reading

Little free library opens for business

Grand opening Saturday at Jefferson Elementary School

Olympic Theatre Arts to stage ‘Fools’

Steve Fisher will direct Neil Simon’s “Fools” with performances at 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and matinees at 2 p.m. Sundays through March… Continue reading

Port Angeles School District superintendent search extended

Board expects to choose from two finalists on Thursday

Olympic Medical Center CEO Darryl Wolfe, left, and board President Ann Henninger present information and answer questions about the hospital’s exploration of a possible partnership with another health care system at a forum held by the Clallam County Democrats. Aligning with another organization could help address OMC’s financial challenges and meet community care needs, Wolfe said. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Services at center of Olympic Medical Center process

Partnership could improve financial stability, care delivery

Olympic Medical Center CEO Darryl Wolfe, left, and board President Ann Henninger present information and answer questions about the hospital’s exploration of a possible partnership with another health care system at a forum held by the Clallam County Democrats. Aligning with another organization could help address OMC’s financial challenges and meet community care needs, Wolfe said. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)
Workers from Global Diving and Salvage of Seattle pump water on Monday from inside the hull of the 50-foot powerboat Goldfinch that sank in Point Hudson Marina on Feb. 22. The boat was later towed to Port Townsend Marina. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Sunken boat floated to Port Townsend Boat Yard

A diver from Seattle’s Global Diving & Salvage patched a hole in a sunken vessel’s wooden hull so it could be dewatered… Continue reading

Workers from Global Diving and Salvage of Seattle pump water on Monday from inside the hull of the 50-foot powerboat Goldfinch that sank in Point Hudson Marina on Feb. 22. The boat was later towed to Port Townsend Marina. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)