Daily Update Newsletter

EYE ON CLALLAM: Commissioners to discuss marine center funding

Clallam County commissioners will discuss a Lodging Tax Advisory Committee recommendation to allocate $50,000 to the Feiro Marine Life Center at a meeting that begins… Continue reading

Clallam PUD board member to resign in July

Clallam PUD board member to resign in July

Lawyer and 24-year incumbent Hugh Haffner will resign his Clallam County Public Utility District commissioner position in July, two years before his… Continue reading

Clallam PUD board member to resign in July
Best of the Peninsula voting is underway now through May 31. Click here to vote today!

Best of the Peninsula voting is underway now through May 31. Click here to vote today!

It’s time again to vote for Best of the Peninsula in separate Clallam County and Jefferson County polling. All voting for the scores of categories… Continue reading

Best of the Peninsula voting is underway now through May 31. Click here to vote today!
Parade, blessing of fleet celebrate boating season’s opening day in Port Townsend

Parade, blessing of fleet celebrate boating season’s opening day in Port Townsend

On a picture-perfect Saturday afternoon on Port Townsend Bay, 43 vessels and a paddle boarder celebrated opening day of the 2018 boating… Continue reading

Parade, blessing of fleet celebrate boating season’s opening day in Port Townsend
Composite sketch released of man sought in April 15 trail assault

Composite sketch released of man sought in April 15 trail assault

The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office has released a sketch of one of two men who allegedly attacked a woman who was jogging… Continue reading

Composite sketch released of man sought in April 15 trail assault

Final week of four-hour delays set for Highway 101 around Lake Crescent

This week will be the final one with scheduled four-hour delays at a point on U.S. Highway 101 as it wends… Continue reading

Jamestown Public Safety, Justice Center expected to be finished this year

Jamestown Public Safety, Justice Center expected to be finished this year

The justice system at the Jamestown S’Klallam tribal campus is moving from a basement to a shiny new facility. Dignitaries with golden shovels… Continue reading

Jamestown Public Safety, Justice Center expected to be finished this year
Missing Poulsbo man returns home, Port Angeles police say

Missing Poulsbo man returns home, Port Angeles police say

A missing Poulsbo man who mistakenly took a bus from Chehalis to Port Angeles is safe at home with his mother, Deputy… Continue reading

Missing Poulsbo man returns home, Port Angeles police say
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Clallam County Fire District 3 firefighters extinguish hot spots from a blaze that destroyed a motor home off Pierson Road west of Sequim on Saturday.

Motor home burns near Sequim

A motor home burned at the Olympic Paradise RV Park near Sequim on Saturday, Clallam County Fire District No. 3 officials said. No… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Clallam County Fire District 3 firefighters extinguish hot spots from a blaze that destroyed a motor home off Pierson Road west of Sequim on Saturday.

NEWS BRIEFS: Clallam Chain Gang busy … and other items

The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office Chain Gang planted trees and shrubs on the slopes of the McDonald Creek Bridge during the week… Continue reading

Port Townsend’s Water Street paving to begin Thursday

Port Townsend’s Water Street paving to begin Thursday

The Water Street Enhancement Project team will check one more item off its to-do list this week as the first stage of… Continue reading

Port Townsend’s Water Street paving to begin Thursday
Elected port official works for port tenant: Commissioner says she is recusing herself from decisions about company

Elected port official works for port tenant: Commissioner says she is recusing herself from decisions about company

Port of Port Angeles Commissioner Colleen McAleer of Sequim is working as a full-time program manager for Airborne Environmental Control Systems, one… Continue reading

Elected port official works for port tenant: Commissioner says she is recusing herself from decisions about company
Hundreds meander through Saar’s in Port Angeles on first day of soft opening

Hundreds meander through Saar’s in Port Angeles on first day of soft opening

The line for Saar’s Super Saver Foods’ soft opening in Port Angeles on Wednesday stretched around the building as customers waited to… Continue reading

Hundreds meander through Saar’s in Port Angeles on first day of soft opening
Gold Star respite update: Captain Joseph House expected to open in 2019

Gold Star respite update: Captain Joseph House expected to open in 2019

Years of remodelling efforts are expected to reach fruition in 2019 with the opening of the Captain Joseph House respite home for… Continue reading

Gold Star respite update: Captain Joseph House expected to open in 2019
Bomb squad investigates metal object found on Port Townsend beach

Bomb squad investigates metal object found on Port Townsend beach

It was a false alarm. A metal object found buried by a person walking on North Beach originally was suspected to be… Continue reading

Bomb squad investigates metal object found on Port Townsend beach
Couple plans to open new restaurant in Port Angeles this summer

Couple plans to open new restaurant in Port Angeles this summer

A new restaurant opening in downtown Port Angeles this summer will feature locally-sourced comfort food and beer from the Pacific Northwest, the… Continue reading

Couple plans to open new restaurant in Port Angeles this summer
Clallam commissioners approve short-term move to aid Serenity House

Clallam commissioners approve short-term move to aid Serenity House

Clallam County commissioners have agreed to a short-term solution to Serenity House of Clallam County’s funding woes and are expected today to… Continue reading

Clallam commissioners approve short-term move to aid Serenity House
Northwest Maritime Center withdraws Point Hudson proposal

Northwest Maritime Center withdraws Point Hudson proposal

The Northwest Maritime Center withdrew its proposal Monday to the Port of Port Townsend for a 50-year lease that would have given… Continue reading

Northwest Maritime Center withdraws Point Hudson proposal

Quileute woman faces federal charges after alleged pursuit, ramming police vehicle

A Quileute tribal woman is facing federal charges of ramming La Push Police Chief Bill Lyon’s patrol vehicle three times with an… Continue reading

Run Without Fear gathers 100 on Olympic Discovery Trail in Port Angeles

Run Without Fear gathers 100 on Olympic Discovery Trail in Port Angeles

Close to 100 women walked and jogged the Olympic Discovery Trail on Sunday morning, showing solidarity with a woman who was attacked… Continue reading

Run Without Fear gathers 100 on Olympic Discovery Trail in Port Angeles