Daily Update Newsletter

Sequim Irrigation Festival’s first weekend includes Family Fun Day, operetta

Sequim Irrigation Festival’s first weekend includes Family Fun Day, operetta

Washington state’s longest-running festival , the Sequim Irrigation Festival, begins its 123rd edition today. The two-weekend event — Come to Sequim with Me… Continue reading

Sequim Irrigation Festival’s first weekend includes Family Fun Day, operetta
Sequim High School students walk out for right to bear arms

Sequim High School students walk out for right to bear arms

Sequim High School students staged another walkout onto the campus’ courtyard this week but with the sole purpose of standing for the right… Continue reading

Sequim High School students walk out for right to bear arms
UPDATE: Federal officials investigating small plane crash at Klahhane Ridge

UPDATE: Federal officials investigating small plane crash at Klahhane Ridge

The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating a plane that crashed into the side of Klahhane Ridge… Continue reading

UPDATE: Federal officials investigating small plane crash at Klahhane Ridge
Jefferson County to settle public records litigation with D’Amico

Jefferson County to settle public records litigation with D’Amico

For the second time in two weeks, Jefferson County commissioners have voted to settle potentially expensive public records act litigation threatened by… Continue reading

Jefferson County to settle public records litigation with D’Amico
Transient pod in Hood Canal adds another member

Transient pod in Hood Canal adds another member

Puget Sound Express, the Port Townsend-based whale watching tour company, encountered a new addition to one of the orca pods feeding in… Continue reading

Transient pod in Hood Canal adds another member
Marine Trades Association aims to fund economic study

Marine Trades Association aims to fund economic study

No one seems to know the total effect Jefferson County’s marine trades have on the economy of the area, say members of… Continue reading

Marine Trades Association aims to fund economic study

NEWS BRIEFS: Candlelight vigil slated for Saturday … and other items

A candlelight vigil to support Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women is planned Saturday. The vigil will be from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.… Continue reading

Clallam Marine Resources Committee offers internships

Clallam Marine Resources Committee is accepting applications now for six student internships, five for the summer and one long-term. Applications are due… Continue reading

Historic Felicity Ann launched in Port Townsend

Historic Felicity Ann launched in Port Townsend

The historic 23-foot wooden sloop Felicity Ann has kissed the water once again. In a ceremony Tuesday witnessed by 75 craftsmen, supporters… Continue reading

Historic Felicity Ann launched in Port Townsend

Temporary fix: Port Angeles planning panel to consider RV, camper proposal

A proposal to allow people to live in RVs or campers on private property as a temporary fix to the housing shortage… Continue reading

Port Angeles public works director resigns without notice

Port Angeles public works director resigns without notice

Craig Fulton resigned from his position as Port Angeles Public Works and Utilities Department director late Friday afternoon without giving notice, City… Continue reading

Port Angeles public works director resigns without notice
New Jefferson County PUD general manager tells commissioners of his priorities

New Jefferson County PUD general manager tells commissioners of his priorities

The new general manager of Jefferson County Public Utility District, Larry Dunbar, focused on three areas during his first public meeting with… Continue reading

New Jefferson County PUD general manager tells commissioners of his priorities
BOYS AND GIRLS GOLF: Sequim’s Jacobsen, Shea, Port Townsend’s Lake win Olympic League golf titles

BOYS AND GIRLS GOLF: Sequim’s Jacobsen, Shea, Port Townsend’s Lake win Olympic League golf titles

Sequim sophomore Paul Jacobsen won the Olympic League 2A Boys Golf Championship with a 1-under-par round of 71 at Cedars at Dungeness Golf… Continue reading

BOYS AND GIRLS GOLF: Sequim’s Jacobsen, Shea, Port Townsend’s Lake win Olympic League golf titles
PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Forks softball seals district berth; Spartans soccer moves closer to league title

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Forks softball seals district berth; Spartans soccer moves closer to league title

Forks softball pitchers Britney Dean and Chloe Leverington combined to give up just two… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Forks softball seals district berth; Spartans soccer moves closer to league title
OUTDOORS: Anglers fish through rainy opening day

OUTDOORS: Anglers fish through rainy opening day

LAST SATURDAY’S LOWLAND lake trout opener was held in gray, rainy conditions across much, if not all of western Washington. “One of the common themes… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Anglers fish through rainy opening day
Sale of Jeanette Best estate to benefit Northwind Arts Center

Sale of Jeanette Best estate to benefit Northwind Arts Center

The colorful, waterside Mats Mats Bay home and studio of the late Northwind Arts Center co-founder and artist Jeanette Best is still… Continue reading

Sale of Jeanette Best estate to benefit Northwind Arts Center

Sequim support group aims to help parents of loved ones struggling with addiction

For some parents who have children struggling with addiction, finding a comfortable and reliable support group locally can be difficult. Sequim residents Cliff… Continue reading

Sequim man acquitted of one charge, jury hung on another charge

A 54-year-old Sequim man has been acquitted of an attempted rape charge while a second count of indecent liberties remains unresolved. Joseph… Continue reading

Fire district plans training burn

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 will conduct a live-fire training exercise at the 400 block of Garling Road beginning at 7:30… Continue reading

DOC recognizes employees in Clallam Bay, Forks

Three employees at the Clallam Bay Corrections Center and three employees at the Olympic Corrections Center have earned state Department of Corrections annual… Continue reading