Daily Update Newsletter

Lower Elwha Klallam tribal member pleads guilty to assault

A Lower Elwha Klallam tribal member has pleaded guilty in federal court to domestic assault by a habitual offender for attacking his partner… Continue reading

Roundabout considered for busy intersection at Sequim-Dungeness Way and Woodcock Road

Roundabout considered for busy intersection at Sequim-Dungeness Way and Woodcock Road

Clallam County officials are considering fast-tracking the installation of a traffic circle at the intersection of Sequim-Dungeness Way and Woodcock Road, citing concerns… Continue reading

Roundabout considered for busy intersection at Sequim-Dungeness Way and Woodcock Road
Bids opened for suicide barriers on Port Angeles bridges

Bids opened for suicide barriers on Port Angeles bridges

Of the three companies that submitted bids to install taller safety barriers on the Eighth Street bridges, a local contractor had the… Continue reading

Bids opened for suicide barriers on Port Angeles bridges

Clallam to hire youth suicide prevention coordinator

Clallam County is preparing to hire a 32-hour-per-week youth suicide prevention coordinator with federal funding provided from the state Department of Health.… Continue reading

Second developer inquires about John Wayne Marina

Second developer inquires about John Wayne Marina

A second marina developer has expressed interest in purchasing the Port of Port Angeles’ John Wayne Marina. Jeff Pence, co-owner of Pacific Marina… Continue reading

Second developer inquires about John Wayne Marina
Teen brings ‘The S Word’ to the Peninsula for suicide prevention

Teen brings ‘The S Word’ to the Peninsula for suicide prevention

PORT TOWNSEND —“I didn’t think anything would actually happen.” Callay Boire-Shedd, 17, a junior at Port Townsend High School, has been touched by suicide twice… Continue reading

Teen brings ‘The S Word’ to the Peninsula for suicide prevention

Bail set after high-speed chase in Sequim

A man wanted for a Wyoming robbery-conviction parole violation was arrested while hiding in underbrush after he sped down West Washington Street at… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend OKs three capital improvement projects

Port of Port Townsend commissioners have approved three projects for completion, including the Point Hudson south jetty replacement, that were budgeted in… Continue reading

Port Angeles man sentenced in attempted bank robbery

A Port Angeles man who attempted to rob 1st Security Bank in Port Angeles last year was sentenced Thursday to a little… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Veterans are welcomed home in PA … and other items

The Clallam County Veterans Center will host a Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony at 1 p.m. Saturday. Members of the public… Continue reading

Training session set in practicing compassionate listening

Training session set in practicing compassionate listening

Joy Helmer is on a mission to create more heart-to-heart connections in the Sequim community. With recent tragedies such as the Parkland, Fla.,… Continue reading

Training session set in practicing compassionate listening

Registration open for Clallam Mosaic classes

Registration has opened for a 10-week spring program by Clallam Mosaic, a local nonprofit working to enrich, encourage and empower people with… Continue reading

Children to look high and low for Easter eggs

Children to look high and low for Easter eggs

Free community Easter egg hunts are planned this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula in recognition of Easter, which is Sunday. Participants in the Easter… Continue reading

Children to look high and low for Easter eggs
Violist Cheryl Landry Swoboda returns to her home town of Port Angeles for a concert of Brahms, Bartok and Berlioz this Saturday, March 31.

Port Angeles Symphony concert to pair Berlioz with Brahms

A Port Angeles High School graduate who has gone on to an international career will perform with more than 70 musicians at… Continue reading

Violist Cheryl Landry Swoboda returns to her home town of Port Angeles for a concert of Brahms, Bartok and Berlioz this Saturday, March 31.
Port Angeles elementary school wins national prize

Port Angeles elementary school wins national prize

Ask anybody at Hamilton Elementary School and they’ll all say the same thing: Hamilton Elementary is a family. That is among the… Continue reading

Port Angeles elementary school wins national prize
Port Angeles Symphony welcomes back guest artist, alumna

Port Angeles Symphony welcomes back guest artist, alumna

Seventy local musicians — plus one former local who now lives in Europe — will get together this Saturday to create something… Continue reading

Port Angeles Symphony welcomes back guest artist, alumna

Jobless rate up slightly for Clallam, Jefferson counties

North Olympic Peninsula unemployment was up slightly in February, a repeat from the previous month, state officials said. Clallam County’s jobless rate went from a… Continue reading

Goat transfer sparks new law on communication

A state lawmaker from Sultan has succeeded in making the state Department of Fish and Wildlife do a better job of spreading the… Continue reading

Beaver woman testifies in trial for arson, other charges

Beaver woman testifies in trial for arson, other charges

A woman tearfully described a romantic relationship that spiraled out of control at the trial of a Sedro-Woolley man who allegedly sent… Continue reading

Beaver woman testifies in trial for arson, other charges
PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Sequim boys soccer stays in the mix

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Sequim boys soccer stays in the mix

Sequim bounced back from losses against Olympic League 2A Division boys soccer title contenders… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Sequim boys soccer stays in the mix