Daily Update Newsletter

State lawmakers return to Capitol amid protests

State lawmakers return to Capitol amid protests

Washington lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Monday for a 60-day legislative session, tasked with passing… Continue reading

State lawmakers return to Capitol amid protests
Vacant home lost but no injuries in Sunday night fire in Port Angeles

Vacant home lost but no injuries in Sunday night fire in Port Angeles

The Port Angeles Fire Department is investigating the cause of a fire at U.S. Highway 101 and Airport Road. No injuries were… Continue reading

Vacant home lost but no injuries in Sunday night fire in Port Angeles

Olympic Peninsula Visitor Bureau seeking applications for tourism project grants

The Olympic Peninsula Visitor Bureau is seeking applications for tourism project grants, primarily to support shoulder season activities. The bureau awards grants… Continue reading

WEST END NEIGHBOR: The how and why of Lake Pleasant plungers

WEST END NEIGHBOR: The how and why of Lake Pleasant plungers

THIS YEAR, I thought about joining the Polar Bear Plunge at Lake Pleasant in Beaver on New Year’s Day. Personally, I like to cannonball if… Continue reading

WEST END NEIGHBOR: The how and why of Lake Pleasant plungers
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Mikkiah Brady, Port Angeles basketball player

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Mikkiah Brady, Port Angeles basketball player

Port Angeles’ Mikkiah Brady is a big part of the Roughriders’ solid start to the season, with two straight league wins last week to have… Continue reading

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Mikkiah Brady, Port Angeles basketball player

Cougar spotted in Port Angeles

A cougar was spotted crossing the Tumwater Truck Route in front of a Port Angeles police officer’s patrol car at about 2:20… Continue reading

Canine companions offer more to readers than ‘see Spot run’ at Port Hadlock school

Canine companions offer more to readers than ‘see Spot run’ at Port Hadlock school

Dogs and students walk side-by-side through the halls of Chimacum Creek Primary School. School officials say four-legged friends at the school help… Continue reading

Canine companions offer more to readers than ‘see Spot run’ at Port Hadlock school

Officials: Peninsula flu season to be ‘moderately severe’

Flu season has arrived on the North Olympic Peninsula with spikes in confirmed cases and hospitalizations but no laboratory-confirmed influenza deaths, health officials said. Public… Continue reading

McCleary funding, capital budget still the focus for state Legislature

An unfinished capital budget, more education funding to satisfy the Supreme Court’s McCleary decision and a tussle over water rights — all left… Continue reading

CRTC offers helping hands to Salvation Army

CRTC offers helping hands to Salvation Army

The Composite Recycling Technology Center, formed to create products from recycled carbon fiber, developed an entirely different project that involved no carbon… Continue reading

CRTC offers helping hands to Salvation Army

Free workshop offered on native plants

Clallam Conservation District is offering a free workshop on landscaping with native plants from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday. The workshop will… Continue reading

Peace Corps stories set for Thursday at Peninsula College

Peace Corps volunteers Shewa Dedeke and John Lovejoy will present “Love in the Land of a Thousand Hills” during… Continue reading

State lawmakers to again consider eliminating capital punishment

A bill to be introduced this session would eliminate the death penalty in Washington state and… Continue reading

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Pirates get on winning track

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Pirates get on winning track

The Peninsula College women have had a rough start to their season, but they had a decent week, beating S. Puget Sound… Continue reading

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Pirates get on winning track
A new year’s baby: Son is first child for Jefferson County mother

A new year’s baby: Son is first child for Jefferson County mother

Shelby Thompson’s baby boy came three weeks early, which made him the first baby born in Jefferson County this year. Thompson gave… Continue reading

A new year’s baby: Son is first child for Jefferson County mother

Port Angeles man charged in alleged road rage incident

A 39-year-old Port Angeles man has been charged with two counts of second-degree assault with a deadly weapon for his role in… Continue reading

Port Angeles man arrested after reported road rage

A Port Angeles motorist arrested Saturday for allegedly pointing a pistol at a couple during a Christmas Eve road-rage incident could have… Continue reading

EYE ON CLALLAM: County to consider pact with visitor bureau

Clallam County commissioners will consider a $490,000 agreement with the Olympic Peninsula Visitor Bureau to promote year-round tourism Tuesday. The meeting will begin at 10… Continue reading

EYE ON JEFFERSON: Port Townsend council to discuss possible delay of city manager’s retirement

The Port Townsend City Council will discuss a possible delay of City Manager David Timmons’ retirement when it meets at 6:30 p.m. Monday. The workshop… Continue reading

Clallam County incumbents look ahead to upcoming election

Most of Clallam County’s elected officials said in recent interviews that they are mulling running for re-election to their positions. After all,… Continue reading