Daily Update Newsletter

Heart for the homeless: Sequim youth continues grassroots donation drive

Heart for the homeless: Sequim youth continues grassroots donation drive

This winter, a Sequim girl is once again seeing to it that those without a home this holiday season are getting some essentials… Continue reading

Heart for the homeless: Sequim youth continues grassroots donation drive
Two boys airlifted following early morning Port Angeles crash

Two boys airlifted following early morning Port Angeles crash

A Port Angeles man was cited for negligent driving after a wreck that sent his two sons to a Seattle hospital, a… Continue reading

Two boys airlifted following early morning Port Angeles crash

Jefferson Healthcare approves settlement

Jefferson Healthcare commissioners have approved a $550,000 settlement after a closed-door meeting, Commissioner Jill Buhler said Thursday. She and other commissioners offered… Continue reading

Jefferson Healthcare CEO gets cost-of-living raise

Jefferson Healthcare CEO gets cost-of-living raise

Jefferson Healthcare CEO Mike Glenn will receive a 3 percent cost-of-living increase — about $7,000 — in 2018 after action taken during… Continue reading

Jefferson Healthcare CEO gets cost-of-living raise

Jail threats results in felony harassment guilty plea

A Port Angeles man who allegedly made threats to two Clallam County jail workers has pleaded guilty to felony harassment, the Clallam… Continue reading

Inmate pleads guilty to second-degree assault

A Clallam Bay Corrections Center inmate has pleaded guilty to second-degree assault after he repeatedly punched a cellmate in June 2016, the… Continue reading

Brinnon school seeks levy OK

Brinnon School District is asking its voters to consider continuing to pay a tax levy for the next two years. The measure, which… Continue reading

Firefighters quickly put out blaze in Port Townsend

Firefighters quickly put out blaze in Port Townsend

East Jefferson Fire-Rescue firefighters quickly knocked down a structure fire in Port Townsend before it had a chance to cause much damage.… Continue reading

Firefighters quickly put out blaze in Port Townsend
Volunteers work to sign up Jefferson County residents for health insurance

Volunteers work to sign up Jefferson County residents for health insurance

A group of volunteers is working in Jefferson County to spread the word that it’s not too late to sign up for… Continue reading

Volunteers work to sign up Jefferson County residents for health insurance
Investigators ask if engineer in deadly Amtrak wreck was distracted

Investigators ask if engineer in deadly Amtrak wreck was distracted

Federal investigators in the deadly Amtrak wreck want to know whether the engineer was… Continue reading

Investigators ask if engineer in deadly Amtrak wreck was distracted

Roads open, power restored on West End

Roads were open and all electrical power restored in the Clallam Bay-Sekiu area Wednesday after residents awakened to 9 to 12 inches… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks girls rally past Chimacum for OT win

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks girls rally past Chimacum for OT win

Playing without Rian Peters, who re-injured a sprained ankle, the resurgent Forks girls basketball team came roaring back from a big deficit to… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks girls rally past Chimacum for OT win
Investigators: Train was speeding 50 mph over limit before deadly wreck

Investigators: Train was speeding 50 mph over limit before deadly wreck

The Amtrak train that plunged off an overpass south of Seattle,… Continue reading

Investigators: Train was speeding 50 mph over limit before deadly wreck

Jefferson County’s yearlong ban on shooting ranges puts D’Amico proposal on hold

Jefferson County commissioners will begin forming a citizens’ advisory committee in January to address shooting-range issues after they imposed a maximum yearlong… Continue reading

Dungeness vacation home lost to fire on 3 Crabs Road

Dungeness vacation home lost to fire on 3 Crabs Road

The cause of a house fire on 3 Crabs Road late Monday night remained under investigation Tuesday, said fire officials. Clallam County Fire… Continue reading

Dungeness vacation home lost to fire on 3 Crabs Road

Agnew man convicted after trial

An Agnew man has been convicted of illegally possessing a firearm, heroin and suboxone, the Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office announced. Andrew… Continue reading

OTA sets auditions for ‘Starting Here Starting Now’ musical revue

Auditions for “Starting Here Starting Now,” Olympic Theatre Arts’ second-stage musical, are planned in January. Auditions will be from 4 p.m. to 6… Continue reading

Formal and fun holiday songs featured in Thursday concert

The Choral Belles, an all-woman chorale, will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday for Trinity United Methodist Church’s annual Christmas Candlelight Concert. Doors… Continue reading

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Do we dare hope this is Edgar’s year?

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Do we dare hope this is Edgar’s year?

FOR THE SECOND straight year, I’ve been obsessively clicking on sportswriter Ryan Thibodaux’s baseball Hall of Fame voting tracker a half dozen times a day… Continue reading

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Do we dare hope this is Edgar’s year?
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Sequim, Port Angeles gymnasts take first at Auburn meet

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Sequim, Port Angeles gymnasts take first at Auburn meet

The Port Angeles-Sequim high school gym squad attended the WOWI Invitational Gymnastics meet at Auburn Mountainview High School with a number of Port… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Sequim, Port Angeles gymnasts take first at Auburn meet