Daily Update Newsletter

PHOTO GALLERY: Fire protection agencies, Fire Explorer Scouts train on practice fires in Port Angeles

PHOTO GALLERY: Fire protection agencies, Fire Explorer Scouts train on practice fires in Port Angeles

More than 30 firefighters from across Clallam County watched as blazes ripped through two buildings that they had set on fire in… Continue reading

PHOTO GALLERY: Fire protection agencies, Fire Explorer Scouts train on practice fires in Port Angeles
A legacy in full color: Jeanette Best, cornerstone of Port Townsend arts, dies

A legacy in full color: Jeanette Best, cornerstone of Port Townsend arts, dies

The first Saturday of each month in Port Townsend is celebrated as Art Walk, a sociable affair that attracts art lovers who… Continue reading

A legacy in full color: Jeanette Best, cornerstone of Port Townsend arts, dies
Olympic Peninsula Humane Society hires new director

Olympic Peninsula Humane Society hires new director

Luanne Hinkle has been named the next executive director of the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society. With Hinkle’s hiring, the nonprofit’s board of… Continue reading

Olympic Peninsula Humane Society hires new director

Port Angeles man jailed after hit-and-run wreck injures two on Highway 101 in Carlsborg

A 35-year-old Port Angeles man remained in the Clallam County jail Sunday after a hit-and-run wreck in Carlsborg over the weekend. Ian M.… Continue reading

Hundreds gather for tree lighting, Santa visit in Port Townsend

Hundreds gather for tree lighting, Santa visit in Port Townsend

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in downtown Port Townsend as the holiday season is underway. Hundreds filled Washington Street… Continue reading

Hundreds gather for tree lighting, Santa visit in Port Townsend
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Men split pair at Pirate Classic

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Men split pair at Pirate Classic

The Peninsula College men built up a 14-point lead against Tacoma on Sunday, but they weren’t able to hold off a Trojans’… Continue reading

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Men split pair at Pirate Classic
PREP ROUNDUP: Roughrider girls knock off 4A Hazen on the road

PREP ROUNDUP: Roughrider girls knock off 4A Hazen on the road

The Port Angeles basketball girls came roaring back from a deep hole to knock off 4A Hazen 43-39 on the road. Hazen held… Continue reading

PREP ROUNDUP: Roughrider girls knock off 4A Hazen on the road
Grieving fathers: Two dads urge bridge suicide barriers in Port Angeles

Grieving fathers: Two dads urge bridge suicide barriers in Port Angeles

Two bridges, two suicides, two grieving fathers. Enough is enough, Richart Wishart and Randy Henry said last week. They believe it’s time… Continue reading

Grieving fathers: Two dads urge bridge suicide barriers in Port Angeles
Sugar plums and lavender sparkle this weekend in ‘The Nutcracker’

Sugar plums and lavender sparkle this weekend in ‘The Nutcracker’

Crabs, lavender, Hurricane Ridge and Gregers M. Lauridsen: Some unusual — but not unfamiliar — features shine in a Ballet Workshop performance… Continue reading

Sugar plums and lavender sparkle this weekend in ‘The Nutcracker’

Alleged child rapist hearing postponed

A status hearing for alleged child rapist Donald Kingsley was postponed Friday because of a pending crime lab investigation, court papers say.… Continue reading

Sequim man’s molestation trial date moved

A Sequim man charged with molesting and sending sexually explicit messages to a 14-year-old girl has a new trial date. Michael Douglas… Continue reading

Peninsula College’s Building 202 renovations at Fort Worden win award

Peninsula College’s Building 202 renovations at Fort Worden win award

With an exterior restoration that honors its past and a state-of-the-art interior, Peninsula College’s Building 202 at Fort Worden was recently recognized… Continue reading

Peninsula College’s Building 202 renovations at Fort Worden win award
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News                                Clallam Transit’s Strait Shot bus approaches Port Angeles on U.S. Highway 101 on a recent run from the Bainbridge Island ferry terminal.

Holiday bus service expansion: Strait Shot broke records over Thanksgiving weekend

Clallam Transit’s Strait Shot bus to Bainbridge Island had record-high ridership over Thanksgiving weekend, prompting the agency to expand the direct service… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News                                Clallam Transit’s Strait Shot bus approaches Port Angeles on U.S. Highway 101 on a recent run from the Bainbridge Island ferry terminal.

Firefighter training burn set today in Port Angeles

That smoke arising from Lauridsen Boulevard this morning is likely to be from training burns. Starting at 8 a.m., firefighters from Clallam… Continue reading

Missing Marrowstone Island child found

After an exhaustive search, a 10-year-old island resident was found stuck in the mud on a beach on Indian Island hours after… Continue reading

Peninsula voter turnout surpasses state’s

Voter turnout on the North Olympic Peninsula was quite a bit higher than the turnout statewide. In Jefferson County, 62.31 percent of registered voters returned… Continue reading

Sequim man accused of two acts of vandalism

Sequim man accused of two acts of vandalism

A Sequim man was arrested twice within 15 hours Friday for allegedly smashing out windows at Serenity House and Port Angeles City… Continue reading

Sequim man accused of two acts of vandalism

EYE ON CLALLAM: County to conduct budget hearings

Peninsula Daily News Clallam County commissioners will hold a pair of public hearings for consideration of the 2018 budget and emergency appropriations Tuesday. The hearings… Continue reading

EYE ON JEFFERSON: County to conduct hearing on budget

The three Jefferson County commissioners will hear public comment on the proposed 2018 budget of $55,782,838 at 10 a.m. Monday. The public hearing will take… Continue reading

Bail set at $100,000 in Forks truck crash

Bail of $100,000 was set Monday for a Forks man who allegedly crashed a truck he was driving Oct. 14 before he fled… Continue reading