Daily Update Newsletter

Tourism summit begins today in Port Angeles

Raising the Tide, the 2017 Olympic Peninsula Tourism Summit, begins today. The two-day tourism summit will offer speakers, workshops and learning labs… Continue reading

Todd Davidson, chief executive officer for Travel Oregon, delivers the keynote speech during Thursday’s 2017 Olympic Peninsula Tourism Summit at the Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Tourism summit speaker: Effects of hospitality industry range beyond visits

The impacts of a healthy hospitality industry are more far-reaching than the immediate sights, sounds and adventures that visitors experience, the head… Continue reading

Todd Davidson, chief executive officer for Travel Oregon, delivers the keynote speech during Thursday’s 2017 Olympic Peninsula Tourism Summit at the Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Identity theft workshops planned in Port Angeles, Sequim

Identity theft protection workshops will be held in Port Angeles and Sequim. Tracy Wealth Management will host the free workshops at the Elwha Klallam Heritage… Continue reading

Mujeres de Maíz dinner to raise money for Chiapas women

Mujeres de Maíz dinner to raise money for Chiapas women

Eye contact, college degrees and family planning: As indigenous Maya women in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, pursue further education, the… Continue reading

Mujeres de Maíz dinner to raise money for Chiapas women

Rock Walk to explore geology of Dungeness Spit

The geologic history and coastal evolution of Dungeness Spit will be featured during Rock Walk at 11 a.m. Saturday. The free walk will… Continue reading

Pool fees not linked to Port Angeles ballot measure

Fee increases are not linked to a Nov. 7 ballot measure that, if approved, would lead to a planned expansion of the… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend to continue budget discussions

Port of Port Townsend to continue budget discussions

Budget discussions will continue after Port of Port Townsend commissioners decided to take no action on the third draft of the port’s… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend to continue budget discussions
Sequim High School grad falls from bridge in Chicago

Sequim High School grad falls from bridge in Chicago

Aspiring Sequim filmmaker Luke Silliman, 18, finds himself in a scene he never would have imagined for his first semester of college. His… Continue reading

Sequim High School grad falls from bridge in Chicago
‘Green Thumb’ series presenter to talk about beneficial insects today

‘Green Thumb’ series presenter to talk about beneficial insects today

Clallam County Master Gardener Audreen Williams will explain why gardeners should recognize several common insects as more helpful than harmful and employ… Continue reading

‘Green Thumb’ series presenter to talk about beneficial insects today
PREP SWIMMING: Three more Riders qualify for state meet

PREP SWIMMING: Three more Riders qualify for state meet

Three more Port Angeles swimmers and divers qualified for state swim meet at the Olympic League Divisional Invitational. Qualifying for state Tuesday… Continue reading

PREP SWIMMING: Three more Riders qualify for state meet
Port Angeles hospice has offered free care for nearly 40 years

Port Angeles hospice has offered free care for nearly 40 years

By JoNel Aleccia Kaiser Health News Rose Crumb can’t even count the number of people she’s helped die. The former nurse, 91, who retired in… Continue reading

Port Angeles hospice has offered free care for nearly 40 years
Port Angeles pool expansion could mean fee increase; director outlines plans

Port Angeles pool expansion could mean fee increase; director outlines plans

EDITOR’S NOTE: The estimated cost to homeowners of the levies the William Shore Memorial Pool commissioners plan to approve if voters approve the debt limit… Continue reading

Port Angeles pool expansion could mean fee increase; director outlines plans

Joyce man charged with vehicular homicide after fatal wreck near Sequim

A Joyce man who allegedly caused a fatal wreck near Sequim has been charged with vehicular homicide. Vance Mitchell Mattix, 50, was… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend seeks owner of sailboat beached near Point Hudson

Port of Port Townsend seeks owner of sailboat beached near Point Hudson

Port of Port Townsend officials have notified state and federal agencies and are attempting to track down the owner of a sailboat… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend seeks owner of sailboat beached near Point Hudson
Longtime Chimacum School Board member to be honored

Longtime Chimacum School Board member to be honored

Chimacum School Board member Kevin Miller, who is stepping down from his position after 16 years of service, will be honored by school… Continue reading

Longtime Chimacum School Board member to be honored
Is it enough? State Supreme Court hears school funding case

Is it enough? State Supreme Court hears school funding case

Attorneys for the state of Washington told the state Supreme Court on Tuesday they have complied… Continue reading

Is it enough? State Supreme Court hears school funding case
Trial date set for Victoria mutual fund salesman

Trial date set for Victoria mutual fund salesman

Former Olympic rower and mutual fund salesman Harold Backer will have his day in provincial court next September, according to the Victoria Times-Colonist.… Continue reading

Trial date set for Victoria mutual fund salesman
SPORTS: Port Angeles High School Roughrider Hall of Fame announces first class

SPORTS: Port Angeles High School Roughrider Hall of Fame announces first class

Reaching back through several decades of sports history on the North Olympic Peninsula, a distinguished club of 17 athletes, broadcasters and coaches… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles High School Roughrider Hall of Fame announces first class
Clallam County Fire District No. 2 refurbishes brush engine from DNR

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 refurbishes brush engine from DNR

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 has a new brush engine to fight fires in wildlands. Officials gathered at the district’s Port… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 refurbishes brush engine from DNR

Port of Port Angeles approves emergency replacement of log storage anchor chains

Port of Port Angeles commissioners unanimously approved the replacement of aquatic log storage anchor chains in Port Angeles Harbor during an emergency… Continue reading