Daily Update Newsletter

Port Angeles Fire Department donates gear to Firefighters Crossing Borders

Port Angeles Fire Department donates gear to Firefighters Crossing Borders

The Port Angeles Fire Department has donated a van full of used equipment to a nonprofit that supports firefighters in Mexico and… Continue reading

Port Angeles Fire Department donates gear to Firefighters Crossing Borders
Olympic Peninsula Apple and Cider Festival planned this weekend in Port Townsend

Olympic Peninsula Apple and Cider Festival planned this weekend in Port Townsend

Port Townsend will host the inaugural Olympic Peninsula Apple and Cider Festival this weekend. The three-day festival, which will begin Friday, will… Continue reading

Olympic Peninsula Apple and Cider Festival planned this weekend in Port Townsend
Port Angeles debate airs pros, cons of fluoridating water

Port Angeles debate airs pros, cons of fluoridating water

Arguments for and against fluoridation were aired Tuesday at a general election forum as city voters prepare to cast advisory ballots Nov.… Continue reading

Port Angeles debate airs pros, cons of fluoridating water
Online utility payments in Port Angeles remain suspended as investigation continues

Online utility payments in Port Angeles remain suspended as investigation continues

An investigation into a possible data breach that might have compromised credit cards used to pay Port Angeles utility bills in July… Continue reading

Online utility payments in Port Angeles remain suspended as investigation continues

Revenue offsets increases; fourth quarter might not go as well, Jefferson commissioners say

Jefferson County commissioners have approved $249,275 in budget appropriations and extensions for a number of county departments after a public hearing. These… Continue reading

Clallam public health officer named to state board

Clallam public health officer named to state board

Gov. Jay Inslee has appointed Clallam County Health Officer Dr. Chris Frank to the 10-member Washington State Board of Health, the board announced… Continue reading

Clallam public health officer named to state board
Sequim schools Assistant Superintendent Renker stepping down

Sequim schools Assistant Superintendent Renker stepping down

Ann Renker, assistant superintendent for the Sequim School District, is resigning her position at the end of this month. Renker is stepping down… Continue reading

Sequim schools Assistant Superintendent Renker stepping down
Hickory Shirt celebration begins today in Forks

Hickory Shirt celebration begins today in Forks

A five-day celebration of Forks’ history, Hickory Shirt Heritage Days begins today with the presentation of the West End Business and Professional Association’s… Continue reading

Hickory Shirt celebration begins today in Forks

Authors to read their work at Northwind Arts Center on Thursday

The Northwind Reading Series will feature Jim Cantú and Kathryn Hunt at 7 p.m. Thursday. The readings will be in the Northwind… Continue reading

Spring bulbs topic of lecture Thursday in Port Angeles

Spring bulbs topic of lecture Thursday in Port Angeles

Master Gardener Jan Danford will discuss how to select and plant healthy spring garden bulbs at noon Thursday. The lecture, the next… Continue reading

Spring bulbs topic of lecture Thursday in Port Angeles
Jefferson approves $50,000 deal aimed at curbing tobacco, vaporizer and marijuana use

Jefferson approves $50,000 deal aimed at curbing tobacco, vaporizer and marijuana use

The Jefferson County commissioners have approved an agreement that would fund the development of intervention strategies for tobacco, vaporizer and marijuana products… Continue reading

Jefferson approves $50,000 deal aimed at curbing tobacco, vaporizer and marijuana use

Port of Port Townsend sets Wednesday workshop meeting in response to comments

In response to comments from members of the Port Townsend Marine Trades Association, the Port of Port Townsend is holding a workshop… Continue reading

Lost hiker safe and sound after cold night on Upper Dungeness Trail

Lost hiker safe and sound after cold night on Upper Dungeness Trail

A lost 77-year-old Poulsbo man was airlifted safe and sound but cold from Olympic National Forest after getting separated from his hiking… Continue reading

Lost hiker safe and sound after cold night on Upper Dungeness Trail
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK, Quilcene’s Andy Johnston, Crescent’s Noah Leonard

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK, Quilcene’s Andy Johnston, Crescent’s Noah Leonard

This week we have two athletes of the week, both from eight-man football. Andy Johnston, Quilcene Quilcene’s Andy Johnston had an incredible game for the… Continue reading

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK, Quilcene’s Andy Johnston, Crescent’s Noah Leonard
International storytellers to spin tales at Port Angeles festival

International storytellers to spin tales at Port Angeles festival

The sound is soft, but it slips a shiver up the backbone. No mistaking it: a jungle animal’s growl. It’s coming from… Continue reading

International storytellers to spin tales at Port Angeles festival
Ecology says weather likely culprit in rise in Port Townsend Paper mill odor complaints

Ecology says weather likely culprit in rise in Port Townsend Paper mill odor complaints

The state Department of Ecology has seen a significant increase in complaints about odor from the Port Townsend Paper Co. mill. So… Continue reading

Ecology says weather likely culprit in rise in Port Townsend Paper mill odor complaints
Deal in works in child’s death; daughter would testify against mother in death of Isaac Ward

Deal in works in child’s death; daughter would testify against mother in death of Isaac Ward

A plea agreement in the works that centers on the Nov. 11, 2016, child-abuse death of a 2½-year-old Forks boy and Quileute… Continue reading

Deal in works in child’s death; daughter would testify against mother in death of Isaac Ward

Three injured, drugs confiscated after high-speed chase near Port Townsend

Authorities seized 3 ounces of cocaine and three people were airlifted to Harborview Medical Center after a car fleeing deputies at 130… Continue reading

Wind, rain don’t deter attendance at Crab Fest

About 12 vendors at the Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival fell victim to a gale-force wind Friday night — but wind and… Continue reading

Olympic National Forest projects approved for funding

Twenty-one projects in Olympic National Forest were approved for $360,933 in federal funding, 11 of which are in Clallam and Jefferson counties, officials… Continue reading