Daily Update Newsletter

Car test-drives part of Port Angeles High School fundraiser

A Port Angeles dealership, Price Ford Lincoln, has teamed up with Port Angeles High School once again for a Drive One 4… Continue reading

Six-hour closure around Lake Crescent rescheduled

A six-hour closure of U.S. Highway 101 that originally was planned for Tuesday night has been rescheduled. The new date will be… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Battle of the Books includes home-schoolers this year … and other items

EDITOR’S NOTE: This item has been updated to correct the starting time for the Blessing of the Animals at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Port… Continue reading

Car test-drive benefit, free guitar class, English country dance coming up on Peninsula

A car test-drive benefit, a free guitar class and an English country dance are among upcoming activities on the North Olympic Peninsula. Information also is… Continue reading

Comment period extended for draft plan on Olympic National Park mountain goats

Comment period extended for draft plan on Olympic National Park mountain goats

The public comment period on a draft Mountain Goat Management Plan Environmental Impact Statement has been extended to allow more time… Continue reading

Comment period extended for draft plan on Olympic National Park mountain goats
Seat belt credited for saving man’s life in wreck

Seat belt credited for saving man’s life in wreck

An unidentified man walked away from a wreck in the 2000 block of Little River Road at 6:01 p.m. Wednesday and officials… Continue reading

Seat belt credited for saving man’s life in wreck
Port Angeles council told of casualties, destruction of a massive quake

Port Angeles council told of casualties, destruction of a massive quake

Between 6,100 and 24,000 Clallam County residents would die within the first six weeks of a magnitude-9.0 earthquake in the Cascadia subduction… Continue reading

Port Angeles council told of casualties, destruction of a massive quake
Sequim teachers pause strike deadline

Sequim teachers pause strike deadline

Sequim teachers are holding off on a strike against the Sequim School District in light of a possible agreement regarding teacher contracts. Diana… Continue reading

Sequim teachers pause strike deadline
Salvation Army major sees resiliency in area hit by Hurricane Harvey

Salvation Army major sees resiliency in area hit by Hurricane Harvey

He spends most of his time in a Salvation Army distribution warehouse, distanced from the water-logged, wind-swept, mildewed hurricane damage. Occasionally, Major… Continue reading

Salvation Army major sees resiliency in area hit by Hurricane Harvey
Bob Martin retires after 22 years with Clallam County

Bob Martin retires after 22 years with Clallam County

Bob Martin was recognized Tuesday for the many hats he wore as a Clallam County official. Martin is retiring after 22 years… Continue reading

Bob Martin retires after 22 years with Clallam County

Prescribed burns planned after Sunday

Authorized timber harvest slash-burn fires will begin at two locations in Olympic National Forest west of Port Angeles after Sunday, when the… Continue reading

SPORTS: Civic Field ceremony planned for Scooter Chapman

SPORTS: Civic Field ceremony planned for Scooter Chapman

It’s rare when a media member has the authority to ask high school football coaches to move out of a stadium press… Continue reading

SPORTS: Civic Field ceremony planned for Scooter Chapman
Marinas topic of debate at Port of Port Angeles candidate forum

Marinas topic of debate at Port of Port Angeles candidate forum

Discussion of the Port of Port Angeles’ two marinas highlighted a forum Tuesday that focused on the only Clallam County-wide race in… Continue reading

Marinas topic of debate at Port of Port Angeles candidate forum
Former Chimacum superintendent’s accomplishments remembered

Former Chimacum superintendent’s accomplishments remembered

Lloyd Olson, a former superintendent of the Chimacum School District who oversaw the renovations of the high school and what is now the… Continue reading

Former Chimacum superintendent’s accomplishments remembered

Clallam to upgrade courthouse security

Clallam County is beefing up security for the lobby in Superior Court. County commissioners Tuesday opened one bid from Port Angeles-based Aldergrove… Continue reading

Port Townsend police seek information after alleged assault

Port Townsend police are seeking information on alleged assailants in Kah Tai Park. A man told police Monday he was assaulted by… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles police Officer T.J. Mueller, left, investigates the scene where a pickup truck and a semi-trailer collided at the intersection of 10th and N streets in Port Angeles on Tuesday.

Port Angeles woman hurt in collision with semitruck

A 38-year-old woman was injured Tuesday when the pickup she was driving collided with a semitruck in Port Angeles, city police said.… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles police Officer T.J. Mueller, left, investigates the scene where a pickup truck and a semi-trailer collided at the intersection of 10th and N streets in Port Angeles on Tuesday.

Port Angeles woman sentenced for third DUI

Three times was not a charm for 59-year-old Kimberly Rene Wilcox. The Port Angeles woman’s third driving-while-intoxicated conviction in a Sept. 5… Continue reading

Discount available for early purchases of storytelling festival tickets

Storytellers from Hawaii, Brazil, Canada and the Motor City: They’re converging here for the Forest Storytelling Festival next month. An early bird… Continue reading

Schooner gets helping hand from Salish Rescue after grounding at Port Townsend

Schooner gets helping hand from Salish Rescue after grounding at Port Townsend

An 80-foot schooner was back afloat Monday thanks to volunteers and students from Salish Rescue after a hard grounding at the beach… Continue reading

Schooner gets helping hand from Salish Rescue after grounding at Port Townsend