Daily Update Newsletter

Jefferson Transit considers second-chance drug policy

The Jefferson County Transit Authority has proposed a revision to its zero-tolerance drug policy that would give employees a second chance if… Continue reading

Petition urges funding for more Jefferson County deputies

The Sheriff’s Citizen Advisory Committee is seeking signatures on a petition to put pressure on county officials to find the funds to… Continue reading

Peninsula burn bans ease, except in Jefferson County

Jefferson County now has the most restrictive burn ban on the North Olympic Peninsula after Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest canceled fire restrictions… Continue reading

East Beach Road paving to begin today

Paving of East Beach Road will begin today and continue through Saturday. Paving will begin today at Lyre River and continue… Continue reading

PREP VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP: Port Angeles spikers fall in four sets, Sequim, Quilcene sweep

PREP VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP: Port Angeles spikers fall in four sets, Sequim, Quilcene sweep

The Port Angeles volleyball team rallied after a slow start, but weren’t able to overcome Bremerton… Continue reading

PREP VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP: Port Angeles spikers fall in four sets, Sequim, Quilcene sweep
PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Rider swimmers sink Peninsula

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Rider swimmers sink Peninsula

The Port Angeles swim and dive team won six events and qualified for the Class 2A… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Rider swimmers sink Peninsula
Port Angeles woman wins national award for work benefiting traumatized children

Port Angeles woman wins national award for work benefiting traumatized children

From the subject line, the email appeared to be soliciting donations. Then, Tiffany Sudela-Junker of Port Angeles received another with the same… Continue reading

Port Angeles woman wins national award for work benefiting traumatized children
Fire destroys home on Bogachiel Way in Forks

Fire destroys home on Bogachiel Way in Forks

A Tuesday afternoon fire that destroyed a family’s single-wide mobile home at 290 Bogachiel Way is under investigation, Clallam County Fire District No.… Continue reading

Fire destroys home on Bogachiel Way in Forks

Child safety seat inspections available on Peninsula

Carrie Johnson of Dungeness wants to keep children safe. That’s why she works as an unpaid volunteer to check child safety seats. Johnson is a… Continue reading

Sequim teachers set deadline for strike; work stoppage Sept. 27 if deal isn’t done

Sequim teachers set deadline for strike; work stoppage Sept. 27 if deal isn’t done

With a disagreement regarding their contracts unsettled, Sequim School District teachers are preparing for a strike. Members of the Sequim Education Association —… Continue reading

Sequim teachers set deadline for strike; work stoppage Sept. 27 if deal isn’t done
Soil samples to inform final design of new south jetty at Point Hudson

Soil samples to inform final design of new south jetty at Point Hudson

The Port of Port Townsend has taken its first visible steps toward a design of a new south jetty at Point Hudson.… Continue reading

Soil samples to inform final design of new south jetty at Point Hudson
Two hurt in wreck involving semitruck, car on Highway 104 near Shine Road

Two hurt in wreck involving semitruck, car on Highway 104 near Shine Road

Two people were hurt in a wreck involving a semitruck and a Honda Civic on state Highway 104 on Tuesday. East Jefferson… Continue reading

Two hurt in wreck involving semitruck, car on Highway 104 near Shine Road

Port Angeles police investigating death

The Port Angeles Police Department was investigating Tuesday the death of a Port Angeles man who was found dead in his trailer… Continue reading

Clallam County juvenile justice tax debated

A proposed 0.1 percent countywide sales tax that would support the county Juvenile and Family Services facility would cost most residents about… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS: Big Hurt getting bigger

AREA SPORTS: Big Hurt getting bigger

Combining a torturous melange of upper body and lower body disciplines, the resurrected Big Hurt returns to the Olympic Peninsula on Saturday,… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS: Big Hurt getting bigger
New product puts Composite Recycling Technology Center ‘on the map’

New product puts Composite Recycling Technology Center ‘on the map’

The Composite Recycling Technology Center recently developed the first car seat back out of recycled carbon fiber composite alongside UK-based ELG Carbon… Continue reading

New product puts Composite Recycling Technology Center ‘on the map’
Academy-Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville tells how he got started

Academy-Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville tells how he got started

Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Morgan Neville found his life’s work at a young age. Neville, the Port Townsend Film Festival special guest,… Continue reading

Academy-Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville tells how he got started

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 personnel back from Jolly Mountain Fire

Two Clallam County Fire District No. 2 firefighters sent Sept. 9 to the Jolly Mountain Fire near Cle Elum have returned, according… Continue reading

Homeward Bound trust to reorganize; meetings set this week

Homeward Bound Community Land Trust will host informational meetings in Port Angeles and Port Townsend this week as the nonprofit prepares to reorganize. The agency,… Continue reading

One driven to hospital after wreck near Chimacum

A Port Angeles woman was driven to Harrison Medical Center after a head-on wreck near Chimacum early Monday morning. The wreck nine miles… Continue reading