Daily Update Newsletter

Stargazers eye the nation’s first dark sky reserve in Idaho

Stargazers eye the nation’s first dark sky reserve in Idaho

Tourists heading to central Idaho will be in the dark if local officials get their way.… Continue reading

  • Sep 19, 2017
  • By Keith Ridler The Associated Press
Stargazers eye the nation’s first dark sky reserve in Idaho
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Port Angeles soccer player Emilia Long

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Port Angeles soccer player Emilia Long

Emilia Long, just a freshman, is already a big part of the Port Angeles Roughriders girls’ soccer team. She scored two goals against Port Townsend… Continue reading

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Port Angeles soccer player Emilia Long
ROWING: OPRA’s Mishler to represent Northwest at Worlds

ROWING: OPRA’s Mishler to represent Northwest at Worlds

Nathan Mishler, a member of the Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association, will compete at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota-Bradenton, Fla., beginning… Continue reading

ROWING: OPRA’s Mishler to represent Northwest at Worlds
Clallam firefighters continue work against major wildfires in region

Clallam firefighters continue work against major wildfires in region

Six North Olympic Peninsula firefighters, three from Clallam County Fire District No. 2 and three from District No. 3, are deployed at… Continue reading

Clallam firefighters continue work against major wildfires in region
PREP FOOTBALL: Crescent erupts in 6-man game against Clallam Bay

PREP FOOTBALL: Crescent erupts in 6-man game against Clallam Bay

Clallam Bay with just eight players on its team, hung tough with Crescent until two minutes left in the first half, when the… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Crescent erupts in 6-man game against Clallam Bay
Swimmer makes it across Strait in less than eight hours

Swimmer makes it across Strait in less than eight hours

Orcas made an appearance at the finish. Seven hours and 41 minutes after embarking on her approximately 12-mile swim across the Strait… Continue reading

Swimmer makes it across Strait in less than eight hours
Walk to End Alzheimer’s gathers 100 in Port Angeles to speed cure

Walk to End Alzheimer’s gathers 100 in Port Angeles to speed cure

About 100 people walked through downtown Port Angeles on Sunday, raising money with the hope of finding a cure for Alzheimer’s disease.… Continue reading

Walk to End Alzheimer’s gathers 100 in Port Angeles to speed cure

Nonprofit to use new funding to try to find reason steelhead die near Hood Canal Bridge

A Seattle nonprofit that works to restore wild salmon and steelhead in the Pacific Northwest has received a $750,000 appropriation to help determine… Continue reading

Point Hudson jetty access limited by prep work Tuesday, Wednesday

Preparatory work will limit access to the Point Hudson jetty Tuesday and Wednesday. Workers on a 120-foot-by-40-foot barge with a rotary augur… Continue reading

Paul Cornaby plays his violin during a rehearsal of Glazounow’s “Valse De Concert” at Port Angeles High School in December 2009. (Peninsula Daily News)

Former Peninsula College president dies

Paul G. Cornaby, Peninsula College president emeritus and namesake of the Cornaby Center, has died at the age of 88. Cornaby died… Continue reading

Paul Cornaby plays his violin during a rehearsal of Glazounow’s “Valse De Concert” at Port Angeles High School in December 2009. (Peninsula Daily News)

Turn in weather leaves several in need of water rescue near Brinnon

Three people were rescued from the water near Brinnon on Sunday after the weather turned on a group of Adventure Scouts who were… Continue reading

Music Live with Lunch returns to St. Luke’s this Tuesday

Music Live with Lunch returns to St. Luke’s this Tuesday

The long-running lunchtime music series Music Live with Lunch will return to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church… Continue reading

Music Live with Lunch returns to St. Luke’s this Tuesday
Sequim storytellers to spin tales at Story Swap

Sequim storytellers to spin tales at Story Swap

The first Story Swap of the new season is a mashup: part campfire tales and songs, part open mic. All of the… Continue reading

Sequim storytellers to spin tales at Story Swap

Award-winning bluegrass artist plays with The Right Hands at Quimper Grange

Grammy Award-winning musician Laurie Lewis and her band The Right Hands will perform bluegrass music at the Quimper Grange in Port Townsend… Continue reading

Brinnon man dies after fall from jet ski

Brinnon man dies after fall from jet ski

A retired electrician who had moved to Brinnon about a year and a half ago was identified as having died Thursday after falling… Continue reading

Brinnon man dies after fall from jet ski
Tri-Area Food Bank moves to larger locale

Tri-Area Food Bank moves to larger locale

PORT HADLOCK – The Tri-Area Food Bank has moved to a new venue at 760 Chimacum Road after roughly 15 years of fundraising efforts. “The… Continue reading

Tri-Area Food Bank moves to larger locale
Chimacum teacher finalist for Teacher of Year

Chimacum teacher finalist for Teacher of Year

Chimacum High School teacher Gary Coyan was a finalist for this year’s Washington State Teacher of the Year award after being selected to… Continue reading

Chimacum teacher finalist for Teacher of Year
Race Street improvement plans shown at Port Angeles meeting

Race Street improvement plans shown at Port Angeles meeting

Plans to improve Race Street were unveiled this week at an open house in Port Angeles, where city officials gathered feedback from… Continue reading

Race Street improvement plans shown at Port Angeles meeting
Oxford House celebrates sixth house for recovering addicts

Oxford House celebrates sixth house for recovering addicts

Oxford House residents celebrated Saturday the opening of the Port Angeles chapter’s sixth home for recovering drug addicts. Residents moved in last… Continue reading

Oxford House celebrates sixth house for recovering addicts

EYE ON CLALLAM: County to conduct hearing on Joyce pot sales restriction

The three Clallam County commissioners will conduct a public hearing to consider an amended marijuana ordinance restricting pot sales in the Joyce Urban Growth area… Continue reading