Daily Update Newsletter

Brush fire sends up smoke from Tumwater Truck Route

Brush fire sends up smoke from Tumwater Truck Route

Firefighters followed the smell of smoke to find a small brush fire on Tumwater Creek. It took 45 minutes for Clallam County… Continue reading

Brush fire sends up smoke from Tumwater Truck Route
Researchers find wreckage of WWII-era ship

Researchers find wreckage of WWII-era ship

Civilian researchers said they have located the wreck of the USS Indianapolis, the World War II… Continue reading

Researchers find wreckage of WWII-era ship
PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: New season, new identity for Port Townsend

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: New season, new identity for Port Townsend

Last season the biggest question mark surrounding Port Townsend football was how would players respond to… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: New season, new identity for Port Townsend

Port Townsend tells of years of compost sales

The Port Townsend Compost Facility, now in its 24th year, is celebrating its 100th batch of compost. The city of Port Townsend… Continue reading

Man dies, woman hurt in motorcycle wreck near Port Townsend

Man dies, woman hurt in motorcycle wreck near Port Townsend

A man died and a woman was injured in a single motorcycle wreck on Center Road at about 2 p.m. Monday. The… Continue reading

Man dies, woman hurt in motorcycle wreck near Port Townsend

Active shooter drill set at Peninsula College on Thursday

The Port Angeles Police Department and Clallam County Sheriff’s Office are hosting a large-scale active shooter training at Peninsula College on Thursday.… Continue reading

Salal permit sales to begin in September

Permit sales for salal on the Olympic National Forest will begin in September. Salal (Gaultheria shallon) is an understory shrub commonly used in… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Forks embracing blue-collar mentality

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Forks embracing blue-collar mentality

Forks head football coach Emil West doesn’t utilize one unifying theme, a slogan or a handful of buzz words you might find coming… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Forks embracing blue-collar mentality
SPORTS SHOTS: Demolition derby and Port Townsend softball champs

SPORTS SHOTS: Demolition derby and Port Townsend softball champs

It was a full house with 1,600 tickets sold for the demolition derby at the Clallam County Fair on Sunday. Here, No. 115 Dylan Pieze… Continue reading

SPORTS SHOTS: Demolition derby and Port Townsend softball champs

EYE ON CLALLAM: Clallam officials to talk about pet licensing

Clallam County commissioners and Sheriff Bill Benedict will discuss the status of the county’s pet licensing program Monday. The commissioners’ work session will begin at… Continue reading

EYE ON JEFFERSON: Port Townsend council eyes support for ballot levy on housing

The Port Townsend City Council will consider expressing support for Jefferson County’s Proposition 1, a bond measure to levy an additional property tax to provide… Continue reading

Elwha River mouth work funding in state capital budget

Elwha River mouth work funding in state capital budget

Funding that would help the Coastal Watershed Institute continue its restoration efforts east of the Elwha River mouth is delayed as the… Continue reading

Elwha River mouth work funding in state capital budget
Port Angeles council candidate drops out of November race, ‘conceding’ to opponent

Port Angeles council candidate drops out of November race, ‘conceding’ to opponent

Sequim business owner Todd Negus, who last week dropped out of the general election race for a Port Angeles City Council position… Continue reading

Port Angeles council candidate drops out of November race, ‘conceding’ to opponent
Artists paint Peninsula’s outdoor beauty this week

Artists paint Peninsula’s outdoor beauty this week

PORT ANGELES —Paint the Peninsula artists will paint the beauty of the North Olympic Peninsula’s outdoors this week, including scenes in Olympic National Park. Scheduled… Continue reading

Artists paint Peninsula’s outdoor beauty this week
One-boat service to continue at least through August

One-boat service to continue at least through August

The timeline for repair of the MV Salish ferry is still unknown so the route between Port Townsend and Coupeville will continue… Continue reading

One-boat service to continue at least through August
(Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

Man rescued following embankment fall at former Elwha Dam site

First responders from multiple Clallam jurisdictions took part in a rescue of a man who fell over an embankment at the Elwha… Continue reading

(Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

Coast Guard airlifts teen from beach at La Push

A Coast Guard aircrew hoisted a teenager off of Third Beach near La Push on Sunday morning. The MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew… Continue reading

Partial solar eclipse to be seen this morning on Peninsula

Partial solar eclipse to be seen this morning on Peninsula

The long-awaited moment will come and pass in just two minutes. People will travel hundreds of miles, brave standstill traffic to boot, take off the… Continue reading

Partial solar eclipse to be seen this morning on Peninsula

Port Angeles Sea Scouts ship ready for sailors

They’ve rigged the 40-foot vessel, the leaders and the vision. Now, it’s a matter of anchoring the most important element of a… Continue reading

City of Sequim staff look to unite locals on hyper-local projects

City of Sequim staff look to unite locals on hyper-local projects

Staff with the city of Sequim and partner agencies plan to bring together city residents to look at local issues at a hyper-local… Continue reading

City of Sequim staff look to unite locals on hyper-local projects