Daily Update Newsletter

Community portrait to kick off Uptown Fair in Port Townsend

Community portrait to kick off Uptown Fair in Port Townsend

The Port Townsend Main Street Program is calling for community members to come out for this year’s town photo, which will kick… Continue reading

Community portrait to kick off Uptown Fair in Port Townsend
Tamara Meredith

New director to join Jefferson County Library

Tamara Meredith has been named the new director of the Jefferson County Library. Meredith, who currently works as the educational technology specialist… Continue reading

Tamara Meredith
Sequim city manager receives pay raise following positive review

Sequim city manager receives pay raise following positive review

The Sequim City Council gave City Manager Charlie Bush high marks in a recent review, leading… Continue reading

Sequim city manager receives pay raise following positive review

Port Angeles eliminates solid waste collections surcharge

The Port Angeles City Council has eliminated a solid waste collections surcharge for utility customers. Council members voted 7-0 Tuesday to can… Continue reading

Clallam Sheriff’s Office seeking deputies in next six months

The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office announced that it is anticipating hiring three deputy sheriffs and several corrections deputies in the next six… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Friday night lights await as practices kick off season

PREP FOOTBALL: Friday night lights await as practices kick off season

North Olympic Peninsula high school football teams from Neah Bay to Quilcene opened preparations for the 2017 season sans pads and in… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Friday night lights await as practices kick off season
Woman airlifted to Seattle hospital after three-vehicle wreck near Quilcene

Woman airlifted to Seattle hospital after three-vehicle wreck near Quilcene

A 93-year-old woman was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center after avoiding a head-on collision with a semi-truck on U.S. Highway 101 on Tuesday… Continue reading

Woman airlifted to Seattle hospital after three-vehicle wreck near Quilcene

Affordable housing to be on next Port Townsend council agenda

Port Townsend City Council members will consider furthering efforts to address a lack of affordable housing at its next council meeting by… Continue reading

Council hopefuls talk taxes at Port Angeles Position 4 forum

Council hopefuls talk taxes at Port Angeles Position 4 forum

Two Port Angeles City Council hopefuls answered questions with little difficulty and shared many of the same views during a Port Angeles… Continue reading

Council hopefuls talk taxes at Port Angeles Position 4 forum
Janeydean O’Connor ready to shine as this year’s Clallam County Fair queen

Janeydean O’Connor ready to shine as this year’s Clallam County Fair queen

For Janeydean O’Connor, earning the title of Clallam County Fair queen is only one facet of her many talents. Janeydean, 16, was… Continue reading

Janeydean O’Connor ready to shine as this year’s Clallam County Fair queen

Power outages reported in Port Ludlow, Port Townsend areas

A section of Jefferson County Pubic Utility District underground wire failed early Monday evening, cutting power to 1,000 Port Ludlow-area customers for… Continue reading

Clallam County extends interim zoning restricting size of new structures

A temporary order restricting new structures in rural Clallam County to 10,000 square feet has been extended. The three commissioners passed an… Continue reading

Concert to benefit Peninsula College Foundation vocal jazz fund

Jazz singer Greta Matassa will perform with Peninsula College vocal jazz soloists Brandi Larson, Robbin Eaves, Brittney Sophie and Alexis Haman on… Continue reading

AUTO RACING: Big-rig truck dragster repeats as champ

AUTO RACING: Big-rig truck dragster repeats as champ

Eric Andersen admits that he picked himself an expensive hobby. It’s an unusual one at that. Drag racing big rigs. “I spend… Continue reading

AUTO RACING: Big-rig truck dragster repeats as champ
Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin aircrew members from USCG Air Station Port Angeles share patient information with medics from Airflight Northwest on Monday evening. (Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read/U.S. Coast Guard)

Coast Guard crew from Port Angeles airlifts cruise ship patient

A Coast Guard aircrew airlifted an ill passenger aboard the cruise ship Grand Princess just after it exited the Strait of Juan… Continue reading

Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin aircrew members from USCG Air Station Port Angeles share patient information with medics from Airflight Northwest on Monday evening. (Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read/U.S. Coast Guard)

Minimum bid lowered for former Haggen store

The minimum bid for the former Port Angeles Haggen grocery building has been dropped, the president of the company auctioning the shuttered… Continue reading

Park service rescues two hikers

National Park Service back-country rangers and a rescue helicopter crew conducted two successful search and rescue operations for hikers Sunday and… Continue reading

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Researchers to explore Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary

A leading research team will explore the Quinault Canyon and other features of the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary from Friday through Sept.… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Clallam budget forecasts $1.5 million shortfall

Clallam County is back on track to meeting a targeted goal of using no more than $1.5 million in reserves by year’s… Continue reading

Lyle Hagen won the sixth Sequim Karaoke Idol contest Aug. 8 at the James Center for Performing Arts. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim Karaoke Idol crowns new king at Music in the Park

For the sixth annual Sequim Karaoke Idol contest, Lyle Hagen came out on top. Hagen went against 11 other contestants Aug. 8 and… Continue reading

Lyle Hagen won the sixth Sequim Karaoke Idol contest Aug. 8 at the James Center for Performing Arts. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)