Daily Update Newsletter

Port of Port Angeles matching grants to aid infrastructure projects

Recompete funds will be used to purchase barges

Reception set Friday for show at Port Angeles Fine Art Center

The Port Angeles Fine Art Center will host a reception for the opening of “Water Connects Us All” from 5 p.m. to… Continue reading

Rhody royalty to be crowned on Saturday

Queen, princess to be honored at Chimacum High School

Wilson to speak at Studium Generale East

Scott Wilson will address Studium Generale East at 6 p.m. Thursday. Wilson will speak at Peninsula College’s Port Townsend campus, 202 Eisenhower… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS: Snow postpones games all over Olympic Peninsula

Multiple basketball games around in the Olympic Peninsula were postponed Monday and Tuesday nights due to snowfall and icy road conditions, with… Continue reading

Recipients of Port Angeles Community Awards gather after Saturday night’s awards gala at Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles. Winners were, from left, counselor Jason Gooding of the Port Angeles School District, educator of the year; Rose Thompson, executive director of the Dungeness Crab Festival and owner of Fogtown Coffee Bar, young leader of the year; Danny Steiger, CEO of Lumber Traders Inc., citizen of the year; Alicia Campion, administrator of Ridgeline Homecare Cooperative, emerging business of the year; Don Droz, general manager of Swain’s General Store, business of the year; and Elisia Anderson, executive director of First Step Family Support Center, organization of the year. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Citizen, business of year honored at awards gala

Three finalists named in six categories for efforts in 2024

Recipients of Port Angeles Community Awards gather after Saturday night’s awards gala at Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles. Winners were, from left, counselor Jason Gooding of the Port Angeles School District, educator of the year; Rose Thompson, executive director of the Dungeness Crab Festival and owner of Fogtown Coffee Bar, young leader of the year; Danny Steiger, CEO of Lumber Traders Inc., citizen of the year; Alicia Campion, administrator of Ridgeline Homecare Cooperative, emerging business of the year; Don Droz, general manager of Swain’s General Store, business of the year; and Elisia Anderson, executive director of First Step Family Support Center, organization of the year. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Sequim Police investigators report they continue to submit items for DNA and fingerprint evidence to discover person behind the murder of Sequim’s Valerie Claplanhoo in January 2019. (Rebecca Ruby)

Claplanhoo homicide investigation ongoing

Alliance with Missing and Murdered Indigenous team continues

Sequim Police investigators report they continue to submit items for DNA and fingerprint evidence to discover person behind the murder of Sequim’s Valerie Claplanhoo in January 2019. (Rebecca Ruby)

Billy Frank Jr. statue to be unveiled in Neah Bay

The Makah Cultural and Research Center will unveil the model statue of Billy Frank Jr. at 1 p.m. Thursday. The model will… Continue reading

DeCou to host lecture at Studium Generale

Rob DeCou will present “Fulbright Exchange to India” at 12:35 p.m. Thursday. The free hybrid lecture series will be in the Little… Continue reading

Port Angeles man charged with murder to have hearing Feb. 21

Marquise Gregory Hagans-Moore, who is accused of killing a Port Angeles woman in September, appeared in Clallam County Superior Court on Friday… Continue reading

Sequim cellist, Port Angeles violist take top prizes

Thirteen-year-old cellist Travis Baros was shocked when he found out he had won his division in a North Olympic Peninsula-wide contest. “I… Continue reading

  • Feb 4, 2025
  • By Diane Urbani de la Paz For Peninsula Daily News
  • Clallam County

Warming shelters open as cold snap in forecast

Clallam, Jefferson county agencies have set hours

Winter virus season continues

Flu affecting students; RSV, COVID-19 mild

Port Angeles’ Keatyn Hoch (10) goes up for a basket against the defense of Sequim’s Jamison Gray (33) on Friday night in Sequim. The Wolves rallied in the fourth quarter to win 58-49. (Emily Mathiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

PREP BASKETBALL RECAP: Sequim rallies to sweep rumble

Wolves still alive for league title; Port Angeles girls in solid shape for second place

Port Angeles’ Keatyn Hoch (10) goes up for a basket against the defense of Sequim’s Jamison Gray (33) on Friday night in Sequim. The Wolves rallied in the fourth quarter to win 58-49. (Emily Mathiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Brody Lausche, Forks basketball.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Brody Lausche, Forks basketball

Forks’ Brody Lausche has been an absolute beast on the boards all month as the Spartans not only locked up a Pacific 2B League championship,… Continue reading

Brody Lausche, Forks basketball.
Mike McAleer.

Mike McAleer, a ‘community pillar,’ dies at 86

Volunteer work included Rotary, Sequim chamber board

Mike McAleer.
Port Angeles’ Zoey Van Gordon finished seventh at the West-Central District III tournament with a 508 three-game series. (Port Angeles Bowling)

DISTRICT BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIPS: Port Angeles to send full team to state

Riders send five to Tukwila, Sequim two

Port Angeles’ Zoey Van Gordon finished seventh at the West-Central District III tournament with a 508 three-game series. (Port Angeles Bowling)
From left, Ryan Halfacre, Airius Ingle, Quince Chanway and Eagle Zuniga from the Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association compete in the under-15 men’s 500-meter race in Tacoma on Saturday. Under-17 competitor Mason Mai and OPRA head coach Sean Halberg look on. (Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association)

YOUTH ROWING: OPRA hauls in trophies from NW Ergomania! in Tacoma

The Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association team brought back lots of hardware from the NW Ergomania! indoor rowing event in Tacoma. In the under-15… Continue reading

From left, Ryan Halfacre, Airius Ingle, Quince Chanway and Eagle Zuniga from the Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association compete in the under-15 men’s 500-meter race in Tacoma on Saturday. Under-17 competitor Mason Mai and OPRA head coach Sean Halberg look on. (Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association)
Perhaps a better start of the race shot. The eventual winner is the fellow with the SF cap named Kyle Bardwell. And directly behind him in pink is the eventual female winner Sarah Paquet. dlogan

RUN THE PENINSULA: More than 330 brave the cold at Elwha Bridge Run

More than 330 runners and walkers braved temperatures in the mid-30s, not only to race the clock and themselves, but a snowstorm… Continue reading

Perhaps a better start of the race shot. The eventual winner is the fellow with the SF cap named Kyle Bardwell. And directly behind him in pink is the eventual female winner Sarah Paquet. dlogan
Mark Simpson sits atop the Sequim Skate Park in July 2023 where he had skated for years and advocated for its expansion. Community members rallied to support him and his family through the next year as he battled cancer. He died in April 2024. Sequim Mayor Brandon Janisse has proposed naming the skate park after him for his years of dedication to skating, the park and children. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group, file)

Proposal aims to rename skate park

Sequim mayor seeks change to honor advocate

Mark Simpson sits atop the Sequim Skate Park in July 2023 where he had skated for years and advocated for its expansion. Community members rallied to support him and his family through the next year as he battled cancer. He died in April 2024. Sequim Mayor Brandon Janisse has proposed naming the skate park after him for his years of dedication to skating, the park and children. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group, file)