Daily Update Newsletter

Purple Haze Lavender owner puts farm up for sale, says he’s ready to retire, travel

Purple Haze Lavender owner puts farm up for sale, says he’s ready to retire, travel

One of Sequim’s most iconic lavender farms, Purple Haze Lavender LTD, 180 Bell Bottom Road, is… Continue reading

Purple Haze Lavender owner puts farm up for sale, says he’s ready to retire, travel
Shipley Center looks to add 3,600-square-foot annex as stopgap for bigger Sequim facility

Shipley Center looks to add 3,600-square-foot annex as stopgap for bigger Sequim facility

Users of Shipley Center, the senior- and adult-focused facility on Sequim’s east end of town, won’t… Continue reading

Shipley Center looks to add 3,600-square-foot annex as stopgap for bigger Sequim facility
B-17 WWII bomber flies veterans at Port Angeles during Wings of Freedom tour

B-17 WWII bomber flies veterans at Port Angeles during Wings of Freedom tour

A B-17 carrying six World War II veterans took to the skies Wednesday just as it did more than 70 years ago.… Continue reading

B-17 WWII bomber flies veterans at Port Angeles during Wings of Freedom tour
Peninsula firefighters train for wildland blazes

Peninsula firefighters train for wildland blazes

Firefighters from agencies across the North Olympic Peninsula recently got a jump on fire season by participating in wildland fire training in… Continue reading

Peninsula firefighters train for wildland blazes
The U.S. Highway 101-Chicken Coop-Zaccardo Road Realignment Safety Project gets underway this month. Areas on this map marked in yellow are new roadway construction areas or widened roadways. Areas marked in red are existing roadways that will be abandoned. (Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe)

U.S. Highway 101 intersections in Blyn to get realignment

Parts of U.S. Highway 101 in Blyn, including a pair of access points, are getting a makeover starting perhaps as soon as next… Continue reading

The U.S. Highway 101-Chicken Coop-Zaccardo Road Realignment Safety Project gets underway this month. Areas on this map marked in yellow are new roadway construction areas or widened roadways. Areas marked in red are existing roadways that will be abandoned. (Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe)

Biotoxin rise leads to closure of beaches to shellfish harvest

The window for recreational harvesting of shellfish was short on several beaches in Clallam and Jefferson counties. A week ago, the state Department of Health… Continue reading

How bad would it be? Partial state shutdown looms unless budget passed by Friday

State lawmakers have less than a week to avert a partial government shutdown that would close state parks and disrupt other services, affecting… Continue reading

Searchers find body of man who drowned near Brinnon

Searchers find body of man who drowned near Brinnon

BRINNON —The body of a man who drowned after rescuing his girlfriend from the cold water of the Duckabush River has been recovered near U.S.… Continue reading

Searchers find body of man who drowned near Brinnon

WILDER BASEBALL: Wilder pitchers combine for 1-0 shutout

Wilder Senior’s Chance Wilson and Curan Bradly combined to pitch a five-hit shutout as Wilder won the first game in a cross-state… Continue reading

LEFTIES: PA romps in final homestand game, loses first game of long road trip

LEFTIES: PA romps in final homestand game, loses first game of long road trip

The Lefties had the bases loaded with no outs in the ninth inning against Cowlitz, but they couldn’t break through for a game-tying… Continue reading

LEFTIES: PA romps in final homestand game, loses first game of long road trip
Big gardens in small spaces on Petals & Pathways home garden tour

Big gardens in small spaces on Petals & Pathways home garden tour

— The Petal & Pathways Home Garden Tour, sponsored by the Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County, will showcase seven gardens at Sequim-area homes from… Continue reading

Big gardens in small spaces on Petals & Pathways home garden tour

EYE ON CLALLAM: Commissioners to discuss code enforcement

The three Clallam County commissioners will discuss a request for another code enforcement officer Monday. The work session will begin at 9 a.m. in the… Continue reading

EYE ON JEFFERSON: Board eyes declaring food service emergency at county jail

The three Jefferson County commissioners will consider a resolution declaring an emergency in providing required food service to inmates when they meet at 9 a.m.… Continue reading

Jesse Cruz, 34, pictured here with little sister Vivianna Cruz, was reported missing Saturday after swimming in the Duckabush River near Brinnon. (David Ramirez)

Drowned man’s family pushes for more search

The family of an Oakville man who drowned in the Duckabush River near Brinnon is pushing for divers and dogs to be brought… Continue reading

Jesse Cruz, 34, pictured here with little sister Vivianna Cruz, was reported missing Saturday after swimming in the Duckabush River near Brinnon. (David Ramirez)

Port Angeles City Council eliminates ethics code; city reverts to state rules

Port Angeles City Council members have gutted a 5-year-old ethics code that pro- and anti-fluoridation advocates wielded last year to target all… Continue reading

Port Angeles Fourth of July Parade route changes; fireworks closer, with more activities planned

Fireworks will blossom like stars in the sky just 1,000 feet off City Pier to cap Port Angeles’ 2017 celebration of Independence… Continue reading

Rick Tollefson Memorial Trail work expected to start next week

Rick Tollefson Memorial Trail work expected to start next week

Construction of the Rick Tollefson Memorial Trail is expected to start as early as next week now that the Jefferson County commissioners have… Continue reading

Rick Tollefson Memorial Trail work expected to start next week

Navy reading public comments on Puget Sound training plan

Navy officials are in the process of reading comments from the public on its proposed special operations training in the Puget Sound… Continue reading

Port Angeles pair celebrates ‘amazing accomplishment’ at 75 years

Port Angeles pair celebrates ‘amazing accomplishment’ at 75 years

Ed Berrington of Port Angeles is as sure today as he was 75 years ago that Elaine Berrington was the right woman… Continue reading

Port Angeles pair celebrates ‘amazing accomplishment’ at 75 years

Coast Guard hoists man to Port Angeles for hospital transport

A Coast Guard aircrew conducted a medical evacuation of an ill man from the cruise ship MS Amsterdam, which was off the… Continue reading