Daily Update Newsletter

EYE ON JEFFERSON: Port Townsend School Board to talk new elementary school construction costs

The Port Townsend School Board will discuss approving guaranteed maximum construction costs for Salish Coast Elementary School when it meets Monday. The special meeting will… Continue reading

EYE ON CLALLAM: School health clinic on county agenda

The three Clallam County commissioners will consider endorsing a health clinic at Port Angeles High School when they meet Tuesday. The meeting will begin at… Continue reading

Police report cites eyewitness accounts of fall from Ferris wheel

Police report cites eyewitness accounts of fall from Ferris wheel

A safety inspector determined that a Rhododendron Festival Ferris wheel ride had been safe to operate after a purple gondola dumped out… Continue reading

Police report cites eyewitness accounts of fall from Ferris wheel
Paul Destrooper and Andrea Bayne are among the nine Ballet Victoria dancers returning to Port Angeles for this weekend’s Juan de Fuca Festival. (Philip D. Lusk)

Blues, ballet — and beyond: Juan de Fuca Festival to ‘explore all forms’

Brace yourself. The forecast calls for a deluge. It’s the kind we… Continue reading

  • May 26, 2017
  • By Diane Urbani de la Paz For Peninsula Daily News
  • Clallam County
Paul Destrooper and Andrea Bayne are among the nine Ballet Victoria dancers returning to Port Angeles for this weekend’s Juan de Fuca Festival. (Philip D. Lusk)

Juan de Fuca Festival schedule

The four-day Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts begins today and runs through Monday. Tickets are available outside the Vern Burton… Continue reading

Jefferson commissioners approve no-shooting areas near Port Townsend

Jefferson commissioners approve no-shooting areas near Port Townsend

Jefferson County commissioners have unanimously approved two no-shooting areas in the Ocean Grove area east of Beckett Point. The decision came after… Continue reading

Jefferson commissioners approve no-shooting areas near Port Townsend
Collection adds more to upcoming Forever Twilight in Forks festival

Collection adds more to upcoming Forever Twilight in Forks festival

Very Important Twilighters tickets are going fast. Lissy Andros, Forks Chamber of Commerce executive director, told… Continue reading

Collection adds more to upcoming Forever Twilight in Forks festival
Olympic National Park constructing bilingual entrance signs

Olympic National Park constructing bilingual entrance signs

Can you speak Klallam? If not, Olympic National Park is erecting entrance signs that translate a Klallam phrase into “welcome.” A… Continue reading

Olympic National Park constructing bilingual entrance signs
Competency exam ordered for student charged with killing Sequim woman

Competency exam ordered for student charged with killing Sequim woman

A Bainbridge High School student charged with second-degree murder will be examined to see if he is competent to enter a plea… Continue reading

Competency exam ordered for student charged with killing Sequim woman

Port Angeles police probing attempted robberies

Police are asking for information in the investigation of two attempted robberies. Police report that officers conducted a welfare check in Thursday’s… Continue reading

Breakwater repair completed; Port of Port Townsend commissioners discuss other projects

Breakwater repair completed; Port of Port Townsend commissioners discuss other projects

Port of Port Townsend commissioners have certified the completion of emergency breakwater repair, while several major capital projects remain in the planning… Continue reading

Breakwater repair completed; Port of Port Townsend commissioners discuss other projects
Travel trailer burns on O’Brien Road

Travel trailer burns on O’Brien Road

A fire destroyed a travel trailer in the 600 block of O’Brien Road late Tuesday night, firefighters said Wednesday. No one was hurt,… Continue reading

Travel trailer burns on O’Brien Road
A maritime-themed relay race with exposure suits was part of the final-day celebration of the Blue Heron Maritime Discovery Program in 2016.

Port Townsend, Chimacum students to tell of maritime discoveries in innovative program

Students will lead celebrations in Chimacum and Port Townsend that mark eight years of the 7th Grade Maritime Discovery Program. The program,… Continue reading

A maritime-themed relay race with exposure suits was part of the final-day celebration of the Blue Heron Maritime Discovery Program in 2016.

Governor expected during teleconference at career learning summit on Port Angeles campus

Peninsula College will host one of a number of regional sites of the Governor’s Summit on Career Connected Learning from 10 a.m.… Continue reading

New Clallam County elections supervisor takes reins at busy time

New Clallam County elections supervisor takes reins at busy time

A former Nippon Paper Industries USA supervisor and Air Force staff sergeant has been hired as Clallam County’s new elections supervisor. Rick… Continue reading

New Clallam County elections supervisor takes reins at busy time
Peninsula College opens doors of new health, childhood education facility

Peninsula College opens doors of new health, childhood education facility

Hospital and community health center CEOs lauded Peninsula College for its commitment to health care during the grand opening of its Allied… Continue reading

Peninsula College opens doors of new health, childhood education facility
Chris Reykdal, state superintendent of public instruction, talks to reporters Wednesday in Olympia. (Ted S. Warren/The Associated Press)

Superintendent of schools unveils six-year plan for schools

Superintendent of schools unveils six-year plan for schools

Chris Reykdal, state superintendent of public instruction, talks to reporters Wednesday in Olympia. (Ted S. Warren/The Associated Press)
Port Angeles council to make public comment periods mandatory at all committee meetings

Port Angeles council to make public comment periods mandatory at all committee meetings

Port Angeles City Council members will make public comment sessions mandatory for city advisory committees, answering a major concern of proponents of… Continue reading

Port Angeles council to make public comment periods mandatory at all committee meetings
“Lazurite and Athenas Polemic” by Deedee Cheriel of Los Angeles and India is among the internet art that will grace the walls of the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center gallery beginning this weekend.

Artists from around the world ‘post’ on Port Angeles center walls

Artwork seen before only online will decorate the walls of the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center’s Webster House gallery beginning this weekend.… Continue reading

“Lazurite and Athenas Polemic” by Deedee Cheriel of Los Angeles and India is among the internet art that will grace the walls of the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center gallery beginning this weekend.
Chimacum club honored for food sharing program

Chimacum club honored for food sharing program

The Chimacum We Act Club, a service club that works on issues both local and global, was honored in Seattle for its food… Continue reading

Chimacum club honored for food sharing program