Daily Update Newsletter

Forks couple indicted on federal charges appear in court today

A Forks couple indicted on federal charges of holding a Guatemalan woman against her will, abusing her and forcing her to pick salal… Continue reading

Port Angeles woman charged with embezzling from Sequim VFW

Port Angeles woman charged with embezzling from Sequim VFW

A 29-year-old Port Angeles woman was charged Wednesday with embezzling nearly $10,000 from the Sequim Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4760. Rischelle… Continue reading

Port Angeles woman charged with embezzling from Sequim VFW

Former Nippon cogeneration plant down; fewer than 30 employees retained

The former Nippon Paper Industries USA cogeneration plant has been shut down and eight of its workers laid off as the paper… Continue reading

Clallam Transit Board accepts general manager’s resignation

Clallam Transit Board accepts general manager’s resignation

The Clallam Transit Board has accepted the resignation of General Manager Wendy Clark-Getzin. After a closed-door executive session, the board voted 8-0… Continue reading

Clallam Transit Board accepts general manager’s resignation
West side of Sol Duc River combed for signs of missing Bellevue man

West side of Sol Duc River combed for signs of missing Bellevue man

The active search for a missing Bellevue man switched to Clallam County Search and Rescue on Saturday as the trail led… Continue reading

West side of Sol Duc River combed for signs of missing Bellevue man
Missing British Columbia man turns self in to police after 17 months, faces fraud charges

Missing British Columbia man turns self in to police after 17 months, faces fraud charges

Harold Backer, a Canadian investment adviser and former Olympic rower who was last seen leaving the MV Coho ferry in Port Angeles in… Continue reading

Missing British Columbia man turns self in to police after 17 months, faces fraud charges
Search expands for hiker missing from Staircase Campground

Search expands for hiker missing from Staircase Campground

Some 70 searchers, tracking dogs and helicopters combed the hills around Lake Cushman on Saturday, seeking signs of a 20-year-old hiker who has… Continue reading

Search expands for hiker missing from Staircase Campground
Family offers $4,000 reward for information about missing teen

Family offers $4,000 reward for information about missing teen

The family of a 17-year-old Port Angeles girl who has been missing since January is offering $4,000 for information about her whereabouts.… Continue reading

Family offers $4,000 reward for information about missing teen
Bill Peach

Clallam to raze structures under 2016 settlement

Clallam County crews will raze a former Clallam Bay residence and outbuilding as part of a negotiated settlement of a 2014 lawsuit.… Continue reading

Bill Peach

Jefferson Public Utility District panel to discuss more rate hikes

Jefferson County Public Utility District commissioners have tabled discussion of possible rate increases in 2018 and 2019 that would follow on the… Continue reading

Earth Day to be honored with cleanups, presentations

Celebrations and cleanups are planned across the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend and the following week in honor of Earth Day, which is Saturday. Here… Continue reading

OMC to host grand opening of medical office building Saturday

OMC to host grand opening of medical office building Saturday

Olympic Medical Center will host a grand opening for its Port Angeles Medical Office Building on Saturday. The ceremony will begin at… Continue reading

OMC to host grand opening of medical office building Saturday
Port Angeles man investigated after King County wreck

Port Angeles man investigated after King County wreck

A Port Angeles man is under investigation for vehicular assault and driving under the influence after causing a head-on wreck in King County… Continue reading

Port Angeles man investigated after King County wreck
Guitarists tailor talents for Spanish music, dance fusion in Port Angeles

Guitarists tailor talents for Spanish music, dance fusion in Port Angeles

Virtuoso guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Andre Feriante will return to Port Angeles on Saturday with Latin and flamenco dancer Stella Rossi. Showtime for… Continue reading

Guitarists tailor talents for Spanish music, dance fusion in Port Angeles

Get quacking! Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby tickets on sale beginning today

Duck tickets go on sale today for the 28th annual Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby. The annual derby, presented by the Jamestown… Continue reading

Jerome L. Wright

Peninsula Singers perform first concerts with new director

The Peninsula Singers will perform its first concerts with a new director this weekend. The Saturday and Sunday concerts will be the first… Continue reading

Jerome L. Wright
Dungeness River Coalition sends video to lawmakers considering land transfer

Dungeness River Coalition sends video to lawmakers considering land transfer

The Dungeness River Coalition recently sent a film to state officials in Olympia to illustrate a proposed project before final legislative budgets are… Continue reading

Dungeness River Coalition sends video to lawmakers considering land transfer
Destination Imagination: Chimacum team to compete in global contest

Destination Imagination: Chimacum team to compete in global contest

Five Chimacum Middle School students are heading to Tennessee to compete in a competition for the STEM-based program Destination Imagination, where they will… Continue reading

Destination Imagination: Chimacum team to compete in global contest
EYE ON OLYMPIA: North Olympic Peninsula projects in House capital budget

EYE ON OLYMPIA: North Olympic Peninsula projects in House capital budget

On a bipartisan vote of 95-2, the state House of Representatives passed a state construction budget that includes a $1.8 billion investment in… Continue reading

EYE ON OLYMPIA: North Olympic Peninsula projects in House capital budget

Port Angeles sales tax increase to appear on Aug. 1 ballot

The Aug. 1 primary ballot has its first contestant: a sales tax increase. The Port Angeles Transportation Benefit District board, which consists… Continue reading