Daily Update Newsletter

Port Townsend woman remains in intensive care following head-on wreck

A Port Townsend woman who was airlifted to Seattle last week after a head-on collision was still in the intensive care unit… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center receives nearly $50,000 donation from OMC Foundation

Olympic Medical Center receives nearly $50,000 donation from OMC Foundation

Olympic Medical Center is the recipient of a donation totalling nearly $50,000 from the Olympic Medical Center Foundation. The foundation announced its… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center receives nearly $50,000 donation from OMC Foundation
Tribes lay remains of Kennewick Man to rest

Tribes lay remains of Kennewick Man to rest

The ancient bones of the Kennewick Man have been returned to the ground. More than 200 members of five Columbia… Continue reading

Tribes lay remains of Kennewick Man to rest
Trump travel ban personal for young lawyer who led fight

Trump travel ban personal for young lawyer who led fight

Washington state Solicitor General Noah Purcell has argued before packed courtrooms, but those crowds paled in comparison… Continue reading

Trump travel ban personal for young lawyer who led fight
SALMON DERBY: Try, try again pays off for Olympic Peninsula Derby winner

SALMON DERBY: Try, try again pays off for Olympic Peninsula Derby winner

Tony Beam of Hansville won the 2017 Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby with a catch of 15.25 pounds — the first fish he has… Continue reading

SALMON DERBY: Try, try again pays off for Olympic Peninsula Derby winner
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Cody McLain, Chimacum/Port Townsend wrestling team

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Cody McLain, Chimacum/Port Townsend wrestling team

Cody McLain was just one of two Chimacum athletes to make it to the Mat Classic state wrestling tournament. Chimacum technically doesn’t have a wrestling… Continue reading

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Cody McLain, Chimacum/Port Townsend wrestling team
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Josue Lucas, Forks wrestler

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Josue Lucas, Forks wrestler

It’s hard to pick one athlete on the Forks wrestling squad that won regionals and will send 14 athletes to the Mat Classic, but Josue… Continue reading

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Josue Lucas, Forks wrestler
‘Lucky to have him’: Young heart transplant recipient remembered in Port Angeles

‘Lucky to have him’: Young heart transplant recipient remembered in Port Angeles

Sunday marked 23 years since William Earl Hutt received the heart transplant that allowed him to live until he was nearly 24… Continue reading

‘Lucky to have him’: Young heart transplant recipient remembered in Port Angeles

Port Townsend event today to focus on sanctuary city information

Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will hold an information session today on what it means to be a sanctuary city and what people… Continue reading

EYE ON OLYMPIA: With cutoff past, lawmakers look to talks, votes on school funding

EYE ON OLYMPIA: With cutoff past, lawmakers look to talks, votes on school funding

The cutoff date for policy bills and initiatives in both houses of the state Legislature is now past, and lawmakers from the 24th… Continue reading

EYE ON OLYMPIA: With cutoff past, lawmakers look to talks, votes on school funding
Gathering celebrates ongoing restoration of Western Flyer

Gathering celebrates ongoing restoration of Western Flyer

Scientists, educators, shipwrights and artists gathered at the Shipwrights Co-Op in Port Townsend to see the partial restoration of the Western Flyer… Continue reading

Gathering celebrates ongoing restoration of Western Flyer

Federal judge scolds state for treatment of mentally ill

A federal judge has blasted the Washington state agency responsible for providing competency services to mentally ill… Continue reading

Peninsula College to host Running Start Information Nights

Peninsula College will host a series of Running Start Information Nights in Port Angeles, Port Townsend and Forks beginning this week. The… Continue reading

BASKETBALL REGIONALS: Venues, opponents named for Neah Bay, Clallam Bay, Port Angeles playoff teams

Basketball teams from Neah Bay, Clallam Bay and Port Angeles learned Sunday who and where they will be playing in the state regional… Continue reading

STATE SWIM AND DIVE: Port Angeles swimmers, Sequim diver place

Tristin and Cameron Butler of Port Angeles both got top eight finishes at the state 2A boys championship swim meet and Craig… Continue reading

PREP HOOPS: Port Townsend boys knocked out of the playoffs

It was a battle between Port Townsend’s good offense and Seattle Christian’s strong defense and in the end, defense won out as Port… Continue reading

Terry Roszatycki stands inside one of the renovated rooms at the Indian Valley Motel in January 2011. The room had been damaged by fire in February 2010. (Peninsula Daily News)

Granny’s Cafe owner, father remembered as charming family man

A longtime North Olympic Peninsula restaurateur is being remembered by his family as a man of charisma and charm, a person well-suited… Continue reading

Terry Roszatycki stands inside one of the renovated rooms at the Indian Valley Motel in January 2011. The room had been damaged by fire in February 2010. (Peninsula Daily News)
Passenger air service provider makes presentation in Port Angeles

Passenger air service provider makes presentation in Port Angeles

An absence of commercial air passenger service on the North Olympic Peninsula that stretches back to Thanksgiving 2014 could end May 1… Continue reading

Passenger air service provider makes presentation in Port Angeles
Port Townsend crafters put needles together to help others

Port Townsend crafters put needles together to help others

Local crafters are nearing their goal of 100 warm hats for Port Townsend’s homeless population, one of many charity knitting projects they’ve… Continue reading

Port Townsend crafters put needles together to help others
Flu activity ebbs on Peninsula after tough season

Flu activity ebbs on Peninsula after tough season

Flu activity is waning on the North Olympic Peninsula after one of the worst influenza seasons in recent memory, health officials said. Clallam and Jefferson… Continue reading

Flu activity ebbs on Peninsula after tough season