Daily Update Newsletter

UPDATE: Highway 101 reopened after rockslide at Lake Crescent

UPDATE: Highway 101 reopened after rockslide at Lake Crescent

U.S. Highway 101 was reopened at 1:37 p.m. Thursday following a rock slide near mileposts 228-229 at Lake Crescent. The Washington Department… Continue reading

UPDATE: Highway 101 reopened after rockslide at Lake Crescent
Data: All ages, areas affected by opioid addiction in Clallam County

Data: All ages, areas affected by opioid addiction in Clallam County

Newly released data shows Clallam County’s heroin and opioid epidemic affects people of all ages across the entire county. That was the… Continue reading

Data: All ages, areas affected by opioid addiction in Clallam County
Jefferson County Public Utility District works on low-income rates program

Jefferson County Public Utility District works on low-income rates program

Jefferson County Public Utility District commissioners say they are continuing their efforts to work out details for a viable program that would… Continue reading

Jefferson County Public Utility District works on low-income rates program
Clallam offered $39,000 to be used for shooting range

Clallam offered $39,000 to be used for shooting range

The Peninsula Northwest Shooting Park Association has offered Clallam County $39,305 for the future construction of a shooting range. County commissioners Tuesday… Continue reading

Clallam offered $39,000 to be used for shooting range

Mayor, deputy mayor retain offices on Port Townsend City Council

Deborah Stinson will continue to serve as Port Townsend mayor and Catharine Robinson will remain deputy mayor in 2017. The Port Townsend… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles wins top award for security

Port of Port Angeles wins top award for security

The Port of Port Angeles has earned a top honor from the U.S. Coast Guard for having the “best of the best”… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles wins top award for security
GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Chimacum gets payback on rival Port Townsend

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Chimacum gets payback on rival Port Townsend

Chimacum atoned for two previous close losses to rival Port Townsend by holding… Continue reading

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Chimacum gets payback on rival Port Townsend
Forks senior Parker Browning recorded his 1,000th career point during the Spartans’ 74-33 win over Evergreen League foe Tenino on Tuesday. His mom Stephanie, left, holds up the game ball.

BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks’ Browning eclipses 1,000-point scoring mark as Spartans cruise

Forks’ Parker Browning scored his 1,000th career high school point and the Spartans got… Continue reading

Forks senior Parker Browning recorded his 1,000th career point during the Spartans’ 74-33 win over Evergreen League foe Tenino on Tuesday. His mom Stephanie, left, holds up the game ball.
More roads to travel: Daughters remember father shot to death in Port Angeles

More roads to travel: Daughters remember father shot to death in Port Angeles

Clint Leroy Darrow, a North Dakota native who grew up in Forks, never thought his fusion-tinged Port Angeles restaurant was the end-all… Continue reading

More roads to travel: Daughters remember father shot to death in Port Angeles

Process for bidding to open on Olympic Discovery Trail section

Jefferson County commissioners have authorized the county Department of Public Works to open a bidding process for contractors to work on a… Continue reading

Ozias to senators: Vet Trump’s Cabinet nominees

Ozias to senators: Vet Trump’s Cabinet nominees

Clallam County Commissioner Mark Ozias is calling on U.S. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell to carefully vet President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet… Continue reading

Ozias to senators: Vet Trump’s Cabinet nominees

Replacement levy important for Port Angeles schools, official says

If the Port Angeles School District replacement levy fails in February, cuts are likely to such after-school programs as music, sports, vocational… Continue reading

Sequim School District sets public forums on levy questions

A public forum, the first of two this month, is planned Thursday to present information about two Sequim School District levy measures that… Continue reading

Port Angeles composites center creates commemorative coins for Inslee inauguration

Port Angeles composites center creates commemorative coins for Inslee inauguration

The Composite Recycling Technology Center created about 2,300 commemorative coins for Gov. Jay Inslee’s inauguration last week. The coins, made of 16… Continue reading

Port Angeles composites center creates commemorative coins for Inslee inauguration

Governor receives recommendations for improving mental health system

A bipartisan legislative committee has sent a list of recommendations to the governor for improving Washington state’s… Continue reading

  • Jan 18, 2017
  • By Martha Bellisle The Associated Press
GYMNASTICS: Port Angeles wins home quad meet

GYMNASTICS: Port Angeles wins home quad meet

The Port Angeles Gymnastics Team got first-place finishes from Cassii Middlestead and Maya Wharton and won… Continue reading

GYMNASTICS: Port Angeles wins home quad meet
Port Angeles murder trial delayed for evidence review

Port Angeles murder trial delayed for evidence review

Tommy L. Ross Jr.’s murder trial has been moved from late January to late summer to review evidence including 38-year-old DNA samples… Continue reading

Port Angeles murder trial delayed for evidence review

Forks considering business boot camp partnership, loan program

The Forks City Council will consider working with an Olympia nonprofit to make local business owners eligible for low-interest loans. City Attorney Rod… Continue reading

Bainbridge utility campaign topic of Port Townsend lunch

Co-founders of a movement to give the city of Bainbridge Island the authority to establish a nonprofit electric utility will speak at… Continue reading

Second patient released after tree vs. SUV collision at Lake Crescent

The driver of an SUV that was struck by a falling tree on U.S. Highway 101 at Lake Crescent on New Year’s… Continue reading