Daily Update Newsletter

Two Highway 112 roadside fires under investigation

Two Highway 112 roadside fires under investigation

Officials are investigating the cause of two fires that began within an hour of each other along state Highway 112 early Thursday… Continue reading

Two Highway 112 roadside fires under investigation

Influenza cases rising; peak not reached

Flu activity has escalated across the region and the state, and North Olympic Peninsula public health officers say it’s not too late to get vaccinated.… Continue reading

Humble hero saves family from fall over ravine

Humble hero saves family from fall over ravine

A man risked his life and saved her family from what she thought was certain death as her vehicle slid on an… Continue reading

Humble hero saves family from fall over ravine

Port Townsend OKs new water, sewer rate study

The Port Townsend City Council has unanimously approved a new water and sewer rate study and excise tax review that would update… Continue reading

Clallam commissioners agree to work collaboratively with treasurer, other department heads

To start the new year on the right foot, Clallam County commissioners have resolved to work with other elected officials and department… Continue reading

Cause under investigation after fire destroys Sequim home

Cause under investigation after fire destroys Sequim home

A Carlsborg man is still looking for answers after a blaze destroyed his home on New Year’s Day. Firefighters searched Monday for the… Continue reading

Cause under investigation after fire destroys Sequim home
Boy killed in wreck at Lake Crescent; four others injured when tree strikes SUV

Boy killed in wreck at Lake Crescent; four others injured when tree strikes SUV

A 5-year-old boy died New Year’s Day and four other people believed to be from the same Federal Way family were seriously… Continue reading

Boy killed in wreck at Lake Crescent; four others injured when tree strikes SUV
Port Angeles parents welcome Peninsula’s first baby of 2017

Port Angeles parents welcome Peninsula’s first baby of 2017

All 20 inches of Jason Michael Rutherford Jr. rang in the new year early Sunday morning as the first baby born in… Continue reading

Port Angeles parents welcome Peninsula’s first baby of 2017
Dozens brave frigid air and water in polar plunges across North Olympic Peninsula

Dozens brave frigid air and water in polar plunges across North Olympic Peninsula

Dozens of North Olympic Peninsula residents shocked their way into 2017 by madly rushing into frigid waters Sunday in polar bear plunges… Continue reading

Dozens brave frigid air and water in polar plunges across North Olympic Peninsula
Artist to demonstrate technique during Saturday Gallery Walk

Artist to demonstrate technique during Saturday Gallery Walk

Theresa Stirling will demonstrate her painting style that uses beeswax and blow torches during Saturday’s Gallery Walk in Port Townsend. Stirling has… Continue reading

Artist to demonstrate technique during Saturday Gallery Walk

Chimacum schools chief outlines proposed levy to hospital board

Chimacum Schools Superintendent Rick Thompson outlined a proposed replacement levy to the Jefferson Healthcare commissioners, the first of 12 community presentations he… Continue reading

Olympic National Park sets use fee hikes, free days for 2017

Users of Olympic National Park can expect fee increases this year. The hikes are part of a three-year phased rise in… Continue reading

Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News                                Julian Eren of Port Angeles, 20, appears in Clallam County Superior Court on Thursday after being arrested for investigation of first-degree child rape.

Bail set in rape of a child case

Bail was set at $50,000 Thursday for a 20-year-old Port Angeles man accused of raping a young boy several years ago. Julian… Continue reading

Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News                                Julian Eren of Port Angeles, 20, appears in Clallam County Superior Court on Thursday after being arrested for investigation of first-degree child rape.
Antlers, costumes planned for annual Reindeer Run in Port Angeles

Antlers, costumes planned for annual Reindeer Run in Port Angeles

If runners don’t have red noses when they start the Port Angeles annual Reindeer Run on Saturday, they might by the time… Continue reading

Antlers, costumes planned for annual Reindeer Run in Port Angeles
Mountain guide to lead adventure writing workshop

Mountain guide to lead adventure writing workshop

It might seem an adventure in irony or at least an interesting juxtaposition: Writer, editor and mountain guide Charlotte Austin will host… Continue reading

Mountain guide to lead adventure writing workshop
Port Townsend Gallery Walk begins new year with series of shows

Port Townsend Gallery Walk begins new year with series of shows

The fine art of illustration, jewelry and watercolors are among the attractions during the Port Townsend Gallery Walk. During the free event,… Continue reading

Port Townsend Gallery Walk begins new year with series of shows
Volunteers make big gains on Habitat for Humanity homes; more volunteers sought

Volunteers make big gains on Habitat for Humanity homes; more volunteers sought

Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County received some extra help over the holidays — and is seeking more volunteers for this… Continue reading

Volunteers make big gains on Habitat for Humanity homes; more volunteers sought
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News An excavator piles brush pulled from the banks of Peabody Creek near Ninth Street in Port Angeles on Wednesday to gain access to a broken water main beneath the creek bed.

Port Angeles water line repairs to cost $55,000

A cast-iron potable water main ruptured Tuesday night, exposing a leak in a stormwater pipe below it and prompting City Manager Dan… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News An excavator piles brush pulled from the banks of Peabody Creek near Ninth Street in Port Angeles on Wednesday to gain access to a broken water main beneath the creek bed.
Olympic Medical Center Foundation sees its best fundraising year

Olympic Medical Center Foundation sees its best fundraising year

The Olympic Medical Center Foundation had the best fundraising year it has ever seen in 2016, Bruce Skinner, its executive director, told… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center Foundation sees its best fundraising year

Coast Guard suspends search for missing kayaker near Allyn

The Coast Guard suspended a search Wednesday afternoon for a kayaker missing since Tuesday night. Port Angeles Coast Guard crews were among those… Continue reading