Daily Update Newsletter

Settlement reached in Port Ludlow timber harvest issue

Settlement reached in Port Ludlow timber harvest issue

After months of negotiations, Jefferson County and Port Ludlow Associates have approved a settlement agreement for contested timber harvests inside the Port… Continue reading

Settlement reached in Port Ludlow timber harvest issue

Port of Port Angeles commissioners back Elwha River bridge option

Port of Port Angeles commissioners unanimously agreed Monday that the state Department of Transportation should build a new bridge over the Elwha… Continue reading

An EA-18G Growler aircraft is displayed for a media availability at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., December 5, 2016. Photo by Michael Watkins/Whidbey News-Times

Navy to resume EA-18, F/A-18 flight operations

Naval Air Forces directed EA-18 Growler and F/A-18 Super Hornet squadrons to resume normal operations Monday after an operational… Continue reading

An EA-18G Growler aircraft is displayed for a media availability at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., December 5, 2016. Photo by Michael Watkins/Whidbey News-Times
Retiring Jefferson County emergency management director attends last J-PREP meeting

Retiring Jefferson County emergency management director attends last J-PREP meeting

Robert “Bob” Hamlin attended his last meeting as the director of the Jefferson County Department of Emergency Management and was met with… Continue reading

Retiring Jefferson County emergency management director attends last J-PREP meeting
New $18 million medical office building almost finished

New $18 million medical office building almost finished

Olympic Medical Center’s new $18 million medical office building is nearing completion. “We’re heading toward the home stretch,” CEO Eric Lewis told… Continue reading

New $18 million medical office building almost finished
At 4:23 p.m. Wednesday, crews from Clallam Fire District No. 2 responded to a structure fire at 237979 U.S. Highway 101 in the old Clallam Timber log yard, west of Port Angeles (Clallam Fire District No. 2)

Arson suspected in mobile home fire

Firefighters believe a fire that destroyed an abandoned mobile home west of Port Angeles on Wednesday afternoon was set intentionally. “The mobile… Continue reading

At 4:23 p.m. Wednesday, crews from Clallam Fire District No. 2 responded to a structure fire at 237979 U.S. Highway 101 in the old Clallam Timber log yard, west of Port Angeles (Clallam Fire District No. 2)

Free holiday meals served on Peninsula

Free holiday meals are planned on the North Olympic Peninsula on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The dinners are arranged by community. CHIMACUM Free Christmas… Continue reading

Peninsula lights up for the holidays

Peninsula lights up for the holidays

Families packing into cars this Christmas Eve to participate in the age-old pasttime of viewing displays of holiday lights have plenty of options for across… Continue reading

Peninsula lights up for the holidays

Clallam Transit approves 2017 budget

The Clallam Transit board has approved a 2017 budget with $10.2 million spending authority for operations and capital projects. The budget shows… Continue reading

Peninsula unemployment down slightly

Unemployment rates dipped slightly on the North Olympic Peninsula in November while the region’s labor force grew by 165 workers, state officials… Continue reading

Study explores how ancient First Nations gardened the ocean on B.C.’s coast

An ancient wetland-gardening site unearthed during a road-building project in British Columbia is as culturally important… Continue reading

Orca found dead on B.C. coast

A dead orca found on British Columbia’s coast has been identified as a member of an endangered population. Fisheries… Continue reading

BOYS BASKETBALL: Angevine, Port Angeles rain down treys on Centralia

BOYS BASKETBALL: Angevine, Port Angeles rain down treys on Centralia

Port Angeles produced its finest half of basketball thus far and caged the Centralia Tigers 74-58 in a nonleague boys basketball contest.… Continue reading

BOYS BASKETBALL: Angevine, Port Angeles rain down treys on Centralia
Arson suspected in mobile home fire near Port Angeles

Arson suspected in mobile home fire near Port Angeles

Arson is being investigated as the possible cause of a fire that destroyed an abandoned mobile home west of Port Angeles this… Continue reading

Arson suspected in mobile home fire near Port Angeles
Port Angeles Fire Chief Ken Dubuc

PA OKs overtime; Move will cost city but keep fire insurance rating stable

The Port Angeles City Council agreed on a split vote to guarantee minimum 24-hour staffing of five personnel in the fire department… Continue reading

Port Angeles Fire Chief Ken Dubuc
Robotics team fundraising: Gift-wrapping to help students build robots

Robotics team fundraising: Gift-wrapping to help students build robots

Jefferson County students, supported by the Applied Education Foundation, are wrapping gifts to raise money to buy equipment for underwater robots in… Continue reading

Robotics team fundraising: Gift-wrapping to help students build robots
Sequim author Michael Bunnell discusses his latest novel, “American Gypsy”

Sequim author Michael Bunnell discusses his latest novel, “American Gypsy”

The failed economy of 1939 meets the worlds of carnivals and gypsies in Michael Bunnell’s “American Gypsy.” Bunnell, who lives in Sequim, has… Continue reading

Sequim author Michael Bunnell discusses his latest novel, “American Gypsy”

Sequim readies economic development plan; retention program rolls out tentatively in June 2017

The city of Sequim plans to move forward with an economic development plan starting in 2017. The new plan, adopted Dec. 12, addresses… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Tentative razor clam dig eyed at Kalaloch

OUTDOORS: Tentative razor clam dig eyed at Kalaloch

A TASTY LITTLE stocking stuffer was handed out a few days before Christmas by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and Olympic National Park.… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Tentative razor clam dig eyed at Kalaloch

Consider Home Fund for last-minute Christmas gifts

Christmas. We all gather with friends and family to share warm homes and hearts, eat homemade… Continue reading