Daily Update Newsletter

Olympic Hot Springs Road closed to all starting Monday

Olympic Hot Springs Road closed to all starting Monday

Not even pedestrians or bicyclists can use the road past the park entry at Madison Falls.

Olympic Hot Springs Road closed to all starting Monday
10,000 pounds: Visitors devour crab at Port Angeles festival

10,000 pounds: Visitors devour crab at Port Angeles festival

Festival continues today at City Pier, rain or shine.

10,000 pounds: Visitors devour crab at Port Angeles festival

Daytime closures to resume at U.S. Highway 101 Elwha River bridge

Exact times of the closures Monday and Tuesday will depend on work progress.

Developer’s answer to dearth of housing in Port Townsend: Bring ’em in on a barge
Developer’s answer to dearth of housing in Port Townsend: Bring ’em in on a barge

Port of Port Angeles taking another look at Boat Haven management proposals

A special telephone meeting to review the proposals will be announced soon.

State warns against eating too many razor clams

Domoic acid is a naturally occurring toxin frequently found in shellfish and at high levels may cause amnesic shellfish poisoning.

Storms blows into Peninsula, turns to rain

Trees were toppled and outages hit some areas.

Clallam County commissioner candidates talk about school bonds, drugs, homelessness

Clallam County commissioner candidates talk about school bonds, drugs, homelessness

Randy Johnson and Ron Richards, who spoke to about 50 people at a forum Tuesday, are vying for the District 2 commissioner seat, which covers Port Angeles.

Clallam County commissioner candidates talk about school bonds, drugs, homelessness
Sanctions remain against state in McCleary education funding case

Sanctions remain against state in McCleary education funding case

The state Supreme Court has ruled that $100,000-a-day sanctions should continue against the state while a task force works to determine how the state will fully fund basic education.

Sanctions remain against state in McCleary education funding case

Department of Natural Resources issues plan to guide West End forest management

“This roadmap for experimentation, research and monitoring will help DNR find new and better ways of reaching its timber harvest goals and ecological objectives …”

Candidate forum for Jefferson PUD, county commissioner focuses on finance

Candidate forum for Jefferson PUD, county commissioner focuses on finance

Four candidates answered questions from the public at the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce event.

Candidate forum for Jefferson PUD, county commissioner focuses on finance
Crescent High School earns School of Distinction recognition for second year in a row

Crescent High School earns School of Distinction recognition for second year in a row

The Center for Educational Effectiveness announced school is the only one in Clallam and Jefferson counties to earn the recognition this year.

Crescent High School earns School of Distinction recognition for second year in a row

Port Angeles man arrested for investigation of third-degree child molestation

Brook Lee Grant Medley is being held in the Clallam County jail on $10,000 bail.

Bail set at $100,000 for fugitive arsonist

Bail set at $100,000 for fugitive arsonist

Dylan Keith Carroll, 24, was charged in Clallam County Superior Court with being a fugitive from justice in another state after his escape from a facility in Alabama.

Bail set at $100,000 for fugitive arsonist
BASEBALL: Anderson joins Lefties coaching staff

BASEBALL: Anderson joins Lefties coaching staff

Former big leaguer will serve as pitching coach

BASEBALL: Anderson joins Lefties coaching staff
Two insanity pleas issued by man accused in three assaults

Two insanity pleas issued by man accused in three assaults

Riley Edge White, 59, changed two not-guilty pleas to not guilty by reason of insanity on a bus-attack charge and in an alleged Aug. 27 attack on a renter at his Port Angeles home.

Two insanity pleas issued by man accused in three assaults
Thousands flock to Port Angeles for weekend’s crab fest

Thousands flock to Port Angeles for weekend’s crab fest

Annual festival offers crab dinners, many vendors and activities

Thousands flock to Port Angeles for weekend’s crab fest
Sequim mother, daughter tell of living with cancer

Sequim mother, daughter tell of living with cancer

Daughter cares for mother who has been diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer

Sequim mother, daughter tell of living with cancer