Daily Update Newsletter

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Clallam commissioners to discuss Bogachiel restoration

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula.

Fiber artists can submit art for fall exhibition

Fiber artists can submit art for the eighth Fiber Arts Exhibit. Art should be delivered to Stubio Bob, 118½ E. Front St.,… Continue reading

Disa Wilson, guest services specialist at Feiro Marine Life Center at Port Angeles City Pier, rinses anthropods from a filtering screen that will become food for other fish in the center’s public displays. The center offers visitors a chance to see and touch numerous forms of marine life, along with other interactive displays. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Filter food

Disa Wilson, guest services specialist at Feiro Marine Life Center at Port Angeles City Pier, rinses anthropods from a filtering screen that will become food… Continue reading

Disa Wilson, guest services specialist at Feiro Marine Life Center at Port Angeles City Pier, rinses anthropods from a filtering screen that will become food for other fish in the center’s public displays. The center offers visitors a chance to see and touch numerous forms of marine life, along with other interactive displays. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Hand recount ordered for commissioner of public lands

The Secretary of State has certified the results of the primary election and directed a hand recount of votes in the race… Continue reading

Port Angeles soliciting feedback for comprehensive plan update

State-required policy to address housing, transportation, more

Quilcene boy recovering after collision

Fundraiser brings in nearly $22K of $25K goal

Kim Rosales and other volunteers help gather school supplies for students at last year’s Back to School Fair at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim Back to School Fair set for today

With the start of school just days away, Sequim’s annual Back to School Fair will look to help students in all grades be… Continue reading

Kim Rosales and other volunteers help gather school supplies for students at last year’s Back to School Fair at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Visitors and dignitaries ascend the steps at the observation tower at Port Angeles City Pier on Wednesday after a ceremony to officially reopen the structure to the public. The tower was closed in November 2023 due to safety issues and structural concerns, prompting numerous repairs. Funding for the work, totaling more than $650,000, came from city lodging tax. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Tower opens in Port Angeles

Visitors and dignitaries ascend the steps at the observation tower at Port Angeles City Pier on Wednesday after a ceremony to officially reopen the structure… Continue reading

Visitors and dignitaries ascend the steps at the observation tower at Port Angeles City Pier on Wednesday after a ceremony to officially reopen the structure to the public. The tower was closed in November 2023 due to safety issues and structural concerns, prompting numerous repairs. Funding for the work, totaling more than $650,000, came from city lodging tax. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Signups are open for visiting art teacher Fruma Markowitz’s Cyanotype Family Funday. The workshop is open to all ages and families on Aug. 30 at Northwind Art School at Fort Worden. (Fruma Markowitz)

Family Funday art class open to all ages Aug. 30

“Once upon a time a very long time ago, I was in art school,” said Fruma Markowitz, who’s now on her way… Continue reading

Signups are open for visiting art teacher Fruma Markowitz’s Cyanotype Family Funday. The workshop is open to all ages and families on Aug. 30 at Northwind Art School at Fort Worden. (Fruma Markowitz)

Fire officials make progress on small fires within national park, forest

Residents near 2620 Road Fire all at Level 1 ‘get ready’ status

Humane Society to partner with sheriff

Bark House to reserve kennels for dangerous dogs

Kodiak Building Partners acquires Thomas Building Center

Acquisition to enhance operational efficiency, company officials say

Makah Days, music festival slated for this weekend

A children’s theater performance, music festival performances and the 100th Makah Days celebration highlight weekend events on the Peninsula. • “Murder Most Fowl,” a production… Continue reading

Port Townsend to use federal grant for trails design

City poised to take part in four different Jefferson County sites

Silverdale woman flown to Seattle hospital after single-car wreck

A Silverdale woman was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle following a single-car crash on state Highway 19. Andrew R. Hovde,… Continue reading

Woman flown to OMC after car goes into ditch

A Neah Bay woman was flown to Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles after she suffered a medical emergency while she was driving… Continue reading

Ibn Archer enjoyed an adventure over the weekend, sailing from Seattle to Neah Bay and fishing for salmon, Pacific cod and other flatfish with a group of friends. Archer is a Port Townsend High School graduate who works as a Network Development Manager III at Amazon in Seattle.

OUTDOORS: Silvers slipping down the Strait

NEAH BAY AND La Push are now the only areas in which anglers can retain chinook off the Pacific coast after Ilwaco and Westport saw… Continue reading

Ibn Archer enjoyed an adventure over the weekend, sailing from Seattle to Neah Bay and fishing for salmon, Pacific cod and other flatfish with a group of friends. Archer is a Port Townsend High School graduate who works as a Network Development Manager III at Amazon in Seattle.
Nora Murray, 2, reaches for a handhold while climbing on a playground toy at the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield as her mother, Christina Murray of Port Angeles, looks on. The pair were on a Wednesday outing to the popular Port Angeles playground. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Firm grasp

Nora Murray, 2, reaches for a handhold while climbing on a playground toy at the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield as her mother, Christina Murray… Continue reading

Nora Murray, 2, reaches for a handhold while climbing on a playground toy at the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield as her mother, Christina Murray of Port Angeles, looks on. The pair were on a Wednesday outing to the popular Port Angeles playground. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Council clarifies Port Angeles short-term rental policy

Owners who pass test can run multiple units

Everett man sentenced to 13 years in prison

An Everett man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison following a guilty plea to two counts of possession of controlled… Continue reading