Daily Update Newsletter

Remembrance ceremony planned Saturday

A community remembrance ceremony will be hosted by Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County at 2 p.m. Saturday. The annual, non-denominational ceremony is at… Continue reading

Schools levies on ballots for Jefferson County voters

Jefferson County residents will be asked to approve new tax levies to support their local school districts in a special election Tuesday.… Continue reading

From left, Jack Tatom, Wally Jenkins and Dan Kalinski cut, chop and split wood for cords, whose sales go directly to help the Path From Poverty nonprofit. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim woodcutters raise funds for nonprofit

Group of men come together for a cause

From left, Jack Tatom, Wally Jenkins and Dan Kalinski cut, chop and split wood for cords, whose sales go directly to help the Path From Poverty nonprofit. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles’ Paige Mason, right, puts up the ball over the head of Sequim’s Libby Turella as Sequim’s Hailey Wagner looks on at left on Tuesday at Port Angeles High School. Mason led the Roughriders with 26 points to help Port Angeles win 74-46 and clinch an Olympic League championship and a No. 1 seed for the playoffs. For the story, go to Sports on page B1.
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Roughriders Olympic League champions

Port Angeles’ Paige Mason, right, puts up the ball over the head of Sequim’s Libby Turella as Sequim’s Hailey Wagner looks on at left on… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles’ Paige Mason, right, puts up the ball over the head of Sequim’s Libby Turella as Sequim’s Hailey Wagner looks on at left on Tuesday at Port Angeles High School. Mason led the Roughriders with 26 points to help Port Angeles win 74-46 and clinch an Olympic League championship and a No. 1 seed for the playoffs. For the story, go to Sports on page B1.

Clallam changes to new emergency alert system

Clallam County Emergency Management has moved to a new alert and warning system and already has more than 80,000 contact phone numbers… Continue reading

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Clallam PUD’s Jim Waddell dies

Commissioner had been fighting pancreatic cancer

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Festival of Hearts raises funds for Benji Project

The Festival of Hearts will be hosted by the Benji Project on Saturday to benefit Jefferson County youth. The festival will be… Continue reading

Intersection signals to be upgraded

Port Angeles approves $5.6M project

Repairs to the observation tower at Port Angeles City Pier, shown Wednesday, could begin as early as this month using lodging tax funds. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles OKs funding for tower, playground

The Port Angeles City Pier’s observation tower and Dream Playground both are expected to be rebuilt this spring. The City Council unanimously… Continue reading

Repairs to the observation tower at Port Angeles City Pier, shown Wednesday, could begin as early as this month using lodging tax funds. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Crew members of the ferry MV Coho secure lines to the dock as the vessel returns to Port Angeles on Tuesday after being out of service since early January for annual dry dock and maintenance in Anacortes. The ferry is scheduled to resume daily service between Port Angeles and Victoria on Thursday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Coho returns

Crew members of the ferry MV Coho secure lines to the dock as the vessel returns to Port Angeles on Tuesday after being out of… Continue reading

Crew members of the ferry MV Coho secure lines to the dock as the vessel returns to Port Angeles on Tuesday after being out of service since early January for annual dry dock and maintenance in Anacortes. The ferry is scheduled to resume daily service between Port Angeles and Victoria on Thursday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

April trial set for accused murderer

A Sequim woman accused of killing the daughter of a deceased man for whom she had been a caregiver is tentatively set… Continue reading

Matthew Nash / Olympic Peninsula News Group Community members have 20 days to comment starting this week on the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s proposed evaluation and treatment inpatient facility in Sequim that staff say helps people having psychiatric issues, such as suicidal thoughts.

Comment period open for clinic in Sequim

Jamestown Tribe proposes $29M inpatient facility

Matthew Nash / Olympic Peninsula News Group Community members have 20 days to comment starting this week on the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s proposed evaluation and treatment inpatient facility in Sequim that staff say helps people having psychiatric issues, such as suicidal thoughts.
East Jefferson Rival Kay Botkin pushes around Seattle Christian Warrior Trista Vanderveer during a Nisqually League game played in Chimacum on Monday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

East Jefferson girls guarantee top-four spot

Rivals have chance to finish Nisqually with winning record

East Jefferson Rival Kay Botkin pushes around Seattle Christian Warrior Trista Vanderveer during a Nisqually League game played in Chimacum on Monday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

PAT NEAL: The green crab blues

The green crab is in the news again. Scientists are tagging them to track their movements. The green crab is an invasive species first noticed… Continue reading

“Threads of Life Codex 2022” by Servane Briand and collaborator Paloma Lucas. (Port Angeles Fine Arts Center)

Port Angeles Fine Arts Center to host opening reception for art book exhibition

The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center will host an opening reception for “Strong Together — An ArtistBook Collaborative” on Friday. The free… Continue reading

“Threads of Life Codex 2022” by Servane Briand and collaborator Paloma Lucas. (Port Angeles Fine Arts Center)
Construction will soon begin between two T-ball fields in the Dr. Standard Little League Park to dig a deeper well that City of Sequim staff said will help balance the pressure in the overall water system, improve water quality and meet forecasted water demands through 20 years. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim to begin drilling well near ballpark

Project to provide new city water supply

Construction will soon begin between two T-ball fields in the Dr. Standard Little League Park to dig a deeper well that City of Sequim staff said will help balance the pressure in the overall water system, improve water quality and meet forecasted water demands through 20 years. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim Walk-in Clinic offering five-day-a-week service

The Olympic Medical Physicians Walk-in Clinic in Sequim has expanded its hours from three days a week to five. The clinic is… Continue reading

Two-lane bypass set Wednesday night

Construction crews will complete a two-lane bypass for U.S. Highway 101 at Chicken Coop Creek this week. The bypass will occur from 8… Continue reading

Peninsula Adventure Sports’ Olympic Adventure Trail run returns April 13. Here, Debbie Proctor of Vancouver (307) and Sherry Xiong of Port Angeles (343) run in the half-marathon of the OAT Run in 2021. (Matt Sagen/Cascadia Films)

PENINSULA ADVENTURE SPORTS: Trail running season begins this spring

There are a number of trail running events and activities coming up this spring on the Olympic Peninsula and now is the… Continue reading

Peninsula Adventure Sports’ Olympic Adventure Trail run returns April 13. Here, Debbie Proctor of Vancouver (307) and Sherry Xiong of Port Angeles (343) run in the half-marathon of the OAT Run in 2021. (Matt Sagen/Cascadia Films)
Winners of the 2024 Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce Community Awards gather after Saturday night’s ceremony at Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles. The winners are, from left, Becky McFarland and Stevie Boggard of Kindred Collective, emerging business of the year; Tom Baermann of Pacific Office Equipment, business of the year; Stacey Sanders, educator of the year; Sheryl Hamilton of Oxford House, organization of the year; Kennedy Cameron, young leader of the year; and Jeff Bohman, citizen of the year. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Six awards presented during community gala

Trails advocate wins PA chamber’s Citizen of Year nod

Winners of the 2024 Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce Community Awards gather after Saturday night’s ceremony at Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles. The winners are, from left, Becky McFarland and Stevie Boggard of Kindred Collective, emerging business of the year; Tom Baermann of Pacific Office Equipment, business of the year; Stacey Sanders, educator of the year; Sheryl Hamilton of Oxford House, organization of the year; Kennedy Cameron, young leader of the year; and Jeff Bohman, citizen of the year. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)