Daily Update Newsletter

Sequim’s Colby Ellefson set new school records in the 100-yard backstroke and 200 individual medley during a meet with Kingston on Wednesday. Ellefson already holds the school’s 200 and 500 freestyle records.

BOYS SWIMMING: Colby Ellefson sets two school records

Sequim swimmer competing for Port Angeles

Sequim’s Colby Ellefson set new school records in the 100-yard backstroke and 200 individual medley during a meet with Kingston on Wednesday. Ellefson already holds the school’s 200 and 500 freestyle records.
Port Angeles Public Works and Washington State Department of Transportation officials examine a sinkhole in the middle of Fifth and Lincoln streets in Port Angeles on Wednesday after water from a broken water main tore up the pavement. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles Public Works and Washington State Department of Transportation officials examine a sinkhole in the middle of Fifth and Lincoln streets in Port Angeles on Wednesday after water from a broken water main tore up the pavement. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam Fair royalty to be crowned Saturday

Silent auction to help raise money for girls’ college scholarships

Film screening set Sunday

Lori Bernstein, Daniel Rosenberg, and Joseph Bednarik will host a screening of the film “Israelism” at 2 p.m. Sunday. The film will… Continue reading

Forks agrees to increase pay for police officers

Raises will be in 2025 and 2026

Nature storytime set for Sequim

The North Olympic Library System will present Nature Storytime at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. The early development program is in Rainshadow Hall at the… Continue reading

Port Angeles man to be arraigned on child sex charges

A Port Angeles man will be arraigned Feb. 2 in Clallam County Superior Court on two counts of first-degree child rape and… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS: District rivalries will change with WIAA reclassification

Declining enrollment across the North Olympic Peninsula means area prep teams are staying put while longstanding district and state tournament rivalries will fall… Continue reading

Bruce Emery.

Regulations on farms, tiny homes proposed

Clallam County DCD working on ordinances

Bruce Emery.

Urban sketchers to meet

The Port Townsend Urban Sketchers will sketch in uptown Port Townsend at 10 a.m. Saturday. The group will meet in front of… Continue reading

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Crescent's Peyton Watson fights for the ball with Clallam Bay's Parker Prater, center, as Prater's teammates, from left, Dylan Simmons, Mauncio Cruz-Lopez and William Hull try to avoid the fray on Tuesday night in Joyce.

PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Crescent back on winning track

Port Angeles and East Jefferson win

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Crescent's Peyton Watson fights for the ball with Clallam Bay's Parker Prater, center, as Prater's teammates, from left, Dylan Simmons, Mauncio Cruz-Lopez and William Hull try to avoid the fray on Tuesday night in Joyce.
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Clallam Bay's Simona Cruz-Lopez, left, grabs a rebound and tries to evade Crescent's Chloe Ferro-May, right, while Crescent's Mia Chester and Clallam Bay's Aizhan Talantbek Kyzy look on from behind on Tuesday in the Crescent gym.

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Crescent traps Clallam Bay with second-half surge

Crescent took firm command of its North Olympic League contest with Clallam Bay in a second half sparked by the play of Ciara… Continue reading

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Clallam Bay's Simona Cruz-Lopez, left, grabs a rebound and tries to evade Crescent's Chloe Ferro-May, right, while Crescent's Mia Chester and Clallam Bay's Aizhan Talantbek Kyzy look on from behind on Tuesday in the Crescent gym.
Bob Cain will present “Horticultural Oils” at noon Thursday.

Hybrid Green Thumb series lecture slated for Thursday

Bob Cain will present “Horticultural Oils” at noon Thursday. The hybrid lecture is St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 510 E. Park Ave.. The… Continue reading

Bob Cain will present “Horticultural Oils” at noon Thursday.
Forks’ Dylan Micheau (10) scores over Neah Bay’s Mathias Greene Monday evening in Forks. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP BASKETBALL: Neah Bay boys’ and girls’ streaks continue

The Neah Bay boys and girls basketball teams kept up their winning streaks with victories at Forks. The boys held on to beat… Continue reading

Forks’ Dylan Micheau (10) scores over Neah Bay’s Mathias Greene Monday evening in Forks. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Peninsula Basketball League action starts

7 Cedars Casino, Black Diamond Electric and The Cougars picked up wins on opening day of the Peninsula Basketball League on Sunday… Continue reading

Ballots to be mailed for special election

Voters asked to fund school, hospital levies

Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe/Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
Jamestown S’Klallam tribal fisherman Josh Chapman and Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe shellfish manager Liz Tobin measure Dungeness crab samples as part of the genetics project.

Crab DNA study examines possible distinct populations

Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe partners are considering genetics

  • Jan 24, 2024
  • By Tiffany Royal Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
  • Clallam County
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe/Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
Jamestown S’Klallam tribal fisherman Josh Chapman and Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe shellfish manager Liz Tobin measure Dungeness crab samples as part of the genetics project.

PAT NEAL: Remembering a guide’s friend

Like the good Book said, “There were giants in the land.” We lost one last week. If you didn’t know Bob Gooding and his tackle… Continue reading