Daily Update Newsletter

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Pizza fans Preet Saran, 10, and Jess Saran, 6, on right, receive free pizza from Domino’s delivery driver Ryan Lang and Sparky the Fire Dog on Oct. 8 as part of Fire Prevention Week efforts by Clallam County Fire District 3. Staff and volunteers, in partnership with Sequim Domino’s, checked homeowners’ smoke alarms, and if they worked, they received their orders for free.

Domino’s, fire district partner for pizza

Firefighters check smoke alarms for Fire Prevention Week

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Pizza fans Preet Saran, 10, and Jess Saran, 6, on right, receive free pizza from Domino’s delivery driver Ryan Lang and Sparky the Fire Dog on Oct. 8 as part of Fire Prevention Week efforts by Clallam County Fire District 3. Staff and volunteers, in partnership with Sequim Domino’s, checked homeowners’ smoke alarms, and if they worked, they received their orders for free.

Film, fungi in Peninsula spotlight this weekend

A film festival, a fungi festival and several music and stage performances highlight this weekend’s events on the North Olympic Peninsula. • The fifth All… Continue reading

Fungi festival set at Clallam County fairgrounds this weekend

The fourth Olympic Peninsula Fungi Festival will explore the world of mycology on Saturday and Sunday. Most of the festival’s activities will… Continue reading

Options weighed for camp residents

Port Townsend encampment set to close next month

Palindrome to host Simon Lynge and the Martial Hearts

Simon Lynge and the Martial Hearts will perform at 6 p.m. Sunday. The concert will be in the Palindrome at Eaglemount Cidery,… Continue reading

Dalton Tullis of Port Angeles speaks at a rally commemorating the life of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Tuesday at the Conrad Dyer Memorial Fountain in downtown Port Angeles. The group hopes to develop a local chapter of the Turning Point USA student organization in honor of Kirk, who was assassinated on Sept. 10. The rally was held on the 32nd anniversary of Kirk’s birth. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Remembering Charlie Kirk

Dalton Tullis of Port Angeles speaks at a rally commemorating the life of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Tuesday at the Conrad Dyer Memorial Fountain… Continue reading

Dalton Tullis of Port Angeles speaks at a rally commemorating the life of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Tuesday at the Conrad Dyer Memorial Fountain in downtown Port Angeles. The group hopes to develop a local chapter of the Turning Point USA student organization in honor of Kirk, who was assassinated on Sept. 10. The rally was held on the 32nd anniversary of Kirk’s birth. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
From eft to right, Cadets Emmet Shaw, Madison Boling, Amirrah Woods, Isaac Figueroa, Tyler Matheson and Timmy Manly, along with Brinnon Fire Chief Tim Manly. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)

Cadets graduate from Brinnon fire training

Six teenagers attend twice-monthly events

From eft to right, Cadets Emmet Shaw, Madison Boling, Amirrah Woods, Isaac Figueroa, Tyler Matheson and Timmy Manly, along with Brinnon Fire Chief Tim Manly. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)

Candidate forum set for Olympic Medical Center board positions

The Clallam County Democrats will host a forum for Clallam County Hospital District 2 commissioner candidates at 6 p.m. Monday. The hybrid… Continue reading

Clallam commissioners to host budget town hall

The Board of Clallam County Commissioners will conduct a town hall meeting to present the proposed 2026 budget at 5 p.m. Wednesday.… Continue reading

Fine arts center to host Celebration of Shadows fall festival

The fifth Celebration of Shadows Fall Festival is set for Saturday. The annual family-friendly festival will be at the Port Angeles Fine… Continue reading

General election ballots mailed

Voters have until 8 p.m. on Nov. 4

Hoh Tribe to host community conversation

Jefferson County will finish its Community Conversations series from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday. The town hall meeting will be in… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles to focus on capital improvements in ’26

Major infrastructure project is mostly covered with grants

From left to right, Al Thompson, Vincent Oneppo, Stephanie M. Neumann and Jonathan Doyle will perform two pieces for saxophone quartets during a chamber music concert on Saturday. (Doug Rodgers)

Port Townsend Chamber Music Series to host concert on Saturday

CHIMACUM —The Port Townsend Chamber Music Series will present a concert at 2 p.m. Saturday. The free event will be at Lutheran Church of the… Continue reading

From left to right, Al Thompson, Vincent Oneppo, Stephanie M. Neumann and Jonathan Doyle will perform two pieces for saxophone quartets during a chamber music concert on Saturday. (Doug Rodgers)

Three injured in collision at Palo Alto Road

Three people were injured following a two-car collision on U.S. Highway 101 at Palo Alto Road. Yvonne Newton, 75, of Sequim was northbound… Continue reading

Tickets on sale for Olympic Peninsula Humane Society event

Tickets are on sale for an Oct. 24 concert to benefit the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society. The Steel Wheels will perform in… Continue reading

East Jefferson's Fern French controls the ball and moves it downfield during a Nisqually League game played against the Vashon Pirates on Tuesday in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP SOCCER: Rivals drop senior night tilt, Riders win big

East Jefferson dropped its Nisqually League girls soccer contest with Vashon 4-0 at Memorial Field on Tuesday. “This isn’t the result we… Continue reading

East Jefferson's Fern French controls the ball and moves it downfield during a Nisqually League game played against the Vashon Pirates on Tuesday in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Sequim's Kassi Montero battles above the net against unbeaten Bainbridge in a match Tuesday in Sequim. Also in on the play are Sequim's Kenzie Berglund (23) and Teagan Neathery (17). (Jacques Star/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

PREP VOLLEYBALL: Sequim plays Bainbridge tough; PA sweeps Olympic

Riders tennis wins to improve to 8-2

Sequim's Kassi Montero battles above the net against unbeaten Bainbridge in a match Tuesday in Sequim. Also in on the play are Sequim's Kenzie Berglund (23) and Teagan Neathery (17). (Jacques Star/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Scuba divers Shawn Augustine, left, Chris Van Damme and Jackie Selbitschka, all with Reef Check, an international non-governmental organization dedicated to the conservation of two ecosystems — tropical coral reefs and temperate kelp forests — place instruments recovered from a buoy in a bucket of water on Tuesday to keep them wet until the data can be downloaded. The data contains information on the salinity, Ph, dissolved oxygen and temperature of the kelp in the 50-degree water of the Salish Sea. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Scientific data

Scuba divers Shawn Augustine, left, Chris Van Damme and Jackie Selbitschka, all with Reef Check, an international non-governmental organization dedicated to the conservation of two… Continue reading

Scuba divers Shawn Augustine, left, Chris Van Damme and Jackie Selbitschka, all with Reef Check, an international non-governmental organization dedicated to the conservation of two ecosystems — tropical coral reefs and temperate kelp forests — place instruments recovered from a buoy in a bucket of water on Tuesday to keep them wet until the data can be downloaded. The data contains information on the salinity, Ph, dissolved oxygen and temperature of the kelp in the 50-degree water of the Salish Sea. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Sally Jablonsky’s “Waterfall Drama” is a large-scale painting in the “Sally’s World” solo exhibition, which will open this week at Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery. (Sally Jablonsky)

‘Sally’s World’ to fill Northwind Art gallery

For Sally Jablonsky, art making is a way to access joy and freedom of mind. Her painting, drawing, sculpture and writing are… Continue reading

Sally Jablonsky’s “Waterfall Drama” is a large-scale painting in the “Sally’s World” solo exhibition, which will open this week at Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery. (Sally Jablonsky)