Daily Update Newsletter

Annual Kinetic Sculpture Race set for this weekend

The 41st running of the Great Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Sculpture Race is set for Saturday and Sunday. The starting point for… Continue reading

Blues guitarist Terry Robb will perform Friday at the Palindrome in Port Townsend.

Blues guitar player to perform at Palindrome

Terry Robb will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Palindrome at Eaglemount Cidery, 1893 S. Jacob Miller Road, Port Townsend. Tickets… Continue reading

Blues guitarist Terry Robb will perform Friday at the Palindrome in Port Townsend.
Over the past year, Jefferson Land Trust staff and volunteers have worked hard to complete trails and install signs and other infrastructure to help visitors access and enjoy Chimacum Ridge Community Forest. Here, a guest enjoys the forest during the grand opening celebration event. (Sara Kozak)

Chimacum Ridge Community Forest is now open

Hiking, biking, personal-use foraging allowed

Over the past year, Jefferson Land Trust staff and volunteers have worked hard to complete trails and install signs and other infrastructure to help visitors access and enjoy Chimacum Ridge Community Forest. Here, a guest enjoys the forest during the grand opening celebration event. (Sara Kozak)

Clallam County Safety Fair set for Saturday in Sequim

The third Clallam County Safety Fair is set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The free annual event will be at the… Continue reading

Housing costs outpacing Clallam median incomes

Workshop details state energy codes, land availability

Moby Dick event set for this weekend

The Moby Dick Extravaganza is set for this weekend in Port Angeles. The annual event at Studio Bob, 118½ E. Front St.,… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center working on action plan for health survey

Improvements found in visit last week

Pacific Northwest Fiber Arts Expo set this weekend

The fourth Pacific Northwest Fiber Arts Expo will return to Port Angeles this weekend. The free annual event will be at the… Continue reading

Lorena Miramontes Morley, left, and her spouse, Mandy Miramontes Morley, both of Anaheim, Calif., use a remote-controlled camera to take a self-portrait on the Olympic National Park entrance sign on Tuesday in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Shutdown may impact park, service members

Employees may be furloughed for duration

Lorena Miramontes Morley, left, and her spouse, Mandy Miramontes Morley, both of Anaheim, Calif., use a remote-controlled camera to take a self-portrait on the Olympic National Park entrance sign on Tuesday in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

St. Andrew’s Place to host annual Oktoberfest fundraiser

St. Andrew’s Place Assisted Living will host its signature Oktoberfest fundraising event at 5 p.m. Saturday to benefit the nonprofit care facility.… Continue reading

“30 Seconds to the Line,” an oil painting by Jinx Bryant, will be on display at Gallery 9 during Saturday’s Art Walk in Port Townsend.

Galleries to display artists’ work during First Saturday Art Walk

A variety of artwork will be on view during the First Saturday Art Walk this weekend in Port Townsend. The monthly event… Continue reading

“30 Seconds to the Line,” an oil painting by Jinx Bryant, will be on display at Gallery 9 during Saturday’s Art Walk in Port Townsend.
Kids compete on rowing machines at the Peninsula College campus as part of the Little Hurt on Sunday. The Little Hurt encourages youths from first through eighth grades to try different disciplines of running, cycling and rowing in conjunction with Peninsula Adventure Sport's Big Hurt on the same weekend. Full names of winner are not available for kids under 13, but the seventh- eighth-grade winner was Levi Simoneau of Port Angeles. A total of 84 kids participated in the event. (Rick Ross/Peninsula College)

PENINSULA ADVENTURE SPORTs: 84 kids participate in Little Hurt

Kids compete on rowing machines at the Peninsula College campus as part of the Little Hurt on Sunday. The Little Hurt encourages youths from first… Continue reading

Kids compete on rowing machines at the Peninsula College campus as part of the Little Hurt on Sunday. The Little Hurt encourages youths from first through eighth grades to try different disciplines of running, cycling and rowing in conjunction with Peninsula Adventure Sport's Big Hurt on the same weekend. Full names of winner are not available for kids under 13, but the seventh- eighth-grade winner was Levi Simoneau of Port Angeles. A total of 84 kids participated in the event. (Rick Ross/Peninsula College)
Drew Simmons of Precision Tree Service in Chimacum saws through a poplar tree stump that was one of about a dozen old and rotting poplars cut down on Monday along Sims Way in Port Townsend. The trees were cut down because they posed a threat to vehicles and pedestrians who drive or walk by on a daily basis. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Poplar removal

Drew Simmons of Precision Tree Service in Chimacum saws through a poplar tree stump that was one of about a dozen old and rotting poplars… Continue reading

Drew Simmons of Precision Tree Service in Chimacum saws through a poplar tree stump that was one of about a dozen old and rotting poplars cut down on Monday along Sims Way in Port Townsend. The trees were cut down because they posed a threat to vehicles and pedestrians who drive or walk by on a daily basis. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

County fire marshals decrease risk levels

Burn ban lifted in Clallam; recreational fires OK in Jefferson

Hospital board hopefuls debate

Finances, transparency among discussed topics

Contract crews use specialized boring machinery to run specific sections of communications and electrical conduit. (Jefferson PUD)

Jefferson PUD to continue its broadband project

Traffic expected to be affected during construction

Contract crews use specialized boring machinery to run specific sections of communications and electrical conduit. (Jefferson PUD)

Murder trial postponed to November

New charge of communicating with a minor added

PAT NEAL: The great mushroom hunt

FALL MUST BE my favorite time of year. Could be because I like the rain? People who love rain are called Pluviophiles or Mossbacks, or… Continue reading

Competitors in the first Spruce Railroad Trail 5K/10K in 2024 run down a leaf-covered path along Lake Crescent. (Matt Sagen/Cascadia Films)

RUN THE PENINSULA: Spruce Railroad 5K/10K coming up Saturday

There is still space available for entrants in the second annual Spruce Railroad 5K and 10K, the fourth race of the year… Continue reading

Competitors in the first Spruce Railroad Trail 5K/10K in 2024 run down a leaf-covered path along Lake Crescent. (Matt Sagen/Cascadia Films)
Forks' Kim Camacho controls the ball in Forks while teammate Kendyl Woody is on the play against East Jefferson's Paula Ibarra. Forks won the game against an East Jefferson JV squad 7-0. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP SOCCER: Forks girls win second match in saved season

The Forks girls soccer team won Monday, but more importantly, they are getting to have a season. Earlier this fall, it appeared that… Continue reading

Forks' Kim Camacho controls the ball in Forks while teammate Kendyl Woody is on the play against East Jefferson's Paula Ibarra. Forks won the game against an East Jefferson JV squad 7-0. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)