Daily Update Newsletter

Moonfest music festival to open Friday

Sahara Calling will perform at 5 p.m. Friday to open Moonfest 2025. The annual music festival will be at Twana Springs, 260 Munn… Continue reading

Violinist Ray Chen will be featured at the Olympic Music Festival at Fort Worden State Park this weekend.

Olympic Music Festival fellows to host concert this weekend

The Olympic Music Festival will continue its summer season with concerts at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The concerts will be in… Continue reading

Violinist Ray Chen will be featured at the Olympic Music Festival at Fort Worden State Park this weekend.

Port Angeles School Distict to host meetings with firms

The Port Angeles School District’s board of directors will interview architectural firms vying to design the new Franklin Elementary School and Port… Continue reading

Public comment sought on Port Angeles’ housing plan

Draft targets six areas of focus in comprehensive strategy

Tickets on sale for annual Empty Bowls fundraiser

Tickets are on sale for the Port Angeles Food Bank’s fourth Empty Bowls fundraiser set for Sept. 13. The annual event will… Continue reading

Uptown Street Fair set Saturday in Port Townsend

The Uptown Street Fair will return to Port Townsend from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The fair will feature the “The… Continue reading

Victims of Love to wrap Olympic Cellars summer concert series

Victims of Love will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday to finish up the summer series at Olympic Cellars, 255410 U.S. Highway 101,… Continue reading

The pink salmon were running close enough to shore to attract at least dozen anglers to the beach at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend on Friday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Pinks are running

The pink salmon were running close enough to shore to attract at least dozen anglers to the beach at Fort Worden State Park in Port… Continue reading

The pink salmon were running close enough to shore to attract at least dozen anglers to the beach at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend on Friday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Tammy Blessing holds up her cell phone through which she is communicating with her daughter, Taylor White. She and her husband Cassidy Blessing (behind her) shop for a new pair of school shoes for Taylor with a gift card provided by H.U.M.A.N., a new Sequim nonprofit created by Cassidy’s former bosses, Darrin and Alicia Liggins. (Jacques Star/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Nonprofit provides students with shoes for school

Shopping event provides 25 kids with $100 gift cards

Tammy Blessing holds up her cell phone through which she is communicating with her daughter, Taylor White. She and her husband Cassidy Blessing (behind her) shop for a new pair of school shoes for Taylor with a gift card provided by H.U.M.A.N., a new Sequim nonprofit created by Cassidy’s former bosses, Darrin and Alicia Liggins. (Jacques Star/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
If negotiations between Sequim School District staff and The Wenaha Group are finalized, the firm will lead construction management of the voter-approved bond projects, such as building a new Helen Haller Elementary School, a new wing at Sequim High School along with construction of the Career Technical Education building. (Sequim School District)

Sequim schools narrow choices

District negotiating on its bond projects

If negotiations between Sequim School District staff and The Wenaha Group are finalized, the firm will lead construction management of the voter-approved bond projects, such as building a new Helen Haller Elementary School, a new wing at Sequim High School along with construction of the Career Technical Education building. (Sequim School District)
Jacques Star/Olympic Peninsula News Group Gary Young’s innovative approach to surfboard building led him to use the same concept for constructing a tiny home that he intends to ship to Hawaii, allowing him to split his time between there and Sequim. He relocated to the Pacific Northwest in 2018 after he lost his home and workshop in the Kilauea lava flow.

Surf board builder crafting ultralight tiny home

Innovative structures could help with housing crisis, he says

Jacques Star/Olympic Peninsula News Group Gary Young’s innovative approach to surfboard building led him to use the same concept for constructing a tiny home that he intends to ship to Hawaii, allowing him to split his time between there and Sequim. He relocated to the Pacific Northwest in 2018 after he lost his home and workshop in the Kilauea lava flow.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Marine Area 6 closes Monday to salmon fishing until Saturday

All salmon fishing in the eastern part of the Strait of Juan de Fuca closes temporarily today (Monday). The Washington State Department of… Continue reading

Workers with A&R Solar, Millican Crane Service and Trane Technologies guide a battery energy storage system into place Friday at the Port Angeles Senior Center. The city received a $450,000 grant from the state Department of Commerce to install the battery system and a solar array — solar cells wired together to create energy — to provide heating and cooling in case of a power outage. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)
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Battery system installation

Workers with A&R Solar, Millican Crane Service and Trane Technologies guide a battery energy storage system into place Friday at the Port Angeles Senior Center.… Continue reading

Workers with A&R Solar, Millican Crane Service and Trane Technologies guide a battery energy storage system into place Friday at the Port Angeles Senior Center. The city received a $450,000 grant from the state Department of Commerce to install the battery system and a solar array — solar cells wired together to create energy — to provide heating and cooling in case of a power outage. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Clallam to discuss Board of Natural Resources vote

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

Four-week trial set for March 2026

A four-week trial for a woman charged with second-degree murder has been set for next March. Clallam County Superior Court Judge Simon… Continue reading

Peninsula food banks bracing for SNAP cuts

Demand could outpace supply, executive director says

Port Angeles school board reviews renaming Stevens

Discussion, decision expected in September

Abby Dugle of Sebastopol, Calif., holds Marvin, a Eurasian eagle owl, during a Raptor Experience at the Jefferson County Fair on Friday. Dugle paid $50 for the experience of holding the raptor that is used as a stand-in for great horned owls due to their resemblance. Dugle described the experience as “wonderful and exciting.” The Raptor Experience will be showing other raptors today and Sunday during the fair. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Raptor Experience

Abby Dugle of Sebastopol, Calif., holds Marvin, a Eurasian eagle owl, during a Raptor Experience at the Jefferson County Fair on Friday. Dugle paid $50… Continue reading

Abby Dugle of Sebastopol, Calif., holds Marvin, a Eurasian eagle owl, during a Raptor Experience at the Jefferson County Fair on Friday. Dugle paid $50 for the experience of holding the raptor that is used as a stand-in for great horned owls due to their resemblance. Dugle described the experience as “wonderful and exciting.” The Raptor Experience will be showing other raptors today and Sunday during the fair. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Hospital selects interim executive

Gregson one of four candidates for position

Avery Reeser, 10, of Sequim, pets Mai Tai, her Nigerian Dwarf goat entered in the Jefferson County Fair at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. The fair opens at 10 a.m. today and runs through Sunday in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Fair opens today

Avery Reeser, 10, of Sequim, pets Mai Tai, her Nigerian Dwarf goat entered in the Jefferson County Fair at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. The fair… Continue reading

Avery Reeser, 10, of Sequim, pets Mai Tai, her Nigerian Dwarf goat entered in the Jefferson County Fair at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. The fair opens at 10 a.m. today and runs through Sunday in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)