Daily Update Newsletter

Deadline set to declare steelhead protection

Finding originally was due in August 2023

Hearing set Friday for annual $5 fee

Conservation district would use funds to continue programs

Jefferson County to pursue private recycling

Solid waste manager says program could cost $372 per year

Olympic Neighbors’ Summer Bash set for Sunday

Olympic Neighbors will host its Summer Bash from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. The annual fundraising party will be in the… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: A short history of fraud

WHEN VIEWED THROUGH the lens of history, today’s current events are no mystery. In last week’s column, we tore the dirty laundry from the seamy… Continue reading

Pigs on the Wing, a Portland, Ore.-based Pink Floyd tribute band, will perform in Port Townsend on Friday and in Port Angeles on Saturday.

Pigs on the Wing to perform two Peninsula shows

Pigs on the Wing will present “Echoes of Pink Floyd” at 8:30 p.m. Friday. The Pink Floyd tribute concert will be at… Continue reading

Pigs on the Wing, a Portland, Ore.-based Pink Floyd tribute band, will perform in Port Townsend on Friday and in Port Angeles on Saturday.

Port of Port Angeles to purchase downtown building

Location ideal to support Marine Trade Center, official says

Sequim, Port Townsend bands to combine for performances

The Sequim City Band and the Port Townsend Summer Band will present “Music Together” with free concerts in both Sequim and Port Townsend this weekend.… Continue reading

Various activities set for Port Angeles’ Day of Play

The Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department will host its Day of Play from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday. Activities will… Continue reading

The 1988 Sequim High School basketball team. Coach Rick Kaps and player Ryan Kaps were inducted in the first Sequim HOF class, while Derrin Doty, also a member of the team, will be inducted in September as an individual.

SEQUIM SPORTS: Second Sequim Hall of Fame class announced

The Sequim Athletic Educational Foundation and Sequim Hall of Fame Committee will induct eight individuals and two teams into the Sequim Hall of… Continue reading

The 1988 Sequim High School basketball team. Coach Rick Kaps and player Ryan Kaps were inducted in the first Sequim HOF class, while Derrin Doty, also a member of the team, will be inducted in September as an individual.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Storm King registration and state, Gold Cup BMX qualifiers

The Lincoln Park BMX Park will be hosting Gold Cup and state qualifiers on Saturday and Sunday. The Pacific Northwest Gold Cup… Continue reading

Gov. Bob Ferguson, left, speaks with Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal Chairwoman Frances Charles and Vice Chair Russ Hefner before a news conference on Sunday at the confluence of Indian Creek and the Elwha River after a fuel spill into the creek on Friday forced a shutdown of the Port Angeles municipal water system. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Governor calls crash into river ‘heartbreaking’

Ecology official says hundreds of fish died after fuel spill

Gov. Bob Ferguson, left, speaks with Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal Chairwoman Frances Charles and Vice Chair Russ Hefner before a news conference on Sunday at the confluence of Indian Creek and the Elwha River after a fuel spill into the creek on Friday forced a shutdown of the Port Angeles municipal water system. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Sequim’s Kevin Grau recorded his fourth career hole-in-one at The Cedars at Dungeness on July 12. (The Cedars at Dungeness)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Steven Gray in Forks for basketball camps

Former Chimacum, Gonzaga and European professional basketball player Steven Gray will lead separate camps for boys and girls on the West End. The… Continue reading

Sequim’s Kevin Grau recorded his fourth career hole-in-one at The Cedars at Dungeness on July 12. (The Cedars at Dungeness)

Clallam board OKs emergency declaration

Administrator: Test results delayed lift of ban

Damien Jurado to perform ‘The Horizon Just Laughed’

It was his first self-produced record

Actor John Wayne’s family sought to build a resort adjacent to the John Wayne Marina for several decades, but now a plan is before Sequim city staff by Seabrook Land Company to develop 600 lots on and around the John Wayne Rustic Waterfront Resort with the Wayne family’s blessing, developers have said. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Developer brings proposal to Sequim

Master Plan includes building up to 650 units

Actor John Wayne’s family sought to build a resort adjacent to the John Wayne Marina for several decades, but now a plan is before Sequim city staff by Seabrook Land Company to develop 600 lots on and around the John Wayne Rustic Waterfront Resort with the Wayne family’s blessing, developers have said. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
John Miller, a station engineer at KPTZ 91.9 FM in Port Townsend, will perform for Candlelight Concerts on Thursday.

Folk guitarist to play at Candlelight Concert series

John Miller will present “Songs from Around the Camp Fire” at 7 p.m. Thursday. The concert, part of the free Candlelight Concert… Continue reading

John Miller, a station engineer at KPTZ 91.9 FM in Port Townsend, will perform for Candlelight Concerts on Thursday.

Jefferson commissioners to host joint meeting

The three Jefferson County commissioners will conduct a joint special meeting with the Washington State Association of Counties and the Kitsap County… Continue reading

PORT ANGELES LEFTIES: Bad start dooms PA

Starting pitcher Brad Johnson and reliever Kole Acker were lit up by Kelowna, the two arms allowing a combined 11 runs, all… Continue reading

  • Jul 22, 2025
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Azi Farjad of Redmond decides on her favorite lavender stalks from a U-pick patch at Jardin du Soleil Lavender Farm north of Sequim on Saturday, part of the 2025 Sequim Lavender Weekend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Purple paradise

Azi Farjad of Redmond decides on her favorite lavender stalks from a U-pick patch at Jardin du Soleil Lavender Farm north of Sequim on Saturday,… Continue reading

Azi Farjad of Redmond decides on her favorite lavender stalks from a U-pick patch at Jardin du Soleil Lavender Farm north of Sequim on Saturday, part of the 2025 Sequim Lavender Weekend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)