Daily Update Newsletter

Hospital expects continued payments

Officials waiting for response from visit

Lodging tax committee accepting grant applications

The Clallam County Lodging Tax Advisory Committee is accepting applications for grants from the county’s lodging tax fund until noon on Oct.… Continue reading

Music festival, street fair coming this weekend

A music festival, a street fair and many other performances highlight this weekend’s events on the North Olympic Peninsula. • Moonfest 2025 begins at 5… Continue reading

Tanya Anaya of Port Angeles takes photos on Tuesday of a taxidermy bear and mountain lion that are part of an interactive watershed exhibit at the Dungeness River Nature Center in Sequim. The center, located at Railroad Bridge Park, focuses on the flora and fauna of the Dungeness Valley and watershed and contains a variety of exhibits for adults and children. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Nature exhibit

Tanya Anaya of Port Angeles takes photos on Tuesday of a taxidermy bear and mountain lion that are part of an interactive watershed exhibit at… Continue reading

Tanya Anaya of Port Angeles takes photos on Tuesday of a taxidermy bear and mountain lion that are part of an interactive watershed exhibit at the Dungeness River Nature Center in Sequim. The center, located at Railroad Bridge Park, focuses on the flora and fauna of the Dungeness Valley and watershed and contains a variety of exhibits for adults and children. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Attendees for the OMC Foundation’s first trip abroad will enjoy the Grand Corso Parade in Nice, France. (OMC Foundation)

OMC Foundation to host Mardi Gras trip to France

Sign up by mid-September for accommodations next February

Attendees for the OMC Foundation’s first trip abroad will enjoy the Grand Corso Parade in Nice, France. (OMC Foundation)

Port Townsend planning for active transportation

Concept would balance walking, biking, driving

Gregson to begin as Olympic Medical Center’s interim CEO next week

Mark Gregson will begin his tenure as interim chief executive officer at Olympic Medical Center on Wednesday. Outgoing CEO Darryl Wolfe’s last… Continue reading

Terri Johnson of Sequim, a member of Sequim Prairie Grange No. 1108, puts the finishing touches on her organization’s display entry on Wednesday at the Clallam County Fairgrounds in Port Angeles. The display follows this year’s fair theme, “Bee-lieve in the Magic of the Fair.” The fair begins its four-day run today with agricultural judging, food, entertainment and other activities. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam County Fair opens four-day slate

Live music, shows highlight various events this weekend

Terri Johnson of Sequim, a member of Sequim Prairie Grange No. 1108, puts the finishing touches on her organization’s display entry on Wednesday at the Clallam County Fairgrounds in Port Angeles. The display follows this year’s fair theme, “Bee-lieve in the Magic of the Fair.” The fair begins its four-day run today with agricultural judging, food, entertainment and other activities. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Gig Harbor man sentenced in domestic violence case

A Gig Harbor man has been sentenced to 50 days in jail and issued a 60-month domestic violence no-contact order following a… Continue reading

Guilty plea entered in child sex abuse case

A Port Townsend resident has had a more than seven-year prison sentence suspended under the Special Sex Offender Sentencing Alternative following a… Continue reading

Home sharing could help with high rent

Presentation focuses on senior population

Man gets 11-plus years for sex crimes

Incidents in Jefferson County and Portland

Roger Fisher performs at a previous Moon Fest. This weekend’s event will begin Friday and conclude Saturday in Quilcene. (Moon Fest)

Moon Fest to open Friday in Quilcene

Event to provide music, education with a view

Roger Fisher performs at a previous Moon Fest. This weekend’s event will begin Friday and conclude Saturday in Quilcene. (Moon Fest)
Terri Wolf’s art quilt, “Moon over Mountains,” will be part of the “Fiber on the Strait” exhibit in the Laura Cooksey Gallery at Field Arts & Events Hall.

Peninsula Fiber Arts to host reception at Field Hall

There will be a reception for the opening of “Fiber on the Strait” from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Field… Continue reading

Terri Wolf’s art quilt, “Moon over Mountains,” will be part of the “Fiber on the Strait” exhibit in the Laura Cooksey Gallery at Field Arts & Events Hall.

Point Hudson pavilion to host community conversation

Jefferson County will continue its Community Conversations series from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. The town hall meeting will be at… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: Fire Season

IT’S THAT TIME of year we star gazers wait for. When we journey to the mountain tops to witness the best meteor shower of the… Continue reading

Still suspended and held in steady by a heavy lift crane, a 50-ton crossmember beam of the new 300-ton variable width Travelift acquired by the Port of Port Townsend is bolted down by an employee, lower right, on Monday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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New Travelift

Still suspended and held in steady by a heavy lift crane, a 50-ton crossmember beam of the new 300-ton variable width Travelift acquired by the… Continue reading

Still suspended and held in steady by a heavy lift crane, a 50-ton crossmember beam of the new 300-ton variable width Travelift acquired by the Port of Port Townsend is bolted down by an employee, lower right, on Monday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Creek cleanup in new phase

Focus now turning to recovery response

Crescent to appoint interim superintendent

The Crescent School Board will host a special meeting at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday in the Crescent School library. The meeting will be to… Continue reading

Dosewallips brush fire under control

Three acres burned, Level 1 evacuation alert deployed