Daily Update Newsletter

Vaping regulation considered in Jefferson County

The Jefferson County Board of Health is recommending an amendment to the county’s Clean Indoor Air Regulation prohibiting e-cigarettes and vapor products… Continue reading

Clallam Public Utility District awards solar bid to Port Townsend firm

Clallam County Public Utility District commissioners have awarded a bid to a Port Townsend company to build a community solar project in Sequim.… Continue reading

Toxins explode in Anderson Lake

Toxins explode in Anderson Lake

A deadly nerve toxin created by blue-green algae in Anderson Lake has exploded in one week from more than nine times the recreational… Continue reading

Toxins explode in Anderson Lake
Juan De Fuca Festival begins today in Port Angeles

Juan De Fuca Festival begins today in Port Angeles

Old favorites and new experiences will come together for a four-day festival of music and other entertainment at the 2019 Juan de… Continue reading

Juan De Fuca Festival begins today in Port Angeles
Olympic Theatre Arts to debut ‘The Flip Flop Flotilla’ at Juan de Fuca Festival

Olympic Theatre Arts to debut ‘The Flip Flop Flotilla’ at Juan de Fuca Festival

The Olympic Theatre Arts Children’s Theater Road Show will debut “The Flip Flop Flotilla” at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Juan De… Continue reading

Olympic Theatre Arts to debut ‘The Flip Flop Flotilla’ at Juan de Fuca Festival

Long delays around Lake Crescent halted for summer months

Olympic National Park has suspended four-hour delays on U.S. Highway 101 at Lake Crescent on weekdays for the next three and a… Continue reading

Washington joins West Coast bloc of sanctuary states

Washington has become the latest West Coast state to enact broad sanctuary protections that restrict all local… Continue reading

  • May 24, 2019
  • By Tom James The Associated Press

ShrimpFest in full force this weekend in Brinnon

This town of 800 people at the mouth of the Dosewallips River has its full ShrimpFest back with an abundance of workers preparing… Continue reading

‘Rouse for Ray’ to memorialize Port Angeles poet Saturday

‘Rouse for Ray’ to memorialize Port Angeles poet Saturday

In his short and blazing life, Raymond Carver inspired people: from “Wild” writer Cheryl Strayed to Alejandro Iñarritu, director of the Academy… Continue reading

‘Rouse for Ray’ to memorialize Port Angeles poet Saturday
Benefit concert to feature classical, steel-pan music

Benefit concert to feature classical, steel-pan music

Often, Lisa Lanza is a demure presence at the piano. Right about now, though, she’s stepping forward, ready to revel in an… Continue reading

Benefit concert to feature classical, steel-pan music

Magician slated for college show tonight

International award-winning magician Joseph Reohm, who appeared on Season 11 of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” will bring his illusions back to the… Continue reading

STATE TRACK AND FIELD: Athletes prep for state meet in variety of ways

STATE TRACK AND FIELD: Athletes prep for state meet in variety of ways

Some of the North Olympic Peninsula’s top track and field athletes are preparing for this weekend’s state championship meets in their own… Continue reading

STATE TRACK AND FIELD: Athletes prep for state meet in variety of ways
PHOTO: Congratulations to new mom in Port Townsend

PHOTO: Congratulations to new mom in Port Townsend

A doe nuzzles newborn fawns in a scene that heralds late spring in Port Townsend. The two fawns were born recently in… Continue reading

PHOTO: Congratulations to new mom in Port Townsend
Traffic waits on U.S. Highway 101 around Lake Crescent as crews continue working on the road March 19, 2019. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)                                Traffic waits on U.S. Highway 101 around Lake Crescent as crews continue working on the road March 19, 2019. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

4-hour Lake Crescent highway delays off until September

Four-hour delays on U.S. Highway 101 around Lake Crescent will end Thursday and will resume Sept. 3. Travelers should continue to expect… Continue reading

Traffic waits on U.S. Highway 101 around Lake Crescent as crews continue working on the road March 19, 2019. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)                                Traffic waits on U.S. Highway 101 around Lake Crescent as crews continue working on the road March 19, 2019. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)
William Shore Pool open to dogs Friday just before closure

William Shore Pool open to dogs Friday just before closure

Facilities to go through 10-month renovation

William Shore Pool open to dogs Friday just before closure

Port Angeles students to stage Grimm ‘Spectaculathon’

Port Angeles High School’s Second Stage Theatre presentation of “The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon,” written by Don Zolidis, will open at 7 tonight.… Continue reading

Tall ships to visit Port Ludlow on May 31

Tall ships to visit Port Ludlow on May 31

The Lady Washington and the Hawaiian Chieftain tall ships will dock in Port Ludlow on May 31 and offer public tours and… Continue reading

Tall ships to visit Port Ludlow on May 31
Jamestown S’Klallam Library wins National Medal for Museum and Library Service

Jamestown S’Klallam Library wins National Medal for Museum and Library Service

Award is the country’s highest honor given to such facilities

Jamestown S’Klallam Library wins National Medal for Museum and Library Service

Port Townsend Maritime Academy Skills Center set up for fall

Curriculum to be open to high school students in Jefferson, Clallam, Kitsap counties

Port Townsend readying to transform ‘sea of asphalt’ into park

Port Townsend readying to transform ‘sea of asphalt’ into park

Gateway Plaza planned for space in front of visitor center

Port Townsend readying to transform ‘sea of asphalt’ into park