Daily Update Newsletter

Peninsula College’s Building 202 renovations at Fort Worden win award

Peninsula College’s Building 202 renovations at Fort Worden win award

With an exterior restoration that honors its past and a state-of-the-art interior, Peninsula College’s Building 202 at Fort Worden was recently recognized… Continue reading

Peninsula College’s Building 202 renovations at Fort Worden win award
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News                                Clallam Transit’s Strait Shot bus approaches Port Angeles on U.S. Highway 101 on a recent run from the Bainbridge Island ferry terminal.

Holiday bus service expansion: Strait Shot broke records over Thanksgiving weekend

Clallam Transit’s Strait Shot bus to Bainbridge Island had record-high ridership over Thanksgiving weekend, prompting the agency to expand the direct service… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News                                Clallam Transit’s Strait Shot bus approaches Port Angeles on U.S. Highway 101 on a recent run from the Bainbridge Island ferry terminal.

Firefighter training burn set today in Port Angeles

That smoke arising from Lauridsen Boulevard this morning is likely to be from training burns. Starting at 8 a.m., firefighters from Clallam… Continue reading

Missing Marrowstone Island child found

After an exhaustive search, a 10-year-old island resident was found stuck in the mud on a beach on Indian Island hours after… Continue reading

Peninsula voter turnout surpasses state’s

Voter turnout on the North Olympic Peninsula was quite a bit higher than the turnout statewide. In Jefferson County, 62.31 percent of registered voters returned… Continue reading

Sequim man accused of two acts of vandalism

Sequim man accused of two acts of vandalism

A Sequim man was arrested twice within 15 hours Friday for allegedly smashing out windows at Serenity House and Port Angeles City… Continue reading

Sequim man accused of two acts of vandalism

EYE ON CLALLAM: County to conduct budget hearings

Peninsula Daily News Clallam County commissioners will hold a pair of public hearings for consideration of the 2018 budget and emergency appropriations Tuesday. The hearings… Continue reading

EYE ON JEFFERSON: County to conduct hearing on budget

The three Jefferson County commissioners will hear public comment on the proposed 2018 budget of $55,782,838 at 10 a.m. Monday. The public hearing will take… Continue reading

Bail set at $100,000 in Forks truck crash

Bail of $100,000 was set Monday for a Forks man who allegedly crashed a truck he was driving Oct. 14 before he fled… Continue reading

Port Angeles skating rink to close Friday after some 40 years

Port Angeles skating rink to close Friday after some 40 years

Skaters will take their last lap at Olympic Skate Center on Friday as its owner prepares to sell the building. Sandy Locke… Continue reading

Port Angeles skating rink to close Friday after some 40 years
McKinley Paper Co. selects equipment vendor; still targeting December 2018 for start-up

McKinley Paper Co. selects equipment vendor; still targeting December 2018 for start-up

McKinley Paper Co. has selected a vendor for equipment that will produce cardboard liner at the former Nippon Paper Industries USA papermaking… Continue reading

McKinley Paper Co. selects equipment vendor; still targeting December 2018 for start-up
That special tree: Peninsula residents have U-cut options for Christmas

That special tree: Peninsula residents have U-cut options for Christmas

One family will vacuum a lot of pine needles this winter. Ann Johnson, who owns and operates Lazy J Tree Farm with… Continue reading

That special tree: Peninsula residents have U-cut options for Christmas
Firm looking at temporary suicide barriers for Port Angeles bridges

Firm looking at temporary suicide barriers for Port Angeles bridges

An Olympia engineering firm is working on options and costs for temporary suicide fences or other barriers for the Eighth Street bridges… Continue reading

Firm looking at temporary suicide barriers for Port Angeles bridges
Clallam County adds teeth: Building permit fees to go up to fund more code enforcement activity

Clallam County adds teeth: Building permit fees to go up to fund more code enforcement activity

Clallam County plans to more than double its code enforcement staff and change county code to help tackle problem properties across the… Continue reading

Clallam County adds teeth: Building permit fees to go up to fund more code enforcement activity

Jefferson County Public Utility District seeks chief financial officer

The Jefferson County Public Utility District is looking for its sixth chief financial officer after its most recent hire left after only… Continue reading

Flooding closes Olympic Hot Springs Road

Flooding closes Olympic Hot Springs Road

Olympic Hot Springs Road through the Elwha Valley remained closed Thursday since it flooded Nov. 15, Olympic National Park spokeswoman Penny Wagner said. The flooded… Continue reading

Flooding closes Olympic Hot Springs Road
Santa comes to Forks for tree lighting, Twinkle Lights parade

Santa comes to Forks for tree lighting, Twinkle Lights parade

The man in red will drive a train down Forks Avenue on Saturday night, arriving at a 22-foot tree adorned with hundreds of… Continue reading

Santa comes to Forks for tree lighting, Twinkle Lights parade

Port Angeles to increase hours for utility payments

The city of Port Angeles today expanded customer service hours for utility payments made in person. The temporary move is intended to… Continue reading

Holiday festivities abound this weekend in Port Townsend

Holiday festivities abound this weekend in Port Townsend

’Tis the season in Jefferson County as a month of holiday festivities kick off Saturday afternoon downtown. The Main Street Tree Lighting… Continue reading

Holiday festivities abound this weekend in Port Townsend

Sequim man sentenced to more than 6 years in prison on drug charges

A Sequim man who admitted to trafficking large amounts of heroin and methamphetamine into Clallam County was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court… Continue reading