Daily Update Newsletter

Stats: Opioid overdoses in Clallam County still in decline

Reported opioid overdoses in Clallam County continue to decline, according to the most recent statistics released by Clallam County Health and Human… Continue reading

Jefferson election season starts with bid for hospital board seat

Jefferson election season starts with bid for hospital board seat

Former midwife Cheri Van Hoover has kicked off the 2017 election season with her announcement that she’s running for the Jefferson County… Continue reading

Jefferson election season starts with bid for hospital board seat
Chamberlin gets community service for illegal shotgun

Chamberlin gets community service for illegal shotgun

The former administrator of a Facebook group that targeted alleged criminals has been sentenced to community service for unlawful possession of an… Continue reading

Chamberlin gets community service for illegal shotgun
PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Forks pounds Elma in baseball

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Forks pounds Elma in baseball

The Forks baseball team got 11 strikeouts from pitcher Parker Browning, a home run from Reece Blattner and solid defense from shortstop Chance… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Forks pounds Elma in baseball
Poet Laureate Tod Marshall will hold a poetry reading in Forks and a poetry hike and workshop near Port Angeles.

State poet laureate visits this weekend

Washington’s poet laureate will visit Forks and Port Angeles this weekend. Tod Marshall, the 2016-18 Washington State Poet Laureate, will read from his most recent… Continue reading

Poet Laureate Tod Marshall will hold a poetry reading in Forks and a poetry hike and workshop near Port Angeles.
Landowners, restoration workers aim to improve health of Dungeness River

Landowners, restoration workers aim to improve health of Dungeness River

Landowners living along the Dungeness River are working with restoration crews to improve the health of… Continue reading

Landowners, restoration workers aim to improve health of Dungeness River
Port Angeles woman accused of embezzling nearly $10,000 from Sequim VFW post

Port Angeles woman accused of embezzling nearly $10,000 from Sequim VFW post

Charges against a Port Angeles woman accused of embezzling nearly $10,000 from the Sequim Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4760 are expected to… Continue reading

Port Angeles woman accused of embezzling nearly $10,000 from Sequim VFW post

Quick work by Makah tribal members saves tons of halibut from wreck

Thirteen tons of newly caught halibut worth more than $200,000 were successfully retrieved by Makah tribal members Monday from a stranded refrigerated… Continue reading

Port Townsend alters freeze on temporary housing applications, adds bed-and-breakfast inns

Port Townsend alters freeze on temporary housing applications, adds bed-and-breakfast inns

The Port Townsend City Council has amended the city’s 180-day moratorium on applications for tourist homes by also blocking applications for bed-and-breakfasts.… Continue reading

Port Townsend alters freeze on temporary housing applications, adds bed-and-breakfast inns
Alice Derry selected as Peninsula College Writer-in-Residence

Alice Derry selected as Peninsula College Writer-in-Residence

Poet Alice Derry is Peninsula College’s 17th Writer-in-Residence and will be featured in presentations in Port Angeles, Port Townsend and Forks beginning… Continue reading

Alice Derry selected as Peninsula College Writer-in-Residence

Clallam gives green light to housing authority grant

After months of discussion, Clallam County has approved an infrastructure grant to the Peninsula Housing Authority to support the expansion of the… Continue reading

Octet of authors to share works, sign books at Sequim event

Octet of authors to share works, sign books at Sequim event

Olympic Peninsula Authors will offer humor, warfare, inspiration, romance and murder from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday at the Sequim Library. The free… Continue reading

Octet of authors to share works, sign books at Sequim event

Native American Culture Fair spotlights traditions Thursday

The third annual Native American Culture Fair, “Honoring Our Medicine,” will focus on traditional plants and medicines from 10 a.m. to noon… Continue reading

Sequim’s Student Film Festival premieres nine movies Friday night

Sequim’s Student Film Festival premieres nine movies Friday night

Students in Sequim Middle and High schools have created nine films for the 12th annual Student Film Festival and Art Show on Friday.… Continue reading

Sequim’s Student Film Festival premieres nine movies Friday night
BASEBALL: Port Angeles slams door on Kingston

BASEBALL: Port Angeles slams door on Kingston

Ethan Flodstrom had a three-run double and pitcher Dane Bradow shut down Kingston over the final three innings as Port Angeles baseball… Continue reading

BASEBALL: Port Angeles slams door on Kingston
Peninsula students headed to Houston for robotics contest

Peninsula students headed to Houston for robotics contest

Two North Olympic Peninsula robotics teams will compete in an international contest in Houston starting Wednesday, where they will work with and… Continue reading

Peninsula students headed to Houston for robotics contest

Lawyer: Little money involved in Trump sanctuary order

President Donald Trump’s executive order withholding funding from communities that limit cooperation with immigration authorities applies… Continue reading

Port Angeles man pleads guilty to indecent liberties, kidnapping

Port Angeles man pleads guilty to indecent liberties, kidnapping

A 27-year-old Port Angeles man who was charged with kidnapping and raping a woman at knifepoint over the summer pleaded guilty Monday… Continue reading

Port Angeles man pleads guilty to indecent liberties, kidnapping
Prosecutor: Suspect in Washington mall shooting found dead

Prosecutor: Suspect in Washington mall shooting found dead

A man charged with killing five people at a mall in Washington state last year was found… Continue reading

Prosecutor: Suspect in Washington mall shooting found dead
Mayumi Tsutakawa

Jefferson County Library speaker to tell of Japanese-American internment

“The Pine and the Cherry,” a tale of one family’s 100-year history and its involvement in the Japanese-American internment during World War… Continue reading

Mayumi Tsutakawa