Daily Update Newsletter

LEFTIES: Harvard athlete matriculates to the Lefties

LEFTIES: Harvard athlete matriculates to the Lefties

In a whirlwind 15-minute conversation, Port Angeles Lefties pitcher Kieran Shaw, a rising sophomore at Harvard, touches on topics you would expect… Continue reading

LEFTIES: Harvard athlete matriculates to the Lefties
FIRECRACKER INVITE: Wilder Senior guts out win

FIRECRACKER INVITE: Wilder Senior guts out win

Wilder Senior didn’t play its cleanest game, but rallied for three runs in the sixth inning to gut out a hard-fought 9-6… Continue reading

FIRECRACKER INVITE: Wilder Senior guts out win
Neighbors speak at hearing about pot grow plans on Marrowstone Island

Neighbors speak at hearing about pot grow plans on Marrowstone Island

A public hearing on a proposed marijuana growing and processing operation on Marrowstone Island included hours of testimony against the operation by… Continue reading

Neighbors speak at hearing about pot grow plans on Marrowstone Island
Crews finishing Carlsborg sewer project; residents can connect to system starting Wednesday

Crews finishing Carlsborg sewer project; residents can connect to system starting Wednesday

After more than a year under construction, the Carlsborg Sewer Project is wrapping up, Clallam County… Continue reading

Crews finishing Carlsborg sewer project; residents can connect to system starting Wednesday
Command changes at Naval Magazine Indian Island

Command changes at Naval Magazine Indian Island

Cmdr. Nick Vande Griend turned over command of Naval Magazine Indian Island to Cmdr. Rocky Pulley on Thursday. Vande Griend turned over… Continue reading

Command changes at Naval Magazine Indian Island
Port Angeles police searching for man in waterfront area

Port Angeles police searching for man in waterfront area

More than a dozen officers and a canine unit were searching east Port Angeles including along the Olympic Discovery Trail this morning… Continue reading

Port Angeles police searching for man in waterfront area
Dennis Jason Wayne Fisher enters Clallam County Superior Court on Thursday in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Forks man charged after meth found in diaper

A Forks man was charged with possession of a controlled substance and endangerment with a controlled substance Thursday after a Forks police… Continue reading

Dennis Jason Wayne Fisher enters Clallam County Superior Court on Thursday in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Marrowstone Island barn burns

Marrowstone Island barn burns

Engulfed in flames, a large barn on Marrowstone Island was beyond saving when firefighters arrived. No one was injured in the Friday… Continue reading

Marrowstone Island barn burns
Port Townsend workshop takes input on Upper Sims Way, Howard Street subarea

Port Townsend workshop takes input on Upper Sims Way, Howard Street subarea

Community members, city officials and business owners are working together to hone the city’s final plan for the Upper Sims Way and… Continue reading

Port Townsend workshop takes input on Upper Sims Way, Howard Street subarea

State Patrol finds officers acted to protect selves, others in killing

A State Patrol investigation has concluded law enforcement officers were protecting themselves and Beaver mobile home park residents when a Clallam County sheriff’s… Continue reading

Tree-cutting at Lincoln Park an emergency, says Port Angeles port

A plan to cut eight-20 trees at Lincoln Park and leave 10 feet of stump of each tree for an artistic community… Continue reading

FIRECRACKER INVITE: Wilder Senior erupts in opening game with 11-4 victory

FIRECRACKER INVITE: Wilder Senior erupts in opening game with 11-4 victory

Wilder Senior erupted for 10 runs in the third and fourth innings to win its opening game of the Firecracker Invitational over… Continue reading

FIRECRACKER INVITE: Wilder Senior erupts in opening game with 11-4 victory
EXTREME SPORTS PARK: Wicked Racing leader has no plans to quit despite sale

EXTREME SPORTS PARK: Wicked Racing leader has no plans to quit despite sale

The roar is no more, at least for the 2017 sprint boat races at Port Angeles’… Continue reading

EXTREME SPORTS PARK: Wicked Racing leader has no plans to quit despite sale

EYE ON JEFFERSON: Port Townsend hearing examiner public hearings set

Two Port Townsend city hearing examiner public hearings are on the docket Friday. The hearings will be on the second floor of historic City Hall,… Continue reading

EYE ON CLALLAM: County to consider memorandum of understanding with housing authority

The three Clallam County commissioners will discuss a memorandum of understanding with the Peninsula Housing Authority for a $901,200 Opportunity Fund grant for the first… Continue reading

Burn bans go into effect Saturday

Seasonal burn bans go into effect across the North Olympic Peninsula on Saturday. The bans against outside burning, except for recreational fires, will stay in… Continue reading

Strait Shot: Feedback ‘positive’ but room for more on Bainbridge Island-Port Angeles bus

Strait Shot: Feedback ‘positive’ but room for more on Bainbridge Island-Port Angeles bus

Clallam Transit’s new bus service from Port Angeles to the Bainbridge Island ferry terminal is drawing about 10 passengers per trip, leaving… Continue reading

Strait Shot: Feedback ‘positive’ but room for more on Bainbridge Island-Port Angeles bus
Port Angeles woman sentenced for sex-related crimes, animal abuse

Port Angeles woman sentenced for sex-related crimes, animal abuse

Deanna Marie Wilson has been sentenced to 5½ years in prison for possessing and sending sexually explicit photos of a teenage boy… Continue reading

Port Angeles woman sentenced for sex-related crimes, animal abuse
Brian McKenzie

Two step into principal positions in Chimacum

Chimacum schools will be under new leadership in the 2017-18 school year with two new principals, one for the high school and another… Continue reading

Brian McKenzie
Port Angeles board asks for more information about closing skills center

Port Angeles board asks for more information about closing skills center

The state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction has asked the state Attorney General’s Office for clarification on the dissolution of… Continue reading

Port Angeles board asks for more information about closing skills center