Daily Update Newsletter

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

Property tax levy proposed to tackle lack of affordable housing in Jefferson County

Jefferson County commissioners will be briefed Monday about a property tax levy proposed to tackle the county’s rising housing and rental costs… Continue reading

McDonald Creek Bridge set for closure July 5 as businesses ready for impact

McDonald Creek Bridge set for closure July 5 as businesses ready for impact

McDonald Creek Bridge likely will close in the coming weeks for up to nine months for reconstruction, which could lead to an inconvenience… Continue reading

McDonald Creek Bridge set for closure July 5 as businesses ready for impact
Port Angeles schools superintendent recalls career after announcing he will resign in a year

Port Angeles schools superintendent recalls career after announcing he will resign in a year

When Port Angeles School District Superintendent Marc Jackson started his career in public education, he was 25 years old and 6 feet… Continue reading

Port Angeles schools superintendent recalls career after announcing he will resign in a year
Details of state budget plan released: Property tax, online retail sales tax among provisions

Details of state budget plan released: Property tax, online retail sales tax among provisions

A bipartisan budget agreement that has taken months to reach and addresses a court mandate… Continue reading

Details of state budget plan released: Property tax, online retail sales tax among provisions

Mora Road expected to be open this weekend, allowing access to Rialto Beach

Mora Road repairs are expected to be completed today, with the road open to provide access to Rialto Beach by Saturday… Continue reading

Three hurt in Chimacum wreck

Three people were injured in a single-vehicle collision after the driver said he fell asleep and drifted off Center Road on Thursday morning,… Continue reading

Greywolf celebrates project to house four kindergarten classes

Greywolf celebrates project to house four kindergarten classes

The addition of four classrooms using innovative building material at Greywolf Elementary School in Carlsborg is… Continue reading

Greywolf celebrates project to house four kindergarten classes

Voice Works participants lift voices for concerts this weekend

Public performances cap Centrum’s annual Voice Works workshop this weekend. The first is a free performance from noon to 1 p.m. today… Continue reading

Free outdoor concerts resound across Peninsula

The Sequim City Band’s Fourth of July concert Tuesday will serve as the Music in the Park event this coming week. The Concert on the… Continue reading

Gov. Jay Inslee talks to reporters about ongoing budget negotiations Tuesday in Olympia. (Rachel La Corte/The Associated Press)

Lawmakers reach budget agreement ‘in principle’; no details released

Gov. Jay Inslee announced Wednesday that state lawmakers have reached agreement “in principle” on a new… Continue reading

Gov. Jay Inslee talks to reporters about ongoing budget negotiations Tuesday in Olympia. (Rachel La Corte/The Associated Press)
Sequim approves second phase remodel of Guy Cole Center

Sequim approves second phase remodel of Guy Cole Center

The city is moving forward with plans to remodel the Guy Cole Convention Center in Carrie… Continue reading

Sequim approves second phase remodel of Guy Cole Center
WILDER: Senior ends road trip with win

WILDER: Senior ends road trip with win

The Wilder Senior baseball team completed a five-game road trip on a winning note, beating the Wenatchee… Continue reading

WILDER: Senior ends road trip with win
SPORTS SHOT: PA 10U team takes second at Wenatchee tourney

SPORTS SHOT: PA 10U team takes second at Wenatchee tourney

Port Angeles Youth Baseball’s 10U team fell to Mount Vernon in the championship game, taking second place at the Eastmont Classic Youth Baseball Tournament in… Continue reading

SPORTS SHOT: PA 10U team takes second at Wenatchee tourney

OUTDOORS: Salmon season starts on the slow side off coast

ANY DAY THAT provides the option to fish for salmon out on the salt water is a good one. Even with that thought in mind,… Continue reading

Orcas Island man becomes first ever to finish R2AK on paddle board

Orcas Island man becomes first ever to finish R2AK on paddle board

After just over two weeks of paddling, Karl Kruger has become the first person to complete the 750-mile Race to Alaska on a… Continue reading

Orcas Island man becomes first ever to finish R2AK on paddle board