Daily Update Newsletter

Port Townsend Gallery Walk ushers in the colors of spring

Port Townsend Gallery Walk ushers in the colors of spring

The Port Townsend Gallery Walk returns this Saturday. The Gallery Walk, lasting from 5:30 p.m. until about 8 p.m., encompasses several downtown… Continue reading

Port Townsend Gallery Walk ushers in the colors of spring
‘Spoon River’ play stages characters’ epitaphs starting today in Sequim

‘Spoon River’ play stages characters’ epitaphs starting today in Sequim

“Spoon River Anthology,” a play about a mythical Midwestern town, tells of heartache, love affairs, loneliness, relationships and humor. The play, adapted from… Continue reading

‘Spoon River’ play stages characters’ epitaphs starting today in Sequim
First Friday Art Walk Sequim nurtures nature’s bounty

First Friday Art Walk Sequim nurtures nature’s bounty

March’s First Friday Art Walk Sequim will have a green theme that represents eternal good spirits, new ideas, wellness, generous support, nurturing natures… Continue reading

First Friday Art Walk Sequim nurtures nature’s bounty
Acclaimed indie folk duo to play Port Townsend on Saturday

Acclaimed indie folk duo to play Port Townsend on Saturday

Seattle indie folk duo The Winterlings will perform in concert at the Unity Spiritual Enrichment Center at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are… Continue reading

Acclaimed indie folk duo to play Port Townsend on Saturday

Sequim chamber picks Dave Bekkevar as Citizen of the Year; Mattingleys receive humanitarian award

Dave Bekkevar will break tradition, riding in a convertible instead of his customary logging truck for the Sequim Irrigation Festival. Bekkevar, 63, was… Continue reading

Navy fields photos of its four-legged neighbors in Indian Island wildlife survey

Navy fields photos of its four-legged neighbors in Indian Island wildlife survey

The U.S. Navy’s natural resource managers have been conducting a wildlife survey at Naval Magazine Indian Island in order to gather up-to-date… Continue reading

Navy fields photos of its four-legged neighbors in Indian Island wildlife survey
Olympic Medical Center had to temporarily stop performing non-emergency and elective surgeries after a sterilization machine malfunctioned, but the facility is operating at normal capacity again. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

Olympic Medical Center back to normal operating room capacity

Olympic Medical Center was back to performing non-emergent and elective surgeries Wednesday, days after the hospital curtailed the procedures. OMC stopped performing… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center had to temporarily stop performing non-emergency and elective surgeries after a sterilization machine malfunctioned, but the facility is operating at normal capacity again. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam commissioners join other boards in calling for longer halibut season

Clallam County has joined the chorus of local governments asking the state Department of Fish and Wildlife to extend the halibut fishing… Continue reading

Airports, legal volunteers prepare for new Trump travel ban

Airports, legal volunteers prepare for new Trump travel ban

Airport officials and civil rights lawyers around the country are getting ready for President Donald Trump’s new… Continue reading

Airports, legal volunteers prepare for new Trump travel ban

STATE 1B GIRLS BASKETBALL: Neah Bay wins, next faces powerhouse Colton

Neah Bay claimed the rubber match in the most important of three contests against Evergreen Lutheran, a 47-39 victory in a loser-out contest… Continue reading

Port official: Tests show no hydraulic oil spill at Port Angeles log yard

Port official: Tests show no hydraulic oil spill at Port Angeles log yard

A Port Angeles resident’s claim is “completely false” that log-yard operator Merrill &Ring has been spilling 50 gallons of hydraulic oil on… Continue reading

Port official: Tests show no hydraulic oil spill at Port Angeles log yard
Clallam County’s homeless numbers on the rise, social service representatives say

Clallam County’s homeless numbers on the rise, social service representatives say

By Erin Hawkins Olympic Peninsula News Group Whether a two-year anomaly or the beginning of a trend, homelessness might be on the rise in Clallam… Continue reading

Clallam County’s homeless numbers on the rise, social service representatives say
Olympic Medical Center Foundation raises record amount at Red, Set, Go! luncheon

Olympic Medical Center Foundation raises record amount at Red, Set, Go! luncheon

The Olympic Medical Center Foundation has raised a record amount at its 10th annual Red, Set, Go! Heart Luncheon. The event, presented… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center Foundation raises record amount at Red, Set, Go! luncheon

Report: Washington’s most common crime shouldn’t be one

The most commonly charged crime in Washington shouldn’t be a crime at all, the state chapter of… Continue reading

State spent $34,000 on flight for prisoners in 2014

Washington state’s corrections department has been shuttling prisoners back to the state on airplanes routinely used by Gov. Jay Inslee.… Continue reading

Court denies immediate hearing to release Seattle ‘dreamer’

Court denies immediate hearing to release Seattle ‘dreamer’

A federal magistrate in Seattle said Monday he will not hold an immediate hearing to consider releasing… Continue reading

Court denies immediate hearing to release Seattle ‘dreamer’
GIRLS HOOPS: Chimacum’s Nisbet Olympic 1A MVP

GIRLS HOOPS: Chimacum’s Nisbet Olympic 1A MVP

Mechelle Nisbet of Chimacum was named the Olympic League 1A Division Girl’s Basketball League Most Valuable Player on Tuesday. Nisbet… Continue reading

GIRLS HOOPS: Chimacum’s Nisbet Olympic 1A MVP
“I suffered the whole time”: Sequim man, found safe, tells story of surviving in car for five days

“I suffered the whole time”: Sequim man, found safe, tells story of surviving in car for five days

He thought he was as good as dead. Richard Jones, 69, of Sunland near Sequim was trapped in his car for five days… Continue reading

“I suffered the whole time”: Sequim man, found safe, tells story of surviving in car for five days
Olympic Medical Center limiting surgeries after sterilization equipment malfunctions

Olympic Medical Center limiting surgeries after sterilization equipment malfunctions

Olympic Medical Center’s Operating Department has temporarily stopped performing non-emergent and elective surgeries after a sterilization machine malfunctioned. An ultrasonic sterilization machine,… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center limiting surgeries after sterilization equipment malfunctions
Inslee expresses concern over health care following meeting

Inslee expresses concern over health care following meeting

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Monday that health care discussions at a weekend meeting of the National Governors Association in Washington, D.C.,… Continue reading

Inslee expresses concern over health care following meeting