Daily Update Newsletter

Clallam County to consider farmland preservation grant

Funding would keep nearly 55 acres near SunLand from development

Clallam County to review protocols after inmate death

Clallam County is working on an unexpected fatality review regarding the death of a Clallam County jail inmate, Chief Corrections Deputy Don… Continue reading

Port Townsend employees Chris MacDonald, left, and Rafe Thornton, clean up the last of the tons of dirt from a landslide that occurred on Water Street in Port Townsend about 4 a.m. Monday. The road was closed and vehicular traffic was diverted to other streets. It took 18 trips of 5-yard capacity dump trucks to remove the dirt and haul it to a facility on Redwood Street. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Landslide on Water Street blocks road, but little damage is done

Traffic to ferry rerouted while city crews clean up debris

Port Townsend employees Chris MacDonald, left, and Rafe Thornton, clean up the last of the tons of dirt from a landslide that occurred on Water Street in Port Townsend about 4 a.m. Monday. The road was closed and vehicular traffic was diverted to other streets. It took 18 trips of 5-yard capacity dump trucks to remove the dirt and haul it to a facility on Redwood Street. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Orientation scheduled for hospice volunteers this week

Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County will conduct both an online orientation and an in-person session for potential volunteers. The in-person session will… Continue reading

Climber Levi Craze sawed limb after limb off a 115-foot cottonwood tree in Uptown Port Townsend. A Darrell Emel’s Tree Service crew spent two full days with a crane and a large wood chipper on the site behind Cathy Traut-Hessom’s Clay Street home. She was apologetic about having the tree cut, but wanted to remove it before a winter storm blew it down onto nearby homes and cars. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Treetop trim

Climber Levi Craze sawed limb after limb off a 115-foot cottonwood tree in Uptown Port Townsend. A Darrell Emel’s Tree Service crew spent two full… Continue reading

Climber Levi Craze sawed limb after limb off a 115-foot cottonwood tree in Uptown Port Townsend. A Darrell Emel’s Tree Service crew spent two full days with a crane and a large wood chipper on the site behind Cathy Traut-Hessom’s Clay Street home. She was apologetic about having the tree cut, but wanted to remove it before a winter storm blew it down onto nearby homes and cars. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)

Volunteers sought for annual Point in Time count

Service organizations seek help for survey

Spectators watch as fireworks explode over Memorial Field in downtown Port Townsend on Saturday night to herald in the new year. The fireworks, set to go off at 9 p.m. to coincide with the Times Square celebration in New York City, were the concluding event of First Night, an all-ages New Year’s Eve event put on by The Production Alliance, a non-profit in Port Townsend. Madison Street, site of city hall on the right, was blocked off so people could watch the display unhindered by traffic. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Ringing in the new year

Spectators watch as fireworks explode over Memorial Field in downtown Port Townsend on Saturday night to herald in the new year. The fireworks, set to… Continue reading

Spectators watch as fireworks explode over Memorial Field in downtown Port Townsend on Saturday night to herald in the new year. The fireworks, set to go off at 9 p.m. to coincide with the Times Square celebration in New York City, were the concluding event of First Night, an all-ages New Year’s Eve event put on by The Production Alliance, a non-profit in Port Townsend. Madison Street, site of city hall on the right, was blocked off so people could watch the display unhindered by traffic. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

EDC small business program seeks legal, marketing services

More than $400K to be awarded in three counties

ESL classes get free child care in Sequim

Classes also offered in Port Angeles, Forks, Port Townsend

East Jefferson Fire Rescue Firefighters extinguished a fire on Southport Lane on New Year’s Eve.

Fires keep crews busy in Jefferson County on New Year’s Eve

A lack of water hydrants hampered firefighters as they battled a carport blaze at a home on Southport Lane, while a concurrent… Continue reading

East Jefferson Fire Rescue Firefighters extinguished a fire on Southport Lane on New Year’s Eve.
Justice Schulze, at 7 pounds and 6 ounces, was the Peninsula’s first baby, born at 7:12 a.m. at Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles. His parents are Jacob and Dianne Schulze. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Peninsula hospitals’ first baby of 2023 born at Olympic Medical Center

Dad: Becoming a father ‘kinda crazy and exciting’

Justice Schulze, at 7 pounds and 6 ounces, was the Peninsula’s first baby, born at 7:12 a.m. at Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles. His parents are Jacob and Dianne Schulze. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Forks Spartans.

PREP WRESTLING: Forks boys win The Rock

Third tournament the Spartans have won this year

Forks Spartans.

A GROWING CONCERN: End the year’s chores and plan for the next

JUST LOOK HOW much difference a week can make. Already the sun has moved off it’s noon natir, the daylight length is getting measurably longer… Continue reading

Front row, from left to right, Sara Penhallegon, Bob McDaniel, Christine Satterlee, Kevin Winn, Tim McKern and in the back row, from left to right, Rosalyn Roberts, Kay Peterson, Zak Torres and Bob Bindschadler

Garden club donates to local organizations

The Quilcene-Brinnon Garden Club recently donated $3,650 to eight local organizations. The club used funds from its Memorial Day plant sale to support… Continue reading

Front row, from left to right, Sara Penhallegon, Bob McDaniel, Christine Satterlee, Kevin Winn, Tim McKern and in the back row, from left to right, Rosalyn Roberts, Kay Peterson, Zak Torres and Bob Bindschadler
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Generous donors swell Peninsula Home Fund

Every gift counts in Clallam, Jefferson counties

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KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Steve Evans of Port Angeles assists his daughter, Ruby Evans, 7, with her skates prior to a session on the ice on Friday at the Port Angeles Winter Ice Village.

Ice Village nears season end

Participation impressive, organizers say

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Steve Evans of Port Angeles assists his daughter, Ruby Evans, 7, with her skates prior to a session on the ice on Friday at the Port Angeles Winter Ice Village.

Little Hoko River Trail walk part of fee-free day at state parks

Lions Club members will be stationed at the trailhead of Little Hoko River Trail at noon on New Year’s Day to welcome… Continue reading

ORCAA seeks comment on paper mill’s mercury control

Public comment is due Tuesday to the Olympic Region Clean Air Agency on a proposal to provide additional mercury control on a… Continue reading

Housing Fund, appointments before county commissions

Government meetings across North Olympic Peninsula

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Forks' Brody Lausch, center, looks for an opening surrounded by, clockwise from left, Terrell Emery of Crescent, LandinDavis of Forks, and Conner Ferro-May and Henry Bourm of Crescent on Wednesday in Joyce.

PREP BASKETBALL: Forks able to hold off Crescent comeback

The Forks and Crescent boys basketball teams had a close, tough battle that came down to the end Wednesday, with Forks coming away… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Forks' Brody Lausch, center, looks for an opening surrounded by, clockwise from left, Terrell Emery of Crescent, LandinDavis of Forks, and Conner Ferro-May and Henry Bourm of Crescent on Wednesday in Joyce.