Daily Update Newsletter

State high court to hear case about transit fare enforcement

The state Supreme Court will consider whether fare enforcement on public transit represents an unconstitutional incursion into passengers’ right to privacy. Lower courts… Continue reading

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Two arrested in purse-snatching, assault

Two Port Angeles residents who had been charged in connection with the purse snatching and assault of an elderly woman were taken… Continue reading

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ORLANDO J. YSLAVA

Arrest warrants issued in alleged purse snatching

Suspects could face maximum of life in prison

ORLANDO J. YSLAVA

Clallam, Jefferson counties win grants for broadband

Funding to build out systems during the next two to three years

Construction of temporary bypass at Indian Creek expected to begin Feb. 7

Construction to replace a culvert under U.S. Highway 101 at Indian Creek will begin Feb. 7. Scarsella Brothers Inc. of Kent will… Continue reading

DOT sets overnight closures of Hood Canal Bridge

The state Department of Transportation has scheduled overnight closures of the Hood Canal Bridge for two additional nights this week. The span across… Continue reading

Bess Bronstein will present “Renovation of an Aging Garden” at noon on Thursday.

Green thumb lecture set Thursday

Bess Bronstein will present “Renovation of an Aging Garden” at noon on Thursday. The free lecture is part of the Green Thumb… Continue reading

Bess Bronstein will present “Renovation of an Aging Garden” at noon on Thursday.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Miller Peninsula State Park planning update presented Thursday

State Parks commission to hear plan on Thursday

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Presentation to highlight electric vehicles

Speaker to review current options, history of EVs

Three die from COVID-19 in Clallam County

Health officer expects more hospitalizations, deaths

Cynthia Daily cradles an injured red-tailed hawk, one of the patients at Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue. Birds from across the North Olympic Peninsula receive care at Daily’s avian hospital in Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Winter weather hits birds

Rescue center answers calls to help injured animals

Cynthia Daily cradles an injured red-tailed hawk, one of the patients at Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue. Birds from across the North Olympic Peninsula receive care at Daily’s avian hospital in Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Crescent girls hoops win again

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife seek feedback

Keira Johnson, Forks basketball

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Keira Johnson, Forks basketball

Forks’ Keira Johnson has been red-hot through January, helping the Spartans to their first-place position in the Pacific 2B League standings. Johnson hit five 3-pointers… Continue reading

Keira Johnson, Forks basketball
Derek Kilmer.

Kilmer meeting with government agencies to speak about infrastructure

Congressman highlights roads, bridges and other projects

Derek Kilmer.

Pair sought after stealing purse from woman in Port Angeles

Port Angeles police are looking for a man and woman they suspect of stealing a purse Sunday morning and fleeing after dragging… Continue reading

Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers reacts after being sacked by San Francisco 49ers' Arik Armstead during the second half of an NFC divisional playoff NFL football game Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: This weekend felt like history being made

Exactly a week after a truly historic volcanic explosion in the South Pacific that rattled pretty much everyone on the Pacific Rim, we were treated… Continue reading

Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers reacts after being sacked by San Francisco 49ers' Arik Armstead during the second half of an NFC divisional playoff NFL football game Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)
Madeline Nelson of Port Townsend works in watercolors and bright sun on the grass outside the Jefferson County Courthouse. The plein air painter typically spends just an hour finishing a piece before her hands get too cold. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Plein air

Madeline Nelson of Port Townsend works in watercolors and bright sun on the grass outside the Jefferson County Courthouse. The plein air painter typically spends… Continue reading

Madeline Nelson of Port Townsend works in watercolors and bright sun on the grass outside the Jefferson County Courthouse. The plein air painter typically spends just an hour finishing a piece before her hands get too cold. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
The city of Port Townsend will finish construction of a well at the municipal golf course this spring for irrigation and emergency water. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
The city of Port Townsend will finish construction of a well at the municipal golf course this spring for irrigation and emergency water. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)