Daily Update Newsletter

Matt Huish.

Contract finalized for Sequim city manager

Interim city manager Deschenes to return as assistant city manager

Matt Huish.

October supply drive benefit Serenity House

Express Employment Professionals will host a supply drive from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays throughout the month of October.… Continue reading

Tom Young serves to other members of the Port Townsend Pickleball Club during a game in the sun at the courts in front of the Jefferson County Courthouse on Wednesday afternoon. Temperatures are expected to cool off over the next few days. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

Pickleball service

Tom Young serves to other members of the Port Townsend Pickleball Club during a game in the sun at the courts in front of the… Continue reading

Tom Young serves to other members of the Port Townsend Pickleball Club during a game in the sun at the courts in front of the Jefferson County Courthouse on Wednesday afternoon. Temperatures are expected to cool off over the next few days. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)
Sequim Wolves

PREP ROUNDUP: Wolves volleyball sweeps Roughriders

The Sequim volleyball team beat Port Angeles 3-0, though two out of the three sets were close. The Wolves won 25-22, 25-18,… Continue reading

Sequim Wolves
Anji Scalf

Sequim chamber director resigns after three years

Board lists position online, anticipates no service disruption

Anji Scalf
Ted Bowman, design engineer with Tsunami Products, installs a unit in homeowner Don Johnson's backyard in Benicia, Calif., Sept. 28, 2021. The recent invention can make water out of the air and in parched California, some homeowners are already buying the pricey devices. The air-to-water systems work like air conditioners by using coils to chill air, then collect water drops in a basin. (AP Photo/Haven Daily)

Units make water from air

The machine Ted Bowman helped design can make water out of the air, and in parched California, some homeowners are already buying… Continue reading

  • Oct 7, 2021
  • By Haven Daley The Associated Press
Ted Bowman, design engineer with Tsunami Products, installs a unit in homeowner Don Johnson's backyard in Benicia, Calif., Sept. 28, 2021. The recent invention can make water out of the air and in parched California, some homeowners are already buying the pricey devices. The air-to-water systems work like air conditioners by using coils to chill air, then collect water drops in a basin. (AP Photo/Haven Daily)
Floyd Liljedahl, left, and Kathy Moses, both of Port Angeles, remove weeds from a garden plot planted for the benefit of the Port Angeles Food Bank on Wednesday at the Fifth Street Community Garden. They have been harvesting fresh vegetables for distribution from the food bank. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Vegetable harvest

Floyd Liljedahl, left, and Kathy Moses, both of Port Angeles, remove weeds from a garden plot planted for the benefit of the Port Angeles Food… Continue reading

Floyd Liljedahl, left, and Kathy Moses, both of Port Angeles, remove weeds from a garden plot planted for the benefit of the Port Angeles Food Bank on Wednesday at the Fifth Street Community Garden. They have been harvesting fresh vegetables for distribution from the food bank. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Last call for Tour de Forts participants; Crescent-Quilcene to play

It’s last call for the Tour de Forts, set to happen Saturday in Jefferson County. The Gran Fondo-style ride will tour three… Continue reading

"Looks Fishy" is among the works by Dennis Pangborn at the Blue Whole Gallery.

Blue Whole features harvest show this month

Showcased in the front windows of the Blue Whole Gallery this month are featured artists Suzan Noyes and Dennis (Doc) Pangborn. Both are… Continue reading

"Looks Fishy" is among the works by Dennis Pangborn at the Blue Whole Gallery.

COVID case slide tenuous

Health officer: ‘This is still a very high plateau’

Volunteer corn cook Xavion Mason of Bakersfield, Calif., adds fresh ears to a boiler behind the scenes at the 2019 Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

CrabFest retools for 2021

Vendors, music and of course, dinners planned

Volunteer corn cook Xavion Mason of Bakersfield, Calif., adds fresh ears to a boiler behind the scenes at the 2019 Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: The transformation of a life

the Clallam Bay Corrections Center — where… Continue reading

Capt. Paul Bellesen Jr. stands Tuesday near the Washington State Ferries dock in Port Townsend. He spent nearly 30 years in the agency, most recently as the captain of the Salish, which sails between Port Townsend and Coupeville on Whidbey Island. (Zach Jablonski /Peninsula Daily News)

Ferry captain makes his farewells

After a ‘great career,’ he’s ready to do something different

Capt. Paul Bellesen Jr. stands Tuesday near the Washington State Ferries dock in Port Townsend. He spent nearly 30 years in the agency, most recently as the captain of the Salish, which sails between Port Townsend and Coupeville on Whidbey Island. (Zach Jablonski /Peninsula Daily News)

Man with laser on home custody

Beam hit Coast Guard helicopter

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East Jefferson Rival Akira Anderson (12) looks on as teammate Sophie Patterson hits the ball away from Vashon’s Lola Kuyper (17) during a Monday night game in Port Townsend.

PREP ROUNDUP: Rivals VB wins second straight; EJ soccer wins third out of four

The East Jefferson volleyball team took three games to win its second match in a row, blanking Vashon 3-0 (25-16, 25-13, 25-20)… Continue reading

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East Jefferson Rival Akira Anderson (12) looks on as teammate Sophie Patterson hits the ball away from Vashon’s Lola Kuyper (17) during a Monday night game in Port Townsend.

Victim in fatal bike crash identified

The identity of the bicyclist who was killed on Old Olympic Highway over Labor Day Weekend has been released. Todd Wheeler, 59, was… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Teams sought for volleyball league

Plans are in the works to hold an adult coed volleyball league, formerly run by the City of Port Angeles Parks and… Continue reading

SPORTS BRIEFS: Windermere moves into first-place tie in soccer league

Pura Vida, Windermere and the Bandidos FC were the winners Sunday in the Peninsula Soccer League with Windermere moving into a tie… Continue reading