Daily Update Newsletter

JCSO receives recognition

Years in the making, sheriffs and police chief association gives agency accreditation

Jefferson County emergency department outlines plans

Three steps to wildfire evacuation, director says

Moving Pictures Film Festival topic of Studium Generale

Studium Generale will host the 12th Moving Pictures Film Festival at 12:35 p.m. Thursday. The festival will be presented in the Little… Continue reading

Teanna Clark, Port Angeles track and field, left, and Clare Turella, Sequim track and field.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Teanna Clark, Port Angeles; Clare Turella, Sequim

Port Angeles and Sequim both crowned state track and field champions this past week. The Roughriders’ Teanna Clark won the Riders’ first track state title… Continue reading

Teanna Clark, Port Angeles track and field, left, and Clare Turella, Sequim track and field.
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AMERICAN LEGION: Wilder Sr. wins on 10th-inning Lincoln Bear home run

The Wilder Senior Baseball Club began its season with a two-game sweep Sunday over Lakeside Legion U18, winning 4-3 on a walk-off… Continue reading

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Strait Slice, Forks FC battle to tie in PSL action

In a battle for first place in the Peninsula College Adult Soccer League, Strait Slice and Forks FC fought to a 3-3… Continue reading

Eighth Street bridges road work postponed

The city of Port Angeles has postponed work on the Eighth Street bridges that was scheduled for this week. Both bridges will… Continue reading

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Lynette Hostetler of Port Angeles instructs Ian, her shetland sheepdog, over an inclined obstacle during Saturday’s AKC Agility Rally and Obedience Trials at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim. The event, hosted by the Hurricane Ridge Kennel Club, featured a variety of obstacle courses with dogs searching for the fastest time in the ring. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Up and over

Lynette Hostetler of Port Angeles instructs Ian, her shetland sheepdog, over an inclined obstacle during Saturday’s AKC Agility Rally and Obedience Trials at Carrie Blake… Continue reading

Lynette Hostetler of Port Angeles instructs Ian, her shetland sheepdog, over an inclined obstacle during Saturday’s AKC Agility Rally and Obedience Trials at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim. The event, hosted by the Hurricane Ridge Kennel Club, featured a variety of obstacle courses with dogs searching for the fastest time in the ring. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Nash Huber greets visitors during a benefit concert and dinner on May 17 in the Sequim Prairie Grange that raised funds for his medical and legal expenses. He faces eviction from Delta Farm, a Dungeness farm he helped preserve in exchange to lease it through 2032. However, Washington Farmland Trust reports that Huber continues to have violations going against his lease agreement. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Longtime farmer faces eviction

WA Farmland Trust staff say lease violations persist

Nash Huber greets visitors during a benefit concert and dinner on May 17 in the Sequim Prairie Grange that raised funds for his medical and legal expenses. He faces eviction from Delta Farm, a Dungeness farm he helped preserve in exchange to lease it through 2032. However, Washington Farmland Trust reports that Huber continues to have violations going against his lease agreement. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Operations scheduled at Bentinck range this week

The land-based demolition range at Bentinck Island will be in use from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today through Friday, the Royal… Continue reading

Forks Mayor Tim Fletcher, Judge Bruce Hanify and Forks City Council member Vilkesh Patel.

Patel sworn in as newest Forks City Council member

Originally from India, business opportunities brought him to West End

Forks Mayor Tim Fletcher, Judge Bruce Hanify and Forks City Council member Vilkesh Patel.
Sequim Sunrise Rotarians, from left, President Bill Benedict and members Ann Flack and Charlie Johnson stand in the storage unit as they ready for Memorial Day distribution. The club’s Flag Subscription Program has more than 600 American flags that are placed across Sequim with funds going to local and international groups and projects and high school scholarships. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim Rotary flag program honors service members

Subscription service raises money for service groups, scholarships

Sequim Sunrise Rotarians, from left, President Bill Benedict and members Ann Flack and Charlie Johnson stand in the storage unit as they ready for Memorial Day distribution. The club’s Flag Subscription Program has more than 600 American flags that are placed across Sequim with funds going to local and international groups and projects and high school scholarships. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Weekly flight operations scheduled

There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex this week. There will be… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Dom Dominguez gets a hit for an RBI against Kamloops at Civic Field on Sunday. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

PORT ANGELES LEFTIES: Lefties swept in opening series

New scoreboard, new menu at Civic Field games

Port Angeles' Dom Dominguez gets a hit for an RBI against Kamloops at Civic Field on Sunday. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

A GROWING CONCERN: The good, the bad, the mole

WITH THE WARMING temperatures and arrival of June, many creatures are visiting your yard and garden. Just the other day, my cat Rogue brought me… Continue reading

Chip sealing scheduled in Jefferson County

Jefferson County Public Works has scheduled 8 projects for chip sealing this summer. “Work will begin as soon as roads are prepped… Continue reading

Screen grab from CTS security camera footage of the little scofflaw.

Marmot takes trip to downtown Port Angeles

Camera captures furry bus passenger on adventure

Screen grab from CTS security camera footage of the little scofflaw.

Peninsula College closing Fort Worden campus

Will finish current academic year