Daily Update Newsletter

EYE ON CLALLAM: County panel to hear about emergency management plan

The three Clallam County commissioners will hear a briefing on the county’s comprehensive emergency management plan Tuesday. The work session will begin at 9 a.m.… Continue reading

EYE ON JEFFERSON: County commissoners to urge replacement option for Elwha River bridge

The three Jefferson County commissioners will consider a letter to the state Department of Transportation advocating a replacement option for the Elwha River bridge on… Continue reading

Forks council joins call for new Elwha bridge, new alignment

Forks council joins call for new Elwha bridge, new alignment

The Forks City Council has joined the chorus of those who are asking the state to replace the battered U.S. Highway 101… Continue reading

Forks council joins call for new Elwha bridge, new alignment
Small project funded from Port Angeles grows in African village

Small project funded from Port Angeles grows in African village

After learning his pen pal in Africa did not have access to a working toilet, Doc Reiss of Port Angeles wanted to… Continue reading

Small project funded from Port Angeles grows in African village
$10,000 donation to help start Pennies for Quarters’ tiny houses plan for veterans

$10,000 donation to help start Pennies for Quarters’ tiny houses plan for veterans

An anonymous $10,000 donation to Pennies for Quarters is getting the ball rolling for the soon-to-be nonprofit. The organization’s goal is to… Continue reading

$10,000 donation to help start Pennies for Quarters’ tiny houses plan for veterans

Commissioner: Clallam to maintain focus on public records management

Public records management will remain a top priority for Clallam County in 2017, officials said. Clallam County took steps to improve its… Continue reading

Autopsy: 2½-year-old boy died of blunt-force trauma to the head

Autopsy: 2½-year-old boy died of blunt-force trauma to the head

A 2½-year-old boy allegedly killed last month by a Forks woman who was caring for him died of blunt-force trauma to the… Continue reading

Autopsy: 2½-year-old boy died of blunt-force trauma to the head
Port Angeles restaurant takes the time to thank veterans in holiday season

Port Angeles restaurant takes the time to thank veterans in holiday season

For five years, a city restaurant has continued a holiday tradition of honoring the area’s veterans. Days before Christmas, Smuggler’s Landing in… Continue reading

Port Angeles restaurant takes the time to thank veterans in holiday season
Jon Gray of Sequim stands in his attic with boxes of Star Wars toys he’s collected since the mid-1990s. He buys two of each action figure with the goal to keep one in box and a second to display. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Carlsborg man’s ‘Star Wars’ collection likely one of the biggest on Peninsula

Jon Gray remembers his first action figures well from the original 1977 “Star Wars: A New Hope.” His mom, Liisa, returned from a trip and… Continue reading

Jon Gray of Sequim stands in his attic with boxes of Star Wars toys he’s collected since the mid-1990s. He buys two of each action figure with the goal to keep one in box and a second to display. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Fake tree key to makeover: Method commonly used to disguise cell towers, consultant says

Disguising a radio-cellphone tower as a 150-foot Douglas fir is just one route the wireless industry takes these days to mollify concerns over… Continue reading

Judge: Olympic National Park right to repair cabins

Judge: Olympic National Park right to repair cabins

Olympic National Park had the authority to repair five historic structures in its wilderness area, a federal judge has ruled. A… Continue reading

Judge: Olympic National Park right to repair cabins
More than 100 expected cold plunge in Nordland

More than 100 expected cold plunge in Nordland

More than 100 people are expected to welcome in the New Year with a chilly dip off the dock in Nordland for the… Continue reading

More than 100 expected cold plunge in Nordland
Three polar bear plunges offered in Clallam County

Three polar bear plunges offered in Clallam County

It’s about the excitement, exhilaration and energy you get from taking the plunge on New Year’s Day, organizers of Clallam County’s polar… Continue reading

Three polar bear plunges offered in Clallam County
Prospective veterinarian from Sequim dies in wreck

Prospective veterinarian from Sequim dies in wreck

Family members are mourning the loss of a Sequim woman who died on a slick Eastern Washington road. Washington State University student Jessica… Continue reading

Prospective veterinarian from Sequim dies in wreck
Kelly Matlock, retired health educator with Jefferson County Public Health, was given a lifetime achievement award.

Retired health educator receives lifetime achievement award

A longtime health educator with Jefferson County Public Health has received an Exemplary Lifetime Achievement Award for her work in substance abuse… Continue reading

Kelly Matlock, retired health educator with Jefferson County Public Health, was given a lifetime achievement award.
The Historical Quilts exhibit will be gone in March and is made up of mostly quilts on loan from community members. (Cydney McFarland/Peninsula Daily News)

Museum in Port Townsend expands to bring in more exhibits

The Jefferson County Historical Society has expanded into the basement of historic City Hall to bring in more rotating exhibits to the… Continue reading

The Historical Quilts exhibit will be gone in March and is made up of mostly quilts on loan from community members. (Cydney McFarland/Peninsula Daily News)

Olympic National Park announces fee-free dates; fee increases also come into effect in 2017

Olympic National Park will offer free admission on nine days in 2017, with the first Jan. 16 for Martin Luther King… Continue reading

Fireworks blast over Port Townsend during last year’s First Night. (Jefferson County Historical Society)

First Night celebration to light up Port Townsend

The Jefferson County Historical Society on Saturday will present the 10th annual edition of First Night, Port Townsend’s alcohol-free New Year’s Eve… Continue reading

Fireworks blast over Port Townsend during last year’s First Night. (Jefferson County Historical Society)
Peninsula Home Fund: Twosome stick together through illness, poverty

Peninsula Home Fund: Twosome stick together through illness, poverty

In their 26 years married, Louise and David Mitchell have lived the… Continue reading

Peninsula Home Fund: Twosome stick together through illness, poverty