Daily Update Newsletter

Washington’s Gonzaga hires Missouri educator fired over protest conduct

Melissa Click, let go after interfering with journalists and police during student protests, has been hired to a communication studies lecturer job.

Insurance agency gives $2,000 to Clallam County fire district

District plans to use donated funds to buy individual packs for Community Emergency Response Teams.

PREP FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Forks returns to the home sideline, Port Townsend, Sequim and Chimacum upgrade helmet logos
PREP FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Forks returns to the home sideline, Port Townsend, Sequim and Chimacum upgrade helmet logos
Peninsula storyteller to be featured at national festival

Peninsula storyteller to be featured at national festival

Sequim resident Ingrid Nixon is headed to the 44th annual National Storytelling Festival this October in Jonesborough, Tenn.

Peninsula storyteller to be featured at national festival
Alleged bus assailant arraigned on new charge in Port Angeles

Alleged bus assailant arraigned on new charge in Port Angeles

Riley Edge White is being held in the Clallam County jail on $150,000 bond following an alleged attack Aug. 27 that injured a woman who rented a room at his residence.

Alleged bus assailant arraigned on new charge in Port Angeles
Port Townsend Main Street Program gets national accreditation amid its 30th year in operation

Port Townsend Main Street Program gets national accreditation amid its 30th year in operation

The organization’s most recent work is the tables with chairs on Taylor Street in downtown Port Townsend.

Port Townsend Main Street Program gets national accreditation amid its 30th year in operation

Potential victims of license data breach to be notified, state says

Information is to be mailed as soon as possible to an estimated 1.5 million people who created customer profiles in the state license system before July 2006.

Program offers fourth-graders fee passes to national parks

Every Kid in a Park gives students, and those accompanying them, free access to park areas — including Olympic National Park.

Stars, oceans focus of talks in Forks starting Saturday

The Olympic Natural Resources Center will host a mobile planetarium Saturday, and on Sept. 13, a talk will be given on ocean acidification and algal blooms.

SmileMobile to offer dental care in Port Angeles, Joyce starting later this month

The 39-foot clinic on wheels travels the state providing services to children in need of dental care.

Port Angeles police investigate knife assault

Police say that one man was left with a stab wound to his leg after a fight in the city.

PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Quilcene blasts Mary M. Knight; Crescent falls
PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Quilcene blasts Mary M. Knight; Crescent falls

Body found on Olympic National Park shore recovered; no identification yet

The body was recovered near Norwegian Memorial on the Pacific coast southwest of Lake Ozette.

Celebration on Port Angeles waterfront draws hundreds

Celebration on Port Angeles waterfront draws hundreds

Jammin’ in the Park offered live bands, a volleyball tournament, a beer and wine garden, a food court and a car show.

Celebration on Port Angeles waterfront draws hundreds

Drop profanity ban, Port Angeles city attorney advises

“It may be well-intended, but it may be difficult if not impossible to define what profanity is,” the mayor said.

Fireball reported across Pacific Northwest sky

The cause of the phenomenon was unknown Saturday.

Minor injury reported after three-car wreck in Port Townsend

Minor injury reported after three-car wreck in Port Townsend

No one else was hurt, East Jefferson Fire-Rescue said.

Minor injury reported after three-car wreck in Port Townsend
Reunion to mark 40th Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend

Reunion to mark 40th Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend

“We’re just trying to gather people together in the same spirit that created the festival,” one organizer said.

Reunion to mark 40th Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend
Tribute concert to celebrate Peninsula music man’s love of music

Tribute concert to celebrate Peninsula music man’s love of music

Dewey Ehling died Aug. 7 of pneumonia at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle at the age of 87.

Tribute concert to celebrate Peninsula music man’s love of music
Two memorial services planned for Sequim businessman, volunteer

Two memorial services planned for Sequim businessman, volunteer

Louie Rychlik died Aug. 9 at the age of 74 from complications of a stroke.

Two memorial services planned for Sequim businessman, volunteer