Daily Update Newsletter

Noah Glaude, North Olympic Library System’s executive director, looks over recent construction at the site of the Sequim Library’s expansion. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim Library remodel on pace for opening next spring

Walls are up, roof coming soon in major renovation

Noah Glaude, North Olympic Library System’s executive director, looks over recent construction at the site of the Sequim Library’s expansion. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

5 acres gifted to Jefferson County animal shelter

Jefferson County vets call it ‘central location’

Clallam, Jefferson to accept prescription drugs Saturday

Five dropoff sites located across Peninsula

Electric vehicle rebate program ends early

A program that offered rebates for the purchase or lease of an electric vehicle ended Monday when it exhausted its funding sooner than… Continue reading

Michelle Rhodes, executive director of the Sequim Irrigation Festival, shows festival royalty the new logo and tagline “When History Flows and Futures Grow” for the 130th festival on Oct. 12 at the Oasis Bar and Grill. Sherry Scharschmidt designed the logo using artificial intelligence technology. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Irrigation Festival reveals 2025 logo, tagline for 130th year

The tagline for the 130th year of the Sequim Irrigation Festival is “Where History Flows and Futures Grow.” The festival is set for… Continue reading

Michelle Rhodes, executive director of the Sequim Irrigation Festival, shows festival royalty the new logo and tagline “When History Flows and Futures Grow” for the 130th festival on Oct. 12 at the Oasis Bar and Grill. Sherry Scharschmidt designed the logo using artificial intelligence technology. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Port of Port Townsend examines its 2025 budget plans

More than 50 percent of capital budget to be Boat Haven projects

Shellfish harvesting closure partially lifted in Discovery Bay

Jefferson County Public Health has partially lifted its closure of shellfish harvesting from Discovery Bay. Those areas had been closed to harvesting… Continue reading

Port Angeles head girls soccer coach Daniel Horton talks with his team before beginning its rivalry match Tuesday night against Sequim at Wally Sigmar Field at Peninsula College. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

PREP SOCCER: Port Angeles hangs on to edge Sequim 2-1

The Port Angeles girls soccer team got a goal and an assist from freshman Mariah Traband and held on after Sequim scored… Continue reading

Port Angeles head girls soccer coach Daniel Horton talks with his team before beginning its rivalry match Tuesday night against Sequim at Wally Sigmar Field at Peninsula College. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)
Workers guide a new 125-foot-long, 1,500-pound section of stormwater drain pipe into a trench above the Larry Scott Trail on Tuesday in Port Townsend. The new pipe is bigger and made from a different material than the PVC that it replaced. Last winter, the old pipe fractured in places due to weather and caused dirt and rocks to slide onto the trail. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Pipe installation

Workers guide a new 125-foot-long, 1,500-pound section of stormwater drain pipe into a trench above the Larry Scott Trail on Tuesday in Port Townsend. The… Continue reading

Workers guide a new 125-foot-long, 1,500-pound section of stormwater drain pipe into a trench above the Larry Scott Trail on Tuesday in Port Townsend. The new pipe is bigger and made from a different material than the PVC that it replaced. Last winter, the old pipe fractured in places due to weather and caused dirt and rocks to slide onto the trail. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam County formalizes agreement with Welfare for Animals Guild

OPHS restructuring after Bark House closure

Drag, burlesque shows set this weekend at Studio Bob

Revenge of the Scream Queens, horror-themed drag and burlesque shows, are planned for 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Both shows will be… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center to implement five-year safety plan

Hospital responding to increase in incidents locally and nationwide

PAT NEAL: Predicting the coming winter

IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, (NOAA) issued its 2024-25 U.S. Winter Outlook. It was not a… Continue reading

Peter Mulvey to play concert at Palindrome

Peter Mulvey will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The concert will be in the Palindrome at Eaglemount Cidery, 1893 S. Jacob Miller… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles approves three ground leases

Agency finalizes 15-year pact with Amazon for warehouse

PT City Council votes to oppose I-2117

State to spend $3.2B from Climate Commitment Act in biennium

From left, Jim Bradbury, Terry Fogerson, Michael Hornbaum, Doug Brundage and Nancy McPherson, the trumpet section of the Sequim City Band, at a rehearsal. (Mark Wick/Sequim City Band)

Sequim City Band to begin indoor season

The Sequim City Band will kick off its 2024-2025 indoor season with “Words of Note” at 2 p.m. Saturday. The band will present… Continue reading

From left, Jim Bradbury, Terry Fogerson, Michael Hornbaum, Doug Brundage and Nancy McPherson, the trumpet section of the Sequim City Band, at a rehearsal. (Mark Wick/Sequim City Band)

Two taken to hospital after collision blocks Highway 112

Two people were transported to Olympic Medical Center after a two-car collision that blocked both lanes of state Highway 112. Travis E.… Continue reading

Bagrat Tsurkan (vocals) in center. Clockwise from the bottom left, Volodymyr Gitin (clarinet), Andrei Okhramovich (trumpet), Yaroslav Besh (trombone), Sergei Poltorak (percussion), Oleg Vasianovich (accordion) and Viktor Kirilov (acoustic guitar).

Ukrainian folk band to perform Saturday

Kommuna Lux will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Palindrome at Eaglemount Cidery, 1893 S. Jacob Miller Road in Port Townsend.… Continue reading

Bagrat Tsurkan (vocals) in center. Clockwise from the bottom left, Volodymyr Gitin (clarinet), Andrei Okhramovich (trumpet), Yaroslav Besh (trombone), Sergei Poltorak (percussion), Oleg Vasianovich (accordion) and Viktor Kirilov (acoustic guitar).

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: East Jefferson volleyball sweeps Vashon

The East Jefferson volleyball team swept Vashon 3-0 (25-9, 25-12, 25-12) to snap a nine-game losing streak. It was the sixth win… Continue reading