Clallam County

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

 

Clallam, Jefferson to accept prescription drugs Saturday

Five dropoff sites located across Peninsula

 

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

 

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

Port of Port Angeles approves three ground leases

Agency finalizes 15-year pact with Amazon for warehouse

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

Search and rescue teams locate disoriented hunter

Search and rescue teams from Clallam and Jefferson counties located a Port Angeles man who had become disoriented due to rain and foggy… Continue reading

Clallam County commissioners to host budget presentations

The Clallam County commissioners will present the county’s proposed 2025 budget at a series of public meetings. The commissioners will host a… Continue reading

Clallam Transit to hire security agency for downtown Port Angeles location

Two-year contract aims to curb recurring unlawful activities

Public comment open on proposed PNNL aquatic research

The U.S. Department of Energy will host public meetings at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday. The meetings will be in the Hendricks… Continue reading

Five rescued from tug off coast of La Push

Concrete barge waiting to be towed to shore

Karyn Bocko of Port Angeles, front, looks at mushroom merchandise at the annual Fungi Festival on Saturday at the Clallam County Fairgrounds. Looking on at right is Freya Gereke of Portland-based Odd Fox & Fern. The two-day event brought together mushroom fans for a weekend of fungus appreciation, along with food, merchandise and workshops. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Fungi Festival at Fairgrounds

Karyn Bocko of Port Angeles, front, looks at mushroom merchandise at the annual Fungi Festival on Saturday at the Clallam County Fairgrounds. Looking on at… Continue reading

Karyn Bocko of Port Angeles, front, looks at mushroom merchandise at the annual Fungi Festival on Saturday at the Clallam County Fairgrounds. Looking on at right is Freya Gereke of Portland-based Odd Fox & Fern. The two-day event brought together mushroom fans for a weekend of fungus appreciation, along with food, merchandise and workshops. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Sales of fireworks will be prohibited in Sequim city limits effective late October 2025 after Sequim city council members voted to restrict the sale. The decision comes seven years after former city council members voted to ban the discharge of fireworks in city limits. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group file)

Sequim to ban fireworks sales

Ordinance to go into effect next fall

Sales of fireworks will be prohibited in Sequim city limits effective late October 2025 after Sequim city council members voted to restrict the sale. The decision comes seven years after former city council members voted to ban the discharge of fireworks in city limits. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group file)
The West Sequim Bay Corridor Project, including a lift station at Forrest Road, is the largest project for the city of Sequim in 2025. Nick Dostie, Sequim’s city engineer and deputy director of public works, previously said the city plans to go to bid in the second or third quarter of 2025, with construction possibly starting in the first quarter of 2026, and pipeline and lift station construction complete in the third or fourth quarter of 2028. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim’s $58M budget largest in history

Utility rate increase continues three-year plan

The West Sequim Bay Corridor Project, including a lift station at Forrest Road, is the largest project for the city of Sequim in 2025. Nick Dostie, Sequim’s city engineer and deputy director of public works, previously said the city plans to go to bid in the second or third quarter of 2025, with construction possibly starting in the first quarter of 2026, and pipeline and lift station construction complete in the third or fourth quarter of 2028. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Pat Boyd of Port Angeles picks out a tree during Saturday’s tree giveaway in the Port Angeles City Hall parking lot. The event, part of the City Shade Tree program, offered a selection of scarlet oaks/American red oaks, Garry oaks/Oregon white oaks and Katsura trees to be planted along city rights-of-way. The city handed out about 140 trees last year, the first year of the program. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Tree selection in Port Angeles

Pat Boyd of Port Angeles picks out a tree during Saturday’s tree giveaway in the Port Angeles City Hall parking lot. The event, part of… Continue reading

Pat Boyd of Port Angeles picks out a tree during Saturday’s tree giveaway in the Port Angeles City Hall parking lot. The event, part of the City Shade Tree program, offered a selection of scarlet oaks/American red oaks, Garry oaks/Oregon white oaks and Katsura trees to be planted along city rights-of-way. The city handed out about 140 trees last year, the first year of the program. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Fall color is breathtaking and why I emphasize it so! My sister took this photo last week at our cottage in far Northern Wisconsin and perfectly shows why everyone should plant fall foliage plants. (Linda May)

A GROWING CONCERN: Fall in love with autumn foliage plants

WITHOUT QUESTION, I believe that fall foliage color is the most underutilized (although stunningly brilliant) and unplanned element in the garden. And not just here… Continue reading

Fall color is breathtaking and why I emphasize it so! My sister took this photo last week at our cottage in far Northern Wisconsin and perfectly shows why everyone should plant fall foliage plants. (Linda May)