NEWS BRIEFS: Sequim briefly to close off some streets today . . . and other items

Published 12:01 am Thursday, September 3, 2015

SEQUIM — North Sequim Avenue and West Cedar Street will be closed at different times today for reconstruction of crosswalks.

Closures are tentatively set for:

■ 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at West Cedar Street between North Sequim Avenue and North Second Avenue with access to local businesses and Seal Street from Second Avenue.

■ 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at North Sequim Avenue between Cedar Street and Spruce Street with access to Head Start and local businesses through Spruce Street.

■ 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at West Cedar Street between North Sequim Avenue and North Second Avenue with access to local businesses and Seal Street from Second Avenue.

Flaggers will be directing traffic to alternate routes.

Storm cleanup

PORT TOWNSEND — Cleanup from Saturday’s windstorm on the North Olympic Peninsula is nearly complete.

The last of the Jefferson County Public Utility District customers who had been in the dark since Saturday — about 50 — had power restored at 6 a.m. Wednesday, said Jim Parker, general manager.

At their peak, outages hit nearly 12,000 Jefferson PUD customers and more than 2,000 Clallam County PUD customers.

Mora Campground and Spruce Nature Trail in Olympic National Park remained closed Wednesday, but all other locations had been reopened.

Some firefighters returning home

Some North Olympic Peninsula firefighting strike teams will soon return home after completing deployments to fire lines in Central and Eastern Washington.

A team of four firefighters from the Port Angeles Fire Department has been released from the fires burning near Omak after a two-week stint protecting a small town in the path of the Okanogan Complex fires.

At least 21 firefighters from Clallam and Jefferson counties were deployed in August to battle fires in Eastern Washington.

They come from the Port Angeles Fire Department, Clallam County Fire Districts Nos. 2 and 3, Port Ludlow Fire & Rescue and East Jefferson Fire-Rescue.

They have assisted or are assisting in efforts against the Walla Walla Complex Fire, Grizzly Bear Complex Fire, Marble Valley Fire and Stickpin/Kettle Complex Fire, as well as the Okanogan Complex.

A three-member team from Quilcene Fire Rescue departed Aug. 25 for a 14-day assignment at the Okanogan Complex.