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Olympic National Park’s mules run free in Sequim

Olympic National Park’s mules run free in Sequim

Locals are calling last Friday night “The Great Mule Roundup of 2017.” Sequim Police Department reports 28 mules were found loose trotting in… Continue reading

Olympic National Park’s mules run free in Sequim
Volunteers work to sign up Jefferson County residents for health insurance

Volunteers work to sign up Jefferson County residents for health insurance

A group of volunteers is working in Jefferson County to spread the word that it’s not too late to sign up for… Continue reading

Volunteers work to sign up Jefferson County residents for health insurance
Christmas Bird Counts begin on Olympic Peninsula

Christmas Bird Counts begin on Olympic Peninsula

“Widgeons … mallards … we got some scaups … we have a bunch of American coots, a great blue heron … one… Continue reading

Christmas Bird Counts begin on Olympic Peninsula
Chimacum superintendent discusses discipline concerns

Chimacum superintendent discusses discipline concerns

Addressing the discipline issues raised by numerous Chimacum High School parents has become Chimacum School District Superintendent Rick Thompson’s top priority, he said.… Continue reading

Chimacum superintendent discusses discipline concerns
McDonald Creek Bridge completion tentatively set for March

McDonald Creek Bridge completion tentatively set for March

The closure of the McDonald Creek Bridge along Old Olympic Highway has been an inconvenience for… Continue reading

  • Dec 17, 2017
  • By Matthew Nash Olympic Peninsula News Group
  • Clallam County
McDonald Creek Bridge completion tentatively set for March
Jefferson County commissioners discuss needs with state lawmakers

Jefferson County commissioners discuss needs with state lawmakers

Jefferson County commissioners told state lawmakers that the county needs help with funding and with affordable housing. They met Wednesday night with… Continue reading

Jefferson County commissioners discuss needs with state lawmakers
Highway subcontractor announces end to highway delays

Highway subcontractor announces end to highway delays

Officials from Strider Construction, a subcontractor performing the rock wall scaling, bolting and doweling along U.S. Highway 101 at Lake Crescent, announced… Continue reading

Highway subcontractor announces end to highway delays
Port Angeles School Board member quits, blasts system

Port Angeles School Board member quits, blasts system

Susan Shotthafer, who blazed her own trail during two years in elected office, has resigned her position on the Port Angeles School… Continue reading

Port Angeles School Board member quits, blasts system
Last year for holiday lights tours in Port Angeles

Last year for holiday lights tours in Port Angeles

Before Willie Nelson drives off into retirement, the All Points Charters & Tours operator will spend one more holiday season showing families… Continue reading

Last year for holiday lights tours in Port Angeles
Most beds full at Jefferson County Winter Shelter

Most beds full at Jefferson County Winter Shelter

Beds at the Jefferson County Winter Shelter are filling up and it’s only been open since November. “Most of our [28] built-in… Continue reading

Most beds full at Jefferson County Winter Shelter
Movie crew, Jeff Goldblum visit Sequim’s Blondie’s Plate

Movie crew, Jeff Goldblum visit Sequim’s Blondie’s Plate

Diners got a taste of Hollywood on Dec. 5 at Sequim’s Blondie’s Plate. Staff and customers spotted Jeff Goldblum (“Jurassic Park,” “Thor: Ragnarok”)… Continue reading

Movie crew, Jeff Goldblum visit Sequim’s Blondie’s Plate
AAUW names Woman of Excellence in Jefferson

AAUW names Woman of Excellence in Jefferson

A founding member of the Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County and a former City Council member has been named the… Continue reading

AAUW names Woman of Excellence in Jefferson
Olympic Medical commissioner announces resignation

Olympic Medical commissioner announces resignation

Olympic Medical Center Commissioner Jim Cammack has resigned from his seat, citing personal and health reasons, after 15 years of service. The… Continue reading

Olympic Medical commissioner announces resignation
Pact with PDA would move KPTZ Radio to Fort Worden

Pact with PDA would move KPTZ Radio to Fort Worden

Port Townsend’s KPTZ 91.9 FM could call Fort Worden home in the coming years after it entered into a memorandum of understanding… Continue reading

Pact with PDA would move KPTZ Radio to Fort Worden
Port Angeles City Council discusses long- and short-term measures to prevent bridge suicides

Port Angeles City Council discusses long- and short-term measures to prevent bridge suicides

An 8- to 9-foot curved chain-link fence, a vertical wire mesh fence of the same height or some combination of the two… Continue reading

Port Angeles City Council discusses long- and short-term measures to prevent bridge suicides
Parents criticize tactics: Chimacum High School discipline methods draw fire

Parents criticize tactics: Chimacum High School discipline methods draw fire

Parents frustrated with Chimacum High School’s recent approach to discipline told administrators during a well-attended parent forum Wednesday night that their students now… Continue reading

Parents criticize tactics: Chimacum High School discipline methods draw fire
Death leaves many questions in parents’ minds

Death leaves many questions in parents’ minds

Joseph Daniel Henry had unmedicated schizophrenia when he was released early from a Sedro-Woolley drug treatment center in mid-September. By the time… Continue reading

Death leaves many questions in parents’ minds
Saving a soul mate: Peninsula couple prepare for two surgeries

Saving a soul mate: Peninsula couple prepare for two surgeries

She would certainly give her soul mate her kidney if she could. But because Sasha Alder-Turk does not share 20-year partner Chad… Continue reading

Saving a soul mate: Peninsula couple prepare for two surgeries

Olympics building deep snowpack for skiiing, sledding season

Olympic Mountain snowpack was 268 percent of normal Thursday despite a series of atmospheric rivers in November, leaving a solid base of white stuff for… Continue reading

Olympic Hot Springs Road wrestles with Elwha River

Olympic Hot Springs Road wrestles with Elwha River

Flood-ravaged Olympic Hot Springs Road is battling an Elwha River swollen by rain and warm-temperature runoff, a waterway unleashed by the… Continue reading

Olympic Hot Springs Road wrestles with Elwha River