2022-2023 NOHN Mobile Health Clinic statistics

• Total number of overall visits: 404 • Individual students served: 98 (nearly 50-50 boys and girls) • Students accessing behavioral health service: 87 •… Continue reading

North Olympic Healthcare Network’s Mobile Health Clinic ends first year of serving students

Behavioral health services top service sought

Washington Scuba Alliance diver Glenn Grant holds the regulator of dive buddy Randy Williams while Williams adjusts his flipper before submerging at the breakwater at the entrance to the Point Hudson Marina. The divers were volunteering their services to relocate marine animals, such as sea stars, sea anemone and other invertebrates in advance of the re-placing the south entrance to the marina after the Wooden Boat Festival ends in September. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Scuba divers relocate Point Hudson creatures

Action taken to preserve marine life during breakwater work

Washington Scuba Alliance diver Glenn Grant holds the regulator of dive buddy Randy Williams while Williams adjusts his flipper before submerging at the breakwater at the entrance to the Point Hudson Marina. The divers were volunteering their services to relocate marine animals, such as sea stars, sea anemone and other invertebrates in advance of the re-placing the south entrance to the marina after the Wooden Boat Festival ends in September. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
A bright sun shone Tuesday afternoon on Kevin Mason and his Raccoon Lodge in Uptown Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)
A bright sun shone Tuesday afternoon on Kevin Mason and his Raccoon Lodge in Uptown Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)

Debris removal to close Ridge

Three-day closure to begin Aug. 15

Park reopens two trails

The Switchback and Sunrise Ridge trails have been reopened in Olympic National Park while the Lake Angeles/Heather Park Loop remains closed, park… Continue reading

Retirement options to be detailed at town hall meet

The Office of the State Treasurer in partnership with Washington State Labor Council, Economic Opportunity Institute and AARP is hosting a “Future… Continue reading

Shuttle to summit remains popular

When Olympic National Park and Clallam Transit encouraged visitors to get out of their vehicles and take a shuttle to Hurricane Ridge,… Continue reading

Amala Kuster with the Sequim Sunrise Rotary hands off a bag to James Joseph Dorrell, 14, with the Sequim unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula, during the Back to School Fair in 2022. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Students to get a boost with Back to School Fair events

Back to School fairs are planned in Port Angeles on Aug. 19 and in Sequim on Aug. 26. Organizers of Sequim’s annual Back to School… Continue reading

Amala Kuster with the Sequim Sunrise Rotary hands off a bag to James Joseph Dorrell, 14, with the Sequim unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula, during the Back to School Fair in 2022. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
First responders prevent a vehicle from sliding farther down an embankment after it went off U.S. Highway 101 Monday evening. Its driver, a 61-year-old Sequim woman, died in the crash. (Clallam County Fire District 3)

Sequim woman dies after car goes over embankment

Collision between SUV, log truck injures another

First responders prevent a vehicle from sliding farther down an embankment after it went off U.S. Highway 101 Monday evening. Its driver, a 61-year-old Sequim woman, died in the crash. (Clallam County Fire District 3)

Dabob Bay area could expand

DNR may use state funds for program

Man found dead in structure fire identified

The man who died in a structure fire off East Sequim Bay Road last week has been identified. Brian J. Long, 44,… Continue reading

Trails still closed after cougar attack in park

Trackers haven’t found animal, officials say

Firefighters work to contain a brush fire on the south side of U.S. Highway 101 near Deer Park on Monday. (Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue)

Brush fire burns about 1.5 acres near Deer Park

Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue crews contained a brush fire that burned about 1.5 acres south of U.S. Highway 101 near Deer Park Loop… Continue reading

Firefighters work to contain a brush fire on the south side of U.S. Highway 101 near Deer Park on Monday. (Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue)
Blackberry pie contest winners, from left, Rachel Rice of Joyce (second place, adult), Audry Rice, 11, of Joyce (third place, youth), Janice Harsh of Port Angeles (third place, adult), Haylie Tenneson, 11, of Port Angeles (first place, youth), Tamara Stephens, Clackamas, Ore. (first place, adult) and Ariana Varholla, 15, of Sequim (second place, youth) display their pies and ribbons at the end of judging on Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Joyce Daze

Blackberry pie contest winners, from left, Rachel Rice of Joyce (second place, adult), Audry Rice, 11, of Joyce (third place, youth), Janice Harsh of Port… Continue reading

Blackberry pie contest winners, from left, Rachel Rice of Joyce (second place, adult), Audry Rice, 11, of Joyce (third place, youth), Janice Harsh of Port Angeles (third place, adult), Haylie Tenneson, 11, of Port Angeles (first place, youth), Tamara Stephens, Clackamas, Ore. (first place, adult) and Ariana Varholla, 15, of Sequim (second place, youth) display their pies and ribbons at the end of judging on Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

OMC Foundation announces $500,000 program contribution

Scholarship fund aims to increase health care workers

The charred remains of a pair of mobile homes sit on Saturday at the Emerald Mobile Home & RV Park in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Travel trailers burn at Port Angeles facility

Firefighters extinguished blazes in two travel trailers at Emerald Mobile Home & RV Park on Saturday morning, the Port Angeles Fire Department… Continue reading

The charred remains of a pair of mobile homes sit on Saturday at the Emerald Mobile Home & RV Park in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Two hurt in Brinnon wreck; one still in serious condition

An Elma woman pulled out into U.S. Highway 101 traffic from a parking lot and hit a car driven by a Port Angeles… Continue reading