Clallam County

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Jill Zarzeczny of Port Angeles, left, and her children, Althea Zarzeczny, 4, and Lupine Zarzeczny, 9, look for marine life beneath the sand during Tuesday's low tide at Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles. The minus 2.99 tide qualified as one of the lowest of the year with tides of minus 2.53 at La Push, minus 2.70 at Makah Bay, minus 2.55 at Seiku, minus 2.74 at Crescent Bay, minus 3.08 at Dungeness, minus 3.42 at Port Townsend and minus 3.82 at Dabob Bay. Similar low tides are forecast for the rest of the week across the North Olympic Peninsula.
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Lowest tides on Peninsula

Jill Zarzeczny of Port Angeles, left, and her children, Althea Zarzeczny, 4, and Lupine Zarzeczny, 9, look for marine life beneath the sand during Tuesday’s… Continue reading

 

The North Olympic Library System is hosting a series of open houses to showcase its new bookmobile.

Bookmobile open houses scheduled

The North Olympic Library System is hosting a series of open houses to showcase its new bookmobile. Visitors may tour the bookmobile,… Continue reading

 

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Clallam restarts search for county administrator

HR director has filled spot for four years

 

Port Angeles man in court on child sex charges

PORT ANGELES – A man accused of two sex crimes against children will be back in Clallam County Superior Court today for the formal filing… Continue reading

Road work to close part of Race Street today

The northbound lane of Race Street will be closed from Lauridsen Boulevard to Park Avenue from about 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.… Continue reading

Very Short Film Festival returns to Peninsula College

Peninsula College once again hosts the Very Short Film Festival as part of the college’s annual Student Arts Week celebration. The film… Continue reading

Racers in the Race to Alaska pass by the cheers and well wishes from the hundreds of spectators lining the docks at the Northwest Maritime Center when the cannon went off at 5 a.m. Monday, starting the 750-mile journey from Port Townsend to Ketchikan, Alaska. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

And they’re off to the Proving Ground

Race to Alaska boats to leave Victoria on Thursday

Racers in the Race to Alaska pass by the cheers and well wishes from the hundreds of spectators lining the docks at the Northwest Maritime Center when the cannon went off at 5 a.m. Monday, starting the 750-mile journey from Port Townsend to Ketchikan, Alaska. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Burn ban in effect in Jefferson County

Clallam County to prohibit fires by July 1

Story swap at Port Angeles library

Eva Abram will be the featured teller at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Abram will share multicultural folk tales at Story Swap in the… Continue reading

Tidepools launch party will offer awards, reading and pop-up art exhibit

The 59th edition of Tidepools will be released on Thursday. The public is invited to a launch party from 6 p.m. to… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 DelGuzzi Drive (off… Continue reading

Benjamin N. Phillips Memorial Fund 2023 grant cycle announced

Seattle Foundation opened the 2023 grant cycle of the Benjamin N. Phillips Memorial Fund on Thursday. Beginning this year, funding requests will follow… Continue reading

Fire crews fight beach blaze, structure fire

Two fires over the weekend in the Four Seasons Ranch area near Morse Creek were extinguished with no injuries, reported Clallam 2… Continue reading

McDonald Creek fish passage gets no bids again

Contractors say it’s too ‘intricate, tricky’

Race Street closures set this week in Port Angeles

Race Street will be closed between Eighth and 10th streets from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and from 7 p.m. Tuesday… Continue reading

Best of the Peninsula.

Nomination round begins for Best of Peninsula

Nominations are being accepted for the Best of the Peninsula in both Clallam and Jefferson counties. In separate ballots, voters will be asked to first… Continue reading

Best of the Peninsula.
Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighters, with assistance from surrounding districts, work to extinguish fire of beach logs and grasses that scorched a stretch of beach along the Strait of Juan de Fuca at the north end of Four Seasons Ranch and threatened numerous homes on Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Beach blaze contained at Morse Creek

Saturday fire worried homeowners, but no structures affected

Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighters, with assistance from surrounding districts, work to extinguish fire of beach logs and grasses that scorched a stretch of beach along the Strait of Juan de Fuca at the north end of Four Seasons Ranch and threatened numerous homes on Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Improv, end of ‘Invisible Neighbors’ show at Studio Bob

IWANT — Improv Without A Net Troupe — will perform at Studio Bob just after the closing reception for “Invisible Neighbors,” a… Continue reading

“Blooming Artists” exhibit brings learning to life

The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center will host a free opening reception for “Blooming Artists,” an exhibit of elementary student artwork from… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: Garden homework for the end of the school year

WELL HERE WE are, already into the month of June. Soon school will be out and summer activities begin in earnest! So with that said,… Continue reading