Clallam County

Volunteers sought for trail run in August

Volunteers are currently being sought for the North Olympic Peninsula area of the Olympic Relay Adventure slated for Friday and Saturday, Aug. 11-12. Event organizers… Continue reading

Kyle Wagner, a PenCom Communications officer receives and dispatches calls from the Port Angeles office at 321 E. Fifth St. (Erin Hawkins/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Draft plan for PenCom, JeffCom merger expected by end of month

Emergency dispatch services for Clallam and Jefferson counties are getting closer to becoming a regional entity. Clallam County Peninsula Communications [PenCom] and JeffCom 911 Communications… Continue reading

Kyle Wagner, a PenCom Communications officer receives and dispatches calls from the Port Angeles office at 321 E. Fifth St. (Erin Hawkins/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Tree removal clears path for airlifts, commercial service at Fairchild

Tree removal clears path for airlifts, commercial service at Fairchild

A federal flight restriction that blocked nighttime fixed-wing emergency airlift and commercial delivery services at Fairchild International Airport is expected to be… Continue reading

Tree removal clears path for airlifts, commercial service at Fairchild

LETTER: Endorses Steve Chinn

I first met Steve Chinn over 34 years ago when I was a member of the Sequim School Board. He served as an elementary teacher… Continue reading

WEST END NEIGHBOR: Fireworks show a Sekiu-wide affair

A WEST END fireworks show exceeded expectations during July Fourth week. The evidence came when there was a short lull after 40 minutes of fireworks… Continue reading

Port Angeles man arrested after supermarket parking lot stabbing

A 24-year-old Port Angeles man was arrested Monday morning after a man was stabbed in the abdomen at the Lincoln Street Safeway… Continue reading

Brush fire, garage blaze keep Clallam firefighters busy

Brush fire, garage blaze keep Clallam firefighters busy

Clallam Fire District No. 2 responded to two fires, one along the Elwha River and the other located in a garage and… Continue reading

Brush fire, garage blaze keep Clallam firefighters busy
One sent to hospital after truck swerves off Old Olympic Highway

One sent to hospital after truck swerves off Old Olympic Highway

A 40-year-old man was transported to Olympic Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries Saturday afternoon after a Ford F-150 swerved off Old Olympic… Continue reading

One sent to hospital after truck swerves off Old Olympic Highway

Water ruling debate holds up state capital budget

All might seem quiet now that the state Legislature has passed and Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a two-year operating budget. While the… Continue reading

Police: Officers fatally shoot man who fired from boat near Bainbridge Island

Authorities said officers fatally wounded a man who fired shots toward the shore from a… Continue reading

Police: Port Angeles man suspected of fleeing after wreck is in jail

A Port Angeles man police suspect of fleeing an officer after a hit-and-run wreck is in jail. Robert James McKellard, 44, was… Continue reading

New exhibit features contemporary native arts

Combining age-old Native weaving and sewing methods, seven Jamestown S’Klallam women have used materials including Western red cedar bark, sweet grass, deer hide… Continue reading

Audience members dance at a recent installment of the Concert on the Pier music series at Port Angeles City Pier. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Free outdoor concerts open in Port Townsend, continue in Port Angeles, Sequim

Port Townsend will kick off its summer of free outdoor concerts, Concerts on the Dock, on Thursday. Joy in Mudville will perform music with influences… Continue reading

Audience members dance at a recent installment of the Concert on the Pier music series at Port Angeles City Pier. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Clallam County Sheriff’s corrections officers promoted

Clallam County Sheriff’s corrections officers promoted

Two Clallam County Sheriff’s Office corrections officers have received promotions. Sgt. Cassandra “Wendy” Peterson was promoted to chief corrections deputy and Corrections… Continue reading

Clallam County Sheriff’s corrections officers promoted

Bail raised for Port Angeles man on drug and weapons charges

The bail for a 26-year-old Port Angeles man on drug and weapons charges was raised to $250,000 Thursday and a bond company… Continue reading

Last team makes it over the finish line in Race to Alaska

Last team makes it over the finish line in Race to Alaska

The last boat in the race, Team Oaracle, has crossed the finish line in Ketchikan, Alaska, marking the end of the third… Continue reading

Last team makes it over the finish line in Race to Alaska
Longtime downtown Sequim business Over the Fence listed for sale

Longtime downtown Sequim business Over the Fence listed for sale

For more than two decades, Over the Fence has been an anchor in downtown Sequim. Now the owners of the business at 112… Continue reading

Longtime downtown Sequim business Over the Fence listed for sale
Additional charges proposed against Port Angeles man accused of firing at police

Additional charges proposed against Port Angeles man accused of firing at police

James Edward Sweet, the Port Angeles man charged with shooting at law enforcement officers in May 2016, is facing four new felony… Continue reading

Additional charges proposed against Port Angeles man accused of firing at police
A GROWING CONCERN: A theme can pull a yard together

A GROWING CONCERN: A theme can pull a yard together

SO IT LOOKS like I have to travel more often. Whereas I just completed my second trip to San Antonio, leaving June 23 to see… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: A theme can pull a yard together

BIRD WATCH: Sunbathing birds can turn heads

THE PICTURE WASN’T very clear but the description that went with it was. The writer was concerned about a Steller’s jay in her yard. It… Continue reading