Clallam County

BIRD WATCH: As Thanksgiving looms, look to your feeders

“YOU HAVE A woodpecker!” My observant visitor was about to open the sliding glass door leading to the deck. There, on a newly hung lard/oatmeal… Continue reading

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Free labor law seminar scheduled later this month … and other items

The Department of Labor & Industries will hold a free labor law seminar at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30. A department representative will… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 firefighters battle a car blaze on U.S. Highway 101 around Lake Crescent. (Clallam County Fire District No. 2)

Car burns on Highway 101 at Lake Crescent

A father and daughter narrowly escaped injury in a car fire on U.S. Highway 101 around Lake Crescent. Clallam County Fire District… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 firefighters battle a car blaze on U.S. Highway 101 around Lake Crescent. (Clallam County Fire District No. 2)

Clallam Bay prison easing lockdown after fight

Prison officials continued easing a lockdown Saturday at Clallam Bay Corrections Center after a brief fight broke out at about 3:30 p.m.… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Twice-monthly breakfast meetings usually are held at 11:45 a.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at… Continue reading

HELP LINE: Look for things to be grateful for

ARE WE READY? What do you mean, “For what?” Thanksgiving, obviously. It’s this coming Thursday. So, are we ready? And that little exchange just evoked… Continue reading

LETTER: Delve deeply into the suicide problem on Peninsula

Decades ago, a Peninsula Daily News reporter wrote a series of articles on the prevalence of teen suicides on the Olympic Peninsula. Apparently it is… Continue reading

LETTER: Drivers need to be more cautious at crosswalks

On Nov. 9, I saw two schoolchildren almost hit trying to cross the street in Bremerton. It was on a four-lane arterial. A car in… Continue reading

LETTER: Halloween costumes demeans honorable hobos

Consider the following response to “What was the most interesting Halloween costume you ever saw?” in “Speaking Out,” Peninsula Daily News, Oct. 29: “A hobo.… Continue reading

LETTER: Newspaper should stop reporting on suicides

Rarely have I felt it necessary to write you [the Peninsula Daily News]. My heart aches that each of these “real people” has a sad… Continue reading

LETTER: Oil being consumed at gluttonous rates with few options

In reference to the [Nov. 1] letter to the editor titled “Oil challenges.” The letter writer makes a number of valid points regarding energy challenges… Continue reading

LETTER: Port Angeles planning for trail ‘problem’ that doesn’t exist

On Oct. 13, the Peninsula Daily News ran an article on the Olympic Discovery Trail open house [“Homeowners Give Input On ODT Segments At Open… Continue reading

LETTER: Time to rescind or enforce state law about mufflers

I am sure a lot of people locally do not know about or just ignore the following Revised Code of Washington law. It is apparent… Continue reading

LETTER: True 20 percent corporate tax rate worth supporting

President Donald Trump keeps insisting that industry is taxed at the highest rate of any industrialized country, in fact almost every country in the whole… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Monday ribbon-cutting to fete Carrie Blake Park access road … and other items

A ribbon-cutting ceremony will celebrate the opening of a new access road to Carrie Blake Park at noon Monday. The road to the… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center approves 2018 budget, 1 percent tax hike

Olympic Medical Center’s board of commissioners has approved the hospital’s 2018 operating and capital budgets, as well as a 1 percent property… Continue reading

Port Angeles man sentenced for sexual assault of minor

Charles Jason Butcher of Port Angeles has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for aggravated sexual assault of… Continue reading

Bill Peach

State sets preferred alternative for marbled murrelet protection

The state Board of Natural Resources has selected a preferred alternative for the long-term conservation of the marbled murrelet. The board voted 5-1… Continue reading

Bill Peach

Washington state delays Dungeness crab season

Officials in Washington state say they’re delaying the start of Dungeness crab season by two weeks because of harmful algae.… Continue reading

EYE ON CLALLAM: County board to discuss budget

Clallam County commissioners will discuss the proposed 2018 budget in a work session that will begin at 9 a.m. Monday. The meeting will be in… Continue reading