Clallam County

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Makah Member selected as deputy director … and other items

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Makah Member selected as deputy director … and other items

Maryland’s Division of Environmental Health Services selected Makah Nation member Martin Smith as its deputy director for Indian Health Services’ Headquarters. He… Continue reading

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Makah Member selected as deputy director … and other items

EYE ON CLALLAM: Commissioners to discuss elected official salaries

Clallam County commissioners will discuss a resolution establishing salaries and benefits for elected officials in a continued work session Tuesday. The discussion will begin at… Continue reading

New exhibits added to Hoh Rain Forest Visitor Center

New exhibits added to Hoh Rain Forest Visitor Center

New interpretive exhibits will be unveiled at the Hoh Rain Forest Visitor Center at 1 p.m. Friday. The hands-on exhibits offer… Continue reading

New exhibits added to Hoh Rain Forest Visitor Center

A GROWING CONCERN: Time for grueling, repetitive, annual seasonal service

TODAY’S THE MIDDLE of late early spring, in five days it will be the middle of spring. Haven’t you been enjoying the fragrance of the… Continue reading

BIRD WATCH: Robins rocket along routine routes

THE FAMILIAR SAYING, “as the crow flies,” is no different than, “as the bird flies.” Simply said, it means “straight.” Bends in the road, hills… Continue reading

City of Sequim rolls out annual report in high fashion

City of Sequim rolls out annual report in high fashion

It may have been Sequim’s most glamorous City Council meeting ever. Wearing top hats, with strobe lights and flash lights shining around them,… Continue reading

City of Sequim rolls out annual report in high fashion
Contest emerges for West End District Court judgeship

Contest emerges for West End District Court judgeship

A two-man race has emerged for the West End District Court 2 judge position being vacated by longtime jurist John Doherty, who… Continue reading

Contest emerges for West End District Court judgeship

Court blocks restocking Atlantic salmon pens

A judge has rejected a request by an Atlantic salmon farming company that wants to restock a net-pen… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Luncheon meetings are usually Wednesdays at noon at Blakeslee’s Bar & Grill, 1222 S. Forks Ave. This Wednesday’s guest speaker… Continue reading

First half property taxes due April 30

First half property taxes due April 30

Taxpayers in Clallam and Jefferson counties have until Monday, April 30, to pay their first half property taxes for 2018. Property tax payments must be… Continue reading

First half property taxes due April 30

HELP LINE: Turning 64 is still no reason to panic

HI. WELCOME TO week two of your “64 checklist.” We started this last week because so many of us freak at age 64, convinced that… Continue reading

Intermittent closures set for Hood Canal Bridge for 12 nights

Work on the Hood Canal Bridge will resume this week, with the span to be closed to vehicle traffic intermittently overnight for 12… Continue reading

New rape trial date set for Forks man

A Forks man charged with raping a woman at his job site last September has a new trial date. Martin C. Perez’s… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Sweet Presence to perform at Bethany Pentecostal … and other items

Sweet Presence — Dolly, Ernie and Corey Schaber of Abbotsford, B.C. — will perform at Bethany Pentecostal Church at 6:30 p.m. today.… Continue reading

No four-hour delays around Lake Crescent this week

The four-hour delays drivers have become accustomed to on U.S. Highway 101 as it skirts Lake Crescent will be on hiatus… Continue reading

Registration still open for some beaches during Washington Coast Cleanup

Beaches are filling up with volunteers ready to clean them during the annual Washington Coast Cleanup on Saturday. Volunteers can sign up to clean specific… Continue reading

Sequim city code prohibits private marinas

Sequim city code prohibits private marinas

Port commissioners urged not to sell John Wayne Marina to private developers

Sequim city code prohibits private marinas
No more internet ads for Sequim man accused of child sex crimes

No more internet ads for Sequim man accused of child sex crimes

A Sequim man who was arrested in March in the Net Nanny child-sex sting has had his internet use restricted after he… Continue reading

No more internet ads for Sequim man accused of child sex crimes
Draft cleanup study for Port Angeles Harbor given to Ecology

Draft cleanup study for Port Angeles Harbor given to Ecology

A carpet of sand and gravel would cap buried logs, woody debris and carcinogenic pollutants that contaminate sediment at the bottom of… Continue reading

Draft cleanup study for Port Angeles Harbor given to Ecology

Port of Port Angeles seeks bids for stormwater project

Bids are being sought beginning this week for the Port of Port Angeles’ largest capital project for 2018, which will be built… Continue reading