Clallam County

Unemployment at 6.2 percent in Clallam, dips to 5.5 percent in Jefferson

Unemployment remained at 6.2 percent in Clallam County and dipped to 5.5 percent in Jefferson County last month as 483 North Olympic Peninsula residents left… Continue reading

New product puts Composite Recycling Technology Center ‘on the map’

New product puts Composite Recycling Technology Center ‘on the map’

The Composite Recycling Technology Center recently developed the first car seat back out of recycled carbon fiber composite alongside UK-based ELG Carbon… Continue reading

New product puts Composite Recycling Technology Center ‘on the map’

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 personnel back from Jolly Mountain Fire

Two Clallam County Fire District No. 2 firefighters sent Sept. 9 to the Jolly Mountain Fire near Cle Elum have returned, according… Continue reading

Homeward Bound trust to reorganize; meetings set this week

Homeward Bound Community Land Trust will host informational meetings in Port Angeles and Port Townsend this week as the nonprofit prepares to reorganize. The agency,… Continue reading

Firefighters Tyler Reid and Jessica Adams have returned safely to Port Angeles after spending one week working at the Jolly Mountain Fire.

Two firefighters relieved from fire near Cle Elum by new personnel

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 has sent a new pair of firefighters to the Jolly Mountain Fire near Cle Elum, while… Continue reading

Firefighters Tyler Reid and Jessica Adams have returned safely to Port Angeles after spending one week working at the Jolly Mountain Fire.
Clallam firefighters continue work against major wildfires in region

Clallam firefighters continue work against major wildfires in region

Six North Olympic Peninsula firefighters, three from Clallam County Fire District No. 2 and three from District No. 3, are deployed at… Continue reading

Clallam firefighters continue work against major wildfires in region

LETTER: Another month of bad decisions

Another month of the same distracted and unthinking president. Another month of unqualified cabinet secretaries making decisions to damage our country. Another month of a… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Some fire limits lifted … and other items

Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest lifted their fire restrictions Monday, according to a press release from the National Park Service. The move is… Continue reading

WEST END NEIGHBOR: Trail warriors leave no trace

WEST END NEIGHBOR: Trail warriors leave no trace

THERE WAS NERVOUS scuffling of horse feet as Larry Baysinger gently wiped fly spray on his mustang’s neck. “That mustang is sure-footed on the trail,… Continue reading

WEST END NEIGHBOR: Trail warriors leave no trace

Thank-you to volunteers, library fine amnesty benefit coming up on Peninsula

A thank-you to Day of Caring Volunteers, a library fine amnesty fundraiser and a ukulele rendezvous are among upcoming activities on the North Olympic Peninsula.… Continue reading

Swimmer makes it across Strait in less than eight hours

Swimmer makes it across Strait in less than eight hours

Orcas made an appearance at the finish. Seven hours and 41 minutes after embarking on her approximately 12-mile swim across the Strait… Continue reading

Swimmer makes it across Strait in less than eight hours
Walk to End Alzheimer’s gathers 100 in Port Angeles to speed cure

Walk to End Alzheimer’s gathers 100 in Port Angeles to speed cure

About 100 people walked through downtown Port Angeles on Sunday, raising money with the hope of finding a cure for Alzheimer’s disease.… Continue reading

Walk to End Alzheimer’s gathers 100 in Port Angeles to speed cure

Nonprofit to use new funding to try to find reason steelhead die near Hood Canal Bridge

A Seattle nonprofit that works to restore wild salmon and steelhead in the Pacific Northwest has received a $750,000 appropriation to help determine… Continue reading

Paul Cornaby plays his violin during a rehearsal of Glazounow’s “Valse De Concert” at Port Angeles High School in December 2009. (Peninsula Daily News)

Former Peninsula College president dies

Paul G. Cornaby, Peninsula College president emeritus and namesake of the Cornaby Center, has died at the age of 88. Cornaby died… Continue reading

Paul Cornaby plays his violin during a rehearsal of Glazounow’s “Valse De Concert” at Port Angeles High School in December 2009. (Peninsula Daily News)
Music Live with Lunch returns to St. Luke’s this Tuesday

Music Live with Lunch returns to St. Luke’s this Tuesday

The long-running lunchtime music series Music Live with Lunch will return to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church… Continue reading

Music Live with Lunch returns to St. Luke’s this Tuesday
Sequim storytellers to spin tales at Story Swap

Sequim storytellers to spin tales at Story Swap

The first Story Swap of the new season is a mashup: part campfire tales and songs, part open mic. All of the… Continue reading

Sequim storytellers to spin tales at Story Swap

NEWS BRIEFS: Parking lot repair work planned in Port Angeles … and other items

The Elks parking lot at the corner of First and Lincoln streets will be closed from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays… Continue reading

Two-vehicle wreck in Port Angeles sends woman to hospital

Two-vehicle wreck in Port Angeles sends woman to hospital

A 33-year-old Port Angeles woman was sent to Olympic Medical Center after a two-vehicle wreck west of Port Angeles on Saturday. A… Continue reading

Two-vehicle wreck in Port Angeles sends woman to hospital

Port Angeles man charged with allegedly raping, molesting 8-year-old girl

A 30-year-old Port Angeles man has been charged for allegedly raping and molesting an 8-year-old girl. Donald William Kingsley was charged Tuesday… Continue reading

Race Street improvement plans shown at Port Angeles meeting

Race Street improvement plans shown at Port Angeles meeting

Plans to improve Race Street were unveiled this week at an open house in Port Angeles, where city officials gathered feedback from… Continue reading

Race Street improvement plans shown at Port Angeles meeting