Clallam County

WEST END NEIGHBOR: West Enders rock and roll through construction the best they can

ROAD CLOSURES AND long delays are inconvenient for all who use U.S. Highway 101 to and from the West End. However, sometimes delays can hold… Continue reading

Free preview of story-telling festival planned Thursday

Free preview of story-telling festival planned Thursday

Four area storytellers will present their tales at Studium General on Thursday as a free preview that will kick off the annual… Continue reading

Free preview of story-telling festival planned Thursday
Port of Port Angeles dedicates John Wayne Marina room to late executive director

Port of Port Angeles dedicates John Wayne Marina room to late executive director

The Port of Port Angeles has dedicated a room at John Wayne Marina to the late Jerry Hendricks, a former port executive director… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles dedicates John Wayne Marina room to late executive director
Guest cabins to be replaced at Log Cabin Resort on Lake Crescent

Guest cabins to be replaced at Log Cabin Resort on Lake Crescent

New guest cabins will be available when Olympic National Park’s Log Cabin Resort at Lake Crescent opens for the season in May.… Continue reading

Guest cabins to be replaced at Log Cabin Resort on Lake Crescent
Author of memoir about China to speak in Chimacum on Thursday

Author of memoir about China to speak in Chimacum on Thursday

Where the country sought to bandage its past, Anchee Min unraveled the tape and prodded the wound. Min’s award-winning memoir “Red Azalea” recounts… Continue reading

Author of memoir about China to speak in Chimacum on Thursday
Extreme low flows in West End rivers prompt closures to protect salmon

Extreme low flows in West End rivers prompt closures to protect salmon

River flows so low they impede salmon returning to rivers to spawn are prompting emergency fishing closures on several West End rivers beginning Monday. The… Continue reading

Extreme low flows in West End rivers prompt closures to protect salmon
Betsy DeVos fundraising talk draws hundreds of protesters

Betsy DeVos fundraising talk draws hundreds of protesters

DeVos fundraising visit draws hundreds of protesters

Betsy DeVos fundraising talk draws hundreds of protesters

EYE ON CLALLAM: Clallam, Port of Port Angeles to hold joint meeting Monday

Clallam County commissioners will hold a joint meeting with Port of Port Angeles commissioners to discuss economic impacts of the forest products industry at 10… Continue reading

Oak Bay closed for shellfish harvesting

Shellfish from Oak Bay have been found to have high levels of the toxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning, and the area… Continue reading

Sequim woman tells of volunteering in Haiti during hurricane

Sequim woman tells of volunteering in Haiti during hurricane

Ann Marie Henninger is already planning to volunteer with Midwives for Haiti again after returning from Haiti several weeks ago. The Sequim resident,… Continue reading

Sequim woman tells of volunteering in Haiti during hurricane

Many states, consumers alarmed by Trump’s health care order

By Geoff Mulvihill and Kelli Kennedy The Associated Press President Donald Trump’s decision to end a provision of the Affordable Care Act that lowered out-of-pocket… Continue reading

Young woman missing from Port Angeles contacts Spokane Police Department on 18th birthday

Young woman missing from Port Angeles contacts Spokane Police Department on 18th birthday

Hannah Hendrickson of Port Angeles, who was 17 when she went missing in January, walked into the Spokane Police Department on Thursday and… Continue reading

Young woman missing from Port Angeles contacts Spokane Police Department on 18th birthday
Juvenile runaway turns 18, tells police she’s fine

Juvenile runaway turns 18, tells police she’s fine

The mother of a Port Angeles girl who had been missing as a juvenile since Jan. 28 had sharply mixed emotions last… Continue reading

Juvenile runaway turns 18, tells police she’s fine

A GROWING CONCERN: Arduous tasks abound in autumn

I KNOW THAT in the previous weeks, I have loaded you up with garden chores, but that’s because I, too, have been busy. And boy,… Continue reading

BIRD WATCH: Welcome waxwings unique in both voice, appearance

THE SOUND COMING from somewhere on the outside of the house was one homeowners never want to hear. Was a woodpecker poking about on the… Continue reading

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Longtime employee chosen as general manager of Sequim co-op

The Co-op Farm & Garden Board of Directors has chosen longtime employee Ken Garling as its new general manager for the store. Garling… Continue reading

Contribution of beavers to salmon habitat to be discussed

A NOAA Fisheries biologist will discuss working with beavers to restore salmon habitat during Evening Talks at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The free presentation… 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 gathering will… Continue reading

HELP LINE: People in facilities are still people

A LOT OF things seem to blow right by me, probably for a couple of reasons: a) There’s a limit to how much stuff I… Continue reading

LETTER: Jacob Oppelt dropped out, but Mike French has ‘done his homework’

In a way, it’s unfortunate that Port Angeles City Council candidate Jacob Oppelt saw fit to drop out of the race. In actuality, his official… Continue reading