Clallam County

Renovation of Olympic National Park visitor facility expected to be finished for peak tourist season

Renovation of Olympic National Park visitor facility expected to be finished for peak tourist season

Renovation of the Olympic National Park visitor center is expected to be completed in time for the summer season.  Ellen Gage, ONP… Continue reading

Renovation of Olympic National Park visitor facility expected to be finished for peak tourist season
Sequim resident suggests volunteers guard schools

Sequim resident suggests volunteers guard schools

A Carlsborg resident has suggested that volunteers guard schools. Jack Singleton, a U.S. Army veteran, proposed to the Sequim School Board on Monday… Continue reading

Sequim resident suggests volunteers guard schools
U.S. senator tells Peninsula health officials of opioid efforts

U.S. senator tells Peninsula health officials of opioid efforts

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell is hammering out legislation that would arm health officials and first responders in the fight against the opioid… Continue reading

U.S. senator tells Peninsula health officials of opioid efforts

ISSUES OF FAITH: Teach children of God’s good gift

“LET MARRIAGE BE held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous” (Heb… Continue reading

Expelled Forks student allegedly threatened to kill

An expelled Forks High School student who allegedly threatened to kill a classmate and kept a manifesto about killing another person is… Continue reading

Weather delays McDonald Creek Bridge reopening until at least mid-April

Weather delays McDonald Creek Bridge reopening until at least mid-April

Weather has delayed construction on the McDonald Creek Bridge at least three or four weeks, with the earliest possible re-opening in mid-April. Earlier… Continue reading

Weather delays McDonald Creek Bridge reopening until at least mid-April
Tribes file opioid lawsuit: Jamestown S’Klallam, Port Gamble S’Klallam, Suquamish tribes take action

Tribes file opioid lawsuit: Jamestown S’Klallam, Port Gamble S’Klallam, Suquamish tribes take action

The Jamestown S’Klallam, Port Gamble S’Klallam and Suquamish tribes are taking on pharmaceutical companies and drug distributors, claiming the companies flooded their reservations… Continue reading

Tribes file opioid lawsuit: Jamestown S’Klallam, Port Gamble S’Klallam, Suquamish tribes take action
Port Angeles council considers plastic bag ban

Port Angeles council considers plastic bag ban

The Port Angeles City Council has conducted a first reading on a proposal to ban single-use plastic bags at stores within the… Continue reading

Port Angeles council considers plastic bag ban
Washington latest state to ban bump stocks

Washington latest state to ban bump stocks

Washington state on Tuesday became the latest in a handful of states to ban trigger devices… Continue reading

Washington latest state to ban bump stocks
Flu on wane on Peninsula; four confirmed deaths from influenza in Clallam County

Flu on wane on Peninsula; four confirmed deaths from influenza in Clallam County

Flu is still widespread on the North Olympic Peninsula but the worst of the season is over, health officials said. Public health officers in Clallam… Continue reading

Flu on wane on Peninsula; four confirmed deaths from influenza in Clallam County
Attorney practicing in Forks, Port Angeles to run for district judge

Attorney practicing in Forks, Port Angeles to run for district judge

An attorney who practices law out of Forks and Port Angeles is running for the West End District Court 2 judicial seat occupied… Continue reading

Attorney practicing in Forks, Port Angeles to run for district judge
State funds for suicide barriers on Eighth Street bridges secured

State funds for suicide barriers on Eighth Street bridges secured

Rep. Mike Chapman hopes the suicide barrier project on the Eighth Street Bridges can move “full steam ahead” now that $350,000 has… Continue reading

State funds for suicide barriers on Eighth Street bridges secured
Home show to offer some 150 exhibits this weekend

Home show to offer some 150 exhibits this weekend

Summer construction and home improvement season is just around the corner and the Clallam County Home and Lifestyle Show will offer more… Continue reading

Home show to offer some 150 exhibits this weekend
Democratic House Majority Leader Pat Sullivan, D-Covington, speaks on the House floor during debate over the supplemental budget Thursday at the Capitol in Olympia on the final day of the regular session of the Legislature. (Ted S. Warren/The Associated Press)

State House passes supplemental budget plan

The state Legislature sent Gov. Jay Inslee a supplemental state budget Thursday that puts more money… Continue reading

Democratic House Majority Leader Pat Sullivan, D-Covington, speaks on the House floor during debate over the supplemental budget Thursday at the Capitol in Olympia on the final day of the regular session of the Legislature. (Ted S. Warren/The Associated Press)

District 24 lawmakers to host town hall in Forks

All three lawmakers who represent the 24th Legislative District are joining together to host a town hall meeting in Forks on March 22.… Continue reading

OMC only hospital in state to receive national award

For the second year in a row, The Chartis Center for Rural Health recognized Olympic Medical Center as one of the Top… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: NOLS to present gardening events in Forks, Clallam … and other items

The North Olympic Library System will present “Gardening on the West End” at two of its libraries. The events will occur at library branches in… Continue reading

‘Shattered Ceilings’ tickets on sale now

Susan B. Anthony. Alice Paul. Shirley Chisholm. Bella Abzug. Sojourner Truth. Fannie Hurst. These are women who overcame societal conditions of inequality to… Continue reading

‘The Brute’ to be revealed at Studio Bob during Second Saturday

‘The Brute’ to be revealed at Studio Bob during Second Saturday

“The Brute” is coming to Studio Bob. Studio Bob, upstairs at 118½ E. Front St., in Port Angeles will present an unusual… Continue reading

‘The Brute’ to be revealed at Studio Bob during Second Saturday

Accordion players to get together Sunday in Sequim

The next Sequim Accordion Social will be from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. The social will be at Shipley Center at 921… Continue reading