Clallam County

Poetry Walks added inducement to get outdoors

Poetry Walks added inducement to get outdoors

A walk in the park can be pure poetry —and now words on four trails in the forest echo the experience.… Continue reading

Poetry Walks added inducement to get outdoors

Roadwork planned in west end of Olympic National Park

Work on roads in the west end of Olympic National Park will begin Monday. Roads will be reduced to one travel… Continue reading

Sequim wins regional travel contest while Port Townsend comes in fourth

Sequim won the title of Best Northwestern Small Town while Port Townsend took fourth place in the USA Today 10 Best Readers’ Choice… Continue reading

Work on Highway 112 to begin Monday

Contractor crews working for the state Department of Transportation will begin resurfacing portions along more than 40 miles of state Highway 112… Continue reading

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim’s Josiah Urquiah, left, dribbles past Port Angeles’ Hollund Bailey (5), and Andrew Borde during the Wolves’ 5-2 win over the rival Roughriders.

PREP SOCCER: Sequim speeds past Port Angeles, earns playoff spot

An energized Sequim soccer team put three goals in net in the first 18 minutes, including two… Continue reading

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim’s Josiah Urquiah, left, dribbles past Port Angeles’ Hollund Bailey (5), and Andrew Borde during the Wolves’ 5-2 win over the rival Roughriders.

EYE ON CLALLAM: County board to discuss Elwha bridge options

The three Clallam County commissioners will discuss alternate routes for the U.S. Highway 101 bridge over the Elwha River when they meet Monday. The work… Continue reading

Sgt. Ed Anderson

Clallam County Sheriff’s Office honors deputies, volunteers

The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office recently held its 2016 Awards Recognition dinner, during which several deputies and volunteers were recognized for their… Continue reading

Sgt. Ed Anderson
Lower Elwha Klallam tribe plans hotel in downtown Port Angeles

Lower Elwha Klallam tribe plans hotel in downtown Port Angeles

The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe is negotiating with city officials to purchase central downtown property at 111 E. Front St. for a… Continue reading

Lower Elwha Klallam tribe plans hotel in downtown Port Angeles
Off-duty Port Angeles police officer helps rescue hiker on Mount St. Helens

Off-duty Port Angeles police officer helps rescue hiker on Mount St. Helens

One of Port Angeles’ newest police officers cut her plans to summit Mount St. Helens short over the weekend to help an… Continue reading

Off-duty Port Angeles police officer helps rescue hiker on Mount St. Helens

Researcher: Fukushima Daiichi radiation levels low off West Coast

Radiation from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster appears to have peaked off the West Coast of North America and has been… Continue reading

Port Angeles agrees to sand cap in harbor; pilot project aims to restore marine habitat

The city will chip in $15,400 for a pilot project to restore a patch of marine habitat along Ediz Hook by capping… Continue reading

OMC welcomes visitors at new Medical Office Building with tours, health fair

OMC welcomes visitors at new Medical Office Building with tours, health fair

Olympic Medical Center’s new $20.6 million Medical Office Building was christened Saturday with dignitaries offering thanks to the community and scores of… Continue reading

OMC welcomes visitors at new Medical Office Building with tours, health fair

Woman charged with child rape, animal abuse offered plea

A plea offer has been extended to Deanna Marie Wilson, a Port Angeles woman charged with child rape and animal abuse, her… Continue reading

Ramona Ward

Joint trial mulled in 2-year-old’s death in Forks

A mother and daughter, both Quileute tribal members, may be tried together in the death of 2½-year-old boy who died Nov. 11,… Continue reading

Ramona Ward

Peninsula-wide climate rally, march set in Port Angeles

A People’s Climate March involving participants from Clallam and Jefferson counties is expected to draw at least 200 people to Port Angeles… Continue reading

Coastal Cleanup Saturday to scrub up beaches

Coastal Cleanup Saturday to scrub up beaches

During the past 10 years, the annual Washington Coast Cleanup, scheduled this year for Saturday, has collected a long list of heroes. Among them is… Continue reading

Coastal Cleanup Saturday to scrub up beaches

PSP prompts closure of area to shellfish harvesting

The state Department of Health has closed the area between the Lyre River to Dungeness Bay to recreational shellfish harvesting because of high levels of… Continue reading

State proposes removing Sequim shooting range from hazardous sites list

The state Department of Ecology has proposed removing the Sunnydell Dryke Shooting Range from its hazardous sites list, saying extensive cleanup work has… Continue reading