Clallam County

Tim Cournyer

Forks Community Hospital CEO says health care changes coming

Health care delivery is going to change, according to Tim Cournyer, Forks Community Hospital CEO. “Health… Continue reading

Tim Cournyer
Application deadine Saturday for June’s long-distance Race to Alaska

Application deadine Saturday for June’s long-distance Race to Alaska

Call R2AK the Iditarod with a chance of drowning. That’s how the third annual 750-mile nonmotorized Race to Alaska, hosted by the… Continue reading

Application deadine Saturday for June’s long-distance Race to Alaska
Nippon to be shut down; new owner to close Ediz Hook plant for up to 18 months

Nippon to be shut down; new owner to close Ediz Hook plant for up to 18 months

McKinley Paper Co. officials are settling in as new owners of the nearly dormant Nippon Paper Industries USA plant in preparation for… Continue reading

Nippon to be shut down; new owner to close Ediz Hook plant for up to 18 months

Clallam reapproves spending authority for housing authority grant

For the second time in six weeks, Clallam County commissioners have approved spending authority for a $901,200 Opportunity Fund grant to the… Continue reading

David J. Hales

Inmate who hanged self taken off life support; tribal member surrounded by family, friends

A Clallam County jail inmate who hanged himself March 31 was taken off life support Thursday at Harborview Medical Center while the Port… Continue reading

David J. Hales

Authorities identify man found in burned car in Neah Bay

The blackened body of a man found in a burned car April 1 on the Makah reservation has been identified as Vaughn… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles pursuing cargo terminal dredging

Port of Port Angeles commissioners told port staff to pursue an estimated $700,000 berth maintenance endeavor for its cargo terminal, Terminal 3.… Continue reading

A feature of Sequim park for decades, native canoe returns to its family

A feature of Sequim park for decades, native canoe returns to its family

“This is a day I never thought would come.” Surrounded by friends and family, Viola Penn Riebe of the Hoh Tribe gave heartfelt… Continue reading

A feature of Sequim park for decades, native canoe returns to its family

Sunrise services planned for Easter

Easter will be greeted with sunrise services across the North Olympic Peninsula. Services are listed by community. PORT ANGELES Easter sunrise service PORT ANGELES —… Continue reading

Happy hunting grounds! Easter eggs, prizes offered across Peninsula

Happy hunting grounds! Easter eggs, prizes offered across Peninsula

Children will run through parks and fields with baskets in search of thousands of brightly colored Easter eggs this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula… Continue reading

Happy hunting grounds! Easter eggs, prizes offered across Peninsula

Port Angeles contractor gets Clallam bid for road improvements

Clallam County has awarded a bid to a Port Angeles contractor to reconstruct the narrow and bumpy upper section of Lower Elwha… Continue reading

Evelyn and Dave Brown’s Eden by the Sea inn is one of seven stops on the Saturday B&B tour to benefit the Port Angeles Symphony.

Port Angeles Symphony’s B&B Tour opens doors Saturday

Bald eagles, wild trillium and views of the Strait of Juan de Fuca await participants in the Port Angeles Symphony’s Bed &Breakfast… Continue reading

Evelyn and Dave Brown’s Eden by the Sea inn is one of seven stops on the Saturday B&B tour to benefit the Port Angeles Symphony.
Some of the senior student musicians who will perform and assist with Trivia Night include, from left, Alden Riski, Kennedy Cameron, Jared Van Blair, Grace Sanwald, Lexie Peabody and Justin Parker. Riski, Cameron and Van Blair perform with the jazz ensemble, while Sanwald, Peabody and Parker perform with the wind ensemble and serve as band officers.

Trivia Night Extravaganza to raise funds for band scholarships

Trivia buffs and music fans take note: The fourth annual Trivia Night Extravaganza takes flight this Saturday at the Masonic Lodge in… Continue reading

Some of the senior student musicians who will perform and assist with Trivia Night include, from left, Alden Riski, Kennedy Cameron, Jared Van Blair, Grace Sanwald, Lexie Peabody and Justin Parker. Riski, Cameron and Van Blair perform with the jazz ensemble, while Sanwald, Peabody and Parker perform with the wind ensemble and serve as band officers.

Habitat to honor community partners at Taste of Peninsula

Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County will celebrate its community partners at its third annual A Taste of the Peninsula on Saturday. Doors… Continue reading

Gary Rainwater of Port Townsend is among the artists in the Heatherton Gallery Whale of an Art Show.

‘Whale of an Art Show,’ anniversary Art Rock sound off tonight

The Whale of an Art Show at the Heatherton Gallery now has 21 pieces, said Sky Heatherton, proprietor. The show has work… Continue reading

Gary Rainwater of Port Townsend is among the artists in the Heatherton Gallery Whale of an Art Show.

Free park days, Junior Ranger Day this weekend

Day-use entrance fees will be waived Saturday at state parks and Saturday and Sunday at Olympic National Park, which also will celebrate Junior Ranger Day.… Continue reading

Healthy Families presents Gratitude Awards

Healthy Families presents Gratitude Awards

A family, staff, fire department and four individuals were honored this week for supporting survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Health Families… Continue reading

Healthy Families presents Gratitude Awards

ISSUES OF FAITH: Invite Jesus into your life and heart with no regrets

IT IS GOOD Friday, and in two days, we celebrate the most important date on the Christian calendar: Easter. Paul tells us that our “faith… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Unity speaker to speak on Palm Sunday … and other items

Unity in the Olympics’ 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship service guest speaker will be Kim Perkins. Her lesson is titled “The Promise of… Continue reading

Plastic, radiation, wildflowers topics to be explored on Peninsula

A film about plastic in the oceans, a presentation about monitoring radiation and a search for wildflowers are among upcoming activities on the North Olympic… Continue reading