Clallam County

Three women finalists for young leader award from Port Angeles Chamber

Three women finalists for young leader award from Port Angeles Chamber

Three women, three beacons. Lindsay Fox, Brianna Kelly and Bonnie Schmidt are finalists for the inaugural Young Leader of the Year award… Continue reading

Three women finalists for young leader award from Port Angeles Chamber
DNR chief: Cooke to dismantle fish pens at Ediz Hook

DNR chief: Cooke to dismantle fish pens at Ediz Hook

State Department of Natural Resources officials began discussions Wednesday with Cooke Aquaculture Inc. representatives on dismantling the company’s Atlantic salmon fish farm… Continue reading

DNR chief: Cooke to dismantle fish pens at Ediz Hook
Friends mourn death: Sequim woman known as face of chamber

Friends mourn death: Sequim woman known as face of chamber

Distraught friends of Jeri Smith remembered her Tuesday as the face of the Sequim Valley-Dungeness Chamber of Commerce, a child of the town… Continue reading

Friends mourn death: Sequim woman known as face of chamber
Construction to make Fir Street one-way

Construction to make Fir Street one-way

More details are falling into place for the long-planned reconstruction of a portion of Fir Street near Sequim School District’s campuses. Designs to… Continue reading

Construction to make Fir Street one-way

Clallam renews contract with tourism bureau

Clallam County has renewed a contract with the Olympic Peninsula Visitor Bureau to promote year-round tourism. The three commissioners voted Tuesday to… Continue reading

Sequim City Council selects States for vacant seat

Sequim City Council selects States for vacant seat

Sequim City Council members unanimously voted to fill a vacant seat with a business development manager and co-owner of Wind Rose Cellars. Sequim’s… Continue reading

Sequim City Council selects States for vacant seat

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Health workers recognized … and other items

Four Olympic Medical Center Home Health Employees received recognition awards recently. OMC CEO Eric Lewis presented the awards to registered nurses Nick… Continue reading

LETTER: Photo missing from Clallam County Courthouse

A picture has been lost. For many years, there was a picture of the people involved in the first trial of the formerly new courthouse… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Bring Your Own Art show this weekend … and other items

Art for the 20th annual Bring Your Own Art Show can be delivered Thursday and Friday for the exhibit that will open… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: A new cure for cabin fever

THE HOLIDAYS ARE over. Only the mess remains. Not being one to put off until tomorrow what can be put off for today, it’s time… Continue reading

Officials: Elwha River searched for Sequim woman believed to have jumped from bridge

Officials: Elwha River searched for Sequim woman believed to have jumped from bridge

A Coast Guard helicopter was unsuccessful Monday in finding the body of missing Sequim resident Jeri Lyn Smith, 68, who authorities said… Continue reading

Officials: Elwha River searched for Sequim woman believed to have jumped from bridge
State lawmakers return to Capitol amid protests

State lawmakers return to Capitol amid protests

Washington lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Monday for a 60-day legislative session, tasked with passing… Continue reading

State lawmakers return to Capitol amid protests
Vacant home lost but no injuries in Sunday night fire in Port Angeles

Vacant home lost but no injuries in Sunday night fire in Port Angeles

The Port Angeles Fire Department is investigating the cause of a fire at U.S. Highway 101 and Airport Road. No injuries were… Continue reading

Vacant home lost but no injuries in Sunday night fire in Port Angeles

Olympic Peninsula Visitor Bureau seeking applications for tourism project grants

The Olympic Peninsula Visitor Bureau is seeking applications for tourism project grants, primarily to support shoulder season activities. The bureau awards grants… Continue reading

WEST END NEIGHBOR: The how and why of Lake Pleasant plungers

WEST END NEIGHBOR: The how and why of Lake Pleasant plungers

THIS YEAR, I thought about joining the Polar Bear Plunge at Lake Pleasant in Beaver on New Year’s Day. Personally, I like to cannonball if… Continue reading

WEST END NEIGHBOR: The how and why of Lake Pleasant plungers

Cougar spotted in Port Angeles

A cougar was spotted crossing the Tumwater Truck Route in front of a Port Angeles police officer’s patrol car at about 2:20… Continue reading

LETTER: A whole different kettle of fish

Thanks for running Kurt Grinnell’s engaging and informative piece on net pen aquaculture, and I applaud the partnership the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is undertaking with… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Port of Port Townsend commissioners meeting … and other items

Port of Port Townsend commissioners will meet in the port commission building, 333 Benedict St., at 1 p.m. Wednesday. The agenda includes… Continue reading

Officials: Peninsula flu season to be ‘moderately severe’

Flu season has arrived on the North Olympic Peninsula with spikes in confirmed cases and hospitalizations but no laboratory-confirmed influenza deaths, health officials said. Public… Continue reading

McCleary funding, capital budget still the focus for state Legislature

An unfinished capital budget, more education funding to satisfy the Supreme Court’s McCleary decision and a tussle over water rights — all left… Continue reading