Clallam County

Clallam commissioners seek volunteers for boards, committees

Clallam County commissioners are seeking volunteers to fill 54 vacancies on 18 advisory boards and committees. The deadline to apply is the… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Fire forces three from PA home … and other items

Three adults living at 210 North Jones St. have been displaced by a kitchen fire. Port Angeles firefighters responded at about 12:20… Continue reading

What heat? The races must go on

What heat? The races must go on

SELLING ICE CREAM must have been a cinch at Forks Airport on Saturday during the West End Thunder drag races. The metal bleachers had no… Continue reading

What heat? The races must go on

Peninsula College looks to add student housing

Textbooks and tuition aren’t the only demands on Peninsula College students. Officials at the community school in Port Angeles are working with… Continue reading

Drill tested communication capability after big quake

Drill tested communication capability after big quake

A massive earthquake would cut off key North Olympic Peninsula communications channels — but not for long, according to the results of… Continue reading

Drill tested communication capability after big quake

Pennies for Quarters backs off from potential property for tiny homes for veterans

A community of tiny homes for homeless veterans is still coming to Clallam County — maybe just not as soon as anticipated.… Continue reading

Purple Haze Lavender owner puts farm up for sale, says he’s ready to retire, travel

Purple Haze Lavender owner puts farm up for sale, says he’s ready to retire, travel

One of Sequim’s most iconic lavender farms, Purple Haze Lavender LTD, 180 Bell Bottom Road, is… Continue reading

Purple Haze Lavender owner puts farm up for sale, says he’s ready to retire, travel

LETTER: It is unpatriotic not to want to protect our natural resources like Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest

If I hear someone say “It’s the sound of freedom” to me once more when I voice concerns about the Navy Growler jets turning our… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: State Highway 20 reopens early … and other items

State Highway 20 in Jefferson County has reopened to traffic ahead of schedule. A section of the roadway had been closed to… Continue reading

Shipley Center looks to add 3,600-square-foot annex as stopgap for bigger Sequim facility

Shipley Center looks to add 3,600-square-foot annex as stopgap for bigger Sequim facility

Users of Shipley Center, the senior- and adult-focused facility on Sequim’s east end of town, won’t… Continue reading

Shipley Center looks to add 3,600-square-foot annex as stopgap for bigger Sequim facility
B-17 WWII bomber flies veterans at Port Angeles during Wings of Freedom tour

B-17 WWII bomber flies veterans at Port Angeles during Wings of Freedom tour

A B-17 carrying six World War II veterans took to the skies Wednesday just as it did more than 70 years ago.… Continue reading

B-17 WWII bomber flies veterans at Port Angeles during Wings of Freedom tour
Peninsula firefighters train for wildland blazes

Peninsula firefighters train for wildland blazes

Firefighters from agencies across the North Olympic Peninsula recently got a jump on fire season by participating in wildland fire training in… Continue reading

Peninsula firefighters train for wildland blazes
The U.S. Highway 101-Chicken Coop-Zaccardo Road Realignment Safety Project gets underway this month. Areas on this map marked in yellow are new roadway construction areas or widened roadways. Areas marked in red are existing roadways that will be abandoned. (Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe)

U.S. Highway 101 intersections in Blyn to get realignment

Parts of U.S. Highway 101 in Blyn, including a pair of access points, are getting a makeover starting perhaps as soon as next… Continue reading

The U.S. Highway 101-Chicken Coop-Zaccardo Road Realignment Safety Project gets underway this month. Areas on this map marked in yellow are new roadway construction areas or widened roadways. Areas marked in red are existing roadways that will be abandoned. (Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe)

HELP LINE: Don’t lack the courage to ask for help

MOST OF US aren’t really looking to live forever, and that’s good because the odds are against it. Let’s face it: We’ve all been rolling… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: Here’s how to tend to your roses with care

FOR THE PAST two weeks, I have been pushing flowers and their prolific production, so let me tell you of my first job in the… Continue reading

Biotoxin rise leads to closure of beaches to shellfish harvest

The window for recreational harvesting of shellfish was short on several beaches in Clallam and Jefferson counties. A week ago, the state Department of Health… Continue reading

BIRD WATCH: A history of the bothersome house sparrow

“OH, THAT’S A pretty little bird! I wonder what it is.” It’s almost impossible to realize I once said that when I saw my first… Continue reading

Dirt therapy: Windermere volunteers rebuild community garden in Sequim

Dirt therapy: Windermere volunteers rebuild community garden in Sequim

Tenants of Sunbelt Apartments will soon enjoy fresh produce with a new community garden installed right… Continue reading

Dirt therapy: Windermere volunteers rebuild community garden in Sequim
Eclipse chasers blaze trail to Oregon for view of a lifetime

Eclipse chasers blaze trail to Oregon for view of a lifetime

Just before sunrise, there’s typically nothing atop Round Butte but the whistle of the wind and… Continue reading

Eclipse chasers blaze trail to Oregon for view of a lifetime

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Twice-monthly breakfast meetings are held at 11:45 a.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at Sunland… Continue reading