Clallam County

PAT NEAL: Will the Sasquatch ascend the cryptid throne?

IT MUST HAVE been a slow day at the Legislature. Somebody cracked open the Oxford English Dictionary and found the word “cryptid.” According to the… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center receives nearly $50,000 donation from OMC Foundation

Olympic Medical Center receives nearly $50,000 donation from OMC Foundation

Olympic Medical Center is the recipient of a donation totalling nearly $50,000 from the Olympic Medical Center Foundation. The foundation announced its… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center receives nearly $50,000 donation from OMC Foundation
Tribes lay remains of Kennewick Man to rest

Tribes lay remains of Kennewick Man to rest

The ancient bones of the Kennewick Man have been returned to the ground. More than 200 members of five Columbia… Continue reading

Tribes lay remains of Kennewick Man to rest
Trump travel ban personal for young lawyer who led fight

Trump travel ban personal for young lawyer who led fight

Washington state Solicitor General Noah Purcell has argued before packed courtrooms, but those crowds paled in comparison… Continue reading

Trump travel ban personal for young lawyer who led fight

NEWS BRIEFS: Neighborhood watch meeting tonight in Port Angeles … and other items

The Upper Cedar/Pine Road Neighborhood Watch will meet from 6 to 7:30 tonight. The group will meet at Port Angeles Fire Department,… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Botany lecture slated for Port Townsend on Tuesday … and other items

The Olympic Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society will feature a guest speaker at its meeting this month. There will be… Continue reading

‘Lucky to have him’: Young heart transplant recipient remembered in Port Angeles

‘Lucky to have him’: Young heart transplant recipient remembered in Port Angeles

Sunday marked 23 years since William Earl Hutt received the heart transplant that allowed him to live until he was nearly 24… Continue reading

‘Lucky to have him’: Young heart transplant recipient remembered in Port Angeles
EYE ON OLYMPIA: With cutoff past, lawmakers look to talks, votes on school funding

EYE ON OLYMPIA: With cutoff past, lawmakers look to talks, votes on school funding

The cutoff date for policy bills and initiatives in both houses of the state Legislature is now past, and lawmakers from the 24th… Continue reading

EYE ON OLYMPIA: With cutoff past, lawmakers look to talks, votes on school funding
Gathering celebrates ongoing restoration of Western Flyer

Gathering celebrates ongoing restoration of Western Flyer

Scientists, educators, shipwrights and artists gathered at the Shipwrights Co-Op in Port Townsend to see the partial restoration of the Western Flyer… Continue reading

Gathering celebrates ongoing restoration of Western Flyer

Federal judge scolds state for treatment of mentally ill

A federal judge has blasted the Washington state agency responsible for providing competency services to mentally ill… Continue reading

Peninsula College to host Running Start Information Nights

Peninsula College will host a series of Running Start Information Nights in Port Angeles, Port Townsend and Forks beginning this week. The… Continue reading

Cartographer to present at Science Café

Cartographer to present at Science Café

Get ready to expand your mind. Joe Roubal will trace his career as a cartographer, programmer and mapping hobbyist to illustrate how science,… Continue reading

Cartographer to present at Science Café
Terry Roszatycki stands inside one of the renovated rooms at the Indian Valley Motel in January 2011. The room had been damaged by fire in February 2010. (Peninsula Daily News)

Granny’s Cafe owner, father remembered as charming family man

A longtime North Olympic Peninsula restaurateur is being remembered by his family as a man of charisma and charm, a person well-suited… Continue reading

Terry Roszatycki stands inside one of the renovated rooms at the Indian Valley Motel in January 2011. The room had been damaged by fire in February 2010. (Peninsula Daily News)

NEWS BRIEFS: Northwest Martime Center’s Speaker Series to focus on tides Thursday … and other items

The public is invited to the Northwest Martime Center’s Speaker Series, featuring Jonathan White, on Thursday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. At this free… Continue reading

With Chimacum school levy passed, superintendent waits on Olympia

With Chimacum school levy passed, superintendent waits on Olympia

The Chimacum School District’s replacement levy has passed with 61.42 percent of the vote in the first count of ballots, which is a… Continue reading

With Chimacum school levy passed, superintendent waits on Olympia
Passenger air service provider makes presentation in Port Angeles

Passenger air service provider makes presentation in Port Angeles

An absence of commercial air passenger service on the North Olympic Peninsula that stretches back to Thanksgiving 2014 could end May 1… Continue reading

Passenger air service provider makes presentation in Port Angeles

A GROWING CONCERN: Flower show in Seattle tantalizes the senses this week

IT’S THAT WONDERFUL time of year again, especially as cabin fever sets in: It’s time for Seattle’s Northwest Flower &Garden Show. This is the 29th… Continue reading

BIRD WATCH: ‘Flicka-flicka-flicka’ heralds flicker’s house-hunting, mating

ONE OF THE most attractive and fascinating birds to visit our feeders is the Northern flicker. They’re big and handsomely marked. When a flicker lands… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Luncheon meetings are Wednesdays at noon at Blakeslee’s Bar &Grill, 1222 S. Forks Ave. This Wednesday’s gathering will be on… Continue reading

Flu activity ebbs on Peninsula after tough season

Flu activity ebbs on Peninsula after tough season

Flu activity is waning on the North Olympic Peninsula after one of the worst influenza seasons in recent memory, health officials said. Clallam and Jefferson… Continue reading

Flu activity ebbs on Peninsula after tough season