Clallam County

Meetings on 2017 budget set to start Nov. 14 in Forks

The preliminary 2017 budget for the city of Forks has been filed with the city clerk and a series of budget meetings is… Continue reading

Close to 40 percent return ballots in Clallam County

Close to 40 percent of registered voters in Clallam County have returned ballots in the Nov. 8 general election. The Clallam County… Continue reading

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Broker earns national real estate award; bank employee promoted

Doc Reiss, managing broker with Town & Country Real Estate, has been awarded the Certified Residential Specialist Designation by the Council of… Continue reading

LETTER: Action needed to abate U.S. Highway 101-Happy Valley Road bottleneck

After waiting a considerable length of time for oncoming traffic and backing up a long line of traffic behind me, I made a stupid left… Continue reading

LETTER: As a state representative, Mike Chapman would be bipartisan

I’ll make this short. I urge you to vote for Mike Chapman for 24th District state representative. He has worked in a bipartisan way to… Continue reading

LETTER: Here’s why your vote really does matter

• To stop the people, special interests and corporations who are relentlessly using our political system to take what they want and make everybody else… Continue reading

LETTER: I support Brian Coughenour for Clallam Superior Court despite one-sided endorsements

In response to Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Chairman/CEO Ron Allen’s Nov. 2 letter in Peninsula Voices [“Tribe for Neupert”], may it be known the Jamestown Tribal… Continue reading

LETTER: Jill Stein the only presidential candidate who’d help save our Earth

A letter to the editor published Thursday, “For Jill Stein,” was a clearly written summary of the 2016 Democratic presidential campaign. Letter-writer Therese “Tree” Stokan… Continue reading

LETTER: Ron Richards has his own shady ties to interest groups

Further comment on the topic of a letter to Peninsula Voices discussing the Clallam County commissioner campaign (“For Randy Johnson,” Peninsula Voices, Oct. 21) is… Continue reading

LETTER: Ron Richards will work for solutions together as Clallam commissioner

I met Clallam County commissioner candidate Ron Richards more than a year ago at a PA CAN [Port Angeles Citizen Action Network] park cleanup. We… Continue reading

LETTER: Vote for Ron Richards, a man of action and principles

I have known Clallam County commissioner candidate Ron Richards since the ’70s. He volunteered on the NO Oilport! board, a coalition to defeat an oil… Continue reading

LETTER: Vote to break the stranglehold liberals have on the state of Washington

Citizens of Clallam County, arise, get up. Exercise your right to vote, which is just another word for freedom. For too long, the western and… Continue reading

LETTER: We’re lucky to live in a country that supports the right of property owners

The writer of an Oct. 30 letter to Peninsula Voices from a self-described local organic farmer, “Working together,” would ask both Clallam County commissioner candidates,… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Garbage service change-fee waived for two-week period in Port Angeles … and other items

Port Angeles residential garbage customers will have a two-week period to change their garbage service without incurring the usual $30 service fee.… Continue reading

Report: Washington state’s background check system needs fix

Washington state’s system for conducting background checks on people trying to buy firearms is fragmented and “specific… Continue reading

Peninsula beaches on Strait open for most types of shellfish harvesting

Peninsula beaches on Strait open for most types of shellfish harvesting

All Clallam County beaches on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, from Cape Flattery to the Jefferson County line, have been re-opened… Continue reading

Peninsula beaches on Strait open for most types of shellfish harvesting
Crack found in Elwha River bridge pier; span remains open while crews monitor

Crack found in Elwha River bridge pier; span remains open while crews monitor

State Department of Transportation officials now have more concerns about the Elwha River bridge on U.S. Highway 101 west of Port Angeles… Continue reading

Crack found in Elwha River bridge pier; span remains open while crews monitor
Animals rescued from Gardiner property recovered and ready for adoption

Animals rescued from Gardiner property recovered and ready for adoption

Dogs, chickens and goats found living in squalid conditions in Gardiner earlier this year and taken to area shelters have recovered and are… Continue reading

Animals rescued from Gardiner property recovered and ready for adoption

Gardiner woman’s animal ownership restricted after dogs, goats and chickens seized

The owner of animals seized from a property in Gardiner has entered into a court contract restricting her to one animal. Nataliya Nivens… Continue reading

Gathering in support of Standing Rock protest set Thursday

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church plans a gathering at the mouth of the Elwha River at 10:30 a.m. Thursday to show solidarity with… Continue reading