Clallam County

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Readers give $111K in donations to Home Fund

Donations can be made for community grants this spring

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Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show on KONP 1450 AM, 101.7 FM in… Continue reading

A ship passes by Mount Baker in the Strait of Juan de Fuca as seen from the Port Angeles City Pier on Wednesday morning. The weather forecast continues to be chilly this week as overnight temperatures are expected to hover around freezing. Daytime highs are expected to be in the mid-40s through the weekend. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Off in the distance …

A ship passes by Mount Baker in the Strait of Juan de Fuca as seen from the Port Angeles City Pier on Wednesday morning. The… Continue reading

A ship passes by Mount Baker in the Strait of Juan de Fuca as seen from the Port Angeles City Pier on Wednesday morning. The weather forecast continues to be chilly this week as overnight temperatures are expected to hover around freezing. Daytime highs are expected to be in the mid-40s through the weekend. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam County to install anti-human trafficking signs

Prosecuting attorney to challenge other jurisdictions to follow suit

ISSUES OF FAITH: Striving to be in the present

JANUARY IS REALLY going by fast for me. All the work I put off over the holidays, I feel, needs to get done “now.” My… Continue reading

Portion of Old Olympic Highway to be resurfaced

Project will cost about $951,000

Lindsay Thomas Dylan Wald and Elle Macy are Principal Dancers of Pacific Northwest Ballet, who will be headlining the Winter Ballet Gala, performing Benjamin Millipied's "Appassionata Pas de Deux," set to Beethoven's Sonata No. 23.

Winter Ballet Gala featured this weekend

A ballet performance, a storytelling about a 500-mile journey across Spain and volunteer tree planting highlight this weekend’s events on the North Olympic Peninsula. •… Continue reading

Lindsay Thomas Dylan Wald and Elle Macy are Principal Dancers of Pacific Northwest Ballet, who will be headlining the Winter Ballet Gala, performing Benjamin Millipied's "Appassionata Pas de Deux," set to Beethoven's Sonata No. 23.
Dona Cloud and Kathy Estes, who call themselves the “Garbage Grannies,” volunteer each Wednesday to pick up trash near their neighborhood on the west side of Port Angeles. They have been friends for years and said they have been doing their part to keep the city clean for five years now. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Garbage grannies

Dona Cloud and Kathy Estes, who call themselves the “Garbage Grannies,” volunteer each Wednesday to pick up trash near their neighborhood on the west side… Continue reading

Dona Cloud and Kathy Estes, who call themselves the “Garbage Grannies,” volunteer each Wednesday to pick up trash near their neighborhood on the west side of Port Angeles. They have been friends for years and said they have been doing their part to keep the city clean for five years now. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam Transit purchases vehicles for interlink service

Total ridership in December was highest in seven years, official says

Port Angeles will install eight mini roundabouts along Laurel, Sixth and Second streets in an effort to reduce speed and traffic incidents in highly used uncontrolled intersections. (Emma Maple/Peninsula Daily News)

Eight traffic circles to be placed in residential Port Angeles areas

Goal to slow down traffic, improve safety

Port Angeles will install eight mini roundabouts along Laurel, Sixth and Second streets in an effort to reduce speed and traffic incidents in highly used uncontrolled intersections. (Emma Maple/Peninsula Daily News)

Vet clinic to offer free vaccines, microchips

Pet owners can take their dogs and cats to the Pacific Northwest Veterinary Hospital in Sequim from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday… Continue reading

Young Artist Competition open to public on Saturday

The 39th annual Nico Snel Young Artist Competition, an event hosted by the Port Angeles Symphony, will be free and open to… Continue reading

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group LaRue Robirts shows one of the quilts she made for Toys for Sequim Kids on Dec. 17 at Sequim Prairie Grange. By her count, she’s made and donated more than 1,400 quilts to community efforts.

Quilter uses experience to donate work to children in need

LaRue Robirts, 90, says she’s made more than 1,400 quilts

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group LaRue Robirts shows one of the quilts she made for Toys for Sequim Kids on Dec. 17 at Sequim Prairie Grange. By her count, she’s made and donated more than 1,400 quilts to community efforts.

Community survey available for school superintendent search

The Port Angeles School District Board of Directors is encouraging public participation in the search for a new superintendent. The district has… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: The cow whisperer

AS A CHILD, I wanted to be a cowboy. To wake up under a starlit western sky to a breakfast of coffee, beans and bacon… Continue reading

Report: No charges in fatal shooting

Prosecutor: Officers acted appropriately

A group demonstrates in front of the Clallam County Courthouse on Lincoln Street in Port Angeles on Monday. The event, sponsored by the Clallam Palestine Action Group, was set on Martin Luther King Jr. day for a national mobilization for peace and justice, according to a press release. They were to focus on workers’ rights, immigrants’ rights, environmental justice and a free Palestine. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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‘Peace and justice’

A group demonstrates in front of the Clallam County Courthouse on Lincoln Street in Port Angeles on Monday. The event, sponsored by the Clallam Palestine… Continue reading

A group demonstrates in front of the Clallam County Courthouse on Lincoln Street in Port Angeles on Monday. The event, sponsored by the Clallam Palestine Action Group, was set on Martin Luther King Jr. day for a national mobilization for peace and justice, according to a press release. They were to focus on workers’ rights, immigrants’ rights, environmental justice and a free Palestine. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

‘Conflict as a Gift’ subject of Studium Generale

Ankur Shah Delight will present “Experiencing Conflict as a Gift” at 12:35 p.m. Thursday. The free hybrid lecture series will be in… Continue reading

Marilyn Hiestand and Anne Grasteit.

Artists to demonstrate eco-printing and collage

Marilyn Hiestand and Anne Grasteit will demonstrate eco-printing and collage at 1 p.m. Friday. The free event will be at Blue Whole Gallery,… Continue reading

Marilyn Hiestand and Anne Grasteit.
Chaplain Kathi Gregoire poses with Scout, her 4-year-old mixed breed dog. Scout is training to be a therapy dog to join Gregoire on future community calls with either the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office or the Washington State Patrol. (Clallam County Sheriff’s Office)

Clallam County chaplain adding K9 to team

Volunteer duo working to become certified

Chaplain Kathi Gregoire poses with Scout, her 4-year-old mixed breed dog. Scout is training to be a therapy dog to join Gregoire on future community calls with either the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office or the Washington State Patrol. (Clallam County Sheriff’s Office)