Clallam County

Man flown to hospital after crash investigated for DUI

A 41-year-old man was flown to Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles after the truck he was driving struck a guardrail and blocked… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: A Christmas survival guide

WHY CAN’T CHRISTMAS last all year? You’d better be glad that it doesn’t. Christmas can be very dangerous, starting with putting up the Christmas decorations!… Continue reading

Massey-Ferguson, nicknamed “Fergie,” prepares for the upcoming Agnew Grocery and Feed Tractor Parade with an afternoon nap. The parade is scheduled for Dec. 14, starting at the Agnew Grange on Barr Road at 4:30 p.m. and ending at Agnew Grocery on Old Olympic Highway by 6 p.m. Information on how to enter and a route map are available online at the Agnew Grocery and Feed Facebook page. (Kip Tulin)

Resting up for parade

Massey-Ferguson, nicknamed “Fergie,” prepares for the upcoming Agnew Grocery and Feed Tractor Parade with an afternoon nap. The parade is scheduled for Dec. 14, starting… Continue reading

Massey-Ferguson, nicknamed “Fergie,” prepares for the upcoming Agnew Grocery and Feed Tractor Parade with an afternoon nap. The parade is scheduled for Dec. 14, starting at the Agnew Grange on Barr Road at 4:30 p.m. and ending at Agnew Grocery on Old Olympic Highway by 6 p.m. Information on how to enter and a route map are available online at the Agnew Grocery and Feed Facebook page. (Kip Tulin)

Signal controller project to impact traffic

Work crews will continue with the city of Port Angeles’ signal controller upgrade project at the north end of Del Guzzi Drive… Continue reading

Tree sale is approved for auction

Appeals filed for two Elwha watershed parcels

Cities, counties approve tax hikes

State law allows annual 1 percent increase

Festival of Lights set for Saturday

The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center will host its fourth Wintertide Festival of Lights from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. The… Continue reading

Festival of Trees raises record $231,000

The 34th annual Festival of Trees, produced by the Olympic Medical Center Foundation, netted a record $231,000 over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.… Continue reading

“Strait beauty” by Randall Tomaras.

First Friday Art Walk set this weekend in Sequim

First Friday Art Walk will celebrate autumn with a gold-themed walk from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at various venues in downtown… Continue reading

“Strait beauty” by Randall Tomaras.

Man flown to hospital after single-car collision

A 67-year-old man was flown to an Everett hospital after the car he was driving left the road and went down an embankment… Continue reading

A puppy named Captain Kirk is getting ready for adoption by Welfare for Animals Guild after it was rescued near Kirk Road. An unsecured makeshift kennel fell out of a truck on U.S. Highway 101 last month and was struck by another vehicle. (Welfare for Animals Guild)

Puppy rescued from wreck to be adopted

A puppy named Captain Kirk is about to boldly go to a new home. Captain Kirk was involved in a wreck about 11… Continue reading

A puppy named Captain Kirk is getting ready for adoption by Welfare for Animals Guild after it was rescued near Kirk Road. An unsecured makeshift kennel fell out of a truck on U.S. Highway 101 last month and was struck by another vehicle. (Welfare for Animals Guild)

Sequim Community Chorus to host weekend concerts

The Sequim Community Christmas Chorus will present “The Christmas Story” at 7 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The concerts will… Continue reading

Submission period open for Tidepools Magazine

Tidepools Magazine is accepting submissions for its 2025 edition though midnight Jan. 17. Peninsula College’s annual literary and arts magazine publishes original… Continue reading

The crowd of several hundred holiday revelers, most of which were children, watches as the downtown Port Angeles Christmas tree is lit. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

O Christmas tree

A crowd of several hundred holiday revelers, most of which were children, watches as the downtown Port Angeles Christmas tree is lit during the Hometown… Continue reading

The crowd of several hundred holiday revelers, most of which were children, watches as the downtown Port Angeles Christmas tree is lit. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Lost Mountain Station 36 at 40 Texas Valley Road recently sold to a neighbor after Clallam County Fire District 3 was unable to recruit volunteers to staff the station. Its proceeds will go toward future construction of a new Carlsborg Station 33. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group file)

District sells one fire station

Commissioners approve 2025 budget

Lost Mountain Station 36 at 40 Texas Valley Road recently sold to a neighbor after Clallam County Fire District 3 was unable to recruit volunteers to staff the station. Its proceeds will go toward future construction of a new Carlsborg Station 33. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group file)
Clallam County Master Gardener Gordon Clark cuts leaves off Isobel Johnston’s agave plant that she had been growing for 28-plus years. She specifically requested Master Gardeners help her remove the plant while keeping at least one for years to come. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Master Gardeners help remove agave plant on Fifth Avenue

Several baby plants uncovered below large leaves

Clallam County Master Gardener Gordon Clark cuts leaves off Isobel Johnston’s agave plant that she had been growing for 28-plus years. She specifically requested Master Gardeners help her remove the plant while keeping at least one for years to come. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Operations scheduled at Bentinck range this week

Training at the land-based demolition range on Bentinck Island will be conducted from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Friday, the Royal… Continue reading

Harvey Hochstetter tosses a box of food to Cameron Needham to stack with fellow volunteers like Bill Needham, right, for the Sequim Food Bank’s Holiday Meal Bag Distribution event. Cameron, his father Ty and grandfather Bill were three generations helping the program. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim Thanksgiving program helps 1,200 families

About 30 volunteers pack holiday boxes

Harvey Hochstetter tosses a box of food to Cameron Needham to stack with fellow volunteers like Bill Needham, right, for the Sequim Food Bank’s Holiday Meal Bag Distribution event. Cameron, his father Ty and grandfather Bill were three generations helping the program. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)