Clallam County

ISSUES OF FAITH: On Pi Day, celebrate the constants

HAPPY PI DAY! I’m not sure who decided March 14 should be Pi Day, but I fully support any excuse to enjoy a slice of… Continue reading

Port Angeles City Manager Nathan West gives his annual presentation on the state of the city on Wednesday to the Greater Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce at the Red Lion Hotel. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles’ efforts on housing, homelessness top annual address

Manager provides State of the City comments to chamber

Port Angeles City Manager Nathan West gives his annual presentation on the state of the city on Wednesday to the Greater Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce at the Red Lion Hotel. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Sunday program set for OUUF

The Rev. Julia McKenna-Blessing-Nuffer will present “How we can welcome: Spring!” at 11 a.m. Sunday. McKenna-Blessing-Nuffer will be the guest speaker at… Continue reading

Garden show set this weekend at Boys & Girls Club

Soroptimist International of Sequim will host its 26th Gala Garden Show from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to… Continue reading

Guest performer set to play at Monday Musicale

Monday Musicale will meet at noon Monday at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 Del Guzzi Drive in Port Angeles. Falyn, the guest performer, will… Continue reading

Belly dance troupe Shula Azar, from left, Marie Maxted, Jovi Wilson, Laura Samperi-Ferdig and Denise Williamson, perform for a full house at Studio Bob on Feb. 21. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Peninsula’s belly dancing troupe practices ancient art

Members of Shula Azhar teach art form at Peninsula College

Belly dance troupe Shula Azar, from left, Marie Maxted, Jovi Wilson, Laura Samperi-Ferdig and Denise Williamson, perform for a full house at Studio Bob on Feb. 21. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Port Angeles Fine Arts Center seeking submissions

The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center is seeking artwork for several upcoming exhibitions. The center plans to show three new exhibits this… Continue reading

Woman flown to hospital after rollover collision

One person was flown to a Seattle hospital after a rollover collision on U.S. Highway 101 east of Forks. Wendy Miramontes Ayala, 37,… Continue reading

Jeffrey Surtel.

DNA tests identify remains as BC boy

Surtel, 17, went missing from British Columbia home in 2007

Jeffrey Surtel.
David Brownell, executive director of the North Olympic History Center, top, takes a piece of ultraviolet-filtering window tinting from Ralph Parsons, Clallam County maintenance worker, in an effort on Tuesday to protect historic paintings on the stairway of the section of the county courthouse, including an 1890s depiction of Port Angeles Harbor by artist John Gustaf Kalling. The history center is working with the county to preserve the stairway artworks by adding the window coatings to reduce damage from sunlight and installing an electronic UV monitor to track potentially harmful rays. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Protecting artwork

David Brownell, executive director of the North Olympic History Center, top, takes a piece of ultraviolet-filtering window tinting from Ralph Parsons, Clallam County maintenance worker,… Continue reading

David Brownell, executive director of the North Olympic History Center, top, takes a piece of ultraviolet-filtering window tinting from Ralph Parsons, Clallam County maintenance worker, in an effort on Tuesday to protect historic paintings on the stairway of the section of the county courthouse, including an 1890s depiction of Port Angeles Harbor by artist John Gustaf Kalling. The history center is working with the county to preserve the stairway artworks by adding the window coatings to reduce damage from sunlight and installing an electronic UV monitor to track potentially harmful rays. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
William Flores.

Deputy to be assigned to West End detachment

Deputy William Flores has graduated from the Washington State Basic Law Enforcement Academy (BLEA), Class 905. Upon the completion of a 14-week… Continue reading

William Flores.

Evictions are at historic highs

Trends based on end of pandemic-era protections

North Olympic Library System to host mental health exhibit

The North Olympic Library System will host a reception for “Care and Custody: Past Responses to Mental Health” from 5:30 p.m. to… Continue reading

Operations scheduled at Bentinck range this week

The land-based demolition range at Bentinck Island will be in use from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, the Royal… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: The road report

IT TAKES A big man to admit you’re wrong. Unfortunately, I am not that man. While I’d never admit to being wrong, I have been… Continue reading

Tickets on sale for Ghostlight Productions fundraiser

Tickets are on sale for Ghostlight Productions’ April 11 Cabaret fundraiser. The event will be in the fellowship hall at Sequim Community Church,… Continue reading

West Boat Haven Marina master plan to take shape

Approved contract will create design, feasibility analysis

Cellist Gregorio Nieto, pictured rehearsing with the Port Angeles Symphony in December, will return for a gala concert with the orchestra March 15 at Field Arts & Events Hall. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)

Cellist returns to Port Angeles for symphony gala

He was born in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, and captivated early by a particular instrument: the cello. Gregorio Nieto, the soloist who now lives… Continue reading

Cellist Gregorio Nieto, pictured rehearsing with the Port Angeles Symphony in December, will return for a gala concert with the orchestra March 15 at Field Arts & Events Hall. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)
Quillayute Valley School District maintenance and facilities manager Bill Henderson, left, and Superintendent Diana Reaume check out the site on campus where new softball and baseball fields will be constructed. The $3 million project is scheduled to open sometime in 2026. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Forks baseball, softball teams to get new fields

State grant to help fund $3 million project

Quillayute Valley School District maintenance and facilities manager Bill Henderson, left, and Superintendent Diana Reaume check out the site on campus where new softball and baseball fields will be constructed. The $3 million project is scheduled to open sometime in 2026. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Legislative conversations focus on federal changes

State-level housing bills also top priority