Clallam County

The U.S. 101 East Sequim Corridor Project that includes completing the Simdars Road Interchange was proposed in two state transportation funding packages this year but will remain on hold until a special session or the 2023 legislative session. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Simdars Road project remains on hold for state funds

Project included in two halted transportation funding packages

The U.S. 101 East Sequim Corridor Project that includes completing the Simdars Road Interchange was proposed in two state transportation funding packages this year but will remain on hold until a special session or the 2023 legislative session. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Three-car crash injures Port Angeles woman

A Port Angeles woman was injured Tuesday when the minivan she was driving was rear-ended by an SUV on U.S. Highway 101… Continue reading

Lummi Nation totem carver Sit ki kadem, also called Doug James, explains the meaning of the elements of a totem that is traveling the United States on its way to Washington, D.C., during a stop on Tuesday at the Lower Elwha Reservation near Port Angeles. The journey, dubbed the Red Road to D.C., included a stop at the Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Sequim on Tuesday. The 25-foot totem will be featured this fall at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. It is scheduled to return May 25 for an appearance at Port Angeles City Pier. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Traveling totem

Lummi Nation totem carver Sit ki kadem, also called Doug James, explains the meaning of the elements of a totem that is traveling the United… Continue reading

Lummi Nation totem carver Sit ki kadem, also called Doug James, explains the meaning of the elements of a totem that is traveling the United States on its way to Washington, D.C., during a stop on Tuesday at the Lower Elwha Reservation near Port Angeles. The journey, dubbed the Red Road to D.C., included a stop at the Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Sequim on Tuesday. The 25-foot totem will be featured this fall at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. It is scheduled to return May 25 for an appearance at Port Angeles City Pier. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Goal: 70 percent or better vaccination rate

Health officers aim to protect all with widespread innoculations against COVID-19

34 candidates file for office in Clallam County

Forks mayor among seven contested positions

Clallam County Public Utility District gets perfect score in national review

Clallam County Public Utility District has received a perfect score in a national review of its electric system’s reliability, safety, workforce development… Continue reading

Clallam County to address recreational vehicles

Possible ordinance may limit living quarters based on lot size

No weekly flight operations scheduled

There will be no field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex this week. There are… Continue reading

Shore Aquatic Center to hold community yard sale

The Shore Aquatic Center will host a community yard sale from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. The sale will be conducted… Continue reading

Brian Kilmer of Sitkum Tree Service falls the third of 15 trees Monday at the site of the Generation II Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles. Cedars and firs that ring the playground at Race and Third streets are being removed to ensure clear lines of sight and to protect the new surface. They will be replaced with twice as many smaller, non-native trees to double the amount of tree canopy once they mature. The playground is expected to reopen Wednesday. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Tree removal

Brian Kilmer of Sitkum Tree Service falls the third of 15 trees Monday at the site of the Generation II Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield… Continue reading

Brian Kilmer of Sitkum Tree Service falls the third of 15 trees Monday at the site of the Generation II Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles. Cedars and firs that ring the playground at Race and Third streets are being removed to ensure clear lines of sight and to protect the new surface. They will be replaced with twice as many smaller, non-native trees to double the amount of tree canopy once they mature. The playground is expected to reopen Wednesday. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Western, Clark’s Grebes topic of Audubon lecture

Anne Yen will present “The Mysterious Decline of Western and Clark’s Grebes” at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The free lecture, hosted by the… Continue reading

Clallam County death 13th recorded on Olympic Peninsula

Man in his 40s had chronic condition

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News A crew hoists a new tsunami siren into place atop a pole located in the public parking lot at First and Lincoln streets in downtown Port Angeles.

Downtown Port Angeles gets second tsunami siren

Tsunami warnings are about to become much clearer for many Port Angeles residents and businesses because of the installation of a second… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News A crew hoists a new tsunami siren into place atop a pole located in the public parking lot at First and Lincoln streets in downtown Port Angeles.
LeeAnn Nolan said her wisteria, nicknamed Medusa, has become an attraction for people with many stopping by to snap photos while it’s in bloom. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

‘Medusa’ the Sequim wisteria in full bloom along Old Olympic Highway

Owner says plant attracts visitors who often take pictures

LeeAnn Nolan said her wisteria, nicknamed Medusa, has become an attraction for people with many stopping by to snap photos while it’s in bloom. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Clallam County candidate filing begins today

Forty-two seats on Nov. 2 ballot

Home, auto maintenance subject of first ‘Empower Yourself’ lecture

Michael Bucierka will present “Home and Auto Maintenance” from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. Bucierka, a former general contractor, home inspector… Continue reading

Not guilty plea entered on multiple pot-grow charges

More than 3,000 plants seized in December raid

Olympic Peninsula health officers worry about mask directive

‘Honor system’ on fully vaccinated

Personnel with Life Flight Network, Olympic Ambulance and Clallam County Fire District 3 secure a patient for transport Friday morning from a helipad in Sequim. The 69-year-old Port Angeles man was injured in a single car roll-over on U.S. Highway 101. Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group

Port Angeles man airlifted after rollover on 101 near Sequim

A 69-year-old Port Angeles man was listed in satisfactory condition Saturday at a Seattle hospital after a single-car wreck on U.S. Highway 101… Continue reading

Personnel with Life Flight Network, Olympic Ambulance and Clallam County Fire District 3 secure a patient for transport Friday morning from a helipad in Sequim. The 69-year-old Port Angeles man was injured in a single car roll-over on U.S. Highway 101. Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group
Andrew May/For Peninsula Daily newsIn many gardens, especially the English gardens found at Colette’s Bed and Breakfast, there will be numerous fall blooming plants. The trick to keep asters, mums and fall flowering sedum thick, short and extremely prolific is to cut them back, preferably twice, before the Fourth of July.

A GROWING CONCERN: Garden chores? Just a pinch

timber, buzz job, cutaway.… Continue reading

Andrew May/For Peninsula Daily newsIn many gardens, especially the English gardens found at Colette’s Bed and Breakfast, there will be numerous fall blooming plants. The trick to keep asters, mums and fall flowering sedum thick, short and extremely prolific is to cut them back, preferably twice, before the Fourth of July.