Clallam County

Groundwork continues this year as developers of Lavender Meadows prep land for 217 manufactured homes in three phases at the corner of North Sequim Avenue and Port Williams Road. Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group

Lavender Meadows developer eyes first homes in spring 2021

Earth is moving as developers prep land to begin moving in manufactured homes as soon as next spring for the new Lavender Meadows… Continue reading

Groundwork continues this year as developers of Lavender Meadows prep land for 217 manufactured homes in three phases at the corner of North Sequim Avenue and Port Williams Road. Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group

Law enforcement, inmates split on vaccine

With COVID-19 vaccines arriving in Clallam and Jefferson counties, the willingness of law enforcement personnel and city, county and state correctional facility inmates to get… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Registered nurse Gretchen Souza, director of education at Olympic Medical Center, right, applies a bandage to emergency services nurse Samantha Counts, who was the first person in Clallam County to receive a vaccination against COVID-19 during a clinic at the Port Angeles hospital on Friday.

OMC nurse gets Clallam County’s first vaccine shot

Second health care workers clinic set next week

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Registered nurse Gretchen Souza, director of education at Olympic Medical Center, right, applies a bandage to emergency services nurse Samantha Counts, who was the first person in Clallam County to receive a vaccination against COVID-19 during a clinic at the Port Angeles hospital on Friday.

Sequim church offers ‘Blue Service’ on Monday

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Sequim will host a Blue Christmas Service on Monday — the longest night, or day with least total… Continue reading

tsr
tsr

EYE ON CLALLAM: Quillayute Valley School Board to hear virus report

The Quillayute Valley School Board will hear a report from the superintendent on COVID-19 when it meets at 5:30 p.m. Monday. The meeting will be… Continue reading

From left, Sequim High leadership students Richard Meier, Erik Holtrop, Dustan Koch, Aidan Braaten, Kaleb Needoba and Hannah Hampton make plans for a special holiday-themed drive-thru and toy drive, slated for noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the high school. Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group

Sequim students to share holiday spirit with drive-thru toy drive

In the past nine months, while moving their instruction online, Sequim High School students have seen all of their activities — from dances… Continue reading

From left, Sequim High leadership students Richard Meier, Erik Holtrop, Dustan Koch, Aidan Braaten, Kaleb Needoba and Hannah Hampton make plans for a special holiday-themed drive-thru and toy drive, slated for noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the high school. Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group
State Rep. Mike Chapman, right, speaks to first-grade students during a Thursday tour of Crescent School in Joyce as school Superintendent Dave Bingham, second from right, looks on. Chapman visited the school to see how the district's hybrid system of in-class and remote instruction was working and to discuss school funding issues. Crescent currently makes in-person instruction available to students in kindergarten through sixth grade with middle and high school students on campus on a two-day-per-week schedule intermixed with remote learning. All parents are given the option of remote instruction for their children. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

State Rep. Mike Chapman visits Crescent School

State Rep. Mike Chapman, right, speaks to first-grade students during a Thursday tour of Crescent School in Joyce as school Superintendent Dave Bingham, second from… Continue reading

State Rep. Mike Chapman, right, speaks to first-grade students during a Thursday tour of Crescent School in Joyce as school Superintendent Dave Bingham, second from right, looks on. Chapman visited the school to see how the district's hybrid system of in-class and remote instruction was working and to discuss school funding issues. Crescent currently makes in-person instruction available to students in kindergarten through sixth grade with middle and high school students on campus on a two-day-per-week schedule intermixed with remote learning. All parents are given the option of remote instruction for their children. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Donated toy distribution planned

The Christmas Angel program will be distributing donated toys from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday or until all toys are distributed.… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Practice self-care for the soul

But now even more the report about him went abroad, and great crowds gathered to hear him and to be healed of their infirmities. But… Continue reading

Volunteers like Calvin Barnard, senior vice commander of Carlsborg VFW Post 6787, helped    distribute food at the Family Holiday Meal Bay program on Nov. 20. Dozens of volunteers return on Dec. 18 to help provide food for Christmas. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash
Volunteers like Calvin Barnard, senior vice commander of Carlsborg VFW Post 6787, helped    distribute food at the Family Holiday Meal Bay program on Nov. 20. Dozens of volunteers return on Dec. 18 to help provide food for Christmas. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash
x

Sequim’s Castell Insurance selected ‘Agent For The Future’

Castell Insurance agents will meet during business hours, after hours or on weekends, via phone, video chat or a socially-distanced in-person meeting. “We… Continue reading

x

Water filter sale set in Port Angeles

The Kiwanis Club of Sequim-Dungeness will sell emergency water purification filters from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. The club will sell… Continue reading

x

Wreaths Across America event set at Sequim View Cemetery

‘Growler’ jets will fly over during Saturday ceremony

x

WSU master gardener training program offered online

Registration ends today for the 2021 Home Horticultural training program offered by the Washington State University Clallam County Extension. The course will… Continue reading

Allotment of Pfizer doses cut

Moderna vaccine expected to be approved soon

Sequim School District investigations ongoing

Officials expect conclusions to be reached in January

Olympic Kiwanis members Frank Bruni and Tim Crowley work to fix holiday lights in downtown Port Angeles. (Olympic Kiwanis Club)

Vandals tear down holiday lights in downtown Port Angeles

Members of the Olympic Kiwanis Club had to restring holiday lights in downtown Port Angeles after vandals cut or tore down Christmas… Continue reading

Olympic Kiwanis members Frank Bruni and Tim Crowley work to fix holiday lights in downtown Port Angeles. (Olympic Kiwanis Club)