Clallam County

Bed and breakfast or hotel? Third party to review the question in Clallam

Clallam County and a woman suing the county over her proposed 32,000-square-foot and 27-bathroom bed and breakfast have agreed to have a neutral… Continue reading

Clallam Transit board approves labor agreement

Clallam Transit board approves labor agreement

The Clallam Transit board has approved a three-year labor agreement that provides retroactive pay and three years worth of raises for bus… Continue reading

Clallam Transit board approves labor agreement

DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Special effects of the imagination

FALL MEANS HIGH time for change. Me, I could use a change in my electronic habits. May I order a digital detox weekend? This weekend,… Continue reading

General election ballots mailed today

The Nov. 6 general election enters its final lap today. Ballots will be mailed today to more than 77,500 voters in Clallam… Continue reading

Green crab numbers dwindle in Dungeness

Green crab numbers dwindle in Dungeness

Resource managers at Dungeness’ Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge are happy to find less of what they were hunting. Lorenz Sollmann, deputy project… Continue reading

Green crab numbers dwindle in Dungeness

NEWS BRIEFS: Storyteller workshop set Friday in Port Angeles … and other items

Minton Sparks, a Southern storyteller in town for this weekend’s Forest Storytelling Festival at Peninsula College, will teach a pre-festival workshop, “Discover… Continue reading

Police investigate thefts at Sequim Food Bank

Police investigate thefts at Sequim Food Bank

Sequim police officers continue to investigate a string of theft and burglaries at the Sequim Food Bank. Stephen Rosales, board president for the… Continue reading

Police investigate thefts at Sequim Food Bank
Port Angeles fire crews knock down blaze that endangered two homes

Port Angeles fire crews knock down blaze that endangered two homes

Crews extinguished a house fire on Edgewood Drive on Tuesday and prevented the blaze from destroying an adjacent home, Clallam County Fire… Continue reading

Port Angeles fire crews knock down blaze that endangered two homes
Pro, con debate on carbon fee: Port Angeles forum airs views on ballot initiative

Pro, con debate on carbon fee: Port Angeles forum airs views on ballot initiative

Proponents and an opponent of an initiative that would set a carbon emissions fee of $15 per metric ton of carbon released… Continue reading

Pro, con debate on carbon fee: Port Angeles forum airs views on ballot initiative
ShakeOut earthquake drill arrives on Peninsula on Thursday

ShakeOut earthquake drill arrives on Peninsula on Thursday

Update your emergency kit, review how to protect yourself once the shaking starts and make sure you’ve designated an out-of-area contact in… Continue reading

ShakeOut earthquake drill arrives on Peninsula on Thursday
Clallam administrator: Budget has ‘robust’ reserve but future needs to be addressed

Clallam administrator: Budget has ‘robust’ reserve but future needs to be addressed

Clallam County Administrator Jim Jones told county commissioners Monday his recommended budget will leave the county with a “robust” reserve at the… Continue reading

Clallam administrator: Budget has ‘robust’ reserve but future needs to be addressed
PHOTO: Planting together at Captain Joseph House

PHOTO: Planting together at Captain Joseph House

Volunteers Sebastian Boyun and Michelle Brown plant a serpentine cedar tree outside Captain Joseph House in Port Angeles on Sunday. They were among several volunteers… Continue reading

PHOTO: Planting together at Captain Joseph House
Harvest of Hope dinner raises $115,000 for OMC Cancer Center expansion, Patient Navigator program

Harvest of Hope dinner raises $115,000 for OMC Cancer Center expansion, Patient Navigator program

The 16th annual Harvest of Hope fundraising dinner Saturday generated $115,000 for equipment for Olympic Medical Center’s Cancer Center expansion in Sequim… Continue reading

Harvest of Hope dinner raises $115,000 for OMC Cancer Center expansion, Patient Navigator program

Cherish Our Children auction to be in Forks this year

The annual Cherish Our Children, an auction to raise money to provide young people with Christmas gifts, is moving this year. For the… Continue reading

Exchange students help with Port Angeles food program

Exchange students help with Port Angeles food program

Foreign exchange students are among those who volunteer to help prepare food bags for Port Angeles School District students who need them.… Continue reading

Exchange students help with Port Angeles food program

Studium Generale to preview storytelling festival

The Story People of Clallam County will kick off the Forest Storytelling Festival, an international conference of stories, on Thursday at Studium… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Library week set for next week in Port Townsend … and other items

Mayor Deborah Stinson has proclaimed Oct. 21-27 to be “Friends of the Library Week.” Stinson urges everyone to visit the Friends of… Continue reading

WEST END NEIGHBOR: Staying out of the hunter’s scope

TO PICK UP a pair of binoculars and see the business end of a rifle pointed directly at you is not a pleasant experience. It… Continue reading

Sequim Pumpkin Patch’s corn maze flies with Peter Pan theme

Sequim Pumpkin Patch’s corn maze flies with Peter Pan theme

Visitors to the The Pumpkin Patch, a 33-acre farm at the corner of U.S. Highway 101 and Kitchen-Dick Road, are encouraged to “Never… Continue reading

Sequim Pumpkin Patch’s corn maze flies with Peter Pan theme