Clallam County

NEWS BRIEFS: Gifted flag raised at PA middle school … and other items

Stevens Middle School was recently gifted a flag from the Lower Elwha Tribe. The Port Angeles School District installed a second flag… Continue reading

PHOTO: Paint what you see

PHOTO: Paint what you see

Artist Richard Russell Sneary of Kansas City, Mo., paints a waterfront scene from his vantage point on Port Angeles City Pier as he takes part… Continue reading

PHOTO: Paint what you see
Tips offered for growing organic garlic

Tips offered for growing organic garlic

Pam Larsen will offer tips for growing organic garlic at noon Thursday. The lecture will be in the county commissioner’s meeting room… Continue reading

Tips offered for growing organic garlic
Sequim Toastmaster prepares to compete in international speech contest

Sequim Toastmaster prepares to compete in international speech contest

As a 16-year old exchange student living in a small village in Peru, Lindy MacLaine felt like a fish out of water. Little… Continue reading

Sequim Toastmaster prepares to compete in international speech contest

A GROWING CONCERN: Dusty, dirty dog days of August

THE DOG DAYS of August have arrived, having been dashed with a good dose of rain for the garden, fruit trees, lawn and rainfall for… Continue reading

Paint the Peninsula to fill Port Angeles Fine Arts Center with just-finished work

Paint the Peninsula to fill Port Angeles Fine Arts Center with just-finished work

Shuang Li, a former graphic interface designer, left high technology for her original dream: making art. Preferably outside, away from any screen.… Continue reading

Paint the Peninsula to fill Port Angeles Fine Arts Center with just-finished work

Paint the Peninsula schedule

Paint the Peninsula, in which 22 painters spread across the North Olympic Peninsula to paint en plein air, begins today. Here is… Continue reading

Swimmers rescued at La Push

Coast Guard crews and La Push police rescued two men believed to be in their early- to mid-20s who were trying to… Continue reading

UPDATE: Marathon swimmer calls off across-and-back Strait journey
UPDATE: Marathon swimmer calls off across-and-back Strait journey
‘Imagined Reality’ comes to Olympic Theatre Arts

‘Imagined Reality’ comes to Olympic Theatre Arts

Olympic Theatre Arts will welcome Bainbridge Island improvisational comedy group “Imagined Reality” for its first appearance at OTA at 7 p.m. Saturday. The… Continue reading

‘Imagined Reality’ comes to Olympic Theatre Arts
Band, choir director Rodes looks to set tone at Sequim Middle School

Band, choir director Rodes looks to set tone at Sequim Middle School

George Rodes is back in his comfort zone… that is, in a band room. “Music is a learning vehicle,” Rodes said. “You don’t… Continue reading

Band, choir director Rodes looks to set tone at Sequim Middle School

BIRD WATCH: Identifying Russian birds was no easy task

SOMETIMES, THE BIRDS we can’t identify are the most memorable. These are the ones we can never forget. On a recent trip to Russia, my… Continue reading

Delays to resume on Highway 101 around Lake Crescent

Drivers can expect delays of up to a half-hour for alternating single-lane traffic between mileposts 228 and 229 from Tuesday through… Continue reading

HELP LINE: ‘Mom won’t make it’ if Congress doesn’t act

A COUPLE OF weeks ago, I did a column on Social Security. More specifically, the column was about the foreseeable future of the Social Security… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Investigators look at serial cat killings … and other items

Police say investigators are trying to determine whether a beheaded kitten’s head found this week is related to a series of cat killings… Continue reading

Rialto Beach reopened after search

A multi-agency law enforcement response Thursday afternoon to an aggressive man on Rialto Beach ended later the same day without the man… Continue reading

Save Our Coast hike begins today at Rialto Beach

Attorney General Bob Ferguson will lead a Save Our Coast hike from Rialto Beach to Cape Alava beginning today to protest the… Continue reading

Sequim chamber director resigns

Sequim chamber director resigns

Shelli Robb-Kahler has announced her resignation from the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce’s executive director position. The chamber announced on Friday that Robb-Kahler… Continue reading

Sequim chamber director resigns

Smoke drifting back to Olympic Peninsula

SMOKY AIR IS returning to the North Olympic Peninsula. The National Weather Service posted on its website https://www.weather.gov/sew/ on Saturday a prediction that air quality… Continue reading

Trial in cold case murder delayed

Trial in cold case murder delayed

The murder trial of 59-year-old Tommy Ross, accused of strangling to death a 20-year-old Port Angeles woman 40 years ago, was delayed… Continue reading

Trial in cold case murder delayed