Clallam County

Port Angeles City Council prepares to fight park service if needed

Port Angeles City Council prepares to fight park service if needed

The City Council has approved a $360,000 payment to Seattle law firm to prepare a lawsuit against the National Park Service as… Continue reading

Port Angeles City Council prepares to fight park service if needed

Forks home a total loss following fire

A mobile home in Forks that caught fire over the weekend was a total loss, said Bill Paul, chief of Clallam County Fire… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 sets fire to, trains in donated house

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 sets fire to, trains in donated house

Firefighters felt the heat over the weekend as they trained in a house on Garling Road that was donated to Clallam County… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 sets fire to, trains in donated house
Olympic National Park counts 3.4 million visits in 2017

Olympic National Park counts 3.4 million visits in 2017

Olympic National Park visitors spent $279 million in neighboring towns last year, supporting 3,556 jobs in gateway communities like Port Angeles and… Continue reading

Olympic National Park counts 3.4 million visits in 2017
Park service releases final goat management plan for Olympic National Park

Park service releases final goat management plan for Olympic National Park

The growth in the population of mountain goats in Olympic National Park will start skidding to a halt this summer. The… Continue reading

Park service releases final goat management plan for Olympic National Park
The Sequim High School Marching Band crosses Sequim Avenue in last year’s Sequim Irrigation Festival Grand Parade. This year they’ll make the trek along Washington Street as entry No. 18 on Saturday. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim Irrigation Festival celebrates Grand Finale Weekend

Following a smooth first weekend, organizers of the 123rd Sequim Irrigation Festival plan to finish with a Grand Finale. Events run through Sunday.… Continue reading

The Sequim High School Marching Band crosses Sequim Avenue in last year’s Sequim Irrigation Festival Grand Parade. This year they’ll make the trek along Washington Street as entry No. 18 on Saturday. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
PUD commissioner seeks reelection; has an opponent

PUD commissioner seeks reelection; has an opponent

A longtime Clallam County Public Utility District commissioner has a challenger in the upcoming Nov. 6 general election. On Thursday, a day… Continue reading

PUD commissioner seeks reelection; has an opponent

Whale near La Push cut free from fishing gear but badly hurt

A juvenile gray whale that was found entangled in fishing gear was fighting for survival Thursday, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration… Continue reading

PHOTO: Young underwater engineers in Port Angeles

PHOTO: Young underwater engineers in Port Angeles

Jack Clemens, 12, a seventh-grade student at Stevens Middle School, pulls his homemade remotely operated underwater vehicle from a pool set up in an unused… Continue reading

PHOTO: Young underwater engineers in Port Angeles
Ernst photography among attractions in Port Angeles this weekend

Ernst photography among attractions in Port Angeles this weekend

Award-winning photographer Ernst-Ulrich Schafer will be the featured artist at Harbor Art during the Second Saturday Art Walk in Port Angeles. Schafer,… Continue reading

Ernst photography among attractions in Port Angeles this weekend

Floral arrangements to gild art book exhibit

“Art in Bloom,” a special pop-up event at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, will provide a colorful, scented and textural counterpoint… Continue reading

Forks history presentation, tour of Chimacum Woods among upcoming activities on Peninsula

A Forks history presentation, a gallery exhibit opening in Port Angeles and a tour of Chimacum Woods are among the upcoming activities on the North… Continue reading

No-show for Port Angeles court hearing turns himself in

No-show for Port Angeles court hearing turns himself in

A man who said he accidentally fired his handgun within city limits has turned himself in after he failed to show up… Continue reading

No-show for Port Angeles court hearing turns himself in
NorthWest Women’s Chorale to present music with water theme

NorthWest Women’s Chorale to present music with water theme

The NorthWest Women’s Chorale will present “Wade in the Watah,” its spring concert, in Sequim and Port Angeles. Performances are set for… Continue reading

NorthWest Women’s Chorale to present music with water theme

Search continues in Buckhorn Wilderness for missing hiker

Teams of hopeful searchers continued to probe the Buckhorn Wilderness south of Sequim on Thursday for missing hiker Jeremiah Adams, a… Continue reading

Stories of WWII WASPs set for Tuesday

Stories of WWII WASPs set for Tuesday

Storyteller Rebecca Hom will share stories of several Women Airforce Service Pilots and their program at a free Story Swap at 7… Continue reading

Stories of WWII WASPs set for Tuesday
Trespass at Sequim High School leads to brief lockdown

Trespass at Sequim High School leads to brief lockdown

Sequim High School went on lockdown briefly Thursday morning after a man with a trespass warning appeared on campus looking for his son.… Continue reading

Trespass at Sequim High School leads to brief lockdown
Downtown Port Angeles piano getting a makeover

Downtown Port Angeles piano getting a makeover

The piano that filled the downtown streets of Port Angeles with music last summer is getting a makeover before it returns. A… Continue reading

Downtown Port Angeles piano getting a makeover
Search continues for missing hiker in wilderness south of Sequim

Search continues for missing hiker in wilderness south of Sequim

Search and rescue teams continued to comb the Gray Wolf River drainage south of Sequim on Wednesday for a 24-year-old hiker… Continue reading

Search continues for missing hiker in wilderness south of Sequim