Clallam County

Film documents immigrant’s rescue of state’s oyster industry

Film documents immigrant’s rescue of state’s oyster industry

What was supposed to be a short historical tribute to retired oysterman Jerry Yamashita, 95, of Seattle, took on a different meaning once Leaping Frog… Continue reading

Film documents immigrant’s rescue of state’s oyster industry

Registration open for North Olympic Discovery Marathon; First Federal named title sponsor

Registration is now open for the 16th annual North Olympic Discovery Marathon in Port Angeles. First Federal has been named the title… Continue reading

Lawmakers still grappling with court mandated education funding

Despite the passage of last year’s bipartisan agreement to fully fund K-12 public education with a… Continue reading

LETTER: Schools evaluation points to upgrades, levy

The Port Angeles School District capital projects levy facing voters addresses the integrity of our aging schools. Data cited on the physical evaluation of each… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Trail section to be blocked Wednesday … and other items

A section of the Olympic Discovery Trail will be blocked for the day Wednesday. The trail will be blocked from Barr Road to… Continue reading

WEST END NEIGHBOR: What to do when the trees fall

WEST END NEIGHBOR: What to do when the trees fall

WHEN THE WINDS on the West End violently abuse the forest, trees fall. It’s natural and generally no big deal. However, when trees fall across… Continue reading

WEST END NEIGHBOR: What to do when the trees fall
New Forks mayor talks about the state of the city

New Forks mayor talks about the state of the city

The new mayor of Forks, Tim Fletcher, told of ongoing work on tourism and timber issues, jobs, housing and quelling drug-related crimes at… Continue reading

New Forks mayor talks about the state of the city

State cancels lease at site of salmon net-pen collapse

Washington state officials Sunday canceled a lease with Cooke Aquaculture Pacific at the site where net pens… Continue reading

Lecture, beach seining planned this week for Elwha River Nearshore System

A lecture and a beach seining will deal with Pacific salmon and the Elwha River Nearshore System this week, with the first… Continue reading

BUSINESS BRIEFS: WorkSource moves to Port Townsend … and other items

WorkSource announced that it has temporarily moved from its prior Port Hadlock location to 915 N. Sheridan St. The move is intended… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Expect delays Thursday at Elwha River Bridge … and other items

Drivers can expect delays at the Elwha River bridge on U.S. Highway 101 on Thursday. One-way alternating traffic is planned from 9… Continue reading

EYE ON CLALLAM: Port Angeles City Council to discuss plastic bag policy

The Port Angeles City Council will discuss a plastic bag policy at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The meeting will be in the City Council chambers at… Continue reading

Sequim High School leads the way in science

Sequim High School leads the way in science

There’s nothing like walking into a crime scene on the first day of high school. A mock-crime scene was exactly what students found… Continue reading

Sequim High School leads the way in science
The cabins at Log Cabin Resort, shown here sometime between 1943 and 1957. (Hansen Collection)

BACK WHEN: Former Log Cabin Resort structures recognized

QUITE A FEW people commented about the January photo from the past but only a few of them recognized the cabins as belonging to the… Continue reading

The cabins at Log Cabin Resort, shown here sometime between 1943 and 1957. (Hansen Collection)

BIRD WATCH: Bald eagle sighting brings book memories

THERE IS NO ignoring a bald eagle flying through the front yard. Even more attention-getting is two eagles heading for the neighbor’s tall fir tree.… Continue reading

Clallam County disaster airlift plan first in state; neighbors in development

Clallam County disaster airlift plan first in state; neighbors in development

Private pilots will provide a lifeline to the North Olympic Peninsula after a catastrophic earthquake destroys the region’s bridges and highways, emergency… Continue reading

Clallam County disaster airlift plan first in state; neighbors in development

Clallam PUD to raise rates

Clallam County Public Utility District commissioners have approved a 2018 budget that includes a 4.8 percent average increase in retail electric utility rates.… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Luncheon meetings are usually Wednesdays at noon at Blakeslee’s Bar & Grill, 1222 S. Forks Ave. This Wednesday’s gathering will… Continue reading

HELP LINE: Play the ‘what if’ game when thinking about future

LAST WEEK, I told the story of my mother’s last few years on the planet, only because it illustrates how long-term care can work, given… Continue reading

LETTER: Capital levy, McCleary will send taxes through the roof

Taxes would go up Expect your property taxes to go through the roof if the Port Angeles School District capital levy on the current ballot… Continue reading