Clallam County

LETTER: Halloween costumes demeans honorable hobos

Consider the following response to “What was the most interesting Halloween costume you ever saw?” in “Speaking Out,” Peninsula Daily News, Oct. 29: “A hobo.… Continue reading

LETTER: Newspaper should stop reporting on suicides

Rarely have I felt it necessary to write you [the Peninsula Daily News]. My heart aches that each of these “real people” has a sad… Continue reading

LETTER: Oil being consumed at gluttonous rates with few options

In reference to the [Nov. 1] letter to the editor titled “Oil challenges.” The letter writer makes a number of valid points regarding energy challenges… Continue reading

LETTER: Port Angeles planning for trail ‘problem’ that doesn’t exist

On Oct. 13, the Peninsula Daily News ran an article on the Olympic Discovery Trail open house [“Homeowners Give Input On ODT Segments At Open… Continue reading

LETTER: Time to rescind or enforce state law about mufflers

I am sure a lot of people locally do not know about or just ignore the following Revised Code of Washington law. It is apparent… Continue reading

LETTER: True 20 percent corporate tax rate worth supporting

President Donald Trump keeps insisting that industry is taxed at the highest rate of any industrialized country, in fact almost every country in the whole… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Monday ribbon-cutting to fete Carrie Blake Park access road … and other items

A ribbon-cutting ceremony will celebrate the opening of a new access road to Carrie Blake Park at noon Monday. The road to the… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center approves 2018 budget, 1 percent tax hike

Olympic Medical Center’s board of commissioners has approved the hospital’s 2018 operating and capital budgets, as well as a 1 percent property… Continue reading

Port Angeles man sentenced for sexual assault of minor

Charles Jason Butcher of Port Angeles has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for aggravated sexual assault of… Continue reading

Bill Peach

State sets preferred alternative for marbled murrelet protection

The state Board of Natural Resources has selected a preferred alternative for the long-term conservation of the marbled murrelet. The board voted 5-1… Continue reading

Bill Peach

Washington state delays Dungeness crab season

Officials in Washington state say they’re delaying the start of Dungeness crab season by two weeks because of harmful algae.… Continue reading

EYE ON CLALLAM: County board to discuss budget

Clallam County commissioners will discuss the proposed 2018 budget in a work session that will begin at 9 a.m. Monday. The meeting will be in… Continue reading

Big things afoot at Sasquatch Symposium

Myth or not, the Sasquatch will be in the spotlight at a gathering Saturday. The Olympic Peninsula Sasquatch Symposium is set for… Continue reading

Winterfest supports winter sports at Hurricane Ridge

Winterfest supports winter sports at Hurricane Ridge

The slopes of Hurricane Ridge have sported ski lifts for 60 years now. The milestone coincides with Winterfest, the annual fundraiser to… Continue reading

Winterfest supports winter sports at Hurricane Ridge

NEWS BRIEFS: Roosevelt Elementary School clothing swap starts today … and other items

The Roosevelt Clothing Swap is set today and Saturday. The swap will be open for Roosevelt Elementary School families from 5 to… Continue reading

Four children celebrate adoption into forever families

Four children celebrate adoption into forever families

Wiggly children tugged at the red and blue balloons floating around the courtroom in anticipation. Soon, Wyatt Johnson, 7, Connor Reynolds, 9,… Continue reading

Four children celebrate adoption into forever families

Lake Crescent highway closure set today

U.S. Highway 101 will be closed at the rock scaling zone from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today for paving. Paving through… Continue reading

Elwha Bridge inspection Monday

A regularly scheduled inspection of the Elwha River bridge will necessitate one-way alternating traffic across the bridge on U.S. Highway 101 west… Continue reading

Entrepreneurs win awards in Washington Coast Works Sustainable Small Business Competition

Budding businesses in Port Angeles, Forks and Westport won cash awards in the third annual Washington Coast Works Sustainable Small Business Competition. Entrepreneurs… Continue reading

Free community Thanksgiving feasts set on Peninsula

Free community Thanksgiving feasts set on Peninsula

Community feasts will celebrate Thanksgiving across the North Olympic Peninsula this week. Some will be a little early. The earliest feast on the Peninsula will… Continue reading

Free community Thanksgiving feasts set on Peninsula