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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)

Chimacum School District investigates loss in student population

CHIMACUM— The reasons for enrollment decline in Chimacum Schools are beginning to become a bit clearer. At Wednesday’s Chimacum School Board meeting, enrollment information about… Continue reading

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
Contest forms in race for district judge

Contest forms in race for district judge

Attorney Mindy Walker has announced her intention to run for District Court judge, a position currently held by Jill Landes who is… Continue reading

Contest forms in race for district judge
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
County committee will study impacts of shooting range facilities

County committee will study impacts of shooting range facilities

Members of the Commercial Shooting Facilities Review Committee held their inaugural, organizational meeting Wednesday afternoon to outline plans for the next six… Continue reading

County committee will study impacts of shooting range facilities
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
Port Angeles man didn’t attend court hearing after telling police multiple shots were accidental

Port Angeles man didn’t attend court hearing after telling police multiple shots were accidental

A 35-year-old Port Angeles man who told police he accidentally fired a gun Tuesday did not show for his preliminary appearance in… Continue reading

Port Angeles man didn’t attend court hearing after telling police multiple shots were accidental
Survivor of Golden Gate Bridge jump to speak in Port Angeles

Survivor of Golden Gate Bridge jump to speak in Port Angeles

Golden Gate Bridge suicide survivor Kevin Hines is bringing his story of strength and hope to Clallam County, where death by suicide… Continue reading

Survivor of Golden Gate Bridge jump to speak in Port Angeles
Contest forms for Jefferson PUD seat

Contest forms for Jefferson PUD seat

A contest has shaped up for a seat on the Jefferson County Public Utility Commission. Tom Brotherton of Quilcene and Dan Toepper… Continue reading

Contest forms for Jefferson PUD seat
Authorities respond to entangled whale near La Push

Authorities respond to entangled whale near La Push

Authorities said crews were responding to a whale that was entangled in fishing gear off the Washington coast. The Coast Guard said… Continue reading

  • May 9, 2018
Authorities respond to entangled whale near La Push

Guilty plea issued in boy’s death: Caretaker to be sentenced for homicide by abuse

A Quileute tribal member sobbed quietly Tuesday as she pleaded guilty to homicide by abuse for killing a 2½-year-old family member in… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend to rethink Point Hudson jetty funds

All four bids to replace the Point Hudson south jetty were over cost estimates, so Port of Port Townsend commissioners delayed action… Continue reading

Port Angeles man arrested after gunshots he said were accidental

Port Angeles man arrested after gunshots he said were accidental

Port Angeles police arrested a man for investigation of reckless endangerment after he shot a handgun and struck an unoccupied car and… Continue reading

Port Angeles man arrested after gunshots he said were accidental
USS Nimitz sailor missing in Olympic National Forest

USS Nimitz sailor missing in Olympic National Forest

Authorities were searching Tuesday for a 24-year-old hiker who went missing in the Buckhorn Wilderness south of Sequim. Jeremiah Adams, a… Continue reading

USS Nimitz sailor missing in Olympic National Forest
Sour notes in tsunami siren song: Clallam issues false alarm, Jefferson chimes fail to sound

Sour notes in tsunami siren song: Clallam issues false alarm, Jefferson chimes fail to sound

The monthly tsunami siren tests on the North Olympic Peninsula did not go as planned Monday, with an erroneous tsunami warning in… Continue reading

Sour notes in tsunami siren song: Clallam issues false alarm, Jefferson chimes fail to sound
Port of Port Townsend opens bids for Point Hudson jetty project

Port of Port Townsend opens bids for Point Hudson jetty project

Four sealed bids were opened Monday afternoon by the Port of Port Townsend for the Point Hudson south jetty replacement project. American… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend opens bids for Point Hudson jetty project
Jefferson County Republican Party chair to run for commissioner post

Jefferson County Republican Party chair to run for commissioner post

Jon Cooke, Jefferson County Republican Party chairman, has announced that he will run for Board of County Commissioners, District 3, the seat currently… Continue reading

Jefferson County Republican Party chair to run for commissioner post