Clallam County

Photo contest deadline Sept. 7

The Dungeness River Management Team will host a photo contest in conjunction with its 30-year anniversary. Contest submissions are due by Sept. 7.… Continue reading

PHOTO: Getting ready for school

PHOTO: Getting ready for school

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News With school opening just around the corner, Port Angeles High School had its registration days this week for all classes,… Continue reading

PHOTO: Getting ready for school
PHOTO: New housing dedicated in Port Angeles

PHOTO: New housing dedicated in Port Angeles

The first unit completed in Phase 1 of the Peninsula Housing Authority’s redevelopment of Mount Angeles, which is called Sea Ridge, was… Continue reading

PHOTO: New housing dedicated in Port Angeles

Vehicle prowls on ODT: Ten cars burgled at trailheads; 18 vehicle break-ins in Clallam

Vehicles in parking areas along Olympic Discovery Trail from Sequim to west of Port Angeles have been broken into during a recent… Continue reading

Sequim man, 19, charged with second-degree rape of 15-year-old

A 19-year-old Sequim man was charged with second-degree rape Wednesday in connection with the alcohol-related 2017 assault of a 15-year-old girl who… Continue reading

Air quality alert extended to noon today

The National Weather Service extended an air quality alert for wildfire smoke from 5 p.m. Wednesday to about noon today for Clallam,… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Historical society’s garage sale; Womanfest retreat registration now open

The Clallam County Historical Society’s garage sale, held at the Lincoln School site on the corner of Eighth and C streets in… Continue reading

PHOTO: Breezeway busking

PHOTO: Breezeway busking

Katie Cobb, 15, and her father, Dan Cobb, both of Port Angeles, spend part of their Saturday busking in the breezeway in the 100 block… Continue reading

PHOTO: Breezeway busking
Sequim School District superintendent discusses OPA plans

Sequim School District superintendent discusses OPA plans

Olympic Peninsula Academy portables are tentatively set to be ready for staff and students Sept. 6 before the program begins classes Sept. 10,… Continue reading

Sequim School District superintendent discusses OPA plans
Wildfire smoke on Peninsula expected to begin to disperse late today

Wildfire smoke on Peninsula expected to begin to disperse late today

Wildfire smoke remained widespread on the North Olympic Peninsula on Tuesday as another plume of haze made its way into the region,… Continue reading

Wildfire smoke on Peninsula expected to begin to disperse late today

Man jailed after alleged crime spree

A Marysville man was arrested at the 7 Cedars Casino on Saturday after an alleged crime spree that left him with a gunshot… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: PASD board meeting set for Thursday … and other items

Port Angeles School District directors will approve the adoption of operating budgets when they meet Thursday. The meeting will be held at… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: Up in smoke

THOSE WHO IGNORE history are doomed to watch television. This enduring truth is nowhere more evident than the current notion that the smoke from wildfires… Continue reading

Smoke doesn’t faze outdoor concerts in Port Angeles, Port Townsend

The shows will go on in Port Angeles and Port Townsend in hopes that the smoke that prompted Sequim’s cancellation of its outdoor concert Tuesday… Continue reading

Missing Sequim man, 59, found in Buckhorn Wilderness

Missing Sequim man, 59, found in Buckhorn Wilderness

The daughter of a 59-year-old hiker missing in the Buckhorn Wilderness since Monday morning found him Tuesday morning safe and sound as he… Continue reading

Missing Sequim man, 59, found in Buckhorn Wilderness
Pollution index soars as wildfire smoke sinks south

Pollution index soars as wildfire smoke sinks south

Meteorologists point to coming winds to blow away the gray

Pollution index soars as wildfire smoke sinks south
Cantwell, Franz address salmon, orcas, wildfires in Port Townsend appearance

Cantwell, Franz address salmon, orcas, wildfires in Port Townsend appearance

The environment took center stage as U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell and state Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz discussed ocean health, orcas… Continue reading

Cantwell, Franz address salmon, orcas, wildfires in Port Townsend appearance

PUD commissioners name ‘short list’ for Haffner’s replacement

More than a dozen candidates to replace former Clallam County Public Utility District Commissioner Hugh Haffner took on questions in public session before… Continue reading

18-month sentence follows head-on crash at Lake Crescent

An 18-month prison sentence was meted out to a 51-year-old Hoquiam-area man in federal district court for vehicular assault for seriously injuring two… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Clallam Fire District No. 2 meeting reset … and other items

The Clallam County Fire District No. 2 commissioners meeting originally set for today has been rescheduled for Thursday due to lack of… Continue reading