Clallam County

Clallam PUD to consider applications for vacant commission seat

Fourteen applicants, including one woman, have applied for appointment to the Clallam County Public Utility District commission to complete the two-year unexpired… Continue reading

Agnew man plans hot, steep ride in a wheelchair

Agnew man plans hot, steep ride in a wheelchair

An Agnew man who gained international attention when he rode his wheelchair from Port Angeles to Portland, Ore., in 2016 is preparing… Continue reading

Agnew man plans hot, steep ride in a wheelchair

Details of park goat removal plan released

Visitor access will be limited at Hurricane Hill in Olympic National Park from Sept. 5-27 while the first of hundreds of mountain… Continue reading

County finance department question to go before voters in November

Clallam County commissioners unanimously approved putting a proposal to create a county finance department on the November ballot after a public hearing… Continue reading

Requirements loom for Clallam juvenile facility grant

A $1.1 million state Department of Commerce grant to increase behavioral health facilities and capacity for children at Clallam County Juvenile and… Continue reading

Wild blackberries star of Joyce Daze

Wild blackberries star of Joyce Daze

Sweet wild blackberries in freshly baked pies are always the highlight of the annual Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival, which will return for… Continue reading

Wild blackberries star of Joyce Daze
Bus carrier adjusting routes, rates on Dungeness Line

Bus carrier adjusting routes, rates on Dungeness Line

Greyhound Lines is adjusting to its new role as provider of the North Olympic Peninsula’s only scheduled commercial passenger service from Port… Continue reading

Bus carrier adjusting routes, rates on Dungeness Line
Painted mailboxes, horses, live music on Sequim Art Walk

Painted mailboxes, horses, live music on Sequim Art Walk

Painted mailboxes and horses along with live music will highlight this month’s First Friday Art Walk in Sequim tonight. The theme color for… Continue reading

Painted mailboxes, horses, live music on Sequim Art Walk
‘As You Like It’ offered for final weekend

‘As You Like It’ offered for final weekend

They’re slipping into the woods for the last time this weekend: the romantic, comic bunch in “As You Like It,” Shakespeare’s pastoral… Continue reading

‘As You Like It’ offered for final weekend

‘Lights, camera, action’ Saturday as Sequim band celebrates stage, screen

The Sequim City Band will present a night of “Stage and Screen” music beginning at 7 Saturday. This free concert will be at… Continue reading

Animal shelter to benefit from winery concert

Olympic Cellars Winery will host singer-songwriter Nick Drummond on Saturday as the next installment in its Summer Concerts series. The evenings of… Continue reading

Dinosaurs, a hoedown and ‘timber tumble’ this week

A library “Dino Dig,” a hoedown in Forks and a “tumble” at Port Angeles’ Timber Town are among the upcoming activities on the North Olympic… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Primary wonder and this day in early August

“How could there be? And no end — how could there be? “The… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Officials for Clallam County set to meet … and other items

The three Clallam County Commissioners will convene for an executive session in response to a July 18 letter from the land use… Continue reading

Performers on the Plaza begins second season

The second season of Performers on the Plaza begins today and will continue throughout August. Ridgerunner will perform bluegrass and other music from… Continue reading

Ride the Hurricane set for Sunday

Preregistration for Sunday’s “Ride the Hurricane” recreational bike climb up Olympic National Park’s Hurricane Ridge Road opens today. As a safety precaution,… Continue reading

Port Angeles files federal lawsuit over Elwha water facilities

Port Angeles files federal lawsuit over Elwha water facilities

The city of Port Angeles has filed a lawsuit against the federal government seeking damages and an injunction on the planned transfer… Continue reading

Port Angeles files federal lawsuit over Elwha water facilities
Hearing examiner denies Carlsborg manufactured home park, again

Hearing examiner denies Carlsborg manufactured home park, again

For the second time in almost a year, Clallam County Hearing Examiner Andrew Reeves denied development of a proposed 55-and-older manufactured home development… Continue reading

Hearing examiner denies Carlsborg manufactured home park, again
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles Parks Department worker Brooke Keohokaloke, right, hands a drill to coworker Leon Leonard as the pair assemble new playground equipment at Georgiana Park in Port Angeles on Tuesday. The equipment was the result of $148,000 in funding and in-kind labor to buy new playground pieces and a wheelchair-friendly surface for the play area, located a block from Olympic Medical Center. Keohokaloke said the goal was to have the equipment finished and the playground open by the end of summer.

PHOTO: New PA playground expected before end of summer

Parks Department worker Brooke Keohokaloke, right, hands a drill to coworker Leon Leonard as the pair assemble new playground equipment at Georgiana… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles Parks Department worker Brooke Keohokaloke, right, hands a drill to coworker Leon Leonard as the pair assemble new playground equipment at Georgiana Park in Port Angeles on Tuesday. The equipment was the result of $148,000 in funding and in-kind labor to buy new playground pieces and a wheelchair-friendly surface for the play area, located a block from Olympic Medical Center. Keohokaloke said the goal was to have the equipment finished and the playground open by the end of summer.

NEWS BRIEFS: Dungeness Bridge closed for event … and other items

Railroad Bridge at the Dungeness River Audubon Center will be closed to through traffic for the Dine on the Dungeness special event from… Continue reading