Clallam County

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)
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

Whale near La Push cut free from fishing gear but badly hurt

A juvenile gray whale that was found entangled in fishing gear was fighting for survival Thursday, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration… Continue reading

PHOTO: Young underwater engineers in Port Angeles

PHOTO: Young underwater engineers in Port Angeles

Jack Clemens, 12, a seventh-grade student at Stevens Middle School, pulls his homemade remotely operated underwater vehicle from a pool set up in an unused… Continue reading

PHOTO: Young underwater engineers in Port Angeles
Ernst photography among attractions in Port Angeles this weekend

Ernst photography among attractions in Port Angeles this weekend

Award-winning photographer Ernst-Ulrich Schafer will be the featured artist at Harbor Art during the Second Saturday Art Walk in Port Angeles. Schafer,… Continue reading

Ernst photography among attractions in Port Angeles this weekend

Floral arrangements to gild art book exhibit

“Art in Bloom,” a special pop-up event at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, will provide a colorful, scented and textural counterpoint… Continue reading

Forks history presentation, tour of Chimacum Woods among upcoming activities on Peninsula

A Forks history presentation, a gallery exhibit opening in Port Angeles and a tour of Chimacum Woods are among the upcoming activities on the North… Continue reading

No-show for Port Angeles court hearing turns himself in

No-show for Port Angeles court hearing turns himself in

A man who said he accidentally fired his handgun within city limits has turned himself in after he failed to show up… Continue reading

No-show for Port Angeles court hearing turns himself in
NorthWest Women’s Chorale to present music with water theme

NorthWest Women’s Chorale to present music with water theme

The NorthWest Women’s Chorale will present “Wade in the Watah,” its spring concert, in Sequim and Port Angeles. Performances are set for… Continue reading

NorthWest Women’s Chorale to present music with water theme

Search continues in Buckhorn Wilderness for missing hiker

Teams of hopeful searchers continued to probe the Buckhorn Wilderness south of Sequim on Thursday for missing hiker Jeremiah Adams, a… Continue reading

Stories of WWII WASPs set for Tuesday

Stories of WWII WASPs set for Tuesday

Storyteller Rebecca Hom will share stories of several Women Airforce Service Pilots and their program at a free Story Swap at 7… Continue reading

Stories of WWII WASPs set for Tuesday
Trespass at Sequim High School leads to brief lockdown

Trespass at Sequim High School leads to brief lockdown

Sequim High School went on lockdown briefly Thursday morning after a man with a trespass warning appeared on campus looking for his son.… Continue reading

Trespass at Sequim High School leads to brief lockdown
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
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
Crews work to free gray whale from fishing gear off La Push

Crews work to free gray whale from fishing gear off La Push

Biologists on Wednesday were working to untangle a juvenile gray whale that had become stuck in fishing gear more than 15 miles… Continue reading

Crews work to free gray whale from fishing gear off La Push

Port Angeles grandmother arrested after alleged road rage

A 71-year-old woman was arrested for investigation of second-degree assault and resisting arrest for allegedly ramming her sedan into an SUV in… Continue reading

Sequim Irrigation Festival Royalty Court welcomes new princess

Sequim Irrigation Festival Royalty Court welcomes new princess

A new princess has joined the 2018 Irrigation Festival Royalty Court for the remainder of the festival year. Liliana Williams was crowned princess… Continue reading

Sequim Irrigation Festival Royalty Court welcomes new princess