Clallam County

NEW BRIEFS: Health officials concerned about infectious diseases … and other items

Public health officials are becoming increasingly concerned about a variety of outbreaks of serious infectious diseases among people who are homeless in Seattle… Continue reading

Students in Clallam County walk out in mourning, unity

Students in Clallam County walk out in mourning, unity

Hundreds of students across Clallam County walked out of their classes Wednesday in memory of the 17 people killed at a Florida… Continue reading

Students in Clallam County walk out in mourning, unity
Sequim students walk out for gun control

Sequim students walk out for gun control

About 100 students gathered outside the front of Sequim High School for 17 minutes to support the National School Walkout scheduled at 10… Continue reading

Sequim students walk out for gun control
Bay Variety to close: Customers already lamenting end of longtime five-and-dime-style store

Bay Variety to close: Customers already lamenting end of longtime five-and-dime-style store

It’s the end of an era. The owners of Bay Variety, an old-fashioned five and dime store at 135 W. First St.,… Continue reading

Bay Variety to close: Customers already lamenting end of longtime five-and-dime-style store
Leitz Farms moving to location near Sequim

Leitz Farms moving to location near Sequim

One of the largest family-owned farm stores on the North Olympic Peninsula is closing its doors in Port Angeles and moving close… Continue reading

Leitz Farms moving to location near Sequim
Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics to expand thanks to $698,000 in state funding

Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics to expand thanks to $698,000 in state funding

The Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics free clinic is set to receive $698,000 in state funding, allowing the volunteer clinic to… Continue reading

Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics to expand thanks to $698,000 in state funding

Forks City Council considers measure to allow shooting of elk

Some of the elk that wander into Forks might be living on borrowed time. Tonight, the Forks City Council will consider an ordinance… Continue reading

Peninsula viola student wins top prize in national contest

Peninsula viola student wins top prize in national contest

No one was surprised when violist Lauren Waldron, a senior at Port Angeles High School, earned the top prize in a national… Continue reading

Peninsula viola student wins top prize in national contest
Panel discusses response to violence

Panel discusses response to violence

Port Angeles School District Superintendent Marc Jackson told those who attended a community forum on school and community safety that school officials… Continue reading

Panel discusses response to violence

Peninsula man who died in Kitsap County wreck identified

A Port Angeles man who died in a wreck near Poulsbo on Tuesday has been identified as Douglas D. Ranney. Ranney, 65, was… Continue reading

Clallam’s League of Women Voters celebrates 50 years with schoolhouse event

Clallam’s League of Women Voters celebrates 50 years with schoolhouse event

Much of the political landscape — local, statewide and across the nation — has changed in the past five decades. But members of… Continue reading

Clallam’s League of Women Voters celebrates 50 years with schoolhouse event
Garden Show Gala offers variety this weekend

Garden Show Gala offers variety this weekend

Speakers, Master Gardeners, vendors and art will be featured at this weekend’s 20th annual Soroptimist Gala Garden Show fundraiser at the Sequim unit… Continue reading

Garden Show Gala offers variety this weekend
Two-day scholarship auction to benefit Forks graduates

Two-day scholarship auction to benefit Forks graduates

The Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction will sell more than 1,000 items or experiences this weekend to benefit Forks High School graduates. The 54th… Continue reading

Two-day scholarship auction to benefit Forks graduates

Free entry set for state parks on Monday

Entry will be free to state parks Monday in honor of Washington State Parks’ 105th anniversary. No Discover Pass will be needed to visit state… Continue reading

Three women named to Clallam County EDC

Three women, including a Forks resident, were named Thursday to the Clallam County Economic Development Corp. board. Board members said the move… Continue reading

Battle of the Books contest tonight

Thirteen teams of Clallam County fourth-graders will do battle in a trivia-style competition at 6:30 p.m. today. The competition will be at… Continue reading

Dave Neupert to seek Clallam County District Court 1 judgeship

Dave Neupert to seek Clallam County District Court 1 judgeship

The first contested Clallam County race in the Nov. 6 general election emerged Wednesday after a Port Angeles lawyer and former radio… Continue reading

Dave Neupert to seek Clallam County District Court 1 judgeship

Films, a walk in Chimacum Woods, concerts, plant clinics, dances among Peninsula activities

Another film in the Animal Intelligence Film Festival, a walk in Chimacum Woods, concerts, plant clinics and dances are among the upcoming activities on the… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: The surprise of spring

Lynden — I spent most of my life in Michigan. There, the cold of winter quickly gives… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Meeting in Forks on U.S. 101 project … and other items

Olympic National Park and the city of Forks will hold a public meeting about the Lake Crescent U.S. Highway 101 project at 5… Continue reading