Clallam County

Grieving fathers: Two dads urge bridge suicide barriers in Port Angeles

Grieving fathers: Two dads urge bridge suicide barriers in Port Angeles

Two bridges, two suicides, two grieving fathers. Enough is enough, Richart Wishart and Randy Henry said last week. They believe it’s time… Continue reading

Grieving fathers: Two dads urge bridge suicide barriers in Port Angeles

Tsunami sirens to sound in test at noon today

Alarm sirens will sound along the low-lying coastal beaches in Clallam and Jefferson counties at noon today. Clallam and Jefferson County share a coastline with… Continue reading

Sugar plums and lavender sparkle this weekend in ‘The Nutcracker’

Sugar plums and lavender sparkle this weekend in ‘The Nutcracker’

Crabs, lavender, Hurricane Ridge and Gregers M. Lauridsen: Some unusual — but not unfamiliar — features shine in a Ballet Workshop performance… Continue reading

Sugar plums and lavender sparkle this weekend in ‘The Nutcracker’

NEWS BRIEFS: Inaugural meeting of board in Port Angeles … and other items

The Homeward Bound Olympic Housing Trust elected a new board of trustees during its first board meeting Nov. 4. Those elected include… Continue reading

Home Fund helps Port Hadlock woman with home repair

Home Fund helps Port Hadlock woman with home repair

Marie Cota knew she had a serious problem. What do you do when you finally… Continue reading

Home Fund helps Port Hadlock woman with home repair

Alleged child rapist hearing postponed

A status hearing for alleged child rapist Donald Kingsley was postponed Friday because of a pending crime lab investigation, court papers say.… Continue reading

Sequim man’s molestation trial date moved

A Sequim man charged with molesting and sending sexually explicit messages to a 14-year-old girl has a new trial date. Michael Douglas… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News                                Clallam Transit’s Strait Shot bus approaches Port Angeles on U.S. Highway 101 on a recent run from the Bainbridge Island ferry terminal.

Holiday bus service expansion: Strait Shot broke records over Thanksgiving weekend

Clallam Transit’s Strait Shot bus to Bainbridge Island had record-high ridership over Thanksgiving weekend, prompting the agency to expand the direct service… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News                                Clallam Transit’s Strait Shot bus approaches Port Angeles on U.S. Highway 101 on a recent run from the Bainbridge Island ferry terminal.

Papers will be delivered late today

Due to mechanical difficulties, today’s Peninsula Daily News is extremely late. We apologize for the inconvenience this might cause and our carriers are doing their… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: Poinsettias require exact conditions

SO HERE WE are. December. In the last month of the year. As the calendar closes down for this year, and last week’s column about… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: Readers share memories of Hay’s Farm

BACK WHEN: Readers share memories of Hay’s Farm

THERE WERE LOTS of responses to the November picture from the past and although two people thought it was somewhere else, most readers recognized it… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: Readers share memories of Hay’s Farm

BIRD WATCH: Here comes the sun

IN LESS THAN three weeks we will turn the corner. If you have been reading this column for even a short time, you will know… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Luncheon meetings are usually Wednesdays at noon at Blakeslee’s Bar & Grill, 1222 S. Forks Ave. This Wednesday’s gathering features… Continue reading

Firefighter training burn set today in Port Angeles

That smoke arising from Lauridsen Boulevard this morning is likely to be from training burns. Starting at 8 a.m., firefighters from Clallam… Continue reading

HELP LINE: Don’t get lost in terminology

ARE WE UP for a little bit of this and that? OK, here’s a this: You might recall I’ve been warning you periodically that next… Continue reading

Missing Marrowstone Island child found

After an exhaustive search, a 10-year-old island resident was found stuck in the mud on a beach on Indian Island hours after… Continue reading

Peninsula voter turnout surpasses state’s

Voter turnout on the North Olympic Peninsula was quite a bit higher than the turnout statewide. In Jefferson County, 62.31 percent of registered voters returned… Continue reading

Sequim man accused of two acts of vandalism

Sequim man accused of two acts of vandalism

A Sequim man was arrested twice within 15 hours Friday for allegedly smashing out windows at Serenity House and Port Angeles City… Continue reading

Sequim man accused of two acts of vandalism

EYE ON CLALLAM: County to conduct budget hearings

Peninsula Daily News Clallam County commissioners will hold a pair of public hearings for consideration of the 2018 budget and emergency appropriations Tuesday. The hearings… Continue reading

Sequim City Council members, from left, Pam Leonard- Ray, John Miller, and Candace Pratt take the oath of office in Jan. 2016 from Sequim City Clerk Karen Kuznek-Reese. Miller died Wednesday, and Leonard-Ray said “they will have a difficult time filling his shoes with someone with the same connections.” Photo courtesy City of Sequim

Sequim City Councilman John Miller dies of cardiac arrest

A Sequim City Council member has died. Councilman John Miller died on Wednesday of cardiac arrest… Continue reading

Sequim City Council members, from left, Pam Leonard- Ray, John Miller, and Candace Pratt take the oath of office in Jan. 2016 from Sequim City Clerk Karen Kuznek-Reese. Miller died Wednesday, and Leonard-Ray said “they will have a difficult time filling his shoes with someone with the same connections.” Photo courtesy City of Sequim