Clallam County

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Port Angeles campground earns president’s award … and other items

The Olympic Peninsula-Port Angeles Kampgrounds of America Campground earned the 2018 KOA President’s Award. The award was presented during KOA’s annual International… Continue reading

Lake Crescent highway closure set today

U.S. Highway 101 is closed at milepost 228 near Barnes Creek to milepost 232 near Fisher Cove Road from 9 a.m. to… Continue reading

Port Angeles Coast Guard crew assists wind surfers

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Station Port Angeles located and hoisted one of two missing wind surfers Sunday afternoon. A… Continue reading

LETTER: Americans agree to founding principles

With reference to “GOP at war,” and “Protecting speech,” (PDN, Nov. 12): Oh, the irony. We just celebrated Veterans Day and today, we are treated… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Port of Port Angeles to consider budget Tuesday … and other items

Port of Port Angeles commissioners will consider approving a 2018 budget as well as a 1 percent increase in its property tax… Continue reading

Parenting Matters to host Breakfast with Santa in Sequim

Tickets are available for the Parenting Matters Foundation’s Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, Dec. 2. The breakfast will be from 8:30 a.m. to… Continue reading

Port Orchard business wins edg3 Fund prize; finalists include three from North Olympic Peninsula

When partners Suanne Martin Smith and Paul Robinson opened their Home Made Cafe on Friday for breakfast,… Continue reading

Washington Legislature argues most records exempt under law

Attorneys for the state Legislature have argued in a filing that lawmakers pointedly exempted most of… Continue reading

Sequim council approves 128-home development

Sequim council approves 128-home development

Willow Creek Manor, a 128-home subdivision, will move forward with construction despite safety concerns raised by neighbors and the Sequim Planning Commission. Sequim… Continue reading

Sequim council approves 128-home development

High winds knock out power to areas of Clallam, Jefferson

High winds created problems across the North Olympic Peninsula on Sunday, knocking down trees and cutting power to residents in the area.… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: Botanical stocking stuffers that are sure to please

THIS WEEK, WE all gather here across the county for Thanksgiving. And here in America, especially on the Olympic Peninsula, we have plenty for which… Continue reading

BIRD WATCH: As Thanksgiving looms, look to your feeders

“YOU HAVE A woodpecker!” My observant visitor was about to open the sliding glass door leading to the deck. There, on a newly hung lard/oatmeal… Continue reading

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Free labor law seminar scheduled later this month … and other items

The Department of Labor & Industries will hold a free labor law seminar at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30. A department representative will… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 firefighters battle a car blaze on U.S. Highway 101 around Lake Crescent. (Clallam County Fire District No. 2)

Car burns on Highway 101 at Lake Crescent

A father and daughter narrowly escaped injury in a car fire on U.S. Highway 101 around Lake Crescent. Clallam County Fire District… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 firefighters battle a car blaze on U.S. Highway 101 around Lake Crescent. (Clallam County Fire District No. 2)

Clallam Bay prison easing lockdown after fight

Prison officials continued easing a lockdown Saturday at Clallam Bay Corrections Center after a brief fight broke out at about 3:30 p.m.… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Twice-monthly breakfast meetings usually are held at 11:45 a.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at… Continue reading

HELP LINE: Look for things to be grateful for

ARE WE READY? What do you mean, “For what?” Thanksgiving, obviously. It’s this coming Thursday. So, are we ready? And that little exchange just evoked… Continue reading

LETTER: Delve deeply into the suicide problem on Peninsula

Decades ago, a Peninsula Daily News reporter wrote a series of articles on the prevalence of teen suicides on the Olympic Peninsula. Apparently it is… Continue reading

LETTER: Drivers need to be more cautious at crosswalks

On Nov. 9, I saw two schoolchildren almost hit trying to cross the street in Bremerton. It was on a four-lane arterial. A car in… Continue reading

LETTER: Halloween costumes demeans honorable hobos

Consider the following response to “What was the most interesting Halloween costume you ever saw?” in “Speaking Out,” Peninsula Daily News, Oct. 29: “A hobo.… Continue reading