Clallam County

BIRD WATCH: Attention, birding hikers: We need your help

IF THERE WERE more serious hikers who were also serious birders, we would have better data on the birds in the Olympic Mountains. I recall… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

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

Port Angeles High School seniors Gabe Wegener, left, and Mia DelGuzzi-Flores enjoy time on the swingset at the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield prior to Friday night’s commencement ceremony at nearby Civic Field. A total of 237 students were scheduled to graduate as part of the high school’s class of 2017. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Graduates doff caps for commencement in Clallam

Graduates celebrated the culmination of years of academic work in commencement ceremonies for Peninsula College and Port Angeles and Crescent high schools Saturday. North Olympic… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School seniors Gabe Wegener, left, and Mia DelGuzzi-Flores enjoy time on the swingset at the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield prior to Friday night’s commencement ceremony at nearby Civic Field. A total of 237 students were scheduled to graduate as part of the high school’s class of 2017. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Growing potatoes from seed topic of Port Angeles lecture

Growing potatoes from seed topic of Port Angeles lecture

Veteran Master Gardener Muriel Nesbitt will discuss “The Sex Life of Potatoes” at noon Thursday. The presentation will be in Room 160,… Continue reading

Growing potatoes from seed topic of Port Angeles lecture

HELP LINE: Remember to thank fathers, father figures

FIRST THINGS FIRST, right? Today is Father’s Day. If that’s something you need to know and had managed to forget, you might want to do… Continue reading

LETTER: How could I have helped man who jumped off Port Angeles bridge?

I crossed the Tumwater Truck Route bridge on Eighth Street in Port Angeles at 2:15 p.m. June 8 and noticed a man smoking and walking… Continue reading

LETTER: Let’s show those political con artists how smart we can be

Trump’s playbook. It appears to be similar to Putin’s: destroy the media and control the message. Does there have to be a picture in order… Continue reading

LETTER: Why does ‘liberal’ media attack successful black men?

entertainer Bill Cosby, golfer Tiger Woods, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to name a… Continue reading

LETTER: Why is our legislative spending priority funding trails instead of education?

Here we are again in overtime for our state Legislature, at an additional cost to taxpayers of hundreds of thousands of dollars. That doesn’t take… Continue reading

Melinda Clevenger

Longtime Clallam County Superior Court administrator retiring after 43 years

Lindy Clevenger is retiring as Clallam County Superior Court administrator after 43 years with the county. “I decided to retire for my… Continue reading

Melinda Clevenger
Neighbors, strangers rally around Joyce man after store burgled

Neighbors, strangers rally around Joyce man after store burgled

A burglary at Port Crescent Trading Co. came at the worst time for storeowner Doug Schwab, he said. But a growing community —… Continue reading

Neighbors, strangers rally around Joyce man after store burgled
Sarah Sharp

New arts, general news reporter at PDN

The Peninsula Daily News welcomes Sarah Sharp as its new arts and general news reporter. Sharp, 20, is a recent graduate of… Continue reading

Sarah Sharp

NEWS BRIEFS: Beaches open to shellfish harvesting … and other items

The area from the Lyre River east to Dungeness Bay is now open to recreational shellfish harvesting. The state Department of Health… Continue reading

Pink ribbons to go up in Port Angeles for annual fundraiser

Pink ribbons. Pink quilt raffle. Pink golf tournament. Pink Angeles. The annual Pink Up Port Angeles campaign, which benefits Operation Uplift —… Continue reading

Port Angeles floats on the way, city says; floats to be installed this summer

Port Angeles floats on the way, city says; floats to be installed this summer

The long-awaited mooring floats that were removed in 2012 and that had been predicted to return to City Pier by June should… Continue reading

Port Angeles floats on the way, city says; floats to be installed this summer
Sequim grad’s ‘Flip or Flop Vegas’ renewed for second season

Sequim grad’s ‘Flip or Flop Vegas’ renewed for second season

The latest venture for Bristol Marunde, a 2000 Sequim High graduate and mixed martial artist,… Continue reading

Sequim grad’s ‘Flip or Flop Vegas’ renewed for second season

EYE ON CLALLAM: Commissioners to hear update on Shoreline Master Program

The three Clallam County commissioners will hear an update on the county’s Shoreline Master Program at 9 a.m. Monday. The work session will be in… Continue reading

Brothers Tripp, Chris and Trevor Burd of Team Pure & Wild/Freeburd were the first to cross the finish line in Ketchikan after 750 miles of sailing and peddling. Credits: (Daphne Stuart/R2AK)

Team Pure & Wild beats second-place winner by six minutes in Race to Alaska

It was a close finish at the dock in Ketchikan, Alaska. Team Pure &Wild arrived at 3:05 p.m. Thursday, only six minutes… Continue reading

Brothers Tripp, Chris and Trevor Burd of Team Pure & Wild/Freeburd were the first to cross the finish line in Ketchikan after 750 miles of sailing and peddling. Credits: (Daphne Stuart/R2AK)
A marbled murrelet (U.S. Forest Service)

DNR boss to appoint forest panel; focus on marbled murrelet, 10-year sustainable harvest

The state Department of Natural Resources will assemble a panel of experts to help plan for the future of state forests, Commissioner of… Continue reading

A marbled murrelet (U.S. Forest Service)

Burglars take more than $18,000 worth of historic relics from Joyce store

Port Angeles historic relics, rare antiques and family genealogy records were among the items stolen from Port Crescent Trading Co. in Joyce, authorities… Continue reading