Clallam County

The Port Angeles High School Class of 1974 recently held their 50th class reunion. The 102 classmates in attendance and spouses met at the Field Hall and Event Center for their reunion. The class had 360 who graduated back in 1974. ASB President then was Greg Dooley and the class president was Jim Jacobson. Larry Bennett, Kim Chapman and Kristine Konapaski were the leads of the reunion committee. It was reported that the furthest a class member came was one from Portugal and another one from Sweden. DLOGAN

Class reunion

The Port Angeles High School class of 1974 recently held their 50th reunion. Of the 360 who graduated in the class, 102 attended the event… Continue reading

The Port Angeles High School Class of 1974 recently held their 50th class reunion. The 102 classmates in attendance and spouses met at the Field Hall and Event Center for their reunion. The class had 360 who graduated back in 1974. ASB President then was Greg Dooley and the class president was Jim Jacobson. Larry Bennett, Kim Chapman and Kristine Konapaski were the leads of the reunion committee. It was reported that the furthest a class member came was one from Portugal and another one from Sweden. DLOGAN

Murder charges may be filed today

Man held in custody on $500,000 bail

Music on the Strait to host Friday performance

Music on the Strait will perform Bach’s Goldberg Variations at 7 p.m. Friday. The chamber music concert will be in the Donna… Continue reading

Pacific Northwest Fiber Expo slated for this weekend

The third Pacific Northwest Fiber Arts Expo is set for this weekend. The free event will take place from 2 p.m. to… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: The composting chronicles

IT MIGHT HAVE been the American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson who was credited with saying, “build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a… Continue reading

Safety Fair set for Saturday at Guy Cole center

The Community Emergency Response Team will host its second Safety Fair from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The annual event will be… Continue reading

State House candidates split on ballot initiatives

Roberson favors repealing issues; Bernbaum wants to modify them

Olympic Kiwanis Club member Tom Clark of Joyce loads a discarded computer onto a truck for recycling during Saturday’s e-Waste Recycling Day at in the parking lot at Port Angeles Civic Field. The club took in stacks of used computers, television sets, printers and other home electronics with donations going to the club’s children’s programs. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Recycling day

Olympic Kiwanis Club member Tom Clark of Joyce loads a discarded computer onto a truck for recycling during Saturday’s e-Waste Recycling Day at in the… Continue reading

Olympic Kiwanis Club member Tom Clark of Joyce loads a discarded computer onto a truck for recycling during Saturday’s e-Waste Recycling Day at in the parking lot at Port Angeles Civic Field. The club took in stacks of used computers, television sets, printers and other home electronics with donations going to the club’s children’s programs. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam County draft highlights 43 funded projects

Six-year program identifies transportation infrastructure

“Foot Race,” oil on canvas by Hattie Kauffman, part of “To Move, Focus on Movement or Motion,” is on display at the Sequim Civic Center through Jan. 21.

First Friday Art Walk set this weekend in Sequim

First Friday Art Walk will celebrate autumn with an orange-themed art walk from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at various venues in… Continue reading

“Foot Race,” oil on canvas by Hattie Kauffman, part of “To Move, Focus on Movement or Motion,” is on display at the Sequim Civic Center through Jan. 21.

Theater companies to present ‘Olympic Stages Showcase’

Ghostlight Productions, Olympic Theatre Arts and Port Angeles Community Players will present “Olympic Stages Showcase: An Evening of Community Theater” at 7… Continue reading

Man arrested in murder investigation

Bail set at $500K; charges could be filed Wednesday

Grant Fairchild, 9, of Port Angeles plays Pictionary as Feiro Marine Life Center executive director Melissa Williams holds the drawing board outside the center on Saturday. Feiro hosted “Day of Play” with a variety of children’s activities geared toward conservation and the marine environment. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Day of Play

Grant Fairchild, 9, of Port Angeles plays Pictionary as Feiro Marine Life Center executive director Melissa Williams holds the drawing board outside the center on… Continue reading

Grant Fairchild, 9, of Port Angeles plays Pictionary as Feiro Marine Life Center executive director Melissa Williams holds the drawing board outside the center on Saturday. Feiro hosted “Day of Play” with a variety of children’s activities geared toward conservation and the marine environment. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Volunteers Barbara VanderWerf and Maren Halverson, with the League of Women Voters of Clallam County, speak with a customer at Sequim Goodwill about ballot information on Sept. 17 during an information session held in conjunction with the stores in Sequim and Port Angeles on National Voter Registration Day. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

League answers voters’ questions about election

Organization partners with Goodwill on national registration day

Volunteers Barbara VanderWerf and Maren Halverson, with the League of Women Voters of Clallam County, speak with a customer at Sequim Goodwill about ballot information on Sept. 17 during an information session held in conjunction with the stores in Sequim and Port Angeles on National Voter Registration Day. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Anderson to address Forks chamber

Heidi Anderson of Forks Community Hospital will address a meeting of the Forks Chamber of Commerce at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. The chamber meets… Continue reading

Some local and state leaders said $30.5 million to construct the U.S. Highway 101 East Sequim Road Project — including completion of the Simdars Road interchange — could be moved to in-progress larger projects if Initiative 2117 passes as state transportation funds may be reduced to compensate for reduced funding for efforts to reduce the state’s carbon footprint. The Sequim project is near the top of the state’s Move Ahead Washington grant program and funded by the Climate Commitment Act (CCA), which would be repealed if I-2117 is passed in the Nov. 5 general election. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Corridor project may hinge on vote

Officials: Bypass could be shelved if I-2117 passes

Some local and state leaders said $30.5 million to construct the U.S. Highway 101 East Sequim Road Project — including completion of the Simdars Road interchange — could be moved to in-progress larger projects if Initiative 2117 passes as state transportation funds may be reduced to compensate for reduced funding for efforts to reduce the state’s carbon footprint. The Sequim project is near the top of the state’s Move Ahead Washington grant program and funded by the Climate Commitment Act (CCA), which would be repealed if I-2117 is passed in the Nov. 5 general election. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Operations scheduled at Bentinck range this week

The land-based demolition range at Bentinck Island will be in use from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, the Royal… Continue reading

Sequim, first responders considering Naloxone distribution spots

Effort could provide medicine to help reverse opioid overdose

Photo by Karen Griffiths

Tackling the abandoned dog crisis, local business owners Shelby, left, and Martha Vaughan share their progress in getting the new non-profit Fox-Bell Humane Society, operating under OPEN’s 501c3 non-profit, up and running  in Clallam County. Very soon the doors on the new facility on Barr Road (on 3-acres behind the Fox-Bell Event Center) which will be  dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming horses, dogs, and other animals. Key to its mission is offering low-cost spay and neuter programs to dogs and cats in order curb crisis off too many unwanted animals overcrowding shelters across the nation.
Photo by Karen Griffiths

Tackling the abandoned dog crisis, local business owners Shelby, left, and Martha Vaughan share their progress in getting the new non-profit Fox-Bell Humane Society, operating under OPEN’s 501c3 non-profit, up and running  in Clallam County. Very soon the doors on the new facility on Barr Road (on 3-acres behind the Fox-Bell Event Center) which will be  dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming horses, dogs, and other animals. Key to its mission is offering low-cost spay and neuter programs to dogs and cats in order curb crisis off too many unwanted animals overcrowding shelters across the nation.

A GROWING CONCERN: Don’t let frost leave you out in the cold

AS WE NOW complete our first full week of autumn and evening temperatures have dropped significantly, let us re-familiarize ourselves with our infamous friend, Jack… Continue reading