Clallam County

Hurricane Ridge set to reopen on Tuesday

Visitors urged to use Clallam Transit service

Volunteer Laken Folsom stocks shelves with skates on Tuesday in preparation for Friday’s official opening of the Olympic Skate Village and its seasonal roller skating rink in the 100 block of West Front Street in downtown Port Angeles. The village, operated by the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce and staffed by volunteers, will offer three daily sessions of skating through Aug. 14. Admission is $10 per session or $8 per session if you bring your own skates. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Skating preparations

Volunteer Laken Folsom stocks shelves with skates on Tuesday in preparation for Friday’s official opening of the Olympic Skate Village and its seasonal roller skating… Continue reading

Volunteer Laken Folsom stocks shelves with skates on Tuesday in preparation for Friday’s official opening of the Olympic Skate Village and its seasonal roller skating rink in the 100 block of West Front Street in downtown Port Angeles. The village, operated by the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce and staffed by volunteers, will offer three daily sessions of skating through Aug. 14. Admission is $10 per session or $8 per session if you bring your own skates. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Agnew man to be evaluated, not charged for arson and assault

An Agnew man arrested in February for investigation of arson and assault will undergo a mental health evaluation as part of a… Continue reading

Clallam County approves homelessness funding

Clallam County Commissioners approved $1.4 million in funding agreements with nine area organizations to provide homeless services. The homelessness funding approved Tuesday… Continue reading

Lake Sutherland fire 15 percent contained

Firefighting operations to continue through weekend

Permit issued to search for body of drowned man

Christian Aid Ministries can dive until June 30

Rocky Horror Picture Show to be shown

The Rocky Horror Picture Show will be shown on a big screen with surround sound at Studio Bob on Saturday. The 1975… Continue reading

Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group Andrew Lumm, as a pirate, and Rivers Maynard, as Peter Pan, face off with their swords in a pose reminiscent of one of the scenes in Sequim Acrobatics’ upcoming production, “Neverland,” set to be performed this Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 5 p.m. in the Sequim High School auditorium.

Sequim Acrobats to splash, soar in ‘Neverland’

Sequim Acrobatics Academy performers have been working for a year to bring a “jaw dropping, thrilling experience” to audiences, according to Alicia Laxson,… Continue reading

Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group Andrew Lumm, as a pirate, and Rivers Maynard, as Peter Pan, face off with their swords in a pose reminiscent of one of the scenes in Sequim Acrobatics’ upcoming production, “Neverland,” set to be performed this Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 5 p.m. in the Sequim High School auditorium.
Fire managers, from front, Robert Thurston working with GIS, communications unit leader Carsen Smith and operations section chief Scott Coulson work at a command post for the Lake Sutherland Fire on Tuesday at Dry Creek School in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Lake Sutherland Fire fight continues

Mop-up operations ongoing in some areas of the blaze

Fire managers, from front, Robert Thurston working with GIS, communications unit leader Carsen Smith and operations section chief Scott Coulson work at a command post for the Lake Sutherland Fire on Tuesday at Dry Creek School in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Dry conditions prompt earlier action on Peninsula

Clallam, Jefferson have burning restrictions in place

Kevin Van De Wege.

District 24 senator eyes state lands role

Van De Wege wants to manage resources

Kevin Van De Wege.
Pictured, left to right, are Pam Ehtee, Mary Jacobi, Rudy Hiener, April Hiener and Janet Russell.
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Green thumb award given

The Port Angeles Garden Club has awarded its summer Green Thumb award to Rudy and April Hiener. The Heiners received the award for excellence in… Continue reading

Pictured, left to right, are Pam Ehtee, Mary Jacobi, Rudy Hiener, April Hiener and Janet Russell.

Sequim Lions host Crab Feed Saturday

The Sequim Valley Lions’ 11th annual Crab Feed is set for 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. The meal will be at Pioneer… Continue reading

Noah Erickson, 2, snips a flower head with the help of his father, Chris Erickson of Port Angeles, while making a solstice crown headdress during the Summertide Solstice Art Festival on Saturday at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center and adjoining Webster’s Woods Sculpture Park. The event served as a celebration of the coming of summer with a variety of food, music and outdoor activities. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Artists, poets ring in beginning of new season

Solstice event draws in families for arts exhibitions

Noah Erickson, 2, snips a flower head with the help of his father, Chris Erickson of Port Angeles, while making a solstice crown headdress during the Summertide Solstice Art Festival on Saturday at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center and adjoining Webster’s Woods Sculpture Park. The event served as a celebration of the coming of summer with a variety of food, music and outdoor activities. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam County courthouse loading area to get new sidewalks

Employees and residents visiting the Clallam County courthouse could see safer sidewalks later this year as part of a $200,000 landscaping project… Continue reading

Fire near lake at 10 percent contained

Evacuation orders for 4 homes downgraded

Everett Polansk, 14, provides the first performance at the Field Hall Theater. (Lexie Winters)

Hog Wild nets $88,000 for Olympic Medical Center Foundation

Fundraiser first event held at Field Hall

Everett Polansk, 14, provides the first performance at the Field Hall Theater. (Lexie Winters)
A state Department of Natural Resources helicopter flies through clouds of smoke to dump water on a hotspot of a wildland fire in the Indian Creek Valley on Sunday southwest of Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

UPDATE: Evacuations downgraded as Lake Sutherland fire continues

No road closures as more than 100 acres are burned

A state Department of Natural Resources helicopter flies through clouds of smoke to dump water on a hotspot of a wildland fire in the Indian Creek Valley on Sunday southwest of Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

20-year sentence set in 2020 robbery, shooting

One of three people involved in a December 2020 robbery and shooting in the Sequim area has been sentenced to 20 years… Continue reading

Clallam Bay woman accused of felony hit and run

A Clallam Bay woman is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in Clallam County Superior Court on a felony hit-and-run charge after she… Continue reading