Clallam County

Multiple passengers transported from cruise ship off Washington coast

The U.S. Coast Guard, Royal Canadian Air Force and Canadian Coast Guard coordinated two separate medical evacuations from the cruise ship Ruby Princess… Continue reading

Music on the Strait to host performances

Music performances, an art fair and a reopening ceremony for a Fort Worden bar and kitchen highlight weekend events on the North Olympic Peninsula. •… Continue reading

Overdose awareness day set for Sunday at Port Angeles City Pier

Clallam County will host International Overdose Awareness day on Sunday at Port Angeles City Pier. The free, family-friendly event will focus on… Continue reading

Matthew Hara of Port Angeles helps Ayla Gillies, 2, balance on a log on the sandy shores of Hollywood Beach in downtown Port Angeles. Summer temperatures are forecast to be in the mid-70s for the rest of the week on the North Olympic Peninsula. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Summer sand

Matthew Hara of Port Angeles helps Ayla Gillies, 2, balance on a log on the sandy shores of Hollywood Beach in downtown Port Angeles. Summer… Continue reading

Matthew Hara of Port Angeles helps Ayla Gillies, 2, balance on a log on the sandy shores of Hollywood Beach in downtown Port Angeles. Summer temperatures are forecast to be in the mid-70s for the rest of the week on the North Olympic Peninsula. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam Transit passes six-year development plan

Annual report details capital improvements, finances

Spencer McGinty, OPHS director.

Olympic Peninsula Humane Society hires executive director

Barbecue celebration planned for Sept. 7

Spencer McGinty, OPHS director.

Pedestrian taken to hospital after collision

An 85-year-old pedestrian was transported to a Seattle hospital after he was struck by a car. Richard Boyd of Sequim was injured… Continue reading

Carlyn Beebe of Forks pushes a merry-go-round toy as her son, Lane, 6, takes a ride on Tuesday at the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles. The pair took time out from errands for a visit to the popular park. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Merry go round

Carlyn Beebe of Forks pushes a merry-go-round toy as her son, Lane, 6, takes a ride on Tuesday at the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield… Continue reading

Carlyn Beebe of Forks pushes a merry-go-round toy as her son, Lane, 6, takes a ride on Tuesday at the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles. The pair took time out from errands for a visit to the popular park. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

PAT NEAL: The joys of summer fishing

IT’S SUMMERTIME AND the fishing is easy. The fishing might not be any better than in the winter, but it never snows in summer and… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles updates policy to comply with state law

Agency to enforce ban of expanded polystyrene foam

Sequim Christmas Chorus to begin rehearsals for holidays

The Sequim Community Christmas Chorus will begin rehearsals for its 38th season of Christmas music at 6 p.m. Sept. 9. Rehearsals are scheduled… Continue reading

Sequim Sings! to begin rehearsals this fall

Sequim Sings! will begin its fall season of rehearsals at 6 p.m. Sept. 22. The choir will meet in the Community Room at… Continue reading

Three hopefuls vie for Port Angeles council

Interviews set for Tuesday’s meeting

Two taken to hospital after DUI collision

Two people were taken to Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles after a collision on U.S. Highway 101 west of Sequim. Kenneth Krom,… Continue reading

Amelia Solomon, 9, a fourth-grade student at Jefferson Elementary, receives a package of notebook paper from Nick Carlson of Olympic Medical Center as Amelia’s mother, Hermina Solomon, accompanies her during the Port Angeles School District Back to School Fair on Saturday at Jefferson. The event offered school supplies to students, as well as health information, family services and a picnic meal. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Back to school fair

Amelia Solomon, 9, a fourth-grade student at Jefferson Elementary, receives a package of notebook paper from Nick Carlson of Olympic Medical Center as Amelia’s mother,… Continue reading

Amelia Solomon, 9, a fourth-grade student at Jefferson Elementary, receives a package of notebook paper from Nick Carlson of Olympic Medical Center as Amelia’s mother, Hermina Solomon, accompanies her during the Port Angeles School District Back to School Fair on Saturday at Jefferson. The event offered school supplies to students, as well as health information, family services and a picnic meal. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Black Diamond Junction to play Labor Day concert

Black Diamond Junction will perform a Labor Day concert at 1 p.m. Monday at John Wayne’s Rustic Waterfront Resort, 2634 W. Sequim Bay… Continue reading

Clallam commissioners to send letter on timber sales

Document: Six-month pause has been extended

Mother and daughter Susan Heiny, left, and Sarah Winter Grafstrom with the Slip Point Lighthouse Keepers are working to preserve the 1905 keeper’s house, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. The 10-acre property will be conveyed to Clallam County from the U.S. Coast Guard for use as a park after remediation at the site is completed. The lighthouse no longer exists. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Group working to preserve keeper’s house at Clallam Bay

County hopes Coast Guard will transfer land for public park

Mother and daughter Susan Heiny, left, and Sarah Winter Grafstrom with the Slip Point Lighthouse Keepers are working to preserve the 1905 keeper’s house, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. The 10-acre property will be conveyed to Clallam County from the U.S. Coast Guard for use as a park after remediation at the site is completed. The lighthouse no longer exists. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Music on the Strait performances begin this weekend

Music on the Strait will begin its season with two chamber concerts this weekend. The Art of the String Quartet series at… Continue reading

Kyra Toner, 8, of Burien kicks a soccer ball through a narrow goal as part of an informal soccer skills test during Saturday’s Party at the Park at Elks Playfield in Port Angeles. The event, hosted by the Port Angeles Naval Elks Lodge, featured a variety of activities for children and adults, food and live music. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Party at the Park

Kyra Toner, 8, of Burien kicks a soccer ball through a narrow goal as part of an informal soccer skills test during Saturday’s Party at… Continue reading

Kyra Toner, 8, of Burien kicks a soccer ball through a narrow goal as part of an informal soccer skills test during Saturday’s Party at the Park at Elks Playfield in Port Angeles. The event, hosted by the Port Angeles Naval Elks Lodge, featured a variety of activities for children and adults, food and live music. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)