Clallam County

Duane Niatum

Jamestown S’Klallam elder, scholar, poet to share his work

Studium Generale will celebrate National Poetry Month on Thursday by welcoming Jamestown S’Klallam Elder Duane Niatum, a scholar, poet, editor and longtime… Continue reading

Duane Niatum
Paul Gottlieb.

Special legislative session in works

Carbon credits bill to return in future

Paul Gottlieb.
Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighter Mya Delano plays her guitar surrounded by fellow squad members as a house at 141 Harry Brown Road burns behind her on Sunday west of Port Angeles. The house was intentionally torched as a training exercise, giving firefighters an opportunity to practice in a live fire situation. Fire districts 2 and 4, along with members of the Port Angeles Fire Department, took part in the event. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Training exercise

Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighter Mya Delano plays her guitar surrounded by fellow squad members as a house at 141 Harry Brown Road burns… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighter Mya Delano plays her guitar surrounded by fellow squad members as a house at 141 Harry Brown Road burns behind her on Sunday west of Port Angeles. The house was intentionally torched as a training exercise, giving firefighters an opportunity to practice in a live fire situation. Fire districts 2 and 4, along with members of the Port Angeles Fire Department, took part in the event. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam PUD appoints Purvis

Assistant GM says he will resign from staff position

The Port Angeles Garden Club recently donated $500 to Amy Bryant, the principal at Dry Creek Elementary School, and sixth-grade teacher Anthony Seidl for a garden at the school. Pictured, from left to right, are Darlene Martin, Anthony Seidl, Amy Bryant, Linda Skolnik and Janet Russell.
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Club donation to Dry Creek

The Port Angeles Garden Club recently donated $500 to Amy Bryant, the principal at Dry Creek Elementary School, and sixth-grade teacher Anthony Seidl for a… Continue reading

The Port Angeles Garden Club recently donated $500 to Amy Bryant, the principal at Dry Creek Elementary School, and sixth-grade teacher Anthony Seidl for a garden at the school. Pictured, from left to right, are Darlene Martin, Anthony Seidl, Amy Bryant, Linda Skolnik and Janet Russell.
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Dungeness team receives Land Trust’s Out Standing in the Field award

A group best known for its advocacy toward Sequim’s iconic Dungeness River has earned the North Olympic Land Trust’s Out Standing in the… Continue reading

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Family movie night in Clallam Bay

The Clallam Bay Branch Library will screen the 2017 animated film “Moana” at 3 p.m. Thursday. The PG-rated film will be shown… Continue reading

Nita Wester will present “Pollinator Plantings: Perfecting the Process”

Hybrid Green Thumb lecture Thursday

Nita Wester will present “Pollinator Plantings: Perfecting the Process” at noon Thursday. The free, hybrid lecture is part of the Green Thumb… Continue reading

Nita Wester will present “Pollinator Plantings: Perfecting the Process”
Joan Mickelson of Anacortes, left, and Doug Atterbury of Port Angeles scour the shores of Port Angeles Harbor on Ediz Hook on Saturday looking for refuse as an Earth Day activity in Port Angeles. Washington CoastSavers and Olympic National Park, as well as several other organizations, hosted beach cleanups across the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Earth Day cleanup

Joan Mickelson of Anacortes, left, and Doug Atterbury of Port Angeles scour the shores of Port Angeles Harbor on Ediz Hook on Saturday looking for… Continue reading

Joan Mickelson of Anacortes, left, and Doug Atterbury of Port Angeles scour the shores of Port Angeles Harbor on Ediz Hook on Saturday looking for refuse as an Earth Day activity in Port Angeles. Washington CoastSavers and Olympic National Park, as well as several other organizations, hosted beach cleanups across the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Artist Emily Carlquist, seen here before one of her abstract multi-media pieces featuring acrylic paint on textured canvas with needle-woven local fiber warped on canvas, on display at Dandelion Botanical for the month of April. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Fiber artist’s debut show at Dandelion Botanical

Closing party, celebration set for Saturday

Artist Emily Carlquist, seen here before one of her abstract multi-media pieces featuring acrylic paint on textured canvas with needle-woven local fiber warped on canvas, on display at Dandelion Botanical for the month of April. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Ida Shantz, 5, of Port Angeles looks over a sheet of stenciled letters with her grandmother, Patricia Kessler of Woodburn, Ore., at a cardboard crown craft table during Saturday’s Barn Dance at the Clallam County Fairgrounds to benefit the Five Acre School north of Sequim. The dance also included food, entertainment, children’s activities and a silent auction. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Five Acre School benefit

Ida Shantz, 5, of Port Angeles looks over a sheet of stenciled letters with her grandmother, Patricia Kessler of Woodburn, Ore., at a cardboard crown… Continue reading

Ida Shantz, 5, of Port Angeles looks over a sheet of stenciled letters with her grandmother, Patricia Kessler of Woodburn, Ore., at a cardboard crown craft table during Saturday’s Barn Dance at the Clallam County Fairgrounds to benefit the Five Acre School north of Sequim. The dance also included food, entertainment, children’s activities and a silent auction. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Van De Wege lone Democratic senator to oppose gun ban

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been corrected to show that it was Justice Antonin Scalia who said the Second Amendment right “is not unlimited” in… Continue reading

This sonar image of the Pythias Oasis site shows bubbles rising from the seafloor about two-thirds of a mile deep and 50 miles off Newport, Ore. These bubbles are a byproduct of a unique site where warm, chemically distinct fluid gushes from the seafloor. Researchers believe this fluid comes directly from the Cascadia megathrust zone, or plate boundary, and helps control stress buildup between the two plates.Philip et al./Science Advances

Undersea ‘oasis’ sheds new light on plate tectonics

Seepage doesn’t mean an earthquake is imminent

This sonar image of the Pythias Oasis site shows bubbles rising from the seafloor about two-thirds of a mile deep and 50 miles off Newport, Ore. These bubbles are a byproduct of a unique site where warm, chemically distinct fluid gushes from the seafloor. Researchers believe this fluid comes directly from the Cascadia megathrust zone, or plate boundary, and helps control stress buildup between the two plates.Philip et al./Science Advances

A GROWING CONCERN: Now is the time for cool-tolerant plants

JUST SO YOU know, I’m outraged and furious! Again this week, as I was getting various vegetable seed for a huge kitchen garden I am… Continue reading

Officer Lilliana Emery, Officer Kyle Cooper and Cpl. Jeff Ordona, from left. were recognized by the Port Angeles City Council for their actions in saving a man in a burning car. The three received Life Saving Medals and Meritorious Service Medals.

Awards recognize Port Angeles officers

Port Angeles Police Officers Lilliana Emery and Kyle Cooper and Cpl. Jeff Ordona have been recognized for heroic actions in rescuing a driver… Continue reading

Officer Lilliana Emery, Officer Kyle Cooper and Cpl. Jeff Ordona, from left. were recognized by the Port Angeles City Council for their actions in saving a man in a burning car. The three received Life Saving Medals and Meritorious Service Medals.
Mike Mingee

Diamond Point’s Mingee named to District 3 commission

Fills former fire commissioner Steven Chinn’s term

Mike Mingee

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 DelGuzzi Drive… Continue reading

Sequim’s high school equestrian team celebrates taking home the district 4 small teams Championship, along with belt buckles and medals at the end of their final district WAHSET competition. The team’s high scores also earned them 24 qualifying placements to compete at the State Finals in May. Standing from left: Coach Katie Newton, Celbie Karjalainen, Katelynn Sharpe, Lily Meyer, Kennady Gilbertson, Coach Bettina Hoesel, Assistant Coach Keri Tucker. Sitting from left: Libby Swanberg, Sydney Hutton, Paige Reed. Photo submitted by Katie Newton

HORSEPLAY: WAHSET competition; how to treat choking

THREE CHEERS AND a hip-hip hurrah for Sequim High School Equestrian Team, with Celbie Karjalainen, Kennady Gilbertson, Paige Reed, Katelynn Sharp, Rylie Smith, Sydney Hutton,… Continue reading

Sequim’s high school equestrian team celebrates taking home the district 4 small teams Championship, along with belt buckles and medals at the end of their final district WAHSET competition. The team’s high scores also earned them 24 qualifying placements to compete at the State Finals in May. Standing from left: Coach Katie Newton, Celbie Karjalainen, Katelynn Sharpe, Lily Meyer, Kennady Gilbertson, Coach Bettina Hoesel, Assistant Coach Keri Tucker. Sitting from left: Libby Swanberg, Sydney Hutton, Paige Reed. Photo submitted by Katie Newton

Panel to discuss food, sustainability locally

The Port Angeles Fine Art Center will host the next presentation in the Civic Minds + Creative Hearts series on Thursday. “Local… Continue reading

PASD talks 2023-24 budget funding, cuts

Community invited to ask questions, offer feedback