Clallam County

Mark Gregson.

OMC hires interim CEO, works to resolve CMS issues

Hospital has fixed many deficiencies cited by state agency

Mark Gregson.
Joseph Bednarik

Sunday program set for OUUF

Joseph Bednarik will present “The Druid’s Final Resting Place” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bednarik will be the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian… Continue reading

Joseph Bednarik

Tess Gallagher to read from new book at launch party

Tess Gallagher will read from “Surrounded by Weasels” during a book launch party at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at the Port Angeles Fine… Continue reading

Tickets on sale for Clallam County Republicans luncheon

Tickets are on sale for the Clallam County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Luncheon and Auction. The annual fundraiser will be at the… Continue reading

Val and Tim Cullinan of Sequim walk past stalks of sunflowers on their way to the pickleball courts at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim. The sunflowers are among several towering stands in the park and surrounding area. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Sunflower scenery

Val and Tim Cullinan of Sequim walk past stalks of sunflowers on their way to the pickleball courts at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim. The… Continue reading

Val and Tim Cullinan of Sequim walk past stalks of sunflowers on their way to the pickleball courts at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim. The sunflowers are among several towering stands in the park and surrounding area. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Council narrows vacancy to three

Candidates to be interviewed Sept. 2

Former Olympic Peninsula YMCA employee Mikki Hughes, center, stands on Wednesday in front of the Port Angeles YMCA with friends and co-workers who protested Hughes’ dismissal from her longtime duties as fitness instructor and fitness coordinator. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Former YMCA fitness instructor says she was fired after 30 years

Demonstrators say organization needs to follow its values

Former Olympic Peninsula YMCA employee Mikki Hughes, center, stands on Wednesday in front of the Port Angeles YMCA with friends and co-workers who protested Hughes’ dismissal from her longtime duties as fitness instructor and fitness coordinator. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Primary election results certified in Clallam, Jefferson counties

Clallam and Jefferson county auditors have certified results of the Aug. 5 primary election. Washington primary election results must be certified and… Continue reading

Tickets on sale for Democrats luncheon

Tickets are on sale for the Clallam County Democrats’ Roosevelt Luncheon on Sept. 6. The annual fundraiser will be in Club 7… Continue reading

Woman dies in crash near Lake Crescent

Fire district, park rangers among responding agencies

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services gives new cutoff date for Olympic Medical Center

OMC now has until Sept. 20 for corrections

Port Angeles School District to host back to school fair

The Port Angeles School district will host its Back-to-School Fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Jefferson Elementary School, 218… Continue reading

Repair projects underway on state Highway 112

Contractor crews working for the state Department of Transportation have begun several repair projects on state Highway 112 between Neah Bay and… Continue reading

Steve and Sarah Methner welcome exchange student Julio Hanania from Chile to Port Angeles as part of the Rotary Youth Exchange Program, which connects local families with students from around the world. (Allora Walls/Peninsula Daily News)

Rotary exchange program about community connection

Teenager travels from Chile to Port Angeles for year of studies

Steve and Sarah Methner welcome exchange student Julio Hanania from Chile to Port Angeles as part of the Rotary Youth Exchange Program, which connects local families with students from around the world. (Allora Walls/Peninsula Daily News)

Teachers to provide two-day theater workshop

Anna Anderson and Shannon Cosgrove will teach a two-day workshop from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 1 and Sept. 8.… Continue reading

Federal complaint filed against operator of water machine company

First Fed not named in charges but faces other litigation

Makah Days to kick off three-day celebration Friday

The Makah Tribe will host its annual Makah Days celebration this weekend. The annual celebration commemorates thousands of years of the Makah… Continue reading

Sheriff’s Office grant to help sex offender monitoring efforts

Clallam County currently has 170, sheriff says

Natilee Winters, 11, a member of the Port Angeles-based Lambchops 4-H Club, sits on a display cart with her chickens as she awaits her turn in the auction ring during the Pacific Northwest Junior Livestock Auction on Saturday at the Clallam County Fair. Dozens of youngsters put their animals on the auction block in hopes of a large payoff for their livestock-rearing efforts. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Livestock auction

Natilee Winters, 11, a member of the Port Angeles-based Lambchops 4-H Club, sits on a display cart with her chickens as she awaits her turn… Continue reading

Natilee Winters, 11, a member of the Port Angeles-based Lambchops 4-H Club, sits on a display cart with her chickens as she awaits her turn in the auction ring during the Pacific Northwest Junior Livestock Auction on Saturday at the Clallam County Fair. Dozens of youngsters put their animals on the auction block in hopes of a large payoff for their livestock-rearing efforts. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Tyler Carey and Lenara, 4, fly a kite together at Olympic Bluffs Cidery & Lavender Farm during Sequim Lavender Weekend last month. Olympic Bluffs is one of the sites visited throughout the summer by American Cruise Lines passengers through van excursions spearheaded by the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Nationwide tourism downturn may have little impact on Peninsula

While others may be facing closure, area attractions thriving

Tyler Carey and Lenara, 4, fly a kite together at Olympic Bluffs Cidery & Lavender Farm during Sequim Lavender Weekend last month. Olympic Bluffs is one of the sites visited throughout the summer by American Cruise Lines passengers through van excursions spearheaded by the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)