Clallam County

Tim Blair and Amy Peterson, both of Port Townsend, make a purchase from a table of random sale items during Saturday’s Great Strait Sale at a community vending location in Joyce. The annual event featured dozens of yard and garage sales stretching along state Highway 112 from Port Angeles to Neah Bay. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Great Strait sale

Tim Blair and Amy Peterson, both of Port Townsend, make a purchase from a table of random sale items during Saturday’s Great Strait Sale at… Continue reading

Tim Blair and Amy Peterson, both of Port Townsend, make a purchase from a table of random sale items during Saturday’s Great Strait Sale at a community vending location in Joyce. The annual event featured dozens of yard and garage sales stretching along state Highway 112 from Port Angeles to Neah Bay. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Hopefuls share opposing views

Suggs, Taylor running for Port Angeles City Council seat

League of Women Voters seeks questions for political forums

The League of Women Voters of Clallam County and the North Olympic Library System are accepting questions from residents for their upcoming… Continue reading

Schelle Fitzpatrick, left, explains her experience in Olympic Medical Center’s nursing residency program as the hospital’s Chief Nursing Officer Vickie Swanson and Director of Education and Organizational Professional Development look on. Since 2017, 132 nurse graduates have gone through the program, which provides clinical experience, mentoring and support. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Nurse residency program key for Olympic Medical Center

More than 130 have graduated from 2-year stint since 2017

Schelle Fitzpatrick, left, explains her experience in Olympic Medical Center’s nursing residency program as the hospital’s Chief Nursing Officer Vickie Swanson and Director of Education and Organizational Professional Development look on. Since 2017, 132 nurse graduates have gone through the program, which provides clinical experience, mentoring and support. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

PAT NEAL: A winter weather prediction

THE SIGNS OF the impending season are unmistakable and should not be ignored. The vine maples are red. The cottonwood trees are yellow. The old… Continue reading

Police: Law enforcement working active investigation

A sizable multi-agency law enforcement presence is at North Jones Street and Columbia Street in Port Angeles this week. Port Angeles Police… Continue reading

Curt Queyrouze.

First Fed hires new executive

Queyrouze will start as CEO on Wednesday

Curt Queyrouze.

Captain Joseph House to host dance fundraiser on Saturday

The Captain Joseph House will host “Dance Into Fall” from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday. The fundraiser will be at the… Continue reading

Floating docks to be removed from Port Angeles City Pier

The Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department will begin removing the floating docks from City Pier on Sept. 19. This work is… Continue reading

Actor Kellan Lutz, left, hugs a fan during a “meet the actors photo session” during the Forever Twilight Forks event on Friday. All VITs had the opportunity for a photo and to get one item signed. Lutz played Emmett Cullen in The Twilight Saga film series. Also attending were Peter Facinelli, who played Dr. Cullen, seen at right, and actor and regular participant Erik Odom. Author Stephenie Meyer attended for the first time in many years. An estimated 1,000 people attended the Q&A with Meyer and movie at the Kitla Center. (Christi Baron/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
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Forever Twilight

Actor Kellan Lutz, left, hugs a fan during a “meet the actors photo session” during the Forever Twilight Forks event on Friday. All VITs had… Continue reading

Actor Kellan Lutz, left, hugs a fan during a “meet the actors photo session” during the Forever Twilight Forks event on Friday. All VITs had the opportunity for a photo and to get one item signed. Lutz played Emmett Cullen in The Twilight Saga film series. Also attending were Peter Facinelli, who played Dr. Cullen, seen at right, and actor and regular participant Erik Odom. Author Stephenie Meyer attended for the first time in many years. An estimated 1,000 people attended the Q&A with Meyer and movie at the Kitla Center. (Christi Baron/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Garden club to host Forever StreamFest this weekend

The Port Angeles Garden Club will host the fourth Forever StreamFest: Tending Our Gardens Beyond Our Backyards from 10 a.m. to 3:30… Continue reading

Olympic Peninsula Community Clinic reports increase in services

Agency works with law enforcement, meets patients in field

Paving operation to begin near Forks

Maintenance crews from the state Department of Transportation were set to begin repaving a section of state Highway 110 on Monday. Crews will… Continue reading

“The Day the Light Returned” by MinHi England will be part of the “Lighten Up” exhibit that will open Friday at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center.

Port Angeles Fine Arts Center to host reception for ‘Lighten Up’

The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center will host a reception for the opening of “Lighten Up” from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.… Continue reading

“The Day the Light Returned” by MinHi England will be part of the “Lighten Up” exhibit that will open Friday at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center.

Clallam PUD issues mandatory water restrictions

Stage 3 alert on three of agency’s systems

Alternating one-way traffic near Neah Bay begins today

Travelers on state Highway 112 between Neah Bay and Sekiu will want to add more travel time to help prevent delays. Drivers… Continue reading

Wayne and Carolyn Stewart of Portland, Ore., look over Port Angeles Harbor as the sailboat Cytherea, homeported in Tomales Bay, Calif., sits at anchor off Port Angeles City Pier. The Stewarts were visiting the North Olympic Peninsula with plans for a journey to Victoria. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Visiting the Peninsula

Wayne and Carolyn Stewart of Portland, Ore., look over Port Angeles Harbor as the sailboat Cytherea, homeported in Tomales Bay, Calif., sits at anchor off… Continue reading

Wayne and Carolyn Stewart of Portland, Ore., look over Port Angeles Harbor as the sailboat Cytherea, homeported in Tomales Bay, Calif., sits at anchor off Port Angeles City Pier. The Stewarts were visiting the North Olympic Peninsula with plans for a journey to Victoria. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Vera Eksteen masters an obstacle course at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club while Hunter Brown, left, and Rome Martin look on. (Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula)

Boys Girls Clubs launch new Project L.A.N.E. lifestyle program

Initiative named in honor of late community advocate

Vera Eksteen masters an obstacle course at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club while Hunter Brown, left, and Rome Martin look on. (Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula)
Matthew Nash / Olympic Peninsula News Group “Inherit the Wind” actors, from left, Ron Graham, as Matthew Harrison Brady, Nikki Forrest, as Rachel Brown, Joe Schulz, as the judge, and Steve Rodeman, as Henry Drummond, rehearse a scene in Olympic Theatre Arts’ upcoming production set for Sept. 12-28 in the Gathering Hall.

OTA brings topical ‘Inherit the Wind’ to stage

Actors share connection to Scopes trial adaptation

Matthew Nash / Olympic Peninsula News Group “Inherit the Wind” actors, from left, Ron Graham, as Matthew Harrison Brady, Nikki Forrest, as Rachel Brown, Joe Schulz, as the judge, and Steve Rodeman, as Henry Drummond, rehearse a scene in Olympic Theatre Arts’ upcoming production set for Sept. 12-28 in the Gathering Hall.
In the next 30 days, The Wenaha Group and Sequim School District staff will schedule the tentative timelines for construction of the district’s bond and CTE building projects. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim approves school contract

Firm to help with project timelines

In the next 30 days, The Wenaha Group and Sequim School District staff will schedule the tentative timelines for construction of the district’s bond and CTE building projects. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)