Clallam County

NOLS offering horror pop-culture and movie trivia night

The North Olympic Library System will host Horror Pop-Culture and Movies trivia night at 6:30 p.m. Friday. The questions for this month’s… Continue reading

NOLS to host teen lock-in

The North Olympic Library System will host a teen lock-in from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Friday. The after-hours event is in… Continue reading

Sol Duc Bridge work begins Tuesday

State Department of Transportation work crews will repair an expansion joint on a U.S. Highway 101 bridge across the Sol Duc River… Continue reading

State Department of Natural Resources proposes forest lands set aside to store carbon

Webinar set on plan that includes Peninsula state trust lands

Lisa Lynne, left, and Aryeh Frankfurter will perform at Concerts in the Woods in Coyle.

Celtic harpists to perform in Sequim, Coyle this weekend

Original music to be played at church and community center

Lisa Lynne, left, and Aryeh Frankfurter will perform at Concerts in the Woods in Coyle.
A fresh dusting of snow blankets the peaks at Klahhane Ridge south of Port Angeles on Saturday as the first significant snow of the season arrives at Olympic National Park. Unseasonably warm temperatures and dry conditions have kept the ridge bare wall beyond the traditional appearance of the initial snows of autumn. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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First snow in Olympic National Park

A fresh dusting of snow blankets the peaks at Klahhane Ridge south of Port Angeles on Saturday as the first significant snow of the season… Continue reading

A fresh dusting of snow blankets the peaks at Klahhane Ridge south of Port Angeles on Saturday as the first significant snow of the season arrives at Olympic National Park. Unseasonably warm temperatures and dry conditions have kept the ridge bare wall beyond the traditional appearance of the initial snows of autumn. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

North Olympic Peninsula counties to view COVID measures

Clallam expected to rescind by Oct. 31; Jefferson considering extending emergency

Officials with Clallam County Fire District 3 plan to make a decision in 2023 whether or not to go to voters to approve more funding to add staff, apparatuses and/or new fire stations. Here, firefighters fight a brush fire in July 2021 west of Sequim. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim fire district to talk levy, bond funding in 2023

Finalizing budget, strategic plan are priorities, chief says

Officials with Clallam County Fire District 3 plan to make a decision in 2023 whether or not to go to voters to approve more funding to add staff, apparatuses and/or new fire stations. Here, firefighters fight a brush fire in July 2021 west of Sequim. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Emily Matthiessen /Olympic Peninsula News Group The cast of the Sequim community play “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” a fundraiser for the Sequim Food Bank, rehearses a piece in mid-October.

A food-raiser in technicolor

Sequim stage veterans bring back ‘Joseph’ to boost local nonprofit

Emily Matthiessen /Olympic Peninsula News Group The cast of the Sequim community play “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” a fundraiser for the Sequim Food Bank, rehearses a piece in mid-October.

A GROWING CONCERN: The grass can be greener on your side

soon it will fall upon us in full force! This means for the next 6 to 8 weeks, your grass… Continue reading

ictured from left to right are Peter Raiswell, Francie Louden, Annie Welch, Priya Jayadev, Anita Chilton, Heather Loyd and Gary Schneider.
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Car club makes hospice donation

The Strait Air Volksgrüppe VW Car Club recently donated $1,800 to Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County. The funds were raised at the club’s North Olympic… Continue reading

ictured from left to right are Peter Raiswell, Francie Louden, Annie Welch, Priya Jayadev, Anita Chilton, Heather Loyd and Gary Schneider.
Ballots for the Nov. 8, General Election have been mailed to voters and in Clallam County more people have volunteered to be election observers than in past years. (Peter Segall / Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam County sees increase in election observers

Interest not so high in Jefferson County

Ballots for the Nov. 8, General Election have been mailed to voters and in Clallam County more people have volunteered to be election observers than in past years. (Peter Segall / Peninsula Daily News)

Couple, dog rescued from Dungeness Spit after sailboat mishap

A couple and their dog were rescued from Dungeness Spit after their 38-foot sailboat washed up on the rocks. The passengers reported the… Continue reading

Pictured, left to right, are Janet Russell, Lorenzo Portelli and Mary Jacoby.
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Green thumb award winner named

The Port Angeles Garden Club has awarded its fill Green Thumb award to Lorenzo Portelli. Portelli received the award for excellence in landscaping at his… Continue reading

Pictured, left to right, are Janet Russell, Lorenzo Portelli and Mary Jacoby.
Photo by Karen Griffiths Cutline: A crowded room greeted Washington State Park’s Miller Peninsula planners when they hosted an Open House Tuesday in an event room at the 7-Cedars Hotel. Local residence were there to voice their concerns and opposition to the State’s plan to turn the well-used multi-use community park set in its natural surroundings into a recreational tourist attraction with 127 camp sites — some large enough for big Recreational Vehicles — and even a lodge style hotel.

HORSEPLAY: Miller Peninsula planners hear an earful from equestrians

THE HUNDREDS OF people in attendance were packed like sardines into the Blyn-Bay event room at the 7 Cedars Casino hotel Tuesday evening during the… Continue reading

Photo by Karen Griffiths Cutline: A crowded room greeted Washington State Park’s Miller Peninsula planners when they hosted an Open House Tuesday in an event room at the 7-Cedars Hotel. Local residence were there to voice their concerns and opposition to the State’s plan to turn the well-used multi-use community park set in its natural surroundings into a recreational tourist attraction with 127 camp sites — some large enough for big Recreational Vehicles — and even a lodge style hotel.

PASD issues call for paraeducators, substitutes

The Port Angeles School District has issued an urgent plea to parents to fill permanent paraeducator and substitute paraeducator and teacher positions.… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Six-year-old Emmett Stratford of Port Angeles receives a treat from Sarah Ogerly, owner of Olympic Stauned Glass, left, and Mitch Zenobi during Halloween trick or treating in downtown Port Angeles in 2019.

Scares and dares on Peninsula for Halloween

Thrills and chills are in store on the North Olympic Peninsula as Halloween approaches. Leading up to Halloween on Oct. 31 are a variety of… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Six-year-old Emmett Stratford of Port Angeles receives a treat from Sarah Ogerly, owner of Olympic Stauned Glass, left, and Mitch Zenobi during Halloween trick or treating in downtown Port Angeles in 2019.

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show on KONP 1450 AM, 101.7 FM in… Continue reading

Trail, COVID before county commissions

Government meetings across North Olympic Peninsula

Joseph Bednarik will be the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.

Bednarik will present ‘What Could This Possibly Mean?’ at service

Joseph Bednarik will present “What Could This Possibly Mean?” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bednarik will be the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian… Continue reading

Joseph Bednarik will be the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.