Clallam County

Fiber Artist Marla Varner stands in front of her temperature quilt. Each square is color coded to the high and low temperatures of each day of 2021 in her neighborhood in Sequim, with the smallest quarter circles signifying precipitation. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim fiber artist headed to QuiltCon

Retired teacher Marla Varner stitches colorful masterpieces

Fiber Artist Marla Varner stands in front of her temperature quilt. Each square is color coded to the high and low temperatures of each day of 2021 in her neighborhood in Sequim, with the smallest quarter circles signifying precipitation. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Ethan Grossell of the Port Angeles Fire Department cools hot spots left over from a fire at Castaways Restaurant Lounge early Monday morning. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Fire destroys Port Angeles restaurant

Castaways on Port property; lease expired on Monday

Ethan Grossell of the Port Angeles Fire Department cools hot spots left over from a fire at Castaways Restaurant Lounge early Monday morning. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Finalists selected for Sequim School Board seat

Schedule set for hiring superintendent

Port of Port Angeles Executive Director Geoff James.

Port of Port Angeles avoids larger penalty

Public comment open on $67,000 fine

Port of Port Angeles Executive Director Geoff James.

A GROWING CONCERN: Your brain is the best tool for pruning

IT WAS SO great to be driving around this week and see so many people up on their orchard ladders pruning their fruit trees. If… Continue reading

Disaster recovery center will serve 3 Clallam County locations

The Disaster Recovery Center in Forks will move to two additional sites in Clallam County after Friday to help survivors… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Virtual meeting 7:30 a.m. Tuesday via Zoom. This week features Clallam County Economic Development Council Executive Director Colleen McAleer… Continue reading

The Sequim Museum & Arts at 544 N Sequim Avenue featured artist in the Judith McInnes Tozzer Gallery is Dungeness resident Steve Vogel. Now retired, former Clallam County District “3 Fire Chief, graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in fine arts.

Friday Art Walk focuses on love and hearts

Peninsula Daily News Happy and healthy hearts will be the focus of February’s First Friday Art Walk in Sequim while incorporating red as the theme,… Continue reading

The Sequim Museum & Arts at 544 N Sequim Avenue featured artist in the Judith McInnes Tozzer Gallery is Dungeness resident Steve Vogel. Now retired, former Clallam County District “3 Fire Chief, graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in fine arts.
Rep.Steve Tharinger, Sen. Kevin Van De Wege and Rep. Mike Chapman

Lawmakers mull nurse numbers

Bill would set ratios for patient care

Rep.Steve Tharinger, Sen. Kevin Van De Wege and Rep. Mike Chapman

Panter graduates Georgia Tech

Kathryn Panter, of Sequim, graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology during a Dec. 18 ceremony in Atlanta. Panter earned a Master of… Continue reading

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Rowan McCreary, 1, takes delight on riding a spring-loaded teeter totter as her mother, Autumn Wolfgang of Sequim, adds the bounce on Saturday at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim.
The pair was on a family outing to the playground and dog park.

Teeter totter toddler

Rowan McCreary, 1, takes delight on riding a spring-loaded teeter totter as her mother, Autumn Wolfgang of Sequim, adds the bounce on Saturday at Carrie… Continue reading

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Rowan McCreary, 1, takes delight on riding a spring-loaded teeter totter as her mother, Autumn Wolfgang of Sequim, adds the bounce on Saturday at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim.
The pair was on a family outing to the playground and dog park.

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

Not Baba Yaga’s House 1 by Barbara Boerigter

Two artists featured in February at Blue Whole Gallery

Peninsula Daily News Two featured artists for the month of February will showcase their work at Blue Whole Gallery in Sequim. Barbara Boerigter and Jeannine… Continue reading

Not Baba Yaga’s House 1 by Barbara Boerigter
Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department employee Eli Hammel snags a floating log blocking a portion of a city-operated boat ramp on Ediz Hook on Thursday. The log was later removed with a front loader and deposited with other woody debris nearby. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Boat ramp cleanup on Ediz Hook

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department employee Eli Hammel snags a floating log blocking a portion of a city-operated boat ramp… Continue reading

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department employee Eli Hammel snags a floating log blocking a portion of a city-operated boat ramp on Ediz Hook on Thursday. The log was later removed with a front loader and deposited with other woody debris nearby. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Fire destroys vacant Port Angeles mobile home

Parcel slated for commercial project

Forks to receive $2.4 million for wastewater treatment plant

Funds to pay for improvements, retrofits to avoid failure