Clallam County

ISSUES OF FAITH: Remember to keep love in your hearts

IN FEBRUARY 1995, Brigham Young University hosted a Valentine’s dance with a big band theme. A live band played 1920s swing dance music. A similar… Continue reading

JoAnn declares bankruptcy; Port Angeles store to close

The Joann fabrics and crafts store in Port Angeles will be among 21 locations in Washington state to close, according to a… Continue reading

Sunday program set for OUUF

Julia McKenna Blessing will present “All You Need is Love”at 11 a.m. Sunday. McKenna Blessing will be the guest speaker at Olympic… Continue reading

A snow-covered Mount Angeles is seen from Black Diamond Road a few miles south of Port Angeles. While the Peninsula has seen temperatures below freezing this week, a warming trend is expected by this weekend with highs reaching the upper 40s and overnight lows in the 30s. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Winter snowscape

A snow-covered Mount Angeles is seen from Black Diamond Road a few miles south of Port Angeles. While the Peninsula has seen temperatures below freezing… Continue reading

A snow-covered Mount Angeles is seen from Black Diamond Road a few miles south of Port Angeles. While the Peninsula has seen temperatures below freezing this week, a warming trend is expected by this weekend with highs reaching the upper 40s and overnight lows in the 30s. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Cheri Sanford of Port Angeles, right, hands a piece of metal debris to her grandson, Damien Millet, 9, after it was located with a metal detector and dug from the sand at Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles on Wednesday. They were combing the beach in search of whatever hidden treasures they could find. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Beach combing

Cheri Sanford of Port Angeles, right, hands a piece of metal debris to her grandson, Damien Millet, 9, after it was located with a metal… Continue reading

Cheri Sanford of Port Angeles, right, hands a piece of metal debris to her grandson, Damien Millet, 9, after it was located with a metal detector and dug from the sand at Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles on Wednesday. They were combing the beach in search of whatever hidden treasures they could find. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Principal cellist Traci Winters Tyson will be the featured soloist Saturday with the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra. (Sara Wilson/Port Angeles Symphony)

‘Spectacular’ symphony, featured cellist set for Saturday

Gustav Mahler’s Fifth Symphony highlight of show

Principal cellist Traci Winters Tyson will be the featured soloist Saturday with the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra. (Sara Wilson/Port Angeles Symphony)

After-school art program returns to Stevens Middle School

Let’s Make Art, a free after-school program at Stevens Middle School that began last year, will return today to give students hands-on… Continue reading

Counties can collect up to $1.80 of property tax per $1,000 of assessed value, but they are only allowed to increase their property tax collection amount by 1 percent each year, excluding new construction, without voter approval.

Clallam already eyeing 2026 cuts

If county can’t raise revenue, it may cut employees, services

Counties can collect up to $1.80 of property tax per $1,000 of assessed value, but they are only allowed to increase their property tax collection amount by 1 percent each year, excluding new construction, without voter approval.

Department of Licensing offices to be closed

PORT ANGELES – The Department of Licensing office of the Clallam County auditor’s office will be closed Feb. 14-17. The Sequim and Forks offices also… Continue reading

Cellist Sky Gelder, pictured in summer 2023, is an Olympic Strings Workshop alumnus. (Dewi Sprague)

Music camp at Lake Crescent opens applications

all surrounded by Lake Crescent and… Continue reading

Cellist Sky Gelder, pictured in summer 2023, is an Olympic Strings Workshop alumnus. (Dewi Sprague)

Port Angeles School Board to conduct community conversation

Port Angeles School Board members will be available to answer questions and listen to feedback at 4 p.m. today ahead of their… Continue reading

Six Peninsula school measures passing

Sequim voters approve bond, levy

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Clallam County election workers Neva Miller, right, and Debbie Kracht, both of Sequim, open election ballots on Tuesday at the courthouse in Port Angeles.
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Ballot sorting in Port Angeles

Clallam County election workers Neva Miller, right, and Debbie Kracht, both of Sequim, open election ballots on Tuesday at the courthouse in Port Angeles.… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Clallam County election workers Neva Miller, right, and Debbie Kracht, both of Sequim, open election ballots on Tuesday at the courthouse in Port Angeles.

PA’s Platypus Marine looks to expansion

Growth benefits local economy

PAT NEAL: Digging potatoes in the snow

THERE ARE FEW things I enjoy more than digging potatoes in the snow. I know, I should have dug them sooner but it’s just another… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles updates delegation of authority

Debt collections, Amazon site among other business

State funding challenges dominate legislative conversations

Multiple bills may have local relevance

Voters approving all Peninsula school measures

Sequim bond passing with required supermajority

Matthew Nash / Olympic Peninsula News Group Rick Godfrey stands with his Boy Scouts of America achievements on his office’s wall, including his merit badges and Troop 490 photos. In 1950, he was the youngest scout in the state to earn his Eagle Scout, the highest rank in scouting. The troop celebrated 100 years at a special dinner on Saturday at the Sequim Masonic Lodge.

Sequim troop celebrates centennial with dinner

Scout organization began in 1925 in a Sunday school class

Matthew Nash / Olympic Peninsula News Group Rick Godfrey stands with his Boy Scouts of America achievements on his office’s wall, including his merit badges and Troop 490 photos. In 1950, he was the youngest scout in the state to earn his Eagle Scout, the highest rank in scouting. The troop celebrated 100 years at a special dinner on Saturday at the Sequim Masonic Lodge.

Clallam County commissioners discuss reservoir design

Consensus reached on two-cell option