Clallam County

PAT NEAL: What I wanted for Christmas

HOW WAS YOUR Christmas? Mine was a disaster that started out bad when the inflatable Santa lawn ornament took a direct hit from what loggers… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Chain gang busy in area … and other items

The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office Chain Gang cleaned along 2 miles of Deer Park Road, picking up 120 pounds of garbage during… Continue reading

PHOTO: Forks dishes up ‘Feed the 5,000’ dinner

PHOTO: Forks dishes up ‘Feed the 5,000’ dinner

The Forks area churches sponsored the “Feed the 5,000” dinner at the Forks Community Center on Tuesday afternoon. Approximately 100 were expected at the free… Continue reading

PHOTO: Forks dishes up ‘Feed the 5,000’ dinner
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Kadie Wood, left, and Grady Earls, both 13 of Forks, enjoy an afternoon skating on Saturday at the Port Angeles Winter Ice Village in downtown Port Angeles.

Hundreds take to ice in Port Angeles for holiday skate

Scores of ice skaters honed their skills in downtown Port Angeles while others sipped hot chocolate and reveled in their festive surroundings… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Kadie Wood, left, and Grady Earls, both 13 of Forks, enjoy an afternoon skating on Saturday at the Port Angeles Winter Ice Village in downtown Port Angeles.

$50,000 bail for Port Angeles man on drug, explosives charges

Bail was set at $50,000 Monday for a Port Angeles man police say had heroin, methamphetamine, overdose medication, digital weight scales and… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: State parks to hold free days in January

The state Parks and Recreation Commission recently announced that there will be two free days in January. On Jan. 1 and Jan. 21… Continue reading

WEST END NEIGHBOR: Embracing a windstorm

WEST END NEIGHBOR: Embracing a windstorm

YET AGAIN, IT was raining and the power was out at home, so I split by 9 a.m. to see what was happening on the… Continue reading

WEST END NEIGHBOR: Embracing a windstorm
Elwha hotel land sale delayed; city, tribe say sale still to go forward

Elwha hotel land sale delayed; city, tribe say sale still to go forward

Port Angeles and Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe officials continue to hash out details of a purchase and sale agreement for downtown property… Continue reading

Elwha hotel land sale delayed; city, tribe say sale still to go forward
Port Angeles lays out terms of land sale to Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe

Port Angeles lays out terms of land sale to Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe

PORT ANGELES —The Port Angeles City Council, facing a balloon payment of $1 million in 2021, agreed last week on terms for selling a prime… Continue reading

Port Angeles lays out terms of land sale to Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
Home Fund helps senior with repairs

Home Fund helps senior with repairs

Wearing an impish smile, Carol Curtis will tell you: “I lived a semi-wild… Continue reading

Home Fund helps senior with repairs
PHOTO: Sequim High School Choir given donation

PHOTO: Sequim High School Choir given donation

Students from the Sequim High School Choir recently accepted a donation of $500 from the Grand Olympics Chorus of Sweet Adelines International, Sequim. This annual… Continue reading

PHOTO: Sequim High School Choir given donation

Firm hired to oversee Quileute school move

The Quileute Tribe has hired an owner’s representative to oversee the design and construction of a new school on higher ground. Vanir… Continue reading

Lessons in landscaping: Ag science students construct pond on Sequim campus

Lessons in landscaping: Ag science students construct pond on Sequim campus

A pair of new faces at Sequim High School are helping change the face of the campus. Tristin Holbert and Chance Sare, both… Continue reading

Lessons in landscaping: Ag science students construct pond on Sequim campus

Community holiday feasts planned today and Tuesday on Olympic Peninsula

Christmas Eve — and Tuesday — Christmas Day. The dinners are arranged by… Continue reading

Volunteers sought to plant trees near Salmon Creek

Volunteers sought to plant trees near Salmon Creek

The North Olympic Salmon Coalition is seeking volunteers to plant trees along Salmon Creek in January and March. Volunteers will work from… Continue reading

Volunteers sought to plant trees near Salmon Creek

NEWS BRIEFS: Peninsula crews finishing storm outages cleanup … and other items

Scattered electrical outages remained Sunday afternoon on the North Olympic Peninsula after crews had worked round-the-clock since Thursday’s windstorm. The storm, which caused more than… Continue reading

PHOTO: ‘Material as Metaphor’ exhibit in Port Angeles

PHOTO: ‘Material as Metaphor’ exhibit in Port Angeles

Port Angeles Fine Arts Center docent Laurie Reeve looks up biographical information on artist Caroline Cueva of Lima, Peru, whose work titled… Continue reading

PHOTO: ‘Material as Metaphor’ exhibit in Port Angeles
Partial federal government shutdown in place

Partial federal government shutdown in place

Olympic National Park was open to visitors in some areas but without offering any services on Saturday after the House and Senate adjourned without a… Continue reading

Partial federal government shutdown in place

EYE ON CLALLAM: Forks City Council to meet this week

The Forks City Council will consider a resolution for 2019 legislative priorities Wednesday. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Forks City Hall, 500… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: Cleaning up nature’s unwanted help

WITH CHRISTMAS BEING just 2 days away, I usually write a Christmas-themed column; but with the weather of late, I will just sing a quick… Continue reading