Clallam County

NEWS BRIEFS: Port Angeles City Council has special meeting today … and other items

The Port Angeles City Council will have a special meeting today. The meeting, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Vern… Continue reading

WEST END NEIGHBOR: Warm music brightens up long-term care facility

WEST END NEIGHBOR: Warm music brightens up long-term care facility

ONE DOESN’T REALLY have to tune a washtub bass, so Larry Baysinger waited patiently while the other musicians tuned their strings. His foot rested atop… Continue reading

WEST END NEIGHBOR: Warm music brightens up long-term care facility

Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team has seized $58,671 in drugs this year

The Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team has seized 406 grams of heroin, 194 grams of methamphetamine, and 343 opioid pills and suboxone… Continue reading

Clallam County commissioners approve letter to Department of Natural Resources

The Clallam County commissioners have agreed to send a letter to the state Department of Natural Resources, telling the department that its… Continue reading

Peninsula voter turnout higher than historic statewide participation

The North Olympic Peninsula saw a higher number of registered voters participate in this year’s general election than did statewide. The state saw… Continue reading

PHOTO: An icy ride in Port Angeles

PHOTO: An icy ride in Port Angeles

Brad Schroeder of Sequim pushes his 7-year-old daughter Madelynne, front, and her 6-year-old friend Piper Cook, middle, at the Port Angeles Winter Ice Village on… Continue reading

PHOTO: An icy ride in Port Angeles
PHOTO: A spot of honey at vintage market in Port Angeles

PHOTO: A spot of honey at vintage market in Port Angeles

Dana Snell of Port Angeles, left, receives a jar of honey from Meg Depew of Sequim Bee Farm on Friday at the Vintage Market fair… Continue reading

PHOTO: A spot of honey at vintage market in Port Angeles
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PHOTO: Fun, education at Feiro field trip

Kristen Neils of Tumwater and her daughter, Kennedy Neils, 6, examine a squid before its dissection as part of a field trip for students of… Continue reading

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Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

PHOTO: Colorful breakfast at Port Angeles Elks Club

Two-year-old Brooklyn Senf entertains herself with crayons and markers with her grandmother, Karen Clark of Port Angeles, during Saturday’s pancake breakfast in the ballroom of… Continue reading

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Pacific marten topic of Perspectives lecture Tuesday in Port Angeles

The search for the elusive Pacific marten in Olympic National Park will be the topic of a lecture on Tuesday. The lecture… Continue reading

EYE ON CLALLAM: County considers moving Emergency Operation Center

Clallam County commissioners will discuss moving the Emergency Operation Center at a meeting that will begin at 9 a.m. Monday. The work session will be… Continue reading

West End photographer to speak about newest book

West End photographer to speak about newest book

Lonnie Archibald will sign copies of his new book in Sequim and present lectures about it in Forks. The book, “Let’s Go Truckin’,… Continue reading

West End photographer to speak about newest book

Sequim man accused of assault after car prowl, chase

Nathan O. Reid was arrested last week for allegedly pointing a weapon or gun-shaped stick at a man who had chased him… Continue reading

Name of Littleneck Beach in Blyn gets state approval

OLYMPIA – The Washington State Board on Geographic Names has approved a name for a beach in Blyn offered by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe that… Continue reading

(Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)                                Marie Sewell of Port Townsend makes afghans — such as this one with Seahawks colors — to give away.

Christmas meal saved by Home Fund help

When you walk into your kitchen to create the big holiday meal, you can take one thing for granted: the ground beneath… Continue reading

(Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)                                Marie Sewell of Port Townsend makes afghans — such as this one with Seahawks colors — to give away.
Task force: Legislature should be more transparent

Task force: Legislature should be more transparent

A task force created after Washington lawmakers attempted to exempt themselves from the state’s Public Records Act says the state… Continue reading

Task force: Legislature should be more transparent
Nothing easy about it: Two try out being homeless in Port Angeles

Nothing easy about it: Two try out being homeless in Port Angeles

Being homeless in Port Angeles is far from easy, a reality that becomes chillingly clear at about 5 a.m. every morning. Many… Continue reading

Nothing easy about it: Two try out being homeless in Port Angeles

A GROWING CONCERN: Right plant/Right spot

AS WE BEGIN our trek through December and into the new year, we enter the best time of year to plant. The weather is cool… Continue reading

Award recognizes health care collaboration

The executive director of Olympic Community of Health, which serves the North Olympic Peninsula, has been given the Health Innovator of the Year… Continue reading

BIRD WATCH: Christmas shopping is for the birds

THERE ARE SO many great gifts for birdwatchers that it almost doesn’t seem necessary to come up with suggestions for Christmas shopping. That’s also true… Continue reading