Clallam County

Port of Port Angeles looking at developing property

Agency says having committed partner is first step

Erik Evans of Port Angeles, known as the “Parking Lot Piper,” performs on Tuesday at Sail and Paddle Park on Ediz Hook in Port Angeles. Evans often gives a free lunchtime concert on bagpipes at various locations in the Port Angeles area. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Parking lot piper

Erik Evans of Port Angeles, known as the “Parking Lot Piper,” performs on Tuesday at Sail and Paddle Park on Ediz Hook in Port Angeles.… Continue reading

Erik Evans of Port Angeles, known as the “Parking Lot Piper,” performs on Tuesday at Sail and Paddle Park on Ediz Hook in Port Angeles. Evans often gives a free lunchtime concert on bagpipes at various locations in the Port Angeles area. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
After a levy lid lift was approved in November, Clallam County Fire District 2 hired Kevin Denton to fill the deputy chief position that had been vacant for almost a year due to budget constraints. Denton comes to the department with more than 20 years of experience in fire service, many of them spent on the Olympic Peninsula. (Clallam County Fire District 2)

Clallam fire district 2 hires deputy chief

Position refilled after almost one year of vacancy

After a levy lid lift was approved in November, Clallam County Fire District 2 hired Kevin Denton to fill the deputy chief position that had been vacant for almost a year due to budget constraints. Denton comes to the department with more than 20 years of experience in fire service, many of them spent on the Olympic Peninsula. (Clallam County Fire District 2)

PAT NEAL: How’s the fishing?

HOW’S THE FISHING? If I had a buck for every time somebody asked that question, I wouldn’t waste my time as a wilderness gossip columnist.… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles gains foreign trade zone designation

Area would allow businesses to import, export without excise taxes.

Prosecutor reviewing possible lawsuit

DNR- managed forestland at center of dispute

Two transported to hospital after single-car crash

Two people were injured and four transported to Forks Community Hospital after a car left the roadway and struck an embankment, the State… Continue reading

Carrie Jennings to perform Friday at Studio Bob

Carrie Jennings will perform at 8 p.m. Friday. The concert is at Studio Bob, 118½ E. Front St., Port Angeles. Tickets are… Continue reading

Nellie Bridge.

Clallam County names second poet laureate

Two-year term set to begin in April

Nellie Bridge.

Cooksey Gallery to host reception for ‘Life Force’ exhibit

The Cooksey Gallery will host a reception for “Life Force” from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday. The free reception will be… Continue reading

Human trafficking lecture to be featured at Studium Generale

Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Nichols will present “Awareness and Prevention of Human Trafficking” at 12:35 p.m. Thursday. The free hybrid lecture… Continue reading

Port Angeles school board agrees on salary for next superintendent

Directors say $220K will help them in competitive search

Pacific Northwest Ballet dancers Elle Macy, center, and Dylan Wald take their bows with pianist Paige Roberts Molloy at Sunday’s Winter Ballet Gala. Roberts Molloy played Beethoven’s Sonata in F minor, the “Appassionata,” as Macy and Wald danced across the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center stage. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Taking a bow

Pacific Northwest Ballet dancers Elle Macy, center, and Dylan Wald take their bows with pianist Paige Roberts Molloy at Sunday’s Winter Ballet Gala. Roberts Molloy… Continue reading

Pacific Northwest Ballet dancers Elle Macy, center, and Dylan Wald take their bows with pianist Paige Roberts Molloy at Sunday’s Winter Ballet Gala. Roberts Molloy played Beethoven’s Sonata in F minor, the “Appassionata,” as Macy and Wald danced across the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center stage. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)
Kindergartener Zoey Griffin eats lunch with classmates in Amy Skogsberg’s class. For most of Greywolf Elementary’s history, students have eaten in their classrooms as the school was built without a dedicated cafeteria. A bond proposal includes building a cafeteria at the school, improving its parking lot and bus loop, and updating its air handler and heating units. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim schools bond would include cafeteria at Greywolf Elementary

Transportation center also needs attention, staff say

Kindergartener Zoey Griffin eats lunch with classmates in Amy Skogsberg’s class. For most of Greywolf Elementary’s history, students have eaten in their classrooms as the school was built without a dedicated cafeteria. A bond proposal includes building a cafeteria at the school, improving its parking lot and bus loop, and updating its air handler and heating units. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Kathy Downer, a Sequim City Council member, resigned on Jan. 13 to spend more time with family. She was elected to office in 2021 and reelected to a different position in 2023. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Interviews are set for Sequim opening

Special meeting Feb. 3 for council candidates

Kathy Downer, a Sequim City Council member, resigned on Jan. 13 to spend more time with family. She was elected to office in 2021 and reelected to a different position in 2023. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Layla Forêt is the new market director for the Sequim Farmers and Artisans Market. She formerly served as marketing manager. (Sequim Farmers and Artisans Market)

Sequim Farmers and Artisans Market hires director

Forêt has worked in marketing for past decade

Layla Forêt is the new market director for the Sequim Farmers and Artisans Market. She formerly served as marketing manager. (Sequim Farmers and Artisans Market)

A GROWING CONCERN: The bare facts on bare-root planting

NEXT WEEK, THAT little rodent in Pennsylvania will let us know how long winter will last. But since it will be a new month, February… Continue reading

English National Ballet artists Ashley Coupal and Eric Snyder, pictured in London, have come to dance in the Port Angeles City Ballet’s Winter Gala on Sunday. (English National Ballet)

Ballet gala to gather orchestra, local dancers, guest artists

Sunday matinee in Port Angeles

English National Ballet artists Ashley Coupal and Eric Snyder, pictured in London, have come to dance in the Port Angeles City Ballet’s Winter Gala on Sunday. (English National Ballet)

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held at 7:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 Del Guzzi… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: Peninsula disaster volunteers

LAST NIGHT WAS the highly anticipated meeting of volunteers who are willing to take part in the Clallam County Emergence Management Animal Disaster Planning Committee.… Continue reading