Arwyn Rice

Late Labor Day will have some Peninsula school classes going later into June

The 2015-16 school year may seem long to many North Olympic Peninsula students due to an unusually late Labor Day this year. Clallam County schools… Continue reading

Cindy Messenbrink of Forks

Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction raises $80,000 for Forks High School graduates

FORKS — Hundreds of bids — from $3,600 for a car to $45 for smoked fish — added up to about $80,000 in proceeds at… Continue reading

Cindy Messenbrink of Forks

Fugitive in alleged car theft in Forks now in jail

FORKS — A man who allegedly sped away from police and crawled out of a car wreck to escape into the woods March 13 is… Continue reading

Jesse Allen Eisenhower ()

Fugitive linked to school lockdown still on the lam

PORT ANGELES — Police have yet to locate a man who ran from them Thursday and prompted an hourlong lockdown of Stevens Middle School. Port… Continue reading

Jesse Allen Eisenhower ()
Ordez Eugene Kompkoff ()

Port Angeles man linked to drive-by, home invasion still at large

PORT ANGELES — A man who police say was involved in a drive-by shooting and home invasion was still “in the wind” Sunday afternoon, a… Continue reading

Ordez Eugene Kompkoff ()

Man in alleged car theft in Forks now in jail

FORKS — A man who allegedly sped away from police and crawled out of a car wreck to escape into the woods March 13 is… Continue reading

Jesse Allen Eisenhower ()

Fugitive linked to school lockdown still on the lam

PORT ANGELES — Police have yet to locate a man who ran from them Thursday and prompted an hourlong lockdown of Stevens Middle School. Port… Continue reading

Jesse Allen Eisenhower ()
Port Angeles police are seeking Jesse Allen Eisenhower

Port Angeles police on the lookout for fugitive after search, school lockdown

PORT ANGELES — Police are seeking a man who ran from them Thursday and prompted an hourlong lockdown of Stevens Middle School. Port Angeles police… Continue reading

Port Angeles police are seeking Jesse Allen Eisenhower
Port Angeles police are seeking Jesse Allen Eisenhower

Port Angeles police on the lookout for fugitive after search, school lockdown

PORT ANGELES — Police are seeking a man who ran from them Thursday and prompted an hourlong lockdown of Stevens Middle School. Port Angeles police… Continue reading

Port Angeles police are seeking Jesse Allen Eisenhower
Hayden Webber

WEEKEND: Rocks, gems, jewelry to shine at Port Angeles show Saturday, Sunday

PORT ANGELES — The fifth annual Rock, Gem and Jewelry Show will rock for charity this year, with all food sales going to help a… Continue reading

Hayden Webber
Deborah Olander will be the featured artist at the 17th annual Soroptimist Gala Garden Show in Sequim this weekend. ()

WEEKEND: Vendors, speakers to be on display at Soroptimist Gala Garden Show in Sequim starting Saturday

SEQUIM — The 17th annual Soroptimist Gala Garden Show will be bright with gardening ideas and a celebrity guest this weekend in Sequim. The show… Continue reading

Deborah Olander will be the featured artist at the 17th annual Soroptimist Gala Garden Show in Sequim this weekend. ()
Clallam County Treasurer Selinda Barkhuis testifies at the March 16 meeting of the Clallam County Charter Review Commission. (Stephanie Noblin)

Clallam charter board hears of workplace feud between treasurer, administrator (UPDATED WITH VIDEO)

EDITOR'S NOTE: Stephanie Noblin of Port Angeles (email: sn@larrynoblin.com) has been videotaping the Charter Review Commission meetings. Her 2-hour, 48-minute YouTube video of the March… Continue reading

Clallam County Treasurer Selinda Barkhuis testifies at the March 16 meeting of the Clallam County Charter Review Commission. (Stephanie Noblin)
Hayden Webber

WEEKEND: Rocks, gems, jewelry to shine at Port Angeles show Saturday, Sunday

PORT ANGELES — The fifth annual Rock, Gem and Jewelry Show will rock for charity this year, with all food sales going to help a… Continue reading

Hayden Webber
Deborah Olander will be the featured artist at the 17th annual Soroptimist Gala Garden Show in Sequim this weekend. ()

WEEKEND: Vendors, speakers to be on display at Soroptimist Gala Garden Show in Sequim starting Saturday

SEQUIM — The 17th annual Soroptimist Gala Garden Show will be bright with gardening ideas and a celebrity guest this weekend in Sequim. The show… Continue reading

Deborah Olander will be the featured artist at the 17th annual Soroptimist Gala Garden Show in Sequim this weekend. ()
Port Angeles police are seeking Jesse Allen Eisenhower

UPDATE: Port Angeles police on the lookout for fugitive after search, school lockdown

PORT ANGELES — Police are seeking a man who ran from them Thursday and prompted an hourlong lockdown of Stevens Middle School. Port Angeles police… Continue reading

Port Angeles police are seeking Jesse Allen Eisenhower

Jefferson Land Trust to be honored at annual Conservation Breakfast in Port Angeles on Friday; seats still remain for award event

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Land Trust will present the Jefferson Land Trust with its second annual “Out Standing in the Field” award Friday.… Continue reading

Clallam charter board hears of workplace feud between treasurer, administrator

PORT ANGELES — A three-hour Clallam County Charter Review Commission meeting Monday swung between routine committee planning and a discussion of personal and professional discord… Continue reading

A cloud of smoke rises above the Souriau PA&E Bonded Metals blasting site west of Joyce. — Souriau PA&E Bonded Metals ()

Sound solution: ‘Explosive welding’ might account for some of the mysterious booms recently heard on Peninsula

DIAMOND POINT — A business conducting “explosive welding” on property west of Port Angeles says it might have been a source of the loud booms… Continue reading

A cloud of smoke rises above the Souriau PA&E Bonded Metals blasting site west of Joyce. — Souriau PA&E Bonded Metals ()
A cloud of smoke rises above the Souriau PA&E Bonded Metals blasting site west of Joyce. (Souriau PA&E Bonded Metals)

Sound solution: ‘Explosive welding’ might account for some of the mysterious booms recently heard on Peninsula

DIAMOND POINT — A business conducting “explosive welding” on property west of Port Angeles says it might have been a source of the loud booms… Continue reading

A cloud of smoke rises above the Souriau PA&E Bonded Metals blasting site west of Joyce. (Souriau PA&E Bonded Metals)
There was more than a foot of snow in the Hurricane Ridge parking lot on Monday.  Last week

Sequim homes flood, snow dumps on Hurricane Ridge and Forks sees rare rainshadow effect in unusual storm

HEAVY RAINFALL HIT the lowlands, flooding some homes in Sequim and pushing 7 million gallons of diluted sewage into the Port Angeles Harbor, while winter… Continue reading

There was more than a foot of snow in the Hurricane Ridge parking lot on Monday.  Last week