Clallam County

NEWS BRIEFS: Hood Canal Bridge will close today; PA school board to meet

The Hood Canal Bridge will close twice today for construction. The bridge will be closed between 12:15 p.m. and 1:15 p.m. today and… Continue reading

Today deadline for registering to Port Angeles Fire Department breakfast

The 10-cent phrase is “video laryngoscope.” A pancake breakfast Saturday will raise money for the Port Angeles Fire Department and specifically video… Continue reading

Marinas topic of debate at Port of Port Angeles candidate forum

Marinas topic of debate at Port of Port Angeles candidate forum

Discussion of the Port of Port Angeles’ two marinas highlighted a forum Tuesday that focused on the only Clallam County-wide race in… Continue reading

Marinas topic of debate at Port of Port Angeles candidate forum

Clallam to upgrade courthouse security

Clallam County is beefing up security for the lobby in Superior Court. County commissioners Tuesday opened one bid from Port Angeles-based Aldergrove… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles police Officer T.J. Mueller, left, investigates the scene where a pickup truck and a semi-trailer collided at the intersection of 10th and N streets in Port Angeles on Tuesday.

Port Angeles woman hurt in collision with semitruck

A 38-year-old woman was injured Tuesday when the pickup she was driving collided with a semitruck in Port Angeles, city police said.… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles police Officer T.J. Mueller, left, investigates the scene where a pickup truck and a semi-trailer collided at the intersection of 10th and N streets in Port Angeles on Tuesday.

Port Angeles woman sentenced for third DUI

Three times was not a charm for 59-year-old Kimberly Rene Wilcox. The Port Angeles woman’s third driving-while-intoxicated conviction in a Sept. 5… Continue reading

Discount available for early purchases of storytelling festival tickets

Storytellers from Hawaii, Brazil, Canada and the Motor City: They’re converging here for the Forest Storytelling Festival next month. An early bird… Continue reading

Schooner gets helping hand from Salish Rescue after grounding at Port Townsend

Schooner gets helping hand from Salish Rescue after grounding at Port Townsend

An 80-foot schooner was back afloat Monday thanks to volunteers and students from Salish Rescue after a hard grounding at the beach… Continue reading

Schooner gets helping hand from Salish Rescue after grounding at Port Townsend

LETTER: Possibility of diseases needs to be address before Sequim homeless shelter is built

I’m writing regarding a Sequim church exploring plans to start a homeless shelter (“Sequim Lutheran church exploring homeless shelter options,” PDN, July 19). According to… Continue reading

BUSINESS BRIEFS: OMC imaging staff recognized; new physical therapist joins Sequim center

Twelve staff members from the diagnostic imaging department at Olympic Medical Center were recognized during a recent board meeting. The employees were… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: School event set Thursday … and other items

Stevens Middle School students and their parents are invited to the school’s annual Back to School night at 7 p.m. Thursday. Teachers… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: How to prepare for the coming winter

IT’S TIME ONCE again for the annual winter weather forecast. This is a yearly service provided by this weekly wilderness gossip column in an effort… Continue reading

Tickets on sale for Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Dinner

Tickets are on sale now for the Clallam County Democrats’ 2017 Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Dinner fundraiser, set for Oct. 20 at 7… Continue reading

Clallam County League of Women Voters sets general election forums

The Clallam County League of Women Voters will sponsor four public forums to help voters prepare for the Nov. 7 election. League of Women Voters… Continue reading

States expand investigation of opioid makers, distributors

By Geoff Mulvihill The Associated Press Attorneys general from most states are broadening their investigation into the opioid industry as a nationwide overdose crisis continues… Continue reading

Sequim police led on high-speed chase

A woman driving with expired tabs led Sequim police on a brief high-speed chase on U.S. Highway 101 on Sunday, Detective Sgt. Sean… Continue reading

LETTERS: Save America from Trump, nuclear war

In the worst days of Watergate, when Kissinger noted that a drunken Nixon wandered around at night talking to oil paintings, Secretary of Defense James… Continue reading

Six-hour closure planned for Highway 101 at Lake Crescent overnight Oct. 3-4

A six-hour closure of U.S. Highway 101 is planned between Lake Crescent Road at milepost 228 and Camp David Jr. Road at… Continue reading

Cleanup removes some 6 tons of debris from Pacific, Strait beaches

Cleanup removes some 6 tons of debris from Pacific, Strait beaches

More than 650 volunteers cleared some 6 tons of debris from Washington’s Pacific Coast and Strait of Juan de Fuca beaches during the International Coastal… Continue reading

Cleanup removes some 6 tons of debris from Pacific, Strait beaches

School officials working out details to alleviate classroom overcrowding at Greywolf

Sequim School District administrators have decided to keep students at Greywolf Elementary School for now despite overcrowding at first- and third-grade levels. Superintendent… Continue reading