Clallam County

Several Skills Center programs to survive — in a different place

Several Skills Center programs to survive — in a different place

Students at the North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center now have more certainty about what programs will stay and which ones will go… Continue reading

Several Skills Center programs to survive — in a different place
Brass Screw Confederacy Steampunk Festival to open in Port Townsend this weekend

Brass Screw Confederacy Steampunk Festival to open in Port Townsend this weekend

This weekend, downtown Port Townsend will be a place for people-watching as costume-clad steampunkers take over during the sixth annual Brass Screw… Continue reading

Brass Screw Confederacy Steampunk Festival to open in Port Townsend this weekend
Retiring Port Angeles school orchestra director picked for hall of fame

Retiring Port Angeles school orchestra director picked for hall of fame

Longtime Port Angeles High School orchestra director Ron Jones was selected this year for the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Hall of Fame,… Continue reading

Retiring Port Angeles school orchestra director picked for hall of fame

Modern baskets shown in Peninsula College Longhouse through August

Kylee Butler of the Makah Tribe will introduce “Modern Utilitarian Basketry” in a Studium Generale lecture beginning at 12:35 p.m. Thursday. The… Continue reading

DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: A breath of respite with Raymond Carver

THIS PAST MONTH has been rough on the heart. Reading my newspaper and, OK, my Facebook feed, I feel pain around my chest. But hold… Continue reading

LETTER: Trump budget would slash funding to necessities such as June 4’s CERT training

The Olympic Peninsula News Group story in the June 4 Peninsula Daily News provided comprehensive coverage of the laudable diligence of Community Emergency Response Teams… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: School board considers health center … and other items

The Port Angeles School Board will consider approving the idea of a school-based health center when it meets Thursday. The board will… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: Dreamer, bureaucrat and scammer: That’s me

WHILE IT IS true that in describing the dissolution of the Hoh River Trust in my May 31 column, “Lack Of Faith In Hoh River… Continue reading

Volunteers sought for Dream Playground maintenance this weekend

Volunteers are sought for a day of action to freshen the Dream Playground this weekend. Maintenance work will be done from 9… Continue reading

DNR to launch assistance program today; department chief to visit Port Angeles

DNR to launch assistance program today; department chief to visit Port Angeles

Hilary Franz, the state’s new Department of Natural Resources commissioner, will visit Port Angeles on Thursday. (Elaine Thompson/The Associated Press)

DNR to launch assistance program today; department chief to visit Port Angeles
Clallam officials to mull sales tax to support juvenile services

Clallam officials to mull sales tax to support juvenile services

A panel of law and justice officials will consider a one-tenth of 1 percent sales tax to help support juvenile services. The… Continue reading

Clallam officials to mull sales tax to support juvenile services
Matthew Nash (2)/Olympic Peninsula News Group                                A fire spread through the attic of a home on the 200 block of Griffith Farm Road on Sunday. Clallam County Fire District No. 3, with support from Clallam County Fire District No. 2 extinguished the fire in about two hours.

Attic fire displaces two homeowners near Sequim

An attic fire that burned a home’s roof north of Sequim has left two homeowners displaced.… Continue reading

Matthew Nash (2)/Olympic Peninsula News Group                                A fire spread through the attic of a home on the 200 block of Griffith Farm Road on Sunday. Clallam County Fire District No. 3, with support from Clallam County Fire District No. 2 extinguished the fire in about two hours.
Peninsula reacts to Trump’s decision to pull U.S. from Paris climate accord

Peninsula reacts to Trump’s decision to pull U.S. from Paris climate accord

Olympic Climate Action members joined hands and observed a moment of silence. The 29 citizens in the circle mourned President Donald Trump’s… Continue reading

Peninsula reacts to Trump’s decision to pull U.S. from Paris climate accord
Olympic Music Festival to present season of 13 concerts

Olympic Music Festival to present season of 13 concerts

Superstar violinist Sarah Chang will star in the Olympic Music Festival’s special summer gala kicking off the summer season July 9. Tickets… Continue reading

Olympic Music Festival to present season of 13 concerts
PHOTO GALLERY: Thousands compete in North Olympic Discovery Marathon

PHOTO GALLERY: Thousands compete in North Olympic Discovery Marathon

More than 2,000 runners, some younger than 10 and others well over 70 braved some stiff winds Sunday morning in the 15th North Olympic Discovery… Continue reading

PHOTO GALLERY: Thousands compete in North Olympic Discovery Marathon

LETTER: Supports right to choose, but saddened by loss of life

Abortion, like politics and religion, is a topic we strive to omit from dinner table banter at family gatherings. They are highly volatile subjects and… Continue reading

The Distinguished Service Person of the Year award was presented to Anne Todnem during the Port Angeles Education Foundation’s 26th annual Celebrate Education Dinner fundraiser. She is pictured with her son, David Todnem. (Port Angeles School District)

Port Angeles Education Foundation presents annual award

Port Angeles Education Foundation members and guests recently met during the 26th annual Celebrate Education Dinner fundraiser at the… Continue reading

The Distinguished Service Person of the Year award was presented to Anne Todnem during the Port Angeles Education Foundation’s 26th annual Celebrate Education Dinner fundraiser. She is pictured with her son, David Todnem. (Port Angeles School District)
Suspect in Portland attack made life about hate after prison

Suspect in Portland attack made life about hate after prison

The suspect charged with fatally stabbing two Portland men who tried to stop his anti-Muslim tirade… Continue reading

Suspect in Portland attack made life about hate after prison
Man arrested in theft of Portland train attack victim’s wedding ring

Man arrested in theft of Portland train attack victim’s wedding ring

A homeless man took the wedding ring off the finger of a man who died in… Continue reading

Man arrested in theft of Portland train attack victim’s wedding ring

Port Angeles City Council candidate says his account was hacked

A City Council candidate whose Facebook page included a March 2013 posting that joked about assassinating then-President Barack Obama said last week… Continue reading