Clallam County

LETTER: Liberals so busy making fun of Trump, they forgot about themselves

I think it’s fair that “Saturday Night Live” makes fun of President Donald Trump and Republicans, since Hollywood’s liberal elites spend the rest of the… Continue reading

Patricia Morrison Coate/Olympic Peninsula News Group                                Edward Unthank, left, and Ankur Shah, right, display two different work station configurations at Clallam Coworking in Sequim.

Pair opens co-working center in Sequim for independent professionals

It’s often been said that necessity is the mother of invention. In August, Edward Unthank,… Continue reading

Patricia Morrison Coate/Olympic Peninsula News Group                                Edward Unthank, left, and Ankur Shah, right, display two different work station configurations at Clallam Coworking in Sequim.
Sequim woman walks 41 miles to explore food sustainability

Sequim woman walks 41 miles to explore food sustainability

Biomechanist and author Katy Bowman is celebrating her 41st birthday this year by walking 41 miles through the Sequim community. This is not… Continue reading

Sequim woman walks 41 miles to explore food sustainability

Sequim chamber picks Dave Bekkevar as Citizen of the Year; Mattingleys receive humanitarian award

Dave Bekkevar will break tradition, riding in a convertible instead of his customary logging truck for the Sequim Irrigation Festival. Bekkevar, 63, was… Continue reading

Navy fields photos of its four-legged neighbors in Indian Island wildlife survey

Navy fields photos of its four-legged neighbors in Indian Island wildlife survey

The U.S. Navy’s natural resource managers have been conducting a wildlife survey at Naval Magazine Indian Island in order to gather up-to-date… Continue reading

Navy fields photos of its four-legged neighbors in Indian Island wildlife survey
Olympic Medical Center had to temporarily stop performing non-emergency and elective surgeries after a sterilization machine malfunctioned, but the facility is operating at normal capacity again. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

Olympic Medical Center back to normal operating room capacity

Olympic Medical Center was back to performing non-emergent and elective surgeries Wednesday, days after the hospital curtailed the procedures. OMC stopped performing… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center had to temporarily stop performing non-emergency and elective surgeries after a sterilization machine malfunctioned, but the facility is operating at normal capacity again. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam commissioners join other boards in calling for longer halibut season

Clallam County has joined the chorus of local governments asking the state Department of Fish and Wildlife to extend the halibut fishing… Continue reading

Airports, legal volunteers prepare for new Trump travel ban

Airports, legal volunteers prepare for new Trump travel ban

Airport officials and civil rights lawyers around the country are getting ready for President Donald Trump’s new… Continue reading

Airports, legal volunteers prepare for new Trump travel ban
Bull trout lawsuit targeting Columbia Basin dams dismissed

Bull trout lawsuit targeting Columbia Basin dams dismissed

A federal lawsuit filed by an environmental group seeking to force federal agencies to analyze whether… Continue reading

Bull trout lawsuit targeting Columbia Basin dams dismissed

LETTER: More important than ever to realize compromise is the ultimate goal

The framers of our Constitution were really brilliant when they started with the equal branches of government, not just three branches but branches that are… Continue reading

LETTER: Supreme Court only supreme in its authority, not its judgment

Courts have the task of making judgments that interpret the law. The U.S. Supreme Court has final authority in making these judgments. In many legal… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Sequim police credit Project Lifesaver for quick recovery of elderly man … and other items

Police found a 77-year-old Sequim man less than 20 minutes after he was reported missing, and law enforcement officials are crediting the Project… Continue reading

Port official: Tests show no hydraulic oil spill at Port Angeles log yard

Port official: Tests show no hydraulic oil spill at Port Angeles log yard

A Port Angeles resident’s claim is “completely false” that log-yard operator Merrill &Ring has been spilling 50 gallons of hydraulic oil on… Continue reading

Port official: Tests show no hydraulic oil spill at Port Angeles log yard
Clallam County’s homeless numbers on the rise, social service representatives say

Clallam County’s homeless numbers on the rise, social service representatives say

By Erin Hawkins Olympic Peninsula News Group Whether a two-year anomaly or the beginning of a trend, homelessness might be on the rise in Clallam… Continue reading

Clallam County’s homeless numbers on the rise, social service representatives say
Olympic Medical Center Foundation raises record amount at Red, Set, Go! luncheon

Olympic Medical Center Foundation raises record amount at Red, Set, Go! luncheon

The Olympic Medical Center Foundation has raised a record amount at its 10th annual Red, Set, Go! Heart Luncheon. The event, presented… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center Foundation raises record amount at Red, Set, Go! luncheon

Report: Washington’s most common crime shouldn’t be one

The most commonly charged crime in Washington shouldn’t be a crime at all, the state chapter of… Continue reading

State spent $34,000 on flight for prisoners in 2014

Washington state’s corrections department has been shuttling prisoners back to the state on airplanes routinely used by Gov. Jay Inslee.… Continue reading

Court denies immediate hearing to release Seattle ‘dreamer’

Court denies immediate hearing to release Seattle ‘dreamer’

A federal magistrate in Seattle said Monday he will not hold an immediate hearing to consider releasing… Continue reading

Court denies immediate hearing to release Seattle ‘dreamer’

NEWS BRIEFS: Planning commissioner sought in Sequim … and other items

The Sequim City Council is currently seeking applicants for a vacancy on the planning commission. This is a four-year term expiring in January… Continue reading

AP-NORC Poll: U.S. teens disillusioned, divided by politics

AP-NORC Poll: U.S. teens disillusioned, divided by politics

In the days after President Donald Trump’s election, thousands of teenagers across the nation walked out… Continue reading

AP-NORC Poll: U.S. teens disillusioned, divided by politics