Clallam County

NEWS BRIEFS: Port Angeles vet clinic collecting Toys for Tots … and other items

Blue Mountain Animal Clinic, 2972 Old Olympic Highway, is joining the U.S. Marine Corps in its Toys for Tots campaign. The shelter… Continue reading

Peninsula Home Fund helps family find peace in time for Christmas, birth

Peninsula Home Fund helps family find peace in time for Christmas, birth

By Diane Urbani de la Paz For Peninsula Daily News EDITOR’S NOTE: For 28 years, Peninsula Daily News readers in Jefferson and Clallam counties have… Continue reading

Peninsula Home Fund helps family find peace in time for Christmas, birth

Alabama fugitive’s court hearing delayed

A court hearing for a fugitive who allegedly escaped from an Alabama prison and was caught in Port Angeles on Oct. 1… Continue reading

BIRD WATCH: Company for the holidays, both feathered and family

GUESTS DURING THE holidays can also be Christmas gifts, especially when one is a favorite cousin from Florida. A planned entertainment schedule isn’t needed, but… Continue reading

Dusting of snow makes Peninsula roads slick

Dusting of snow makes Peninsula roads slick

A dusting of snow Saturday morning proved to create slippery roadways for drivers and was implicated in a five-car collision in Port Townsend. A state… Continue reading

Dusting of snow makes Peninsula roads slick

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Luncheon meetings are Wednesdays at noon at Blakeslee’s Bar &Grill, 1222 S. Forks Ave. This Wednesday’s agenda was not… Continue reading

EYE ON CLALLAM: Port Angeles to mull way to avoid fire insurance rating downgrade

The Port Angeles City Council will consider one of seven measures to prevent a downgrade of the city’s fire insurance rating and subsequent rise in… Continue reading

Faithless electors have no guarantees; judge declines to grant injunction

A federal appeals court in Seattle has rejected an effort by two Democratic presidential electors from Washington state who sought to ensure they won’t get… Continue reading

Growler, Super Hornet operations suspended after incident

North Olympic Peninsula residents were given a reprieve from jet noise this weekend after all FA-18 Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler operations were… Continue reading

Hearing set for proposed Dungeness radio, cell tower

A public hearing regarding a proposed 150-foot-tall FM radio and cellular phone tower in Sequim is set for 2 p.m. Tuesday in… Continue reading

HELP LINE: For gifts, think about what elders need

THIS IS NORMALLY the time of the year when I’ve occasionally provided abnormal Christmas shopping lists for the errant gift-givers among us who, having an… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District Commissioners Ben Pacheco, left, and Donna Buck accept the first-place trophy for the Washington Fire Commissioners Association’s Management Excellence Award. (Clallam County Fire District No. 4)

Joyce Fire Department honored third year in a row

The Joyce Fire Department has been awarded first place for management excellence by the Washington Fire Commissioners Association. This marks the third year… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District Commissioners Ben Pacheco, left, and Donna Buck accept the first-place trophy for the Washington Fire Commissioners Association’s Management Excellence Award. (Clallam County Fire District No. 4)

LETTER: Get ready for a repeat of 1930s Berlin with Trump’s presidency

A comparison of the hatred and violence in Nazi Germany from 1933-38 to the potential repeat of history from the Trump presidency, as I pointed… Continue reading

LETTER: Hypocrisy of liberals evident in past diatribes against Bush

Oh, the hypocrisy. I see the liberals are now saying, “Don’t blame us for all that is going to go wrong” (according to them). No… Continue reading

LETTER: So-called ‘Christians’ have no moral ground from which to preach

Especially at Christmastime, how deplorable to see the gang of old men who hang around at Fifth and Henrickson avenues with signs against abortion “in… Continue reading

LETTER: Trump voters should tale a second look at Trump’s ‘second team’

Those of you who voted for Donald Trump should be proud of the “second team” that Donald Trump has nominated for Cabinet positions. Andy Puzder,… Continue reading

New evidence expected in toddler’s death

A status hearing for a woman charged in the death of a 2-year-old boy has been reset because prosecutors were waiting for… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Sequim City Band concert canceled; next one slated for March … and other items

The Sequim City Band’s holiday concert, “Sounds of the Season,” scheduled for this Wednesday, has been canceled. The auditorium’s heating system needs to… Continue reading

Olympic National Park announces schedule for Lake Crescent road work

Olympic National Park announces schedule for Lake Crescent road work

Drivers can expect delays around Lake Crescent on weekdays during the spring, summer and fall of 2017, 2018 and 2019. Olympic National… Continue reading

Olympic National Park announces schedule for Lake Crescent road work
Shanks named new Sequim Bay Yacht Club commodore

Shanks named new Sequim Bay Yacht Club commodore

Ted Shanks has been sworn in as the new commodore of the Sequim Bay Yacht Club. Shanks took over from past Commodore Durkee… Continue reading

Shanks named new Sequim Bay Yacht Club commodore