Clallam County

Dozens brave frigid air and water in polar plunges across North Olympic Peninsula

Dozens brave frigid air and water in polar plunges across North Olympic Peninsula

Dozens of North Olympic Peninsula residents shocked their way into 2017 by madly rushing into frigid waters Sunday in polar bear plunges… Continue reading

Dozens brave frigid air and water in polar plunges across North Olympic Peninsula

Olympic National Park sets use fee hikes, free days for 2017

Users of Olympic National Park can expect fee increases this year. The hikes are part of a three-year phased rise in… Continue reading

Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News                                Julian Eren of Port Angeles, 20, appears in Clallam County Superior Court on Thursday after being arrested for investigation of first-degree child rape.

Bail set in rape of a child case

Bail was set at $50,000 Thursday for a 20-year-old Port Angeles man accused of raping a young boy several years ago. Julian… Continue reading

Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News                                Julian Eren of Port Angeles, 20, appears in Clallam County Superior Court on Thursday after being arrested for investigation of first-degree child rape.
Antlers, costumes planned for annual Reindeer Run in Port Angeles

Antlers, costumes planned for annual Reindeer Run in Port Angeles

If runners don’t have red noses when they start the Port Angeles annual Reindeer Run on Saturday, they might by the time… Continue reading

Antlers, costumes planned for annual Reindeer Run in Port Angeles
Mountain guide to lead adventure writing workshop

Mountain guide to lead adventure writing workshop

It might seem an adventure in irony or at least an interesting juxtaposition: Writer, editor and mountain guide Charlotte Austin will host… Continue reading

Mountain guide to lead adventure writing workshop

Water flow restored to Port Angeles homes while repairs mulled

Running, potable water was restored to seven households Thursday morning while city officials prepared to replace a malfunctioning stormwater pipe and repair… Continue reading

Children’s theater plans auditions in Forks

The Missoula Children’s Theatre will conduct auditions for “Rapunzel” in Forks on Jan. 16. The auditions will be from noon to 2 p.m.… Continue reading

Crab boats tied up as strike extends up and down West Coast

Crab boats tied up as strike extends up and down West Coast

Dungeness crab could be harder to come by if hundreds of fishing boats remain tied up at… Continue reading

Crab boats tied up as strike extends up and down West Coast
Education money: Battle for billions begins in Legislature

Education money: Battle for billions begins in Legislature

The battle over finding billions of additional dollars to pay for K-12 education in Washington pits Democrats… Continue reading

Education money: Battle for billions begins in Legislature

ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS: Volunteers sought for Ludlow play; ‘Cinderella’ opens

An orientation meeting for production team volunteers for the Ludlow Village Players’s spring play is set today. The meeting will be at… Continue reading

Films, tree-planting on the Peninsula

Family films at the Sequim library and tree planting in Port Townsend are among the weekend’s activities on the North Olympic Peninsula. For more about… Continue reading

LETTER: Let’s make a change, a change based on us and them

We have lost our sense of community and concern for our fellow human, our sense of compassion and understanding, the openness of heart and of… Continue reading

LETTER: Reader criticizes Pat Buchanan

Pat Buchanan, the Peninsula Daily News’ Tuesday columnist, praises Vladimir Putin as an “ethnonationalist” who is “standing by kinfolk left behind when his country broke… Continue reading

Library offers free technology tutoring

The public libraries of the North Olympic Library System have hundreds of eBooks, eAudiobooks, movies and music for patrons to experience on… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Hurricane Ridge Road … and other items

Hurricane Ridge Road is closed today but will be open Saturday and Sunday, weather permitting. Today’s closure is because of unforeseen… Continue reading

Program focuses on reading to young children

A program at the North Olympic Library System’s public libraries will reward parents for reading to their small children. The free 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten… Continue reading

Sequim schools add split classes to handle overcrowding issues

A group of fourth- and fifth-grade students in the district are learning in a combined-grade-level classroom… Continue reading

Snowpack measurement topic of talk

The challenges of measuring snow in the remote Olympic wilderness will be the topic of this Tuesday’s presentation in the Olympic National… Continue reading

Sparkle of silver theme for Sequim’s First Friday art walk

Sparkle of silver theme for Sequim’s First Friday art walk

The First Friday Art Walk will sparkle on the first weekend of the new year. Art Walk is a free self-guided tour that… Continue reading

Sparkle of silver theme for Sequim’s First Friday art walk
Twelfth Night opens tonight

Twelfth Night opens tonight

Olympic Theatre Arts’ Gathering Hall will be transformed into an Elizabethan House of Revelry tonight for the first of three staged readings of… Continue reading

Twelfth Night opens tonight