Clallam County

LETTER: Here’s why your vote really does matter

• To stop the people, special interests and corporations who are relentlessly using our political system to take what they want and make everybody else… Continue reading

LETTER: I support Brian Coughenour for Clallam Superior Court despite one-sided endorsements

In response to Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Chairman/CEO Ron Allen’s Nov. 2 letter in Peninsula Voices [“Tribe for Neupert”], may it be known the Jamestown Tribal… Continue reading

LETTER: Jill Stein the only presidential candidate who’d help save our Earth

A letter to the editor published Thursday, “For Jill Stein,” was a clearly written summary of the 2016 Democratic presidential campaign. Letter-writer Therese “Tree” Stokan… Continue reading

LETTER: Ron Richards has his own shady ties to interest groups

Further comment on the topic of a letter to Peninsula Voices discussing the Clallam County commissioner campaign (“For Randy Johnson,” Peninsula Voices, Oct. 21) is… Continue reading

LETTER: Ron Richards will work for solutions together as Clallam commissioner

I met Clallam County commissioner candidate Ron Richards more than a year ago at a PA CAN [Port Angeles Citizen Action Network] park cleanup. We… Continue reading

LETTER: Vote for Ron Richards, a man of action and principles

I have known Clallam County commissioner candidate Ron Richards since the ’70s. He volunteered on the NO Oilport! board, a coalition to defeat an oil… Continue reading

LETTER: Vote to break the stranglehold liberals have on the state of Washington

Citizens of Clallam County, arise, get up. Exercise your right to vote, which is just another word for freedom. For too long, the western and… Continue reading

LETTER: We’re lucky to live in a country that supports the right of property owners

The writer of an Oct. 30 letter to Peninsula Voices from a self-described local organic farmer, “Working together,” would ask both Clallam County commissioner candidates,… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Garbage service change-fee waived for two-week period in Port Angeles … and other items

Port Angeles residential garbage customers will have a two-week period to change their garbage service without incurring the usual $30 service fee.… Continue reading

Report: Washington state’s background check system needs fix

Washington state’s system for conducting background checks on people trying to buy firearms is fragmented and “specific… Continue reading

Peninsula beaches on Strait open for most types of shellfish harvesting

Peninsula beaches on Strait open for most types of shellfish harvesting

All Clallam County beaches on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, from Cape Flattery to the Jefferson County line, have been re-opened… Continue reading

Peninsula beaches on Strait open for most types of shellfish harvesting
Crack found in Elwha River bridge pier; span remains open while crews monitor

Crack found in Elwha River bridge pier; span remains open while crews monitor

State Department of Transportation officials now have more concerns about the Elwha River bridge on U.S. Highway 101 west of Port Angeles… Continue reading

Crack found in Elwha River bridge pier; span remains open while crews monitor
Animals rescued from Gardiner property recovered and ready for adoption

Animals rescued from Gardiner property recovered and ready for adoption

Dogs, chickens and goats found living in squalid conditions in Gardiner earlier this year and taken to area shelters have recovered and are… Continue reading

Animals rescued from Gardiner property recovered and ready for adoption

Gardiner woman’s animal ownership restricted after dogs, goats and chickens seized

The owner of animals seized from a property in Gardiner has entered into a court contract restricting her to one animal. Nataliya Nivens… Continue reading

Gathering in support of Standing Rock protest set Thursday

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church plans a gathering at the mouth of the Elwha River at 10:30 a.m. Thursday to show solidarity with… Continue reading

Port Angeles man sentenced to five years in new burglary cases

Sean Vince Della has been sentenced to five years in prison for the burglary of a Forks pharmacy, the attempted burglary of… Continue reading

Good balance topic of free forum in Sequim

The best way to prevent falls is to move as often as possible and as productively as possible in the best possible core alignment, the presenter says.

Body found in water near Irondale identified as Wisconsin man

The man whose body was recovered from the water near Irondale has been identified by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department, but the cause… Continue reading

LETTER: Be aware of carbon tax initiative proponent’s position on I-732

Bruce Lippke, professor emeritus of the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences of the University of Washington, presented arguments that the forest product producers should… Continue reading

LETTER: Jamestown S’Klallam tribe supports Dave Neupert for Clallam Superior Court justice

The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Council, the elected body representing the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, has endorsed Dave Neupert in his bid for Clallam County Superior Court… Continue reading