Clallam County

LETTER: Hospital tacks on sticker-shocking bill

Is the future of health care where the hospital charges you to use the doctor’s office?

Play for the birds: Port Angeles pianist to perform excerpts from new album tonight

Play for the birds: Port Angeles pianist to perform excerpts from new album tonight

The concert at St. Matthew Lutheran Church will feature songs Ken Young composed and dedicated to flying creatures.

Play for the birds: Port Angeles pianist to perform excerpts from new album tonight
Walk to End Alzheimer’s set Saturday in Sequim

Walk to End Alzheimer’s set Saturday in Sequim

The event is free and open to the public. Participants hope to raise $41,000 in donations for the Alzheimer’s Association.

Walk to End Alzheimer’s set Saturday in Sequim
Maia Bellon, director of the state Department of Ecology, speaks at a news conference Thursday overlooking Elliott Bay in Seattle. Washington state environmental regulators finalized a new rule Thursday to limit greenhouse gas emissions from large polluters. (Ted S. Warren/The Associated Press)

Washington state limits carbon pollution from large sources

The new rules do not affect mills on the Peninsula until 2032, when the Port Townsend paper mill is expected to meet the criteria.

Maia Bellon, director of the state Department of Ecology, speaks at a news conference Thursday overlooking Elliott Bay in Seattle. Washington state environmental regulators finalized a new rule Thursday to limit greenhouse gas emissions from large polluters. (Ted S. Warren/The Associated Press)

Womanfest registration closes Sunday

The retreat, set Sept. 23-25, includes meals cooked in the lakeside lodge, swimming, canoeing and other relaxing activities.

Lower Elwha Kallam tribe opens new justice center near Port Angeles

Lower Elwha Kallam tribe opens new justice center near Port Angeles

The former World War II-era bunker on Spokwes Road now houses the tribe’s law enforcement, emergency management, courts, tribal enrollment and IT departments.

Lower Elwha Kallam tribe opens new justice center near Port Angeles
North Olympic Peninsula protest targets Dakota pipeline

North Olympic Peninsula protest targets Dakota pipeline

The rally was one of many across the nation to encourage people to share their opinions of the pipeline with local, state and federal government officials.

North Olympic Peninsula protest targets Dakota pipeline

Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival chowder cook-off to feature Graham Kerr

The “Galloping Gourmet” will judge entries of both professional and amateur chefs.

Volunteers sought to prepare returns for Tax-Aide

All volunteers must attend training classes and pass the IRS test before assisting taxpayers during the tax season.

Port Angeles chamber lays out five-year plan

Port Angeles chamber lays out five-year plan

By 2020, the goal is to add more than 100 retail establishments to the area and add more than 1,000 jobs, while nearly doubling the chamber’s membership from 390 to 600.

Port Angeles chamber lays out five-year plan

Crab Fest Fun Run registration taken now

Sponsored by Peninsula College Athletics, proceeds will support student-athlete scholarships.

Premier pieces picked for 2016 Paint the Peninsula competition

Premier pieces picked for 2016 Paint the Peninsula competition

Twenty-three plein air painters from around the United States and Canada descended upon the Olympic Peninsula for the contest.

Premier pieces picked for 2016 Paint the Peninsula competition
Legislative candidate decries League of Women Voters as ‘socialist’

Legislative candidate decries League of Women Voters as ‘socialist’

George Vrable later said that he might be willing to attend a league forum before the Nov. 8 general election.

Legislative candidate decries League of Women Voters as ‘socialist’

LETTER: Have fluoridation issues finally caught up with us?

I’ve seen more dental advertisements in Port Angeles recently than in the past 10 years.

LETTER: Minimum wage hike would lead to economic disaster

Vote against Initiative 1433 to absolve the “general consequences.”

Young trio from Port Townsend to debut at Saturday fundraiser in Port Angeles

The three Ericksons were all top honorees at the Port Angeles Symphony’s Young Artist Competition.

Peninsula gains jobs — but average pay down

Peninsula gains jobs — but average pay down

Looking at average earnings from 1970 at 2015 rates, the average job earned $43,000 in Clallam whereas in 2014, the same job earned about $39,000, when figured at 2015 rates.

Peninsula gains jobs — but average pay down
Peninsula man honored at Safeco Field for 100th birthday

Peninsula man honored at Safeco Field for 100th birthday

The World War II and Korean War veteran turned 100 on Sept. 6 in Seattle as a guest of the Seattle Mariners.

Peninsula man honored at Safeco Field for 100th birthday