Clallam Bay News

A deficit of $176,000 for the North Olympic Library System in 2010 will likely lead to layoffs, unpaid furloughs, cutbacks in employee benefits or a combination of those and other measures.

Why, hello there October! In what might be considered an appetizer for the usual fall stormy season, an abrupt change in the weather pattern is under way, going from dry and chilly to wet and windy as three storms make their way toward our zip codes this week.

Clallam Bay School was one of six schools in the state to win a Great School award for marked improvement for a third consecutive year, while three other Peninsula schools -- Dry Creek Elementary and Lincoln High School in Port Angeles and Quilcene High School -- were given the annual award for the first time this year.

Clallam Bay and Sekiu are looking a whole lot better, thanks in part to the Clallam Bay-Sekiu Community Action Team.

Humboldt squid wash up on the beach to be breakfast for seagulls at Van Riper's Resort in Sekiu on Saturday.

Peninsula Daily News Early morning ceremonies commemorating those who lost their lives or helped to save lives, during the terrorist attacks on the United States on Sept.

While many people tout travel Web sites as the way to go for finding cheap lodging, millions of people around the world have discovered a form of lodging that is both free and enriching.

Volunteer Day of Caring projects begin today. The projects in Sequim, Port Angeles, Forks and Clallam Bay-Sekiu kick off the United Way of Clallam County's 2009-2010 fundraising campaign.

Material from four razed buildings on the Peninsula College campus is being smashed for recycling as the college prepares to begin construction of Maier Hall in November.

Experts are puzzled by the sudden arrival of big squid -- lots of them -- showing up on anglers' hooks and the shoreline around Clallam Bay and Sekiu.

Kids' Salmon Derby -- The Clallam Bay-Sekiu Lions Club will host its annual Kids' Salmon Derby, open to ages 5-14 on Saturday.

Mikael the Mime, also known as actor-dancer Mikael Rudolph of Minneapolis, entertained children and their parents Friday at Sequim Middle School in a free Sequim Library Summer Reading Program performance.

Mikael the Mime, also known as actor-dancer Mikael Rudolph of Minneapolis, entertained children and their parents Friday at Sequim Middle School in a free Sequim Library Summer Reading Program performance.

Mikael the Mime, sometimes known as Mikael Rudolph, an actor, magician and ballroom dance teacher from Minneapolis, will give two free performances for children of all ages this Friday in Sequim and Port Angeles.

The National Weather Service today issued a warning for lighting-created forest fires for much of the North Olympic Peninsula.

Landscape consultant Jack Marshall and his wife, Peninsula Children's Clinic administrator Pam Marshall, will co-chair this year's United Way of Clallam County fundraising campaign.

Poring over Publishers Weekly, along with listening to patrons, are Sequim librarian Lauren Dahlgren's main methods for finding the best books out there.

The salutatorian of Clallam Bay High School's class of 1942 finally has received his high school diploma.

Taky Kimura instructs two students at the Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute in Seattle. Taky Kimura instructs two students at the Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute in Seattle.

To prison inmates, he's a jailhouse lawyer made good. To wardens, he's a thorn in the side.