Clallam Bay News

Supervisors of North Olympic Peninsula jails and the state's Clallam Bay Correctional Facility are struggling with high food prices - and bracing for costs to soar even more.

Allan Parmelee spends his days in a cell, most recently at McNeil Island Corrections Center, carefully hand-printing lawsuits, motions, records requests, and legal appeals on a pad of lined paper.

A fierce insect infestation overtakes libraries across Clallam County this week.

Brinnon seniors and volunteers were surprised and upset to learn their nutrition program will close after the last meal is served today, and the man who made the decision hopes the service can be restored.

High school seniors in Clallam Bay and Joyce will participate in commencement ceremonies on Saturday.

Clallam Bay's tsunami warning tower may be down, but it's not out. It's actually in the Fire District No.

The final day of candidate filing produced a race for commissioner in the Clallam County Public Utility District as Tom La Rosa of Port Angeles filed to run against Hugh Haffner for his District 2 seat.

A four-month construction project along 62 miles of state Highway 112 that begins today is expected to cause some traffic delays.

Twelve Bucks into the Wilderness - with Chocolates Busing with Wildlife Font With the gas crunch, a lot of people in Seattle are staying home and grilling on the condo deck.

“But I've had one 'use of force' in this unit in the last four months. It's incredible.”

Until recently, Charles Sheshane lived alone inside a small, locked concrete cell, with fluorescent lights that never went dark. via KGW-TV Portland

“I pray to God every day. I thank the Lord for giving me this opportunity to do it”

The Clallam Bay Corrections Center is home to hundreds of dangerous inmates. Ninety-seven percent will one day be released. via KING-TV Seattle

Kitsap Sun Clallam Bay Corrections Center step-down program inmate Jose Fajardo of Grandview, WA in the-intensive management unit cell. via Kitsap Sun

“I think you're looking at a 20-year transition”

The small city of Forks sits in the northwest corner of Washington State's Olympic Peninsula, four hours away from Seattle by car, tucked near the Pacific coast by one of only two temperate rainforests in the ... via Inter Press Service

A major break in a water line here has resulted in a bottled water-order for customers of the Clallam Bay/Sekiu Water System, according to February 5 Peninsula Daily News article. via Water Technology

The state Department of Health reported tonight that an eight-inch transmission line serving the Clallam Bay Sekiu Water System in Clallam County has broken. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

A lockdown has been ordered at the Clallam Bay Corrections Center following four unrelated fights among inmates in two days. via KOMO News

A black-bearded armed robber held up the 20th Avenue Grocery Thursday morning, then entered the Store N Deli but left without committing a crime, Longview police said. via Daily News

After a day of chilly temperatures and snow, the weather pendulum swings to the other side Sunday and Monday as we turn our focus to rain and wind. via KOMOradio

Here are a couple of reports from National Weather Service spotters. At 5 a.m. 60 mph winds at Clallam Bay with gusts to 90. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

A storm pushing ashore from the Pacific battered the Northwest on Monday, blocking roads near the coast with fallen trees, blacking out thousands of customers and icing up mountain highways. via Seattle Times