Forks News

It didn't rain on the Rhody Parade on Saturday. The highlight of the 78th annual Rhododendron Festival celebration finished with only a few drops getting in the way.

One-term Port Angeles City Councilman Max Mania is not running for re-election, while a Sequim-area seat on the Port of Port Angeles commission has three candidates running for one position who will go up against each other in the Aug.

Clallam County should deny a request from the Quillayute Valley Park and Recreation District to forgive or defer a $225,000 loan it received in 2004, County Treasurer Selinda Barkhuis has recommended.

The concept of "stand downs" for military veterans has been around for a few years.

It's time to vote. Residents of Forks Township can cast votes in Tuesday's primary election.

A body found in a river near LaPush has been identified as Jason "Jake" Simons, 30, missing from his Forks home since April 5. He was identified after an autopsy was completed Tuesday in Port Angeles by Dr.

Forks Township Supervisor Bob Egolf wants to represent township citizens for another six years.

Candidates: turn in your paperwork. Today marks the beginning of candidate filing week for the 2013 election season, when those intending to run in Clallam County must submit their declarations of candidacy.

Volunteers will be quacking up their efforts for the 24th annual Duck Derby today as tickets go on sale for the benefit Sunday, June 9. During the derby, some 30,000 rubber ducks will be dumped into the pond at Lincoln Park, which is in the area of 1500 W. Lauridsen Blvd., and 42 prizes worth more than a total of $25,000 will be up for grabs.

Law enforcement officers and family members continued to seek information this week on the whereabouts of a Forks man who has been missing for more than a month.

Wapato officials say they'll try to do something about a home surrounded by gang violence that has taken three lives in five years.

Idaho dairy officials say they are keeping a close eye on Congress as it attempts to change the nation's immigration system.

Air Force officials say the across-the-board spending cuts have led the service to cease operations for one third of the bomber and jet fighter force.

Wally Crippen, longtime Forks resident, logger, photo historian and decorated World War II veteran, also was a family man who relished fishing and camping trips with his family on the West End.

At the close of a spectacularly sunny weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula, high-temperature records for the date were shattered in Forks and Sequim on Sunday.

The recipients of the 2013 Jefferson County Heart of Service award will be honored later this month.

Charlie Baker, an introvert who's far down in the dumps, is in for a wild ride. So promises Curt White, the actor who recently discovered him in "The Foreigner," the comedy opening tonight at the Port Angeles Community Playhouse.

Wally Crippen, a longtime Forks resident, photo historian and decorated World War II veteran, has died.

Demolition derby action included organizer Ed Neet's white car getting into a head-on with Joey Sallee of Forks.

A closer look into the sky will be offered Saturday at the Olympic Natural Resources Center by students in the University of Washington's astronomy department.