Port Angeles News

Those interested in joining a delegation led by Port Angeles Mayor Cherie Kidd to Victoria to join the celebration of Canada Day on Monday, July 1, are asked to contact her.

Clallam County commissioners today will consider approving a pair of contracts for upgrades to county buildings.

The Kiwanis Club of Sequim-Dungeness disbanded last week after gathering for the 40-year-old club's final meeting at the Paradise Restaurant.

The Clallam County League of Women Voters will host a candidate forum at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 30. The two-hour forum will be at the Sequim Transit Center, 190 Cedar St. Candidates for commissioner of the Port of Port Angeles, District 1 and commissioner of Fire District No.

From a Korean War veteran to a 14-year-old warbird aficionado, the Wings of Freedom tour bridged generations Monday in Port Angeles.

A pump station clogged by dam-removal sediment from the Elwha River restoration project will be fully operational by September, paving the way to restart removal of the remaining 50 feet of the Glines Canyon Dam, Olympic National Park spokeswoman Barb Maynes said Monday.

Veteran Washington State University Clallam County Master Gardener Jeanette Stehr-Green will talk with gardeners about the different types of strawberries during a "Green Thumb Garden Tips" brown bag lecture Thursday, June 27. The presentation will be at noon in the county commissioners' meeting room of the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth ... (more)

Crescent High School graduate Bonny Hazelett examines the Hawaiian leaves and kukui nut necklace around the neck of Kaialii Story.

Jefferson Healthcare hospital's conversion to an electronic record system went smoothly, according to the project manager.

A Port Angeles man who has been accused of damaging four homes in the Gales Addition area during a roughly 10-minute bulldozer rampage in May next will appear in Clallam County Superior Court in July after his status hearing was moved last week.

It would be difficult to top the gift that Bill Sommers has in store for his dad this Father's Day.

The North Olympic AmeriCorps program that serves Clallam and Jefferson counties will be eliminated by Aug. 31 for the fiscal year that begins Sept.

Advance tickets are on sale for the Sequim Lavender Farm Faire, part of the city's celebration of all thing lavender July 19-21.

Bainbridge Island Museum of Art opened to the public: Friday, June 14th. From the opening on June 14th through July 4th the art museum will have an 'open house' with the entire museum available for viewing, and hands-on activities for the public to enjoy.

Mason Ziegler was the kind of person you could always depend on. "He was the counselor to all his friends," said Tami Ziegler, who is organizing a memorial scholarship benefit for her son's graduating class.

Port Townsend Observation Deck By Patrick J. Sullivan, Port Townsend, WA psullivan@ptleader.com The Montana Madman muses about today, yesterday and tomorrow - in Port Townsend and beyond.

Pink ribbons will appear throughout downtown this weekend as the annual Pink Up Port Angeles campaign begins.

A Port Angeles man captured after he was bitten by the Port Angeles Police Department's newest police dog remained in the Clallam County jail Thursday after allegedly leading police on a pursuit that approached 100 mph in a car that had been reported stolen.

Kissing pigs has become too mainstream for Jim's Pharmacy, so when it was decided the business would host a fundraiser for the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society, pharmacists found a far less-common animal to kiss on the Olympic Peninsula: a prairie dog.

Dozens of third- and fourth-graders could be seen playing the role of industrious birds this week as they worked to build a human-sized nest out of branches and twigs outside the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center.