Clallam County News

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of a two-part series on property assessments and property taxes.

Cooperation with neighboring emergency agencies is key for the Port Angeles Fire Department to cover its area well, Fire Chief Dan McKeen told a business group Tuesday.

Power was restored Thursday to all but about 1,600 Clallam County Public Utility District customers in the Joyce area as another storm pushed into the North Olympic Peninsula.

TO OUR READERS: Keep checking this Web site for National Weather Service forecasts and updates on progress toward restoring power across the North Olympic Peninsula.

'Twilight' takes over Forks, Wash. Video Entering the 'Twilight' zone When Taegan Counsell told friends on the Quileute reservation that she'd be at the premiere of the new "Twilight" movie, she got a predictable response.

A rare meteorite is like the Mona Lisa, said Michael Pimentel. You can't try to sell it without someone finding out.

A Port Angeles police dog helped his handler catch a man who tried to flee after his accomplice broke a downtown Port Angeles window last weekend.

Titus, a dog rescued from the King County animal shelter who went on to an illustrious career with the Sequim Police Department, died Monday.

Public health officials have confirmed that one person on the North Olympic Peninsula has died of complications of swine flu.

Road and trail projects in Clallam County will be scaled back in the coming years because of declining revenue.

Four Sequim men were charged Monday in connection with a pair of October late-night crimes outside two local banks -- one considered by police to be a "bogus" robbery disguising a theft.

Veterans of foreign wars will be honored with ceremonies and dinners this week, with the largest gathering promising to be the regional Veterans Day ceremony at the Coast Guard station in Port Angeles on Wednesday.

For Marty Hoffman, moving day is a good day -- a day to help a family start their lives over.

Clallam County and the public utility district have inked an agreement for a long-awaited sewage treatment system in Carlsborg.

Last-minute voters are expected to push turnout in Tuesday's general election easily above the 50 percent mark by week's end, when a second tally is scheduled.

Election Day arrives in Jefferson County and across the state today, ending nearly three weeks of balloting in the all-mail election.

Today is Election Day -- the last day voters can cast ballots that were mailed to them on Oct.

Aaron M. Hahn faces 15 to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced Dec. 2 for attempting to hire a hit man to kill a Sequim girl he was charged with sexually exploiting in 2008.

Campaign finance records made public this week show that eight Port Angeles City Council hopefuls have raised more than $22,000 in their quests for public office -- efforts that some have financed, to an extent, out of their own pockets.

To learn more about the seabird rescue response or to donate: Wildlife Center of the North Coast: coastwildlife.org International Bird Rescue Research Cente r: ibrrc.org/algae-slime-response-2009.html Video Seabird deaths HOBUCK BEACH, Neah Bay, Clallam County - They died in droves: common murres, scoters, loons and more, in the ...