Clallam County News

The name bears no glamour, but community groups clamor for a piece of it: Sequim's Water Reuse Demonstration Site, a nearly 28-acre swath north of Carrie Blake Park at 202 N. Blake Ave., is a object of desire for Sequim Family Advocates, a grass-roots group of parents who want playfields added; for the Clallam County Master Gardeners, who want to ...

Firefighters spent several hours and more than 3,600 gallons of water on knocking down a relatively small brush fire Thursday morning that was "probably human-caused," Clallam County Fire District 3 Lt.

A 40-year-old man accused of threatening to detonate bombs at three Port Angeles-area shopping centers was formally charged in Clallam County Superior Court on Wednesday.

Jefferson County Auditor Donna Eldridge has certified a petition from Gardiner residents who want to be part of Clallam County Fire District No.

What began as a domestic violence report ended in a standoff with law enforcement that lasted more than 22 hours on the Lower Elwha Klallam reservation Thursday.

A Port Angeles woman will be on trial later this summer for allegedly stealing $21,000 from a person with dementia at her assisted-living facility, which was shut down by the state last month.

Post offices will be closed Saturday, and there will be no regular mail delivery.

An August trial date is set for a Port Angeles woman accused of stealing $21,000 from a man with dementia who living at her assisted living facility that was shut down by the state last month.

Clallam County's three commissioners Tuesday extended interim zoning rules on the Carlsborg Urban Growth Area and 21,926 acres of moderately dense rural lands after the first of two public hearings on the multi-faceted Growth Management Act compliance strategies.

Scott Lincoln Davis, the man charged with first-degree attempted murder and first-degree assault for his role in a January shoot-out with a Clallam County sheriff's deputy, is still waiting to find out if and when he will face trial.

Reading kickoff HUMAN JAZZ MAN Chris Swenson will give two free performances for all ages Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., and at 1 p.m. at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.

Clallam County jail staff thwarted a married couple's attempts at suicide this week.

A Port Angeles man has been charged with attempting to lure several boys away from a birthday party June 7. Donald A. Halkett, 68, was charged with luring, a Class C felony, in Clallam County Superior Court on Thursday.

The future overpass across U.S. Highway 101 east of Port Angeles has spanned a funding gap, thanks to a boost from the federal government.

Jag is back. The Port Angeles police dog that was severely cut in an ill-fated leap over a barbed wire fence last month caught a man wanted for escape from state community custody in the Gales Addition east of the city limit early Tuesday.

Clallam County lawmakers should transform its climate change committee into a permanent "Green Team" with quarterly meetings, subcommittees and a dedicated coordinator, the outgoing chairman of the Climate Action Group said Monday.

With planets and stars spinning overhead, magician Jeff Evans, right, plays to a full house at the kickoff of the Port Townsend Library's Summer Reading Program.

Washington's Most Wanted is kicking off a new partnership this week, with the Jefferson County Sheriff's office, to find this unregistered sex offender.

A pet knocking over an unattended candle sparked a house fire that destroyed a bedroom and caused widespread smoke damage at the 2200 block of E. Sixth Ave., east of Port Angeles today, fire fighters said.

Staci L. Allison, the former Clallam County Sheriff's Department evidence technician accused of stealing county money in 2006, pleaded not guilty to first-degree theft and money laundering today.