School district leaders from across the North Olympic peninsula got a chance to advocate for education issues with its three regional legislators at a virtual… Continue reading
Sequim City Council members approved a proclamation naming 2021 “The Year of Kindness” at their Dec. 14 meeting. The proclamation stated the social and economic… Continue reading
Dozens of community groups locally and across the nation have in the past 10 months been trying to solve the same conundrum: How to keep… Continue reading
Olympic National Forest managers remind visitors to stay safe and be prepared for possible inclement weather conditions, as well as potentially slippery and narrow roads… Continue reading
With Sequim schools on break in late December, the YMCA of Sequim is offering some helping wheels. YMCA officials announced last week the organization’s staff… Continue reading
Coronavirus
With COVID-19 vaccines arriving in Clallam and Jefferson counties, the willingness of law enforcement personnel and city, county and state correctional facility inmates to get… Continue reading
Coronavirus
Another long-term care facility in Clallam County is under an outbreak investigation for COVID-19 after weekend testing confirmed nine cases among staff and residents. Six… Continue reading
Coronavirus
Keep it up, the North Olympic Peninsula’s health officers said last week. Clallam County residents did a good job of limiting travel and out-of-county visitors… Continue reading
Coronavirus
The mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign has begun on the North Olympic Peninsula. By early Thursday afternoon, about 90 people had received the Pfizer vaccine —… Continue reading
Clallam County commissioners have approved a 2021 spending plan that uses $3.5 million in reserves to maintain services and respond to COVID-19. The $44.6 million… Continue reading
The Board of Clallam County Commissioners announced last week it is seeking applications from interested citizens for appointment to the Clallam County Districting Commission. The… Continue reading
With Clallam County revenues improving since a huge dip last summer, commissioners discussed lifting the county’s hiring freeze, directing staff on Dec. 14 to come… Continue reading
Event sees surge in donations
Friends of Library
set book sale The Friends of Sequim Library hosts the group’s final book sale of 2020 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday,… Continue reading
Health officials have upgraded several local waterways to some recreational; shellfish harvesting, the Clallam County Health and Human Services Department announced last week. The beaches… Continue reading
Sequim School District officials anticipate the investigations into complaints concerning two administrators will be concluded by mid-January and records will be available for disclosure by… Continue reading
They’ve been close neighbors sharing the same sky. But Naval Air Station Whidbey Island and a team of research scientists on the North Olympic Peninsula… Continue reading
Project features 217 manufactured homes
Members of the Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team (OPNET) seized thousands of marijuana plants from multiple Port Angeles residencnes last week, the result of a… Continue reading
The weekly police blotter includes incidents that occurred in the City of Sequim and in unincorporated Clallam County in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley area. Dec. 10… Continue reading
