Clallam Bay News

Voter turnout throughout Clallam County neared 50 percent, while ballot returns in the Sequim School District exceeded 50 percent on Monday, the eve of today's special elections.

The system that operates four public libraries in Clallam County won't be able to continue its present hours and staffing unless the organization can pass a levy lid lift in November, its executive director said Monday.

All Hazard Alert Broadcast System warning sirens will sound Monday in communities along the North Olympic Peninsula coast.

The Times' criminal justice team looks behind the scenes and behind the headlines.

A woman who had been arrested for investigation of driving while intoxicated late Tuesday night fled from a trooper, headed to a nearby home and -- while still handcuffed -- asked the people who answered the door for help, authorities said.

We're in the heart of winter, yet it seems our area has been relatively ignored by Mother Nature over the past few weeks.

We stand together PENINSULA BOTTLING CO. INC. of Port Angeles donated 50 cents from every $7.99 Pepsi/Dr Pepper-brand 24-pack "cube" sold by participating North Olympic Peninsula retailers in early December.

The North Olympic Library System will conduct public meetings at each of its libraries this month and February to introduce NOLS 2012, a business plan for the library system that depends upon passage of a property tax levy.

A Clallam Bay man is without a home after a grease fire in his kitchen destroyed the trailer he was living in.

Beachcombers on the Dungeness Spit and at Clallam Bay will know when to hightail it to higher ground when a tsunami strikes.

A varied cast of characters showed up Tuesday to audition for a Forks-based reality series that a Los Angeles producer hopes sell to a television network.

Money is coming in slowly to the United Way of Clallam County during its annual fundraising campaign.

Seven-year-old Hanna Diaz De Leon of Port Angeles gives her wish list to Santa, played by Brad Collins, in front of The Toggery in downtown Port Angeles on Thursday evening.

Clallam County citizens can apply for vacancies on 18 boards and committees. Applications are available at the Clallam County commissioners office at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.

A $26,750 grant from the Walmart Foundation is providing three communities in the West End -- Clallam Bay-Sekiu, Neah Bay and Queets -- with emergency shelter trailers.

Turkey and trimmings will be served in Clallam County at several free community Thanksgiving feasts.

Generous donations from private landowners have made the Clallam County parks system what it is today, Public Works Director Craig Jacobs told the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce on Monday.

Power was expected to return this morning to all Clallam County residents still without electrical service after crews continued this weekend to mop up the mess made by a week's worth of rain and wind.

A deficit of $176,000 for the North Olympic Library System in 2010 will likely lead to layoffs, unpaid furloughs, cutbacks in employee benefits or a combination of those and other measures.

Why, hello there October! In what might be considered an appetizer for the usual fall stormy season, an abrupt change in the weather pattern is under way, going from dry and chilly to wet and windy as three storms make their way toward our zip codes this week.