Clallam Bay News

The salutatorian of Clallam Bay High School's class of 1942 finally has received his high school diploma.

Taky Kimura instructs two students at the Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute in Seattle. Taky Kimura instructs two students at the Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute in Seattle.

To prison inmates, he's a jailhouse lawyer made good. To wardens, he's a thorn in the side.

Much like the troubled automaker Chrysler, Murray Motors is trying to figure out how it can restructure itself to stay in business after its franchise agreement is terminated June 9. The owner of the only Dodge and Chrysler dealership on the North Olympic Peninsula, Mark Murray, said he hopes to stay in business by continuing to operate his used ...

The Clallam Bay-Sekiu Community Action Team is leading a Spring Spruce Up at the end of the month.

Olivia Webb, 4, dives into the children's movies and books at the newly reopened Sequim Library on Saturday.

The state Department of Corrections no longer allows prison inmates to purchase clothing or wear clothing that is given to them as gifts by family members, a DOC spokesman said.

Superintendent began his career at facility as corrections officer By Paige Dickerson Peninsula Daily News CLALLAM BAY -- Ron Fraker, who started work at Clallam Bay Corrections Center as a correctional officer, was named the superintendent of the 850-inmate prison on Thursday.

Clallam Bay attorney James K. Naito has been disbarred from the practice of law for conduct involving the commission of a criminal act, reports the Washington State Bar Association's Bar News .

Firefighters raced to the Clallam Bay Corrections Center, and 130 inmates were evacuated, because of smoke late Wednesday night.

CLALLAM BAY, Wash.: An inmate's attempt to heat up sausages in his toilet went up in smoke when the cooking fire forced a unit evacuation at a Washington prison.

The United Way of Clallam County has surpassed its $1 million fundraising goal for 2008, raising $1,145,249 to disburse to 26 nonprofits.

Clallam Bay Corrections Center was put on lockdown Wednesday morning after officers found contraband in the medium-security unit late Tuesday.

Avalanches and standing water have closed Snoqualmie and Stevens passes, two main highway routes through the Cascades.

The state Court of Appeals reversed Robert Gene Covarrubias' 2006 murder conviction on Tuesday, and sent the case back to Clallam County Superior Court for a retrial.

A slow defrost on the North Olympic Peninsula has cleared much of the ice off the low-lying roads, but slippery conditions persist in the morning hours and all day in the upper elevations.

After days of sanding and plowing, North Olympic Peninsula highways tended to be clear on Tuesday, while many county and city roads were still packed with snow and ice.

Crews had opened one lane of Neah Bay's only paved access road Tuesday evening after a large rock slide hit state Highway 112 near Wilson Road at Milepost 5 and blocked the road late Monday.

A Clallam Transit System driver has resigned after refusing to take passengers beyond Clallam Bay on a snowy trip to Neah Bay on Saturday night.

Michael A. Hersh makes his first court appearance Friday, in Clark County Superior Court on murder charger stemming from a 1978 killing.