Forks News

Its ocean shoreline, the northwesternmost coast of the contiguous United States, is accessible by a single road, Highway 101, and it has long been traveled by a distinctive fleet: loud logging trucks rumbling out of the dark and wet woods, rusty pickups with windows pronouncing "Native Pride," stray Subarus hauling surfboards and kayaks to the cold ... (more)

'I'm enjoying it': Sea kayaker Duff reaches first destination in North Atlantic row to Iceland -- 5/28/12 -06:36 PM Projects that will give Clallam and Jefferson counties a foothold in the future of high-speed Internet connectivity are expected to go online this summer, and no later than August 2013.

Two people were injured last week when two cars collided mid-block on Race Street between Eighth Street and Lauridsen Boulevard.

Clallam County homelessness has decreased by 66.4 percent since 2006 despite a spike in demand for affordable housing, a homelessness report card shows.

The Olympic Animal Sanctuary in Forks is special - the only one of its kind in the U.S., and possibly the world - founder and trainer Steve Markwell said in a presentation to the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce's weekly luncheon Monday.

The state Commission on Hispanic Affairs has invited local, state and federal law enforcement agencies - but not the Border Patrol and related staffs - to a panel discussion and public meeting in Forks on Friday to discuss immigration, racial profiling and related issues.

A 33-year-old illegal immigrant in Forks has been arrested for investigation of second-degree child rape for allegedly molesting a 13-year-old. Victor Armenta Pichardo is being held in the Clallam County jail on $500,000 bond after his arrest Thursday.

Why is it that, in our secular modern age, it seems that we just can't get enough of the occult and supernatural? Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" series, featuring the love lives of vampires in, of all places, Forks, Wash., has shifted over 116 million copies worldwide; Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code," replete with secret religious societies, bloody ... (more)

THE LIVE MUSIC scene continues to heat up on the Peninsula just as the weather heats up .

Moises Ramirez Matias, 25, pleaded guilty last week to second-degree murder in the Jan.

Clallam County Auditor Patty Rosand, following through on a contract dispute, is expected to shut down the Sequim Vehicle/Vessel Licensing Office should subagent Karen Shewbert's motion for a temporary restraining order be denied this afternoon by a Superior Court judge.

A 35-year-old Port Angeles motorcyclist was killed, and a State Patrol trooper received minor injuries when both flew over an embankment during a high-speed chase at dusk Tuesday.

Clallam County commissioners will revisit a proposed resolution to appoint an ad hoc committee to study courthouse security issues Tuesday.

Novelist Jim Lynch is touring the West's big-city bookstores with his latest acclaimed book - but this week, he's headed for venues in Forks and Port Angeles.

The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges will vote on a proposed 12 percent average increase for community college tuition Thursday.

Forks resident figures in rights group's complaint By Paul Gottlieb Peninsula Daily News A Forks woman who was with Benjamin Roldan Salinas on May 14, 2011, before his fatal flight from Border Patrol agents was among six people whose interactions with the Border Patrol were cited in a complaint filed last week with the federal government.

LET'S GET THIS party started. After months of waiting and weeks of hype, the halibut season opened in most areas Thursday.

The Quileute Tribal School was put on lockdown status briefly Wednesday morning while police took a wanted man into custody just outside the school.

Inventor Karl "Jerry" Lamb has completed the $208,000 first phase of an elevated test track to demonstrate his LEVX magnetic levitation technology, the city of Port Angeles' building department said.