Clallam County News

Veteran Washington State University Clallam County Master Gardener Jeanette Stehr-Green will talk with gardeners about the different types of strawberries during a "Green Thumb Garden Tips" brown bag lecture Thursday, June 27. The presentation will be at noon in the county commissioners' meeting room of the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth ... (more)

The Clallam County League of Women Voters will host a candidate forum at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 30. The two-hour forum will be at the Sequim Transit Center, 190 Cedar St. Candidates for commissioner of the Port of Port Angeles, District 1 and commissioner of Fire District No.

Clallam County commissioners today will consider approving a pair of contracts for upgrades to county buildings.

At their Monday worksession, Clallam County Commissioners heard about several aspects of the project from Bob Martin of the Public Works Department.

A Port Angeles man who has been accused of damaging four homes in the Gales Addition area during a roughly 10-minute bulldozer rampage in May next will appear in Clallam County Superior Court in July after his status hearing was moved last week.

The North Olympic AmeriCorps program that serves Clallam and Jefferson counties will be eliminated by Aug. 31 for the fiscal year that begins Sept.

Deaths from overdosing on heroin and opiate-related prescription drugs in Clallam and Jefferson counties have been proportionally higher, measured per 100,000 people, than statewide figures for the past six years, according to data compiled in a new report released by the University of Washington.

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 commissioners are considering a levy lid lift to maintain current emergency service levels.

A Clallam County Superior Court judge is considering whether to suppress from a jury the bloody pants that Darold Stenson was wearing after Denise Stenson and Frank Hoerner were found slain in 1993.

A Port Angeles man captured after he was bitten by the Port Angeles Police Department's newest police dog remained in the Clallam County jail Thursday after allegedly leading police on a pursuit that approached 100 mph in a car that had been reported stolen.

Clallam County Animal Control Deputy Tracey Kellas was off-duty Wednesday as she recovered from minor injuries suffered when her duty truck was destroyed in a wreck with an allegedly intoxicated driver near the Old Dungeness Schoolhouse.

Early readings from four air-quality monitors installed as part of a two-year study of air pollution on the North Olympic Peninsula show low levels of airborne particles.

Dale Holiday, a former candidate for Clallam County commissioner and a current county employee, has filed a racial and sex discrimination complaint against the county.

Clallam County Deputies were called to the 3000 block of O'Brien Road at about 3:00 PM yesterday, after a worker reported being threatened by a man who lived in a house nearby his place of work.

Clallam County officials are reviewing five bids for project to build an underpass at Highway 101 and Deer Park Road.

A Port Angeles woman arrested after police investigated a report of a heroin overdose has pleaded not guilty to charges of heroin and methadone possession and is expected back in court in July.

In a letter released today, Judge Taylor says he recently enjoyed his 70th birthday and has decided that now is a good time to retire.

Vancouver, Washington June 11, 2013 Signature Bail Bonds has always offered 24 hour a day service, 7 days a week and now offers statewide jail release services for all counties.

The Port Angeles-based Peninsula Housing Authority is expanding its Mutual Self Help Program to Jefferson County and is accepting applications for its first group build in Port Townsend.

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