Clallam County

Krab Krew members Jernando Juarez, left, and Julie Myers crack open freshly cooked whole crabs destined for consumption by visitors at the Dungeness Crab Festival on Friday on the Port Angeles waterfront. Thousands of fresh crabs have been brought in for hungry festival-goers at the three-day event, which also features a variety of other seafood delights as well as live music, demonstrations, a craft fair and a crab derby. The festival will continue through Sunday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Crackin’ Crab

Krab Krew members Jernando Juarez, left, and Julie Myers crack open freshly cooked whole crabs destined for consumption by visitors at the Dungeness Crab Festival… Continue reading

Krab Krew members Jernando Juarez, left, and Julie Myers crack open freshly cooked whole crabs destined for consumption by visitors at the Dungeness Crab Festival on Friday on the Port Angeles waterfront. Thousands of fresh crabs have been brought in for hungry festival-goers at the three-day event, which also features a variety of other seafood delights as well as live music, demonstrations, a craft fair and a crab derby. The festival will continue through Sunday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held at 7:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 Del Guzzi… Continue reading

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Clallam commissioners to discuss transportation plan

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

Port Angeles School District enrollment figures get boost

Online academy also sees more students in first four months

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show on KONP 1450 AM, 101.7 FM in… Continue reading

Pastor Beth Oling of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of Port Angeles blesses Lille, a 17-year-old Havanese dog, at the annual Blessing of the Animals event at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Sunday afternoon. Roxanne Grinstad is the dogs owner. About a dozen dogs and cats came for the special blessing. The church blesses animals to celebrate the Creation Season and St. Francis’ love of animals. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Blessing of the Animals held in Port Angeles

The Rev. Beth Oling, right, the pastor at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of Port Angeles, blesses Lille, a 17-year-old Havanese, during the church’s annual Blessing… Continue reading

Pastor Beth Oling of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of Port Angeles blesses Lille, a 17-year-old Havanese dog, at the annual Blessing of the Animals event at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Sunday afternoon. Roxanne Grinstad is the dogs owner. About a dozen dogs and cats came for the special blessing. The church blesses animals to celebrate the Creation Season and St. Francis’ love of animals. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Cider festival tops list of Peninsula entertainment

A cider festival, music performances and an art walk highlight weekend events on the North Olympic Peninsula. • The Olympic Peninsula Apple and Cider Festival… Continue reading

Clallam commissioners to host budget town hall

The Board of Clallam County Commissioners will conduct a town hall meeting to present the proposed 2026 budget at 5 p.m. Tuesday.… Continue reading

Workers set up the main tent for the Dungeness Crab Festival in downtown Port Angeles on Wednesday evening. (Kelley Lane/Peninsula Daily News)

Dungeness Crab Festival opens three-day run

Food, music and vendors highlight annual event

Workers set up the main tent for the Dungeness Crab Festival in downtown Port Angeles on Wednesday evening. (Kelley Lane/Peninsula Daily News)

Instructor art exhibit on display at Peninsula College

The Community Education: Instructor Art Exhibition is on display at Peninsula College until Nov. 20. The free exhibit can be viewed weekdays… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Bloom where you are planted

Readings: Proper 23, Year C of the Revised Common Lectionary FIRST, SOME GOOD news (I think!) and a personal note to all those who walked… Continue reading

State disability council to meet in Port Angeles

The state Developmental Disabilities Council will conduct its next quarterly meeting in Port Angeles. The council will meet from 9 a.m. to… Continue reading

Candidate forum set for Port Angeles School Board positions

The Clallam County Democrats will host a forum for Port Angeles School Board candidates at 6 p.m. Monday. The hybrid forum will… Continue reading

Guest soloist Colin Davin, rehearsing with the Port Angeles Symphony in 2023, will return to the Peninsula for solo recitals in Port Angeles on Friday and in Sequim on Saturday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz)

Guitarist to play recitals in Port Angeles, Sequim

Performances will be first chamber concerts in symphony’s season

Guest soloist Colin Davin, rehearsing with the Port Angeles Symphony in 2023, will return to the Peninsula for solo recitals in Port Angeles on Friday and in Sequim on Saturday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz)

Indigenous Peoples Day to be celebrated at Longhouse

c’ic’áyx̣ʷmu Rachel Sullivan-Owens will be the featured poet at the fifth Indigenous Peoples’ Day Poetry Reading at 5:30 p.m. Monday. The annual… Continue reading

Legislative session may focus on backfilling Medicaid cuts

Rep. Bernbaum: State anticipates drop in enrollees

Tickets on sale for bewitching tea, silent auction

Tickets are on sale for the Soroptimist International of Port Angeles Jet Set’s Bewitching Tea and Silent Auction set for 1 p.m.… Continue reading

Man arrested following investigation into fraudulent vehicle purchase

A Port Angeles man has been arrested on investigation of vehicle theft and forgery and booked on an extraditable warrant on 57… Continue reading

Sabrina Mudd, left, and Michele Stafford of Port Angeles push and wiggle the four largest pumpkins to try and guess their weights just before the official weigh-in during the 18th Evergreen Country Estate pumpkin contest on Goss Road south of Port Angeles. The four pumpkins, from left to right, weighed 151 pounds, 166 pounds, 84 pounds and 115 pounds. Dawna Krause grew the 166-pounder and was declared this year’s champion. The winner of the weight-guessing contest won a coho salmon or two Dungeness crabs. A dozen smaller pumpkins also were entered for fun. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Pumpkin contest

Sabrina Mudd, left, and Michele Stafford of Port Angeles push and wiggle the four largest pumpkins to try and guess their weights just before the… Continue reading

Sabrina Mudd, left, and Michele Stafford of Port Angeles push and wiggle the four largest pumpkins to try and guess their weights just before the official weigh-in during the 18th Evergreen Country Estate pumpkin contest on Goss Road south of Port Angeles. The four pumpkins, from left to right, weighed 151 pounds, 166 pounds, 84 pounds and 115 pounds. Dawna Krause grew the 166-pounder and was declared this year’s champion. The winner of the weight-guessing contest won a coho salmon or two Dungeness crabs. A dozen smaller pumpkins also were entered for fun. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam budget may have layoffs

Deficit amounts to nearly $2 million