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Natural Resources department plans to finish work today

The Clallam Conservation District is teaming up with several partners, including the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, Quileute Tribe, and Clallam County, to host nine free educational events and volunteer restoration opportunities throughout the Olympic Peninsula from Oct. 8-13.

PORT ANGELES — The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe is conducting a beach restoration project at the former Olympic Rowing Club site on Ediz Hook through mid-August. The tribe’s restoration crew will remove existing piers and shoreline armoring such as concrete, creosote beams, riprap and metal, said Tiffany Royal, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission spokesperson. The area will be restored with logs and clean beach sand. A former building pad and parking area will be removed and prepped to be pl...

Crew members said Gockerell signaled to his crew that his surface-supplied air umbilical cord was “unable to clear.” The crew interpreted that as his cord was entangled in debris, Keegan said. Gockerell’s crewmates and officers with the state Department of Natural Resources, who were supervising the geoduck harvesting, pulled Gockerell free after a struggle and brought him aboard the commercial fishing boat, Keegan said. CPR was performed as the boat took Gockerell from the Dungeness West...

The 13 best beaches in Washington Lonely Planet Editors 22 February 2021 Washingtons wild, windy, winsome beaches offer everything from swimming, surfing, and beachcombing to hiking and lighthouses © Getty Images Washington states wild, windy, and winsome beaches have been carved for centuries by the steady thrum of the Pacific against the ancient headlands. That means locals and visitors alike can enjoy a mix of sand, stone and sea stacks pressed against thick swaths of rainforest that l...

Coast Guard petty officer stationed in Port Angeles pleads not guilty to child rape, incest Published  article PORT ANGELES, Wash. - A U.S. Coast Guard petty officer first class stationed in Port Angeles has pleaded not guilty to child rape and incest. Brandyn Sampson, 37, entered the plea last week in Clallam County Superior Court, The Peninsula Daily News reported. The 18-year Coast Guardsman who went to high school in Port Angeles is stationed at Ediz Hook at Coast Guard Air Station/Sector...

PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) — A U.S. Coast Guard petty officer first class stationed in...