Simdars Road News Today

The state Department of Transportation is looking to install up to four roundabouts on U.S. Highway 101 between Sequim and Port Angeles as part of a highway improvement project, although construction has not been funded.

Four roundabouts on Highway 101 in pre-design phase

The state Department of Transportation is willing to listen to other safety solutions for U.S. Highway 101 besides roundabouts, Steve Roark, the department’s Olympic Region Administrator, told the Clallam County commissioners.

The weekly police blotter includes incidents that occurred in the City of Sequim and in unincorporated Clallam County in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley area.

A major reconfiguration of Sequim elementary schools, a teen singing sensation heard ‘round the World (Series), the loss of Hurricane Ridge’s day lodge to fire, Clallam County’s first Poet Laureate, the story of local sports icon Joe Rantz finally hits the big screen, and the shocking loss of firefighter/coach Charles (“Chad”) Cate were some of the news stories that made headlines in 2023.

Olympic Hot Springs Road cut-ins slated for up to 9 days in ’24

City projects include deeper well, more park space

City projects include deeper well, more park space