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SIORF Festival of Trees 2021

The trees are decorated… the wreaths are hung…It’s time for Soroptimist International of the Olympic Rain Forest’s annual…

Forks High School students were selected by staff for Student of Character. The trait for November was “Love of Learning”.
Left Front- Candida-Rose Sandoval, Leslie Hernandez-Beltran, Klaton Helvey, Belinda Ramirez-Jeronimo, Flora Horejsi, Brandon Aranda, Left Back- Holly Hillcar, Hector Garcia-Dominguez, Robbie Smith, Bobby Wallace. Submitted Photo

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FHS Students of Character for November

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Offering new and repurposed painted furniture with a mixture of decoupage and other artistic details. Photo Christi Baron

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New Business: Garage Ermitage, opening Dec. 10

Sue Baker is lending her artistic skills to a new business in her home featuring repurposed and new…

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Community Announcements

Elks Memorial Sunday

“I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain”
Clallam County Fire Protection District #1 was called out on Sunday to deal with an abundance of water over the roadway near 2nd Avenue.
With the help of Engine 91’s crew and a large pumper off of Tanker 91, it took about 4 hours to clear the street and surrounding houses of most of the large mass of water that was left from recent rains. Photo CCFD1

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Daily Calls For Service

Nov. 19

Snow blower clearing the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center parking lot. NPS Photo

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Plan ahead and recreate responsibly this fall and winter season at Olympic National Park

From snow-blanketed mountains and evergreen forests dripping with rain to ocean beaches pounded by winter storm waves—there are…

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Extreme weather causes severe damage to the Olympic National Forest near Forks

Recent extreme weather, including 10 inches of rain on Nov. 14 and 15 measured outside of Forks, has…

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December’s first razor clam digs moving ahead on Washington coast

OLYMPIA – Razor clam digging continues in December, as shellfish managers with the Washington Department of Fish and…

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Winter Hummingbirds

By Christine Van Reeuwyk

Meghan Sullivan was hired as new Public Services Director at NOLS.

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North Olympic Library System hires Public Services Director

The North Olympic Library System (NOLS) has hired Meghan Sullivan to be its new Public Services Director. Sullivan,…

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Flooded with Forks Friendliness

West End tourism numbers continue to be strong, even as winter is setting in. As a matter of…

Mutual Aid Response to fire
Clallam County Fire Protection Dist. #1, Forks and Beaver, and firefighter Bill Wilkins with the La Push Fire Department all responded to this single-wide mobile home fire in the 600 block of Calawah Way last Tuesday night. As they happened to be training that evening it was a quick response involving Engines 91 and 92 and Engine 71. The fire damaged the living room and a bedroom and heat and smoke damage were present in the rest of the mobile home which, Fire Chief Bill Paul said was a total loss. Photo CCFPD#1

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Daily Calls for Service

Nov. 15

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“Sturdy Folk” back in publication

“Sturdy Folk,” a compilation of personal accounts of life and work on the Olympic Peninsula, is back in…