8/28/2025 The brand new and experimental naval ship USX-1 Defiant is conducting sea trials in Port Angeles Harbor and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The Defiant is a drone ship, the first ever designed to never operate with any human crew on board. It is 180 feet long and is exceptionally narrow, shaped overall like a canoe. It sits very low in the water, its deck appears to … [Read more...] about USX-1 Defiant: sea trials in Port Angeles Harbor
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How many species of wild blueberries in Olympic National Park?
6, 8, 9, or 12 (?) kinds of wild blueberries in the Olympics? There are quite a few species of blueberries in the Olympic Mountains. A number of plant identification books describe them, but somewhat confusingly they don't all describe the same list. So how many are there? Most importantly, which species is the tastiest, that's what we really want to know? First of all, … [Read more...] about How many species of wild blueberries in Olympic National Park?
Cougar attack on Hurricane Ridge, again
A four-year-old child was attacked by a mountain lion on Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park, at about 3:15 p.m. on July 20, 2025. The attack came while the family was walking on a popular trail. The child was airlifted to a Level 1 Trauma Center in Seattle. The extent of injuries have not been disclosed. The attack happened near the main Hurricane Ridge parking, near a … [Read more...] about Cougar attack on Hurricane Ridge, again
Jellyfish swarm in Port Angeles Harbor
A jellyfish swarm, also known as a bloom, smack or mass aggregation, occurred in Port Angeles Harbor on Friday, November 15, 2024. Several jellyfish species, and similar jelly-like but not jellyfish species called salps, were sighted pouring into the harbor alongside the inner tip of Ediz Hook. Jellyfish are also known as sea jellies. The number of jellies in this smack is … [Read more...] about Jellyfish swarm in Port Angeles Harbor
Hurricane Ridge is closed due to rare cougar attack
Sunday, July 30 2023. Hurricane Ridge and parts of Olympic National Park are closed due to a rare cougar attack on an 8 year old boy at Lake Angeles on Saturday night July 29 2023. ONP is closed in an area approximately 10 miles in diameter around Lake Angeles. On the Hurricane Ridge Road, the closure starts at the Hurricane Ridge Road park entrance station, which necessarily … [Read more...] about Hurricane Ridge is closed due to rare cougar attack
15 year anniversary for ClallamCountyBar.com
July 21, 2022 is the 15th anniversary of ClallamCountyBar.com! The first post was on July 21, 2007. Since then hundreds of posts have covered a variety of legal related topics, ranging from notices about change of addresses, new law practices and end of practices, job postings, notable cases such as the murder trial for Dennis Marvin Bauer, judicial elections, and information … [Read more...] about 15 year anniversary for ClallamCountyBar.com
The trial of Dennis Marvin Bauer
The triple murder trial of Dennis Marvin Bauer was a considerable and costly undertaking for Clallam County. It may be Clallam County’s largest criminal investigation, and is one of our county's most complex criminal trials. The murders of Darrell Iverson, Jordan Iverson, and Tiffany May took place on December 26, 2018. He was charged with three counts of murder and multiple … [Read more...] about The trial of Dennis Marvin Bauer
SNACCMS: build “moral fiber” with enhanced extracurricular activities
SNACCMS stands for Sports, Nature, Arts, Culture, Clubs, Music, and Spirituality. These are activities for children which help them build neural networks with strong connections to the brain's frontal lobes. SNACCMS is an expanded version of "extracurricular activities", and is intended to help parents thing more creatively about activities for their kids. Baseball, … [Read more...] about SNACCMS: build “moral fiber” with enhanced extracurricular activities