The Sequim School District Board of Directors will hold its regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Monday in the District Office Board Room. The meeting will cover a variety of administrative topics, with the Consent Agenda featuring several notable personnel changes as the 2025-2026 school year nears

The legal saga surrounding the death of 70-year-old Richard Madeo is far from over, and Clallam County taxpayers will continue to pay the price. On April 14, 2026, defense attorney Lane Wolfley filed a Notice of Appeal, officially challenging Aaron Fisher’s recent manslaughter conviction and 90-month

The United States Supreme Court has long held that public employees do not surrender their First Amendment rights at the schoolhouse gate. In the landmark 1968 case Pickering v. Board of Education, the Court established that teachers have a constitutional right to speak out as private citizens on matters of

The Washington State Supreme Court unanimously upheld the dismissal of a recall petition against Secretary of State Steve Hobbs yesterday, dealing a legal defeat to Tim Eyman. In a decision filed Thursday morning, April 30, the state’s highest court ruled that Eyman’s petition was legally insufficient, clearing Hobbs

Port of Port Angeles Commissioner Steven D. Burke announced Thursday afternoon that he will resign from his elected position, effective today. The abrupt resignation comes hours before the Port Commission was scheduled to hold a special meeting to formally censure him. Fellow Commissioners Connie Beauvais and Colleen M. McAleer had

A 21-year-old fugitive with a history of felony convictions, was taken into custody Thursday afternoon following a foot pursuit and a coordinated, multi-agency manhunt through the Carlsborg area. The incident began at approximately 3:00 p.m. on April 30, when an off-duty Clallam County Sheriff’

In a ruling handed down late Wednesday, Judge Christine Schaller sided with a coalition of eastern Washington sheriffs and law enforcement candidates who argued that Senate Bill 5974 violates both the First Amendment and the state constitution. The injunction specifically halts the enforcement of “Section 9” of the legislation. The

A federal lawsuit against the Bainbridge Island School District has hit an early procedural roadblock. A federal judge issued a stern warning this week to the former employee representing himself: artificial intelligence is no excuse for ignoring court rules. The legal battle arrives as the Bainbridge Island School District is

Sean Patrick Kuhlmeyer, a Seattle attorney currently serving a nine-month suspension for trust account violations and a barrage of frivolous lawsuits, has lost his latest legal challenge in the Washington State Court of Appeals. In an unpublished opinion authored by Chief Judge Cecily Hazelrigg and filed on April 20,

A Clallam County judge has overturned the Superior Court Administration’s categorical denial of an administrative records request, affirming the public’s right to government transparency regarding communications between Judge Brent Basden and his former subordinate, Johnny Watts. In an order issued today, Judge Simon Barnhart ruled that the court

Following a devastating $250,000 federal verdict against the Quillayute Valley School District for cultivating a hostile work environment, the community is weaponizing the public record to tear down the district’s bureaucratic shield. At the Board of Education meeting last night, the district attempted to reinstate its standard playbook:

The Port of Port Angeles Board of Commissioners is moving forward with a formal resolution to censure one of its own members. Commissioner Steven D. Burke is facing an impending censure, scheduled for a special meeting on Friday. The resolution represents a dramatic culmination of months of scrutiny, and follows

Carl J. King, the 23-year-old Sequim man facing multiple felony charges related to the possession of child sexual abuse material, appeared in Clallam County Superior Court this afternoon. Despite King’s ties to the Dungeness Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the proceeding

A Sequim resident was arrested last week on multiple felony charges related to the possession of child sexual abuse material, following a complex, multi-year investigation that involved dark web tracking, cryptocurrency tracing, and a Christmas Eve raid. But as the criminal case against 23-year-old Carl J. King

Following a $250,000 federal verdict against the Quillayute Valley School District for cultivating a hostile work environment, the bureaucratic shield is shattering. At a recent school board meeting, families openly confronted district leadership, citing decades of alleged abuse and demanding an end to the administration’s long-standing culture

An 11-year legal battle over a child’s custody arrangement is currently pending before the Washington Supreme Court, asking justices to answer a procedural question with profound implications for family law. The case centers on a mother’s request to revisit a 2019 parenting plan after her child’s

In a Final Order issued on April 20, 2026, OSPI suspended the Washington teaching credentials of educator Carly Hill. According to the state’s disciplinary findings, the suspension stems from an incident where Hill was found heavily intoxicated on an elementary school campus—an event that occurred nearly four years

The Bainbridge Island School District is facing mounting legal challenges this year. Just as the district grapples with a high-profile federal civil rights lawsuit alleging administrators ignored a toxic culture of abuse by a former teacher, a second federal lawsuit has been filed by a former employee alleging wrongful

A former Bellingham School District Traffic Safety Instructor has had his teaching certificate suspended following a documented pattern of inappropriate physical contact and comments directed at students and staff, according to a recent disciplinary order issued by the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. State documents reveal that

In our ongoing commitment to government transparency, The Olympic Herald is releasing the complete, sworn deposition of former Sequim School Board Director Jim Stoffer. As we detailed in our previous investigative report on the Sequim School District’s decades-long cover-up, the truth is frequently buried beneath bureaucratic deflection

In a recent disciplinary order, the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction suspended the teaching credentials of a former Mount Vernon educator following his admission that he discussed his sexual history and drug use with students. According to the state’s disciplinary findings, the suspension stems from incidents