Rob Ollikainen

A map shows where the proposed disc golf course will sit on Thompson Road in Blyn. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND REWIND — Peninsula’s second public disc golf course expected to open in 2016 east of Sequim Bay

PORT ANGELES — An 18-hole disc golf course will open next year on the Miller Peninsula east of Sequim Bay. Clallam County commissioners Tuesday approved… Continue reading

A map shows where the proposed disc golf course will sit on Thompson Road in Blyn. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
The 65-foot fishing vessel Black Fish is pictured after sinking at the Makah Marina in Neah Bay today. Responders from the Coast Guard Incident Management Division in Seattle are on scene and National Response Cooperation and Global Diving and Salvage have been contracted to contain and clean the spill. U.S. Coast Guard

Boat sinks at Makah Marina in Neah Bay; fuel spill being contained

NEAH BAY — A 65-foot fishing boat sank at the Makah Marina in Neah Bay today and responders are on scene to contain and clean… Continue reading

The 65-foot fishing vessel Black Fish is pictured after sinking at the Makah Marina in Neah Bay today. Responders from the Coast Guard Incident Management Division in Seattle are on scene and National Response Cooperation and Global Diving and Salvage have been contracted to contain and clean the spill. U.S. Coast Guard
Former Clallam commissioner Mike Doherty

Clallam County commissioners cleared of allegation of Open Public Meetings Act violation

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners Jim McEntire and Mike Chapman have been exonerated of an alleged violation of the Open Public Meetings Act. Former… Continue reading

Former Clallam commissioner Mike Doherty
Clallam gets seventh-straight clean audit from the state

Clallam gets seventh-straight clean audit from the state

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County had its seventh consecutive clean audit this year, county officials said. Clallam is the only county out of nine covered… Continue reading

Clallam gets seventh-straight clean audit from the state
Clallam commissioner recommends creating panel to pick public defense provider

Clallam commissioner recommends creating panel to pick public defense provider

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Commissioner Mike Chapman has advocated forming a screening committee to help the board select an indigent defense provider. The county's… Continue reading

Clallam commissioner recommends creating panel to pick public defense provider
A map shows where the proposed disc golf course will sit on Thompson Road in Blyn. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Peninsula’s second public disc golf course expected to open in 2016 east of Sequim Bay

PORT ANGELES — An 18-hole disc golf course will open next year on the Miller Peninsula east of Sequim Bay. Clallam County commissioners Tuesday approved… Continue reading

A map shows where the proposed disc golf course will sit on Thompson Road in Blyn. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Clallam Commissioner Mike Chapman

Clallam County adopts 2016 budget; concerns about spending reserves highlighted by commissioner

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County has a final budget for 2016, and the $36.8 million spending plan is balanced by a $3 million draw on… Continue reading

Clallam Commissioner Mike Chapman
Jim Jones

Clallam County seeks indigent defense provider as contract’s expiration nears

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County officials are reconsidering how they provide legal services to defendants who can’t afford an attorney. The county’s three-year contract with… Continue reading

Jim Jones
Derek Kilmer speaks at an Olympic Peninsula Forest Collaborative meeting at the Olympic Natural Resources Center in Forks on Friday. — Rob Ollikainen/Peninsula Daily News

Kilmer hosts timber talk in Forks to find commonalities

FORKS — Environmental advocates and timber industry officials are finding common ground on the Olympic Peninsula. U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer on Friday hosted the first… Continue reading

Derek Kilmer speaks at an Olympic Peninsula Forest Collaborative meeting at the Olympic Natural Resources Center in Forks on Friday. — Rob Ollikainen/Peninsula Daily News
Jim McEntire

WEEKEND REWIND: Clallam County commissioners forego property tax increase

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County government will eschew a 1-percent property tax increase that local governments and junior taxing districts are allowed by law. Commissioners… Continue reading

Jim McEntire
Clallam County Treasurer Selinda Barkhuis

WEEKEND REWIND: Clallam County treasurer objects to draft budget

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Treasurer Selinda Barkhuis has objected to the county's draft budget on procedural and substantive grounds. Barkhuis issued a formal public… Continue reading

Clallam County Treasurer Selinda Barkhuis
WEEKEND REWIND: Gun range subject of Clallam County budget hearing

WEEKEND REWIND: Gun range subject of Clallam County budget hearing

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners have shot down a $300,000 budget provision that would have paid for the study of a controversial shooting range… Continue reading

WEEKEND REWIND: Gun range subject of Clallam County budget hearing
WEEKEND REWIND: Port Angeles man sentenced to 9 months in jail for hitting bicyclists with pickup truck on Highway 101

WEEKEND REWIND: Port Angeles man sentenced to 9 months in jail for hitting bicyclists with pickup truck on Highway 101

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man who crashed a pickup truck into a pair of bicyclists, critically injuring one, on U.S. Highway 101 in… Continue reading

WEEKEND REWIND: Port Angeles man sentenced to 9 months in jail for hitting bicyclists with pickup truck on Highway 101
Clallam County Commissioner Mike Chapman

Clallam County commissioner joins Democrats and is urged to run again

PORT ANGELES — Mike Chapman has joined the local Democratic Party organization, and the longtime Clallam County commissioner is being encouraged to run for another… Continue reading

Clallam County Commissioner Mike Chapman
Port Angeles police seek information on laser incident that forced grounding of helicopter

Port Angeles police seek information on laser incident that forced grounding of helicopter

PORT ANGELES — City police continue to seek information about a personal laser strike that cut short a Coast Guard helicopter training mission Monday evening,… Continue reading

Port Angeles police seek information on laser incident that forced grounding of helicopter
Jim McEntire

Clallam County commissioners forego property tax increase

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County government will eschew a 1-percent property tax increase that local governments and junior taxing districts are allowed by law. Commissioners… Continue reading

Jim McEntire
Port Angeles man sentenced to 9 months in jail for hitting bicyclists with pickup truck on Highway 101

Port Angeles man sentenced to 9 months in jail for hitting bicyclists with pickup truck on Highway 101

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man who crashed a pickup truck into a pair of bicyclists, critically injuring one, on U.S. Highway 101 in… Continue reading

Port Angeles man sentenced to 9 months in jail for hitting bicyclists with pickup truck on Highway 101
Clallam County Treasurer Selinda Barkhuis

Clallam County treasurer objects to draft budget

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Treasurer Selinda Barkhuis has objected to the county's draft budget on procedural and substantive grounds. Barkhuis issued a formal public… Continue reading

Clallam County Treasurer Selinda Barkhuis
Gun range subject of Clallam County budget hearing

Gun range subject of Clallam County budget hearing

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners have shot down a $300,000 budget provision that would have paid for the study of a controversial shooting range… Continue reading

Gun range subject of Clallam County budget hearing
Clallam County Commissioner Mike Chapman

Clallam commissioner favors sales tax restoration, property tax increase amid debate on revenue, spending strategy

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Commissioner Mike Chapman said Monday he would restore the county’s sales tax rate and support a 1-percent property tax increase… Continue reading

Clallam County Commissioner Mike Chapman