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Trial reset for March 5 in Port Angeles strangling death

PORT ANGELES — Kevin Bradfield's murder trial in the strangulation death of Jennifer Pimentel has been reset for March 5. Bradfield, 22, of Port Angeles… Continue reading

Clallam tables new zoning designation

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners have tabled consideration of a new zoning designation — urban reserve industrial — for about 60 acres of land… Continue reading

Port Angeles Business Association supports ‘no net loss’ of working forests

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Business Association has joined the chorus of those opposed to a loss of harvestable forests on the North Olympic… Continue reading

Clallam County commissioners take selves out of appeals process

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners have removed themselves from the appeals process for land-use permit applications. The three commissioners voted 2-1 Tuesday to approve… Continue reading

Clallam inks agreement for Adventure Route trailhead

PORT ANGELES — A local horseback club is teaming up with Clallam County to build a new trailhead for the Adventure Route of the Olympic… Continue reading

Clallam County schedules its employee furlough days

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County officials have identified the 16 unpaid furlough days that employees will take in 2012. All of the recommended furlough days… Continue reading

Economy pulls both ways — demand and supply — at Clallam Toys for Tots campaign

PORT ANGELES — The need for toys this Christmas season has hit an all-time high in Clallam County. Organizers of the local Toys for Tots… Continue reading

Driver accused of vehicular homicide violated bail conditions by drinking, judge rules

PORT ANGELES — Amber Steim, who is charged with vehicular homicide in a head-on wreck that killed a well-known Crescent Bay nurse in March, violated… Continue reading

Forks area reports number of break-ins

FORKS — The Smoke House Restaurant and several unlocked cars in the Forks area were broken into last week, police said. Clallam County Sheriff's Sgt.… Continue reading

Charges added against woman accused in Port Angeles strangling death

PORT ANGELES — A Clallam County Superior Court judge has found probable cause to charge Kendell K. Huether with two counts of witness tampering for… Continue reading

Judge: Steim violated bail conditions

PORT ANGELES — Amber Steim, who is charged with vehicular homicide in a head-on wreck that killed a well-known Crescent Bay nurse in March, violated… Continue reading

Clallam County leaders warn of further cuts

PORT ANGELES — Before adopting next year’s budget, Clallam County commissioners warned that 2012 will be a work in progress. “We will expect this budget… Continue reading

Streamkeepers, Master Gardeners programs saved

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County officials have saved two popular volunteer-based programs from the budget ax by shuffling support staff and reducing taxpayer support. Streamkeepers,… Continue reading

Clallam County Public Utility District customers could see rates rise

CORRECTION: Meetings in Forks and Sekiu were on Tuesday. The original story erroneously said that they were on Wednesday. PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Public… Continue reading

Update: Clallam County adopts $31.2 million final budget

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners Tuesday evening unanimously passed a $31.2 million budget for 2012 with no changes. EARLIER REPORT: PORT ANGELES — After… Continue reading

Alcohol monitor challenged in highway-fatality case in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Amber Steim took the stand Monday and repeated what her friends, family and defense attorney had already said: that she did not… Continue reading

Witness tampering investigation added to strangulation case

PORT ANGELES — A woman accused of assisting her boyfriend in the October murder of Jennifer Pimentel is now being investigated for two counts of… Continue reading

Clallam County veterans coordinator honored as ‘go-to person’

PORT ANGELES — Tammy Sullenger is rarely taken by surprise at veterans functions. The Clallam County veterans coordinator works behind the scenes to help veterans… Continue reading

Temporary zoning extension approved for Carlsborg

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners Tuesday approved what may be the final sixth-month extension of growth restrictions for the Carlsborg Urban Growth Area. The… Continue reading

Anti-Wild Olympics resolution presented

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Republican Party Chairman Dick Pilling urged county commissioners Tuesday to rescind their support for the Wild Olympics Campaign. Wild Olympics… Continue reading