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Jail expansion proposal would cost millions

A two-phase, $2.2 million proposed remodeling of the Clallam County jail in Port Angeles could get Clallam County…

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Port Angeles: Tax mulled to fund mental health, substance abuse programs

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners today will see the first rays of what could be a new…

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Fisheries Service broadens study on Makah request to resume whaling

SEATTLE — The National Marine Fisheries Service will broaden its study of the Makah request to resume whaling…

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Virginia Mason could lose $25 million if it fails to fund clinic transition, Olympic Medical Center CEO says

PORT ANGELES — Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle could reap a harvest of ill will if it…

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Olympic Medical Center-Virginia Mason deal sours

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center’s plan to keep Virginia Mason Clinic doctors in practice and in town…

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Health officer says Avian flu pandemic inevitable

Avian influenza is advancing toward a pandemic like the slow-motion segment of a horror movie, a dreadful progress…

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Port Angeles: Removal of crash vehicle put off by weather

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — The weather must improve before Olympic National Park officials can determine what to do…

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Road construction bid rejected earlier gets a second chance — and approval

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners accepted a road-construction bid Tuesday that just a week ago they thought…

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Olympic Medical Center facing difficult financial challenges

The good news: Olympic Medical Center is in the black. The bad news: Black’s also becoming the color…

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Port Angeles: Stricken pair helps others

PORT ANGELES — “Patience has become my virtue — but it’s not the easiest thing.” Wry words of…

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Ex-community development chief Martin gets new job

PORT ANGELES — A controversial land-use official spurned by voters in 2003 has returned to Clallam County government.…

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Hood Canal Bridge audit to be released in April

OLYMPIA — Findings from the state’s investigation of how its own Department of Transportation handled the Hood Canal…

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Lake Sutherland residents combating higher lake levels, flooding

LAKE SUTHERLAND — Residents around this rain-risen lake are going through hell for high water. Several of them…

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New mega-yacht gets its hull wet

PORT ANGELES — Westport Shipyard threw 30 million dollars into the Strait of Juan de Fuca on Monday.…

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Westport Shipyard to unveil first 164-foot, $30 million yacht next week

PORT ANGELES — It’s bigger than two eyes can take in all at once, and almost bigger than…

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Olympic Medical Center seeks veterans” help in setting up virtual clinic on Peninsula

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center will seek support from Clallam County veterans to bring a Department of…

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Driver linked to hit-run pedestrian death faces first-degree murder charge

PORT ANGELES — An 18-year-old Port Angeles High School senior faces a first-degree murder charge in the early…

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Tse-whit-zen talks may begin in March, Gregoire’s chief of staff says

PORT ANGELES — Formal negotiations may begin in early March regarding Tse-whit-zen and the former Hood Canal Bridge…

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Port Angeles-area governments included in new agreement for graving yard talks

PORT ANGELES — Officials of the city, Port of Port Angeles and Clallam County were guardedly optimistic Thursday…

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State, tribe reach agreement on graving yard negotiations

OLYMPIA — Gov. Chris Gregoire is expected to sign today an agreement that frames negotiations with the Lower…