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Former Clallam commissioner Mike Doherty

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WEEKEND REWIND — 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…

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

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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…

Former Clallam commissioner Mike Doherty

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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…

Clallam gets seventh-straight clean audit from the state

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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…

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

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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…

Clallam commissioner recommends creating panel to pick public defense provider

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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…

Clallam Commissioner Mike Chapman

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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…

Jim Jones

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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…

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

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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.…

Jim McEntire

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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…

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

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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…

WEEKEND REWIND: Gun range subject of Clallam County budget hearing

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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…

Clallam County Treasurer Selinda Barkhuis

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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…

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

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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…

Clallam County Commissioner Mike Chapman

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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…

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

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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…

Jim McEntire

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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…

Clallam County Treasurer Selinda Barkhuis

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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…

Gun range subject of Clallam County budget hearing

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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…

Clallam County Commissioner Mike Chapman

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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…