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A bus sits with a shattered windshield after a hit-and-run accident Wednesday morning on U.S. Highway 101 near Deer Park Road. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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Clallam Transit bus hit after rear-end collision

PORT ANGELES — A rear-end collision on Deer Park Road caused a subsequent wreck involving a Clallam Transit…

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Clallam OKs pedestrian underpass on U.S. Highway 101 after hearing

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County has added a U.S. Highway 101 pedestrian underpass to its six-year transportation improvement…

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UPDATE — All lanes now open on Highway 101 at Deer Park Road

Update — All lanes were opened at 1:15 p.m. today after a wreck prompted the closure of one…

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Clallam considers options for courthouse security

PORT ANGELES — It will take two part-time corrections deputies and an updated alarm system to secure the…

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Peninsula health officials watch for new flu virus

FORKS — While it hasn’t hit the North Olympic Peninsula — or even the state — health officials…

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Seven people hospitalized after eating toxic Discovery Bay mussels

DISCOVERY BAY — Seven vacationing family members were hospitalized, one so severely that she was placed on a…

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Seven hospitalized after eating toxic Discovery Bay mussels

DISCOVERY BAY — Seven vacationing family members were hospitalized, one so severely that she was placed on a…

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Clallam OKs zoning for future fire station

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County lawmakers have approved the rezoning of a 5-acre property off U.S. Highway 101…

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Olympic Medical Center OKs digital health records hardware

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center has purchased $1.5 million worth of hardware to launch a single-database electronic…

Linda Starck

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Olympic Medical Center introduces new providers to region

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center staff and commissioners welcomed a half-dozen new providers to the area this…

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 Firefighter Howard Parker pumps water onto a brush fire off Black Diamond Road south of Port Angeles. Clallam County Fire District No. 2

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Brush fire consumes 2 acres south of Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A smoldering fire that consumed 2 acres of brush off Black Diamond Road south of…

Clallam to add money for Deer Park Road underpass

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Clallam to add money for Deer Park Road underpass

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County will add $99,000 to a $1.04 million contract with David Evans and Associates…

Amber D. Steim

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‘I deeply apologize,’ DUI killer tells family of victim

PORT ANGELES — An apologetic Amber D. Steim has been sentenced to six years in state prison for…

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UPDATED — Amber Steim sentenced to six years in state prison in Port Angeles vehicular homicide case

PORT ANGELES — Amber D. Steim was sentenced to six years in state prison today (Monday) for causing…

Chris Beach of Fairbanks

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Wounded warriors go fishing with local anglers

PORT ANGELES — While the fishing was hit-and-miss, the appreciation for wounded veterans was immense at the three-day…

In these images from the National Park Service webcam aimed at the site of the Elwha Dam

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What a difference a year makes: Elwha River dam removals ahead of schedule as project reaches first anniversary

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — One behemoth has been felled, with one left to go. Although the monolithic Elwha…

Amber Steim

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Attorneys reach plea deal in vehicular homicide case; Steim to be sentenced Monday to 6 years

PORT ANGELES — Amber Steim will serve six years in prison with credit for time served in the…

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Olympic National Park approves surface for Spruce trail

PORT ANGELES — The popular Spruce Railroad Trail at Lake Crescent is getting a face-lift: an 8-foot-wide asphalt…

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Clallam to stave off $1.5 million budget shortfall

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County will make up a $1.5 million budget shortfall in the next three months…

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Two in court Friday in OPNET drug case

PORT ANGELES — Two housemates at a Blue Mountain Road residence have been summoned to appear in Clallam…