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Olympic Medical Center appoints new commissioner
PORT ANGELES — Tom Oblak has been appointed Olympic Medical Center’s seventh commissioner. Oblak, a 63-year-old former hospital…
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Whooping cough cases rise to 23 on Peninsula
The number of whooping cough cases on the North Olympic Peninsula has nearly doubled in the past two…
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Microbreweries touted as tourist draw
PORT ANGELES — There’s a burgeoning microbrew industry in Clallam County that has the potential to become a…
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Federal plan to shoot barred owls weighed on Peninsula
Should the federal government allow people to shoot barred owls to protect the endangered northern spotted owl? That’s…
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Binding arbitration pitched in Olympic Medical Center talks
PORT ANGELES — If Olympic Medical Center won’t reopen contract talks with Service Employees International Union Healthcare 1199NW,…
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Port Angeles man accused of stealing cemetery vases
PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man who allegedly stole dozens of bronze vases from the Mount Angeles…
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Clallam, Sequim ink deal for district court fees
PORT ANGELES — Clallam County will charge the city of Sequim $66,444 this year for handling its district…
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Waterfront plan by out-of-town consultant not good enough, Port Angeles architect says
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Waterfront and Transportation Improvement Plan doesn’t go far enough to incorporate the…
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City briefs Port Angeles chamber on waterfront project
PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles business leaders were briefed Monday on the first $3.26 million phase of a…
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New owner takes over at Olympic Raft & Kayak
PORT ANGELES — After 20 years at the helm of Olympic Raft & Kayak, Dave King is handing…
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Flu season hasn’t started on Peninsula, health official says
PORT ANGELES — Flu season has yet to arrive on the North Olympic Peninsula, the Clallam County Board…
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Whooping cough cases rise to 14 on Peninsula
PORT TOWNSEND — Public health officials confirmed two new cases of whooping cough in Jefferson County children this…
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‘Reminded us of Vegas’: Neighbors evacuated into idle transit bus during standoff
PORT ANGELES — Tenants of the Evergreen Court Apartments said they were shaken, scared and angry about the…
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Biomass project discussed at Board of Health meeting
PORT ANGELES — Opponents of the Nippon Paper Industries USA biomass project in Port Angeles have told the…
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Clallam OKs pacts for Olympic Discovery Trail
PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Discovery Trail continues to sprout up west of the Elwha River. Clallam County…
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Jefferson property tax report: Collections to be about $1 million less than in 2011
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County will bill property owners $45.13 million in taxes this year, more than $1…
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Clallam property tax report: Collections to rise $1.66 million this year
PORT ANGELES — Despite the fact that assessed property values in Clallam County fell by more than $500,000…
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Clallam pens letter to Ecology on proposed water management rule
PORT ANGELES — Clallam County lawmakers have sent a four-page letter to the state Department of Ecology outlining…
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Olympic Medical Center inks sleep medicine deal with Swedish Medical
PORT ANGELES — Sleep medicine is coming back to Clallam County. Olympic Medical Center reached an agreement with…
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Olympic Medical Center to put spending on hold in 2012
PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center has put the brakes on spending this year. As the public hospital…