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Douglas Allison enters Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles on Wednesday. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News ()

Mountain View Christian School leader arrested in child rape, molestation investigation near Sequim

PORT ANGELES — Douglas J. Allison, the principal and head teacher at Mountain View Christian School near Sequim, was arrested Tuesday for investigation of first-degree… Continue reading

Douglas Allison enters Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles on Wednesday. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News ()

Unemployment takes small step down in Clallam and Jefferson counties

PORT ANGELES — Unemployment dipped slightly on the North Olympic Peninsula in February, state officials said. Clallam County's unemployment rate dropped from a revised 9.2… Continue reading

Douglas Allison enters Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles on Wednesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Mountain View Christian School leader arrested in child rape, molestation investigation near Sequim

PORT ANGELES — Douglas J. Allison, the principal and head teacher at Mountain View Christian School near Sequim, was arrested Tuesday for investigation of first-degree… Continue reading

Douglas Allison enters Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles on Wednesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Clallam commissioners approve $731,705 grant for Sequim pool, center

PORT ANGELES — Supporters of a plan to reopen Sequim's public pool and recreation center cheered Tuesday when Clallam County commissioners awarded a grant to… Continue reading

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Commissioners award $9.03 million Carlsborg sewer bid

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County has awarded a $9.03 million bid to a Federal Way contractor to build a sewer system for Carlsborg. Pacific Civil… Continue reading

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Port Angeles police: More lives saved with heroin overdose antidote

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Police Department has saved 10 lives since it began to administer a heroin overdose antidote, including two in the… Continue reading

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Former Allen Logging workers can pursue employment help; information sessions set April 7

FORKS — Forty-five mill workers who lost their jobs when Allen Logging Co. closed last summer are now eligible for federal job training assistance, U.S.… Continue reading

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Clallam officials hear arrearage report: Murrelet, staffing, riparian zones faulted

PORT ANGELES — Call it the big three of arrearage. The marbled murrelet, riparian zones and staffing levels are the main reasons why the state… Continue reading

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WEEKEND REWIND: Census Bureau: Peninsula population grew by almost 1,100 in 2015

The North Olympic Peninsula's steady population growth continued last year with 1,078 more residents living in the area, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. The… Continue reading

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Tom Sanford

WEEKEND REWIND: Conservationist Dick Goin honored posthumously with annual award at North Olympic Land Trust breakfast

PORT ANGELES — The legacy of conservationist Dick Goin was celebrated by members of the North Olympic Land Trust as a crowd of about 150… Continue reading

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This section of Olympic Hot Springs Road washed out in a November flood. National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis told U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer that a one-lane bridge would be installed over the washout area in six to eight weeks. (Rob Ollikainen/Peninsula Daily News)

WEEKEND REWIND: Olympic Hot Springs Road temporary bridge in works; no time set yet to begin construction

PORT ANGELES — Funding has been requested and plans are under review for a temporary one-lane bridge over a 60-foot washout near the Elwha Campground… Continue reading

This section of Olympic Hot Springs Road washed out in a November flood. National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis told U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer that a one-lane bridge would be installed over the washout area in six to eight weeks. (Rob Ollikainen/Peninsula Daily News)
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Clallam Finance Committee reviews Carlsborg sewer, SARC projects

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Finance Committee has reviewed proposals to fund the Carlsborg sewer and Sequim’s shuttered pool and sent them on to… Continue reading

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Census Bureau: Peninsula population grew by almost 1,100 in 2015

The North Olympic Peninsula's steady population growth continued last year with 1,078 more residents living in the area, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. The… Continue reading

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Clallam commissioners hire consultant to review administrator’s performance, contract

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County has hired a consultant to review the performance and contract of County Administrator Jim Jones. The three commissioners voted Tuesday… Continue reading

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Clallam County seeks volunteer panel for help in choosing hearing examiner

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County is seeking volunteers to help commissioners select the next hearing examiner. Hearing examiners adjudicate land-use matters in a quasi-judicial role,… Continue reading

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Tom Sanford

Conservationist Dick Goin honored posthumously with annual award at North Olympic Land Trust breakfast

PORT ANGELES — The legacy of conservationist Dick Goin was celebrated by members of the North Olympic Land Trust as a crowd of about 150… Continue reading

Tom Sanford

EYE ON CLALLAM: Commissioners to discuss interview panel in hiring hearing examiner

The three Clallam County commissioners Monday will discuss forming an ad hoc interview committee to assist the board in hiring the next hearing examiner. The… Continue reading

This section of Olympic Hot Springs Road washed out in a November flood. National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis told U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer that a one-lane bridge would be installed over the washout area in six to eight weeks. (Rob Ollikainen/Peninsula Daily News)

Olympic Hot Springs Road temporary bridge in works; no time set yet to begin construction

PORT ANGELES — Funding has been requested and plans are under review for a temporary one-lane bridge over a 60-foot washout near the Elwha Campground… Continue reading

This section of Olympic Hot Springs Road washed out in a November flood. National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis told U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer that a one-lane bridge would be installed over the washout area in six to eight weeks. (Rob Ollikainen/Peninsula Daily News)
A car sits partially over the embankment dropping down into Valley Creek near the eastern Eighth Street bridge on Wednesday while being pulled by a tow truck after the driver crashed through a fence and across a front yard. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

WEEKEND REWIND: Driver ‘very lucky’ to avoid injury when car winds up on edge of embankment in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A distracted driver who plowed through a fence above Valley Creek on Wednesday was “very lucky” that he and others escaped injury,… Continue reading

A car sits partially over the embankment dropping down into Valley Creek near the eastern Eighth Street bridge on Wednesday while being pulled by a tow truck after the driver crashed through a fence and across a front yard. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

WEEKEND REWIND: North Olympic Peninsula unemployment rate sees increase as labor force grows

Unemployment grew on the North Olympic Peninsula in January, while the region's labor force expanded by an estimated 785 residents, state officials said. Clallam County's… Continue reading