Rob Ollikainen

The Clallam County Veterans Center in Port Angeles

Clallam veterans center to reopen at month’s end with fanfare in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The newly remodeled Clallam County Veterans Center will reopen by the end of this month, commissioners learned this week. County veterans coordinator… Continue reading

The Clallam County Veterans Center in Port Angeles
Gary Borneman (Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles man pleads guilty to first-degree murder, kidnapping in deal to dismiss additional charges

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man pleaded guilty Wednesday to the October murder of Jerry Howell and kidnapping of Rebecca Messinger. Clallam County Superior… Continue reading

Gary Borneman (Peninsula Daily News)
Gary Borneman (Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles man pleads guilty to murder, kidnapping

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man pleaded guilty today (Wednesday) to the October murder of Jerry Howell and kidnapping of Rebecca Messinger. Clallam County… Continue reading

Gary Borneman (Peninsula Daily News)

Nearly 6-year sentence handed down to inmate who attacked corrections officer in Clallam Bay prison

PORT ANGELES — The man convicted of stabbing a Clallam Bay Corrections Center officer with a metal shank in February 2014 was sentenced Tuesday to… Continue reading

Port Angeles man charged with using gun to take bike

PORT ANGELES — Brandon Michael Markham was charged Tuesday with first-degree robbery and second-degree assault for allegedly pointing a 9 mm handgun at an acquaintance… Continue reading

Unemployment stands at 10.3 percent in Clallam, 9.4 percent in Jefferson

Unemployment rates crept up in Clallam and Jefferson counties in January as the North Olympic Peninsula’s combined labor force grew by 1,220 residents, state officials… Continue reading

Nearly 6-year sentence handed down to inmate who attacked corrections officer in Clallam Bay prison

PORT ANGELES — The man convicted of stabbing a Clallam Bay Corrections Center officer with a metal shank in February 2014 was sentenced Tuesday to… Continue reading

Port Angeles man charged with using gun to take bike

PORT ANGELES — Brandon Michael Markham was charged Tuesday with first-degree robbery and second-degree assault for allegedly pointing a 9 mm handgun at an acquaintance… Continue reading

Clallam County commissioners consider one-time donation to clinic to help uninsured

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners will consider a one-time donation to Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics to help the nonprofit provide health care… Continue reading

The former Port Angeles Walmart store has been approved to house a cabinet manufacturing business that could bring up to 200 jobs to the area. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News ()

200 NEW JOBS? Port Angeles’ former Walmart building may get a tenant — a wood cabinet manufacturer

PORT ANGELES — The former Walmart building east of Port Angeles has been approved to house an unnamed wood cabinet manufacturing business that will support… Continue reading

The former Port Angeles Walmart store has been approved to house a cabinet manufacturing business that could bring up to 200 jobs to the area. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News ()
The former Port Angeles Walmart store has been approved to house a cabinet manufacturing business that could bring up to 200 jobs to the area. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News ()

200 NEW JOBS? Port Angeles’ former Walmart building may get a tenant — a wood cabinet manufacturer

PORT ANGELES — The former Walmart building east of Port Angeles has been approved to house an unnamed wood cabinet manufacturing business that will support… Continue reading

The former Port Angeles Walmart store has been approved to house a cabinet manufacturing business that could bring up to 200 jobs to the area. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News ()
Sean V. Della

Tuesday court hearing set in Port Angeles burglary cases; prosecutor is considering plea offer

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man who allegedly burglarized three area businesses over the winter may soon have a plea offer to consider. Sean… Continue reading

Sean V. Della
A lift-equipped van for ferrying veterans to and from Seattle for medical treatment sits in front of the Clallam County Veterans Center in Port Angeles on Friday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Veterans Affairs Department provides Peninsula with van for veterans’ medical appointments

PORT ANGELES — Disabled veterans of the North Olympic Peninsula now have another way to get to their medical appointments. The Department of Veterans Affairs,… Continue reading

A lift-equipped van for ferrying veterans to and from Seattle for medical treatment sits in front of the Clallam County Veterans Center in Port Angeles on Friday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
The former Port Angeles Walmart store has been approved to house a cabinet manufacturing business that could bring up to 200 jobs to the area. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News ()

200 NEW JOBS? Port Angeles’ former Walmart building may get a tenant — a wood cabinet manufacturer

PORT ANGELES — The former Walmart building east of Port Angeles has been approved to house an unnamed wood cabinet manufacturing business that will support… Continue reading

The former Port Angeles Walmart store has been approved to house a cabinet manufacturing business that could bring up to 200 jobs to the area. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News ()

Sean Della burglary case in Port Angeles heads to trial, with plea offer on table

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man who allegedly burglarized three area businesses over the winter may soon have a plea offer to consider. Sean… Continue reading

Elwha interpretive center contractor highlights Clallam employees after debate on keeping bid awards local

PORT ANGELES — After a Clallam County commissioner objected to the hiring of an out-of-town contractor to build a small project west of Port Angeles,… Continue reading

Clallam County's three commissioners — Mike Chapman

Awarding Elwha River interpretive center bid to out-of-town firm proves divisive for Clallam commissioners [sound off with the Peninsula Poll]

PORT ANGELES — A divided Board of County Commissioners has awarded a $144,444 bid to a Burlington contractor to construct an interpretive center overlooking the… Continue reading

Clallam County's three commissioners — Mike Chapman

Olympic Peninsula YMCA to kick off annual fundraising campaign Thursday with $135,000 goal

PORT ANGELES — Ready. Set. Campaign. The Olympic Peninsula YMCA will kick off its annual Power of Community campaign Thursday. The fundraiser is to ensure… Continue reading

Clallam commissioners consider general fund for Economic Development Council staff

PORT ANGELES — Two Clallam County commissioners are willing to tap the county’s general fund to pay for Economic Development Council staff. Commissioners Jim McEntire… Continue reading

Kilmer, Quileute tribe protest postponed dredging in Quillayute Harbor

LAPUSH — U.S. Rep Derek Kilmer is asking the Army Corps of Engineers to complete a stalled dredging project at Quillayute Harbor and to hold… Continue reading