Rob Ollikainen

Clallam board directs forming of security panel

PORT ANGELES — Rather than forming an ad hoc committee to examine courthouse security, Clallam County commissioners have directed an existing security panel to appoint… Continue reading

Clallam County Commissioner McEntire won’t be put on Natural Resources board

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Commissioner Jim McEntire announced Tuesday that he was not selected to represent timber counties on the state Board of Natural… Continue reading

Peninsula not affected by wood stove burn bans, business owner says

PORT ANGELES — Burn bans for fireplaces will not affect the North Olympic Peninsula, Everwarm Hearth & Home owner Terry McCartney told Port Angeles business… Continue reading

A stake marks a corner of where a new playground will be built at Shane Park in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Bowling event strikes $1,662 for park

PORT ANGELES — The Shane Park Playground Committee raised $1,662 toward the installation of new playground equipment during a bowling party at Laurel Lanes on… Continue reading

A stake marks a corner of where a new playground will be built at Shane Park in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Mary Brelsford

Welcoming group takes stock of business loss from cruise ship’s cancellation

PORT ANGELES — It was supposed to be a day for Port Angeles to strut its stuff for more than 1,000 cruise ship passengers. Instead,… Continue reading

Mary Brelsford

New Spruce Railroad plan released

PORT ANGELES — A crushed rock surface for the Spruce Railroad Trail is the preferred alternative in a new environmental assessment for the path that… Continue reading

Clallam County commissioner seeks seat on state Natural Resources board

PORT ANGELES — Two Clallam County commissioners have backed their freshman colleague in his bid to be the Washington State Association of Counties representatives on… Continue reading

Lawyer seeks second attorney, dropping of murder charge

PORT ANGELES — Amber Steim’s defense attorney asked for a second lawyer Wednesday and said he intends to file a motion to drop the murder… Continue reading

Courthouse security committee is mulled

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners will revisit a proposed resolution to appoint an ad hoc committee to study courthouse security issues Tuesday. The county’s… Continue reading

Clallam County Community Service Award winners

Clallam County Community Service Awards bestowed

PORT ANGELES — The seven individuals honored with the 2012 Clallam County Community Service Award were not looking for recognition when they chose lives of… Continue reading

Clallam County Community Service Award winners
Sediment flows out of the mouth of the Elwha River into the Strait of Juan de Fuca on Friday as the river cuts through nearly a century of silt collected behind two dams being now removed upstream as seen in this aerial photo.  -- Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

The big muddy: Sediment plume pours out of newly freed Elwha River

A century’s worth of murky sediment from the newly liberated Elwha River has begun to form a palpable plume as it pours into the blue… Continue reading

Sediment flows out of the mouth of the Elwha River into the Strait of Juan de Fuca on Friday as the river cuts through nearly a century of silt collected behind two dams being now removed upstream as seen in this aerial photo.  -- Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Charles "Chuck" David Whidden

Former Port Angeles Mayor Charles Whidden, 84, dies

PORT ANGELES — Charles “Chuck” David Whidden, former Port Angeles mayor, Coast Guardsman and avid outdoorsman, has died at the age of 84. He died… Continue reading

Charles "Chuck" David Whidden

Sexual harassment suit settled with Peninsula College

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College has settled a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a former student in December 2008 for $55,000. The student, Bethel Prescott,… Continue reading

Clallam County drums up federal funding for culvert project

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County has added $134,662 in state Puget Sound Restoration funds to a North Olympic Lead Entity for Salmon project that will… Continue reading

Unemployment flat on Peninsula despite new jobs

PORT ANGELES — Unemployment held flat on the North Olympic Peninsula last month despite the addition of 160 new jobs in Clallam and Jefferson counties,… Continue reading

This state liquor store in Port Angeles. The license — but not the real estate or inventory — sold for $125

State-owned liquor operations in Port Angeles, Port Townsend and Sequim auctioned

PORT ANGELES — State-owned liquor operations in Port Angeles, Port Townsend and Sequim are among the 167 sold in a statewide auction. The state Liquor… Continue reading

This state liquor store in Port Angeles. The license — but not the real estate or inventory — sold for $125

Clallam to mull grant for Sekiu beach access

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners have vetted a $57,500 grant application to the state Recreation and Conservation Office for day-use beach access and a… Continue reading

A rendering shows a proposed road going under U.S. Highway 101 near Deer Park Cinema east of Port Angeles. Clallam County and David Evans and Associates

Deer Park underpass slated for 2013 completion

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County has moved a step closer to building an underpass near Deer Park Road. The three county commissioners last week approved… Continue reading

A rendering shows a proposed road going under U.S. Highway 101 near Deer Park Cinema east of Port Angeles. Clallam County and David Evans and Associates
Chris Duff is shown heading for the Orkney Islands in this shot from his blog. Ken Nicol

Port Angeles adventurer makes second bid for Iceland

SCOTLAND — Chris Duff is trying it again. The Port Angeles adventurer and author is on the Outer Hebrides, a chain of islands northwest of… Continue reading

Chris Duff is shown heading for the Orkney Islands in this shot from his blog. Ken Nicol

Port Angeles man to get new trial date in vehicular homicide

PORT ANGELES — Steven W. Boyd, a Port Angeles man accused of driving drunk when he allegedly caused a wreck that killed an Ahousat, B.C.,… Continue reading