Rob Ollikainen

Social media shift paradigms for businesses, speaker says

PORT ANGELES — Collaboration trumps competition in a world of accelerated change, a social media expert told Port Angeles business leaders Monday. Leif Hansen, owner… Continue reading

Evaluation sought for accused murderer in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Two people charged in the strangling death of a 27-year-old woman in Port Angeles in October went before a Clallam County Superior… Continue reading

Outlook good on restoring salmon runs in Elwha River

PORT ANGELES — After the dams are gone and sediment levels return to equilibrium, between 300,000 and 400,000 salmon will return to the pristine waters… Continue reading

Pill disaster: Peninsula counties among tops in state per capita opiate deaths

A state Department of Health study found Clallam County to have the highest per capita rate of opiate-related deaths from 2008 to 2010, while neighboring… Continue reading

Trial postponed in auto fatality

PORT ANGELES — The trial of a Port Angeles man accused of driving drunk when he caused a head-on wreck that killed an Ahousat, B.C.,… Continue reading

Forks hospital approval makes whole North Olympic Peninsula linked with Seattle’s Swedish health network

FORKS — Forks Community Hospital became the third and final North Olympic Peninsula hospital to join the Swedish Health Network this week. The affiliation is… Continue reading

Peninsula joblessness up by more than a full percentage point

After months of slow but steady job growth, unemployment rose by more than 1 percentage point on the North Olympic Peninsula last month with hits… Continue reading

Two men arrested in Port Angeles robbery

PORT ANGELES — City police Tuesday arrested two men who allegedly tied up a motel guest with duct tape and robbed him of money and… Continue reading

Heavy surf breaches south jetty at LaPush

LAPUSH — Heavy surf combined with a high tide breached the south jetty at LaPush on Monday, Quileute tribal officials said. No damage was reported… Continue reading

Most stay home as storm sweeps across Peninsula

The worst of the week's wintry weather passed over the North Olympic Peninsula on Wednesday as residents hunkered down to ride out the icy blast.… Continue reading

Clallam County adopts 16-day furlough policy to prevent layoffs

PORT ANGELES —Clallam County has established a policy to implement the 16 furlough days that were approved late last year to save jobs. Commissioners adopted… Continue reading

Clallam County snow removal permitted in severe weather; commissioners clarify policy

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners said Tuesday that the head of the road department can send out sanding and plowing equipment on weekends and… Continue reading

Students’ dreams for Port Angeles placed on Martin Luther King ‘dream quilt’

PORT ANGELES — Roosevelt Elementary School students envision a world devoid of smoking, littering, bullying and war, a world where people are kind to each… Continue reading

Union pickets vs. Olympic Medical Center

PORT ANGELES — More than 100 health care workers and their supporters marched along Lincoln Street in Port Angeles last week urging Olympic Medical Center… Continue reading

Washington State University names Clallam County Extension director

PORT ANGELES — Washington State University has hired a director for the Clallam County Extension Office. Clea Rome's first day on the job will be… Continue reading

Lowlands might see first snow this weekend; how much unclear

PORT ANGELES — The first snow of the year could fall on North Olympic Peninsula lowlands this weekend, but the National Weather Service said it’s… Continue reading

Clallam County firefighters douse one-room blaze near Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A quick-thinking teenager helped firefighters contain a Wednesday morning house fire to one room southwest of Port Angeles, Clallam County Fire District… Continue reading

Clallam County takes ownership of part of Forest Service road

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County has taken ownership of a one-mile section of U.S. Forest Service Road 2918 to extend the Olympic Discovery Trail on… Continue reading

Bulk of tsunami debris from Japan expected in 2013; multiple fields of wreckage reported in Pacific Ocean

PORT ANGELES — Debris from the tsunami that ravaged northern Japan last March will arrive on North Olympic Peninsula beaches in 2013, Clallam County emergency… Continue reading

First building of composite manufacturing complex to be feted in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the first building of the Port of Port Angeles composite manufacturing “campus” in Port Angeles is set for… Continue reading