Rob Ollikainen

Home-grown printing for Forks, Sequim papers

PORT ANGELES — The Sequim Gazette and Forks Forum have joined the Peninsula Daily News in printing their weekly newspapers on newsprint from the Nippon… Continue reading

Union vote averts 16 Clallam County dismissals

PORT ANGELES — Sixteen Clallam County workers who received layoff notices last week will keep their jobs after all. The good news comes in the… Continue reading

Union concessions save 16 Clallam County jobs

PORT ANGELES — Sixteen Clallam County workers who received layoff notices last week will keep their jobs after all. The good news comes in the… Continue reading

Clallam County Drug Court coordinator earns award

PORT ANGELES — Albert Einstein defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Preston Kayes puts some sanity… Continue reading

Clallam stores lure the early birds

Hundreds of Clallam County shoppers fought the early morning chill and the urge to hit the snooze button for Black Friday door-buster sales in Port… Continue reading

More than 300 turn out for Tri-Area feast

The annual community Thanksgiving feast at the Tri-Area Community Center in Chimacum served 306 meals Thursday. The free meal, sponsored by the St. Vincent de… Continue reading

Scores of turkeys served at Clallam County feasts

The fourth annual community Thanksgiving dinner in the Queen of Angels gym drew a record crowd Thursday for what has quickly become the largest free… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Ranging over farm and forest, some prefer to cut own holiday tree

Some like them big. Some like them small. Others want their Christmas trees to be downright strange, Lazy J Tree Farm owner Steve Johnson said.… Continue reading

Clallam County plans more layoffs after union talks fail

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County officials said 16 more layoffs are needed because of a breakdown in negotiations with its largest union. The bad news… Continue reading

Budget cuts’ cold shoulder: Elimination of weekend snow plowing in Clallam County proposed

PORT ANGELES — Budget cuts could lead to more icy county roads in Clallam County on weekends and holidays, County Engineer Ross Tyler reported Monday… Continue reading

Trial delayed in strangulation case

PORT ANGELES — The trial of a Port Angeles man accused of strangling a developmentally disabled woman to death last month has been postponed. Kevin… Continue reading

Clallam PUD loses $300,000 in cancellation of wind farm project

PORT ANGELES — Energy Northwest, the Clallam County Public Utility District and three other public utilities have pulled the pulled the plug on the Radar… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center OKs budget amid uncertainty

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center commissioners have approved a $140.9 million budget for 2012 without knowing how deep the state will cut into its… Continue reading

More evidence sought in murder probe

PORT ANGELES — Authorities combed the bottom of Port Angeles Harbor earlier this week for evidence connected to the homicide of Jennifer Pimentel. Port Angeles… Continue reading

Clallam County adds furlough days, cuts $2 million, lays off 15 workers

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County has carved more than $2 million out of a $2.7 million shortfall by laying off 15 workers and making other… Continue reading

New tax on travelers from Canada won’t impact MV Coho

PORT ANGELES — A new $5.50 tax for travelers arriving in the U.S. by plane and ship from Canada will not affect MV Coho passengers.… Continue reading

Clallam County commissioners to discuss possible law and justice sales tax increase

PORT ANGELES — Should Clallam County voters be asked to consider a penny-per $10 purchase sales tax hike to support law and justice services? That's… Continue reading

Former Clallam behavioral health and recovery employee gets lifetime achievement award

SEQUIM — Florence Bucierka, a recently retired Clallam County Health and Human Services planner, received a lifetime achievement award for her work in substance abuse… Continue reading

Clallam County veterans honored on Veterans Day [ *** GALLERY *** ]

PORT ANGELES — A crowd of about 1,000 packed into a Coast Guard hangar in Port Angeles on Friday morning to honor veterans. The annual… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center gets injunction against union strike

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center has won a court case to prevent unionized hospital nurses and other employees from striking over health care costs… Continue reading