Rob Ollikainen

Clallam hearing examiner to rule on cluster development

PORT ANGELES -- Should a Dungeness Valley cluster development be required to provide water to an adjacent farm? That's a question that Clallam County Hearing… Continue reading

Clallam Commissioner Chapman appointed as bargaining liaison

PORT ANGELES -- Commissioners Mike Doherty and Steve Tharinger on Tuesday appointed their colleague, Mike Chapman, to act as the board's liaison to the Clallam… Continue reading

Clallam sheriff’s sergeant honored by peers

PORT ANGELES -- Retiring Clallam County Sheriff's Sgt. Monty Martin had some sage advice for young law enforcement officers: Do the right thing one day… Continue reading

Clallam Transit OKs bus passes for college students

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam Transit's governing board on Monday approved a blanket bus pass program for Peninsula College students. "I think it's good for all… Continue reading

Clallam health division departing courthouse

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County's public health department will make a hop, skip and a jump from the county courthouse into a new office next… Continue reading

ELECTION 2010: Prosecutor candidates spar in forum for Clallam Bar

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County's top prosecutor defended her office against claims of inefficiencies and high turnover made by her two political challengers during a… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center may institute mask-wearing policy as part of employee flu-shot strategy

PORT ANGELES -- Doctors, nurses or any other Olympic Medical Center employee in direct contact with patients are highly encouraged to get flu shots before… Continue reading

Rose House receives fresh coat as this week as student painters open new season with charity project

PORT ANGELES -- Jamie Parris wanted to start the summer on the right note. The 21-year-old Port Angeles man recently bought the local franchise of… Continue reading

Two vehicles, separate locations, same result: Submerged in water

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County sheriff's deputies retrieved two submerged vehicles Wednesday in unrelated incidents at Clallam County boat launches. "The deputies used some ingenuity… Continue reading

Carlsborg zoning restrictions kept as development, sewer rules juggled

Clallam County lawmakers and the Carlsborg landowners who are fed up with red tape blocking commercial development are stuck in the same chicken-or-the-egg dilemma. In… Continue reading

Peninsula jobless rate dips slightly

Unemployment dipped ever so slightly on the North Olympic Peninsula last month. The jobless rate in May was 8.9 percent in Jefferson County and 9.6… Continue reading

cBay? Clallam County surplus sales could move online

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County may turn to the Internet to sell its surplus property. The three county commissioners will hold a public hearing at… Continue reading

Warning siren ‘oops’ was a computer programming error

CAMP MURRAY -- The bogus volcano warning that blared over 50 tsunami sirens in Clallam, Jefferson, Grays Harbor and Pacific counties on June 7 was… Continue reading

Trail blazers; Clallam County inmates builds Olympic Discovery Trail spur

There is no way to describe the hard work that goes into building the adventure route of the Olympic Discovery Trail, say the Clallam County… Continue reading

Clallam commissioner gets a second challenger, placing race in primary election

PORT ANGELES -- Bill Peach, the executive director of the Quileute tribe, is running for Clallam County commissioner. Peach, 54, of Forks, will challenge Democratic… Continue reading

Protesters gather in Port Angeles, Port Townsend to protest bailout for BP

About 100 demonstrators' protest signs showing oil-covered birds and slogans like "Stop Offshore Drilling" and "Seize BP's Assets" greeted evening commuters at the intersection of… Continue reading

Clallam Transit to raise bus, paratransit fares July 1

PORT ANGELES -- Riding the bus in Clallam County will cost an extra 25 cents beginning July 1. Clallam Transit also is cutting back service… Continue reading

Peninsula criminal diversion program catching on

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County's diversion program for nonviolent offenders has paid $88,497 in victim restitution and recovered $35,292 in court costs, Friendship Diversion Services… Continue reading

Clallam County approves line of credit for pool

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County has authorized a line of credit of up to $750,000 for the William Shore Memorial Pool District. The 1-year-old pool… Continue reading

Clallam Transit, Google launch online trip planner

PORT ANGELES -- Need a lift from Forks to Port Townsend? Unfamiliar with public transportation? Clallam Transit and Google have a solution. Clallam County's public… Continue reading