Rob Ollikainen

Port Angeles man tells of surviving sinking of his boat

PORT ANGELES -- Jay Dodge keeps things in perspective as he recounts a harrowing experience he had at sea just 48 hours earlier. Dodge and… Continue reading

Man who hit transit bus investigated for DUI, was spotted allegedly speeding through Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- A 30-year-old Southern California man is under investigation for allegedly driving under the influence of drugs after he sideswiped a car on… Continue reading

Forks drugstore burglary leads to arrest

FORKS -- A man accused of breaking into Chinook Pharmacy & Variety and taking narcotics from the Forks business was arrested by Forks police and… Continue reading

Pickup hits transit bus on Highway 101; three hospitalized

PORT ANGELES -- Traffic on U.S. Highway 101 was snarled for four hours near the junction with state Highway 112 late Tuesday as authorities investigated… Continue reading

His journey thus far: Port Angeles man takes break from Northwest Passage dream

PORT ANGELES -- Tommy Cook is 3,366 miles into a journey of a lifetime. He's come a long way, but he's not even halfway there.… Continue reading

New Elwha bridge to open Sept. 25

PORT ANGELES -- Mark your calendars: the new and improved Elwha River bridge will open to the public on Sept. 25. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for… Continue reading

Little River Quarry decision postponed

PORT ANGELES -- Little River Quarry owners Mike Shaw and George Lane will have to wait another week to find out whether the three Clallam… Continue reading

Deficit of $3.15 million projected for Clallam County

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County is projected to have a $3.15 million budget deficit in 2010, according to preliminary projections based on current levels of… Continue reading

Huge squid appear en masse around Clallam Bay/Sekiu — why?

SEKIU -- Experts are puzzled by the sudden arrival of big squid -- lots of them -- showing up on anglers' hooks and the shoreline… Continue reading

Ex-Seattle TV host to guest at fundraiser for Port Angeles free clinic

PORT ANGELES -- John Curley, former host of KING-TV's "Evening Magazine" and the special guest for the Sept. 24 Healthy Harvest fundraiser in Port Angeles,… Continue reading

Obama prepares speech to students today, but will Peninsula pupils see it?

PORT ANGELES -- Many students on the North Olympic Peninsula and throughout the nation will tune in to C-SPAN at 9 a.m. today to watch… Continue reading

Seamen remain Active: Peninsula’s largest Coast Guard cutter back from deployment

PORT ANGELES -- Just when they thought their deployment was over, the crew of the Coast Guard cutter Active got a surprise it won't soon… Continue reading

Peninsula’s Walgreens drugstores install time-delayed safes to thwart narcotics thieves

PORT ANGELES -- The Walgreens pharmacies in Port Angeles and Sequim are among 114 in the state that have installed time-delayed safes in response to… Continue reading

Wal-Mart plat receives approval from Clallam; Port Angeles closer to new Supercenter?

PORT ANGELES -- The eight lots at the former Kmart store east of Port Angeles are being consolidated into two lots for the future Wal-Mart… Continue reading

Port Angeles man mourns son killed during grisly Georgia slaying spree

PORT ANGELES -- A Port Angeles man will leave Thursday for Georgia to bury his son killed in an unsolved mass murder in a mobile… Continue reading

Clallam to build road to Elwha tribe

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County intends to build a road on top of city of Port Angeles territory that will eventually serve as the primary… Continue reading

Harbor-Works approves agreement with Rayonier

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles Harbor-Works Development Authority passed a "due diligence" agreement with Rayonier Properties LLC for fact-finding work that will determine whether… Continue reading

Harbor-Works calls special meeting on Rayonier agreement

PORT ANGELES -- In a special meeting on Monday that could jump-start the cleanup of the 75-acre former mill site on Port Angeles Harbor, the… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center to get hospice beds

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center will have hospice beds this October. OMC's board of hospital commissioners voted 6-0 on Aug. 19 to approve the… Continue reading

‘Mad as Hell’ doctors tout single-payer system at Sequim rally

SEQUIM -- Nearly 700 people packed the Sequim High School auditorium on Tuesday to rally for universal health care. A group of Oregon doctors who… Continue reading