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Clallam County provides rescue funding

Money goes to housing, mental health

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Gov. Jay Inslee lets state eviction moratorium expire

OLYMPIA — After more than 18 months of pandemic-driven eviction limits, Gov. Jay Inslee said he will allow…

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COVID-19 vaccine approved for children 5-11

Peninsula officials preparing clinics

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Peninsula may have short delay in supplies of children’s COVID-19 vaccine

State has ordered doses, unsure how much will be available locally

Gov. Jay Inslee, front, talks to reporters in Olympia earlier this month as Secretary of Health Umair Shah looks on. Inslee announced Thursday that 94 percent of state workers complied with a state mandate to either get the COVID-19 vaccine or be approved for an exemption. (Rachel La Corte/The Associated Press)

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Inslee: 94 percent of state employees comply with vaccine mandate

By Nicholas K. Geranios

FILE - This October 2021, photo provided by Pfizer shows kid-size doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in Puurs, Belgium. The U.S. moved a step closer to expanding vaccinations for millions more children as a panel of government advisers on Tuesday, Oct. 26, endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer's shots for 5- to 11-year-olds. (Pfizer via AP, File)

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FDA approves Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children

By Matthew Perrone

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Hospitalizations from COVID-19 growing on Peninsula

A growing number of hospitalizations from COVID-19 on the North Olympic Peninsula is causing concern for the region’s…

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Officials brace for sixth wave of COVID-19

Effects could be mitigated with proper precautions

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Federal judge rejects bid to stop vaccine mandate

SPOKANE — A federal judge in Eastern Washington on Monday denied a bid by firefighters, state troopers and…

Volunteer nurse Karen Easterly-Behrens of Port Ludlow, left, talks with Eliana Rose of Port Townsend at Saturday’s Pfizer booster clinic at Quilcene School. The county Department of Emergency Management worked with dozens of volunteers to organize the clinic. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Long-term care facility resident dies of COVID-19

Woman in her 90s was in vulnerable population, health officer says

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Clallam County reports another COVID death

Jefferson booster clinics planned

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House facility access limited to vaccinated through January

OLYMPIA — Lawmakers and legislative employees at the Washington state House must prove they are fully vaccinated against…

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Peninsula offering COVID-19 booster clinics

Thirty-five more cases confirmed

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Report: Three Peninsula residents die of COVID-19

2 in Clallam; 1 in Jefferson

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Clallam Bay Corrections Center loses 44 to mandate

One State Patrol officer on Peninsula leaves job

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1,887 state workers fired, leave jobs due to vaccine mandate

OLYMPIA — More than 1,800 Washington state workers have been fired, resigned or retired due to the state’s…

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Three more die of COVID-19

Clallam adds 28 new cases; Jefferson adds nine

Dr. Tom Locke is the Jefferson County deputy health officer.

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Mandates may be ‘new normal,’ deputy health officer says

Vaccination rates are rising across the state and nationally, the deputy public health officer for Jefferson County told…

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Hospitals, schools comply with order

Hundreds from Peninsula agencies receive vaccine exemption

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Olympic Medical Center opens new clinic

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center will open a new drive-through for COVID-19 testing and vaccination Monday.