Rob Ollikainen

Sissi Bruch shows delight in inital returns showing her leading her November opponent

ELECTION — Bruch, Peach hold big leads in Clallam commissioner race

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioner candidates Sissi Bruch and Bill Peach are headed to a showdown in the general election after outperforming challenger Bryon… Continue reading

Sissi Bruch shows delight in inital returns showing her leading her November opponent

State: Pot shop won’t open near Port Angeles gymnastics studio

PORT ANGELES — A recreational pot shop will not be allowed to open near the Klahhane Gymnastics studio after all, state officials announced Tuesday. Clallam… Continue reading

Sissi Bruch shows delight in inital returns showing her leading her November opponent

ELECTION — Bruch, Peach hold big leads in Clallam commissioner race

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioner candidates Sissi Bruch and Bill Peach are headed to a showdown in the general election after outperforming challenger Bryon… Continue reading

Sissi Bruch shows delight in inital returns showing her leading her November opponent

Clallam County commissioners take another look at pot rules in rural areas

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County will take a second look at how it regulates marijuana businesses. Two of the three county commissioners said Monday they… Continue reading

Will Payne and Mark Nichols

Clallam prosecutor foes trade barbs in heated campaign; Tuesday’s vote nonbinding and real one comes in November

EDITOR'S NOTE — See related Aug. 4 story, "An important non-election? Both Clallam prosecutor candidates see value in Tuesday's nonbonding vote" — https://giftsnap.shop/article/20140804/NEWS/308049962 PORT ANGELES… Continue reading

Will Payne and Mark Nichols
Will Payne

An important non-election? Both Clallam prosecutor candidates see value in Tuesday’s nonbinding vote

EDITOR'S NOTE" — See related Aug. 3 story, "Clallam prosecutor foes trade barbs in heated campaign; Tuesday's vote nonbinding and real one comes in November"… Continue reading

Will Payne
Interfor's planer mill in Forks

Forks mayor frets ‘upheaval’ to West End economy by two mill closings

FORKS — One day after learning that Interfor decided to close its West End operations, officials there were still reeling from the sudden loss of… Continue reading

Interfor's planer mill in Forks
Interfor mill in Forks

Interfor closes its Beaver-Forks sawmill-planer mill operations; consolidates production in Port Angeles

BEAVER — Interfor has pulled the plug on its West End operations, planning to close two facilities and consolidate production in Port Angeles, the timber… Continue reading

Interfor mill in Forks
Interfor mill in Forks

Interfor closes its Beaver-Forks sawmill-planer mill operations; consolidates production in Port Angeles

BEAVER — Interfor has pulled the plug on its West End operations, planning to close two facilities and consolidate production in Port Angeles, the timber… Continue reading

Interfor mill in Forks
Interfor mill in Forks

UPDATED — Interfor closes its Beaver-Forks sawmill-planer mill operations; consolidates production in Port Angeles

BEAVER — Interfor has pulled the plug on its West End operations, planning to close two facilities and consolidate production in Port Angeles, the timber… Continue reading

Interfor mill in Forks

Clallam County commissioners debate Department of Community Development issues

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners Mike Doherty and Mike Chapman sparred Monday over several issues related to the Department of Community Development, including a… Continue reading

VIDEO — Coast Guard rescues stranded hiker near Shi Shi Beach

PORT ANGELES — A Coast Guard helicopter crew plucked a 25-year-old hiker off a large rock near Shi Shi Beach on Sunday night. The hiker,… Continue reading

VIDEO — Coast Guard rescues stranded hiker near Shi Shi Beach

PORT ANGELES — A Coast Guard helicopter crew plucked a 25-year-old hiker off a large rock near Shi Shi Beach on Sunday night. The hiker,… Continue reading

Lake Sutherland district ballots re-sent after error

PORT ANGELES — Most Lake Sutherland property owners have received a second yes-or-no ballot for the renewal of a management district to eradicate Eurasian milfoil.… Continue reading

Service-sector growth lowers North Olympic Peninsula unemployment rate in June — from 8.1% to estimated 6.7% in Clallam, 7.9% to estimated 6.3% in Jefferson

PORT ANGELES — A spike in leisure and hospitality hiring drove down unemployment on the North Olympic Peninsula last month. Clallam and Jefferson counties each… Continue reading

Clallam midyear budget on pace to be in the black, county administrator says

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County's $32.7 million general fund is on track to be $103,200 in the black by year's end, thanks in part to… Continue reading

Plastic gun and scarf believed used by the robber. Rob Ollikainen/Peninsula Daily News

2nd UPDATE — Robber gets away after pizza shop holdup in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Law officers searched surrounding neighborhoods unsuccessfully for a man who waved a gun and robbed a Papa Murphy's Take and Bake Pizza… Continue reading

Plastic gun and scarf believed used by the robber. Rob Ollikainen/Peninsula Daily News

Clallam County Sheriff pitches flat jail fee for Port Angeles, Sequim

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Sheriff Bill Benedict has proposed a flat-fee contract for the cities of Port Angeles and Sequim to use the county… Continue reading

Lake Cushman File photo

Sequim teenager drowns while swimming in Lake Cushman

SHELTON, Mason County — An 18-year-old Sequim man drowned while swimming in Lake Cushman on Saturday. Calvin White went missing in the designated swim area… Continue reading

Lake Cushman File photo
Lake Cushman File photo

UPDATE — Sequim teenager drowns while swimming in Lake Cushman

SHELTON, Mason County — An 18-year-old Sequim man drowned while swimming in Lake Cushman on Saturday. Calvin White went missing in the designated swim area… Continue reading

Lake Cushman File photo