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Clallam to mull wheelchair-friendly trailhead

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County plans to build a wheelchair-accessible trailhead on the north shore of Lake Crescent to provide access to a 6.5-mile segment… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center hopes coverage will balance out cuts

PORT ANGELES — Getting the uninsured to sign up for Medicaid will be “critical” for Olympic Medical Center to withstand cuts to Medicare reimbursement, the… Continue reading

Emergency-crew members race across the Extreme Sports Park sprint boat course the wet way before taking stations in the center island to aid boat crews in the event of a mishap during Saturday’s American Sprint Boat Racing National Finals.  -- Photo by Rich Riski/for Peninsula Daily News

Sprint boat nationals draw thousands to Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Taylor Gahr visualized the sprint boat track, air-drawing the assigned rotation as she waited near the starting line in a quiet moment… Continue reading

Emergency-crew members race across the Extreme Sports Park sprint boat course the wet way before taking stations in the center island to aid boat crews in the event of a mishap during Saturday’s American Sprint Boat Racing National Finals.  -- Photo by Rich Riski/for Peninsula Daily News

Olympic Medical Center hopes coverage will balance out cuts

PORT ANGELES — Getting the uninsured to sign up for Medicaid will be “critical” for Olympic Medical Center to withstand cuts to Medicare reimbursement, the… Continue reading

Jeepers Creepers is one of the boats that will round the track at Extreme Sports Park in Port Angeles today. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Sprint boats revving up for national finals in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — More than two dozen jet-powered sprint boats will careen around the Extreme Sports Park track for the American Sprint Boat Racing National… Continue reading

Jeepers Creepers is one of the boats that will round the track at Extreme Sports Park in Port Angeles today. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Olympic Medical Center hopes coverage will balance out cuts

PORT ANGELES — Getting the uninsured to sign up for Medicaid will be “critical” for Olympic Medical Center to withstand cuts to Medicare reimbursement, the… Continue reading

Jeepers Creepers is one of the boats that will round the track at Extreme Sports Park in Port Angeles on Saturday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Sprint boats revving up for national finals in Port Angeles on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — More than two dozen jet-powered sprint boats will careen around the Extreme Sports Park track Saturday for the American Sprint Boat Racing… Continue reading

Jeepers Creepers is one of the boats that will round the track at Extreme Sports Park in Port Angeles on Saturday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
North Olympic Peninsula may get 10 retail pot stores

North Olympic Peninsula may get 10 retail pot stores

PORT ANGELES — Ten of the 334 retail pot stores that the state Liquor Control Board approved Wednesday would be licensed on the North Olympic… Continue reading

North Olympic Peninsula may get 10 retail pot stores
North Olympic Peninsula may get 10 retail pot stores

North Olympic Peninsula may get 10 retail pot stores

PORT ANGELES — Ten of the 334 retail pot stores that the state Liquor Control Board approved Wednesday would be licensed on the North Olympic… Continue reading

North Olympic Peninsula may get 10 retail pot stores

Culvert work moves ahead on state Highway 112

PORT ANGELES — The state Department of Transportation is in the midst of a fish culvert replacement project on state Highway 112 and Eden Valley… Continue reading

New aquatics director starts at newly renovated Port Angeles pool

PORT ANGELES — William Shore Memorial Pool has a new aquatics director. Christi Wojnowski began working at the newly renovated indoor pool in Port Angeles… Continue reading

Maggie Wilkinson stands in her front yard

Things that go BOOM in the night: Pile-driving for U.S. 101 widening keeps neighbors awake

CARLSBORG — Those who live near Kitchen-Dick Road and U.S. Highway 101 may want to stock up on earplugs. A state contractor is working nights… Continue reading

Maggie Wilkinson stands in her front yard

Port Angeles’ Cedar Park Drive to close for six weeks

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County will close Cedar Park Drive for up to 45 days beginning Tuesday to allow crews to dig a hole for… Continue reading

Clallam County corrections officer Nate Clark leads jail inmates in a cleanup of illegal campsites on Front Street at Estuary Park on Aug. 21. Brian Smith/Port Angeles Police Department

Chain gang, police remove trash from illegal campsites in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Chain Gang and city police removed 2,900 pounds of trash from illegal campsites used by vagrants in and around… Continue reading

Clallam County corrections officer Nate Clark leads jail inmates in a cleanup of illegal campsites on Front Street at Estuary Park on Aug. 21. Brian Smith/Port Angeles Police Department
Clallam County corrections officer Nate Clark leads jail inmates in a cleanup of illegal campsites on Front Street at Estuary Park on Aug. 21. Brian Smith/Port Angeles Police Department

Chain gang, police remove trash from illegal campsites in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Chain Gang and city police removed 2,900 pounds of trash from illegal campsites used by vagrants in and around… Continue reading

Clallam County corrections officer Nate Clark leads jail inmates in a cleanup of illegal campsites on Front Street at Estuary Park on Aug. 21. Brian Smith/Port Angeles Police Department

Clallam County inks trail pact with Olympic National Park

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County has approved an agreement with Olympic National Park to work cooperatively on the Spruce Railroad Trail at Lake Crescent. The… Continue reading

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Captain Joseph House remodel ‘coming along,’ chamber audience told

PORT ANGELES — Interior demolition of the Captain Joseph House in Port Angeles is “coming along very well,” but its nonprofit foundation needs money, an… Continue reading

In this 2011 photo
Work is under way west of Deer Park Cinema at U.S. Highway 101. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Yet more construction: Earth flying for Deer Park underpass [**Clarification**]

PORT ANGELES — Dirt is flying fast and furiously along U.S. Highway 101 near Deer Park Road. A contractor for Clallam County is moving earth… Continue reading

Work is under way west of Deer Park Cinema at U.S. Highway 101. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Olympic Medical Center to help sign up uninsured for coverage

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center has been approved as an “in-person assister” to help some of 11,000 uninsured Clallam County residents sign up for… Continue reading

Sporadic whooping cough cases persist on West End

FORKS — Seven pertussis cases were reported on the West End of Clallam County in July and August. All have recovered, said Dr. Tom Locke,… Continue reading