Rob Ollikainen

Clinic gets $200,000 grant for child dental services

PORT ANGELES — Babies and young kids will have access to more dental services on the North Olympic Peninsula thanks to a $200,000 grant awarded… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center snags No. 1 rating for safety

PORT ANGELES — Consumer Reports ranked Olympic Medical Center No. 1 for patient safety among 34 state hospitals in a new report. Safety ratings were… Continue reading

Firefighters battle a blaze and acrid smoke at the converted fishing vessel

Port Angeles boat fire started in engine room

PORT ANGELES — A 73-foot, steel-hulled converted fishing boat caught fire Monday afternoon in a waterfront boatyard, blanketing the industrial waterfront and areas above it… Continue reading

Firefighters battle a blaze and acrid smoke at the converted fishing vessel
The snowcaps of the Olympic Mountains gleam in the sun on Sunday. Heavy snow on the peaks has lingered into spring. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Snowpack in Olympics 140 percent of normal

Heavy snow that slammed the Olympic Mountains late last year has lingered into spring, leaving a snowpack that is 140 percent of normal for this… Continue reading

The snowcaps of the Olympic Mountains gleam in the sun on Sunday. Heavy snow on the peaks has lingered into spring. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News
Kayaks line Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles during the 2012 Kayak Symposium. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Kayak symposium scratched this year

PORT ANGELES — The 2013 Port Angeles Kayak Symposium has been called off. Olympic Raft and Kayak, which has hosted the popular spring paddle convention… Continue reading

Kayaks line Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles during the 2012 Kayak Symposium. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Earlier this month

Tsunami dock removed from Peninsula beach

LAPUSH — The dock is gone. A Port Townsend contractor has finished removing a 185-ton Japanese dock that broke off in a massive tsunami in… Continue reading

Earlier this month

Clallam County to fund mental health crisis center

EDITOR'S NOTE — This story has been modified to clarify that Peninsula Behavioral Health has not received financial commitments from the city of Port Angeles… Continue reading

Use or lose federal road funds, Clallam commissioners warned

PORT ANGELES — Cities and counties must use their federal road money or lose it, Clallam County road officials have warned commissioners. Local agencies’ 34… Continue reading

Clallam, PUD approve pact for Carlsborg sewer project

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County has taken another step in its decades-long quest to built a sewer system for Carlsborg. County commissioners approved an interlocal… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center to hire extra staff for electronic records launch

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center will hire up to three dozen travel nurses to support the looming switch to electronic health records. Hospital commissioners… Continue reading

Clallam Master Gardeners most fruitful in state

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Master Gardeners logged more than 12,800 volunteer hours in 2012, making the Port Angeles-based Washington State University Extension program the… Continue reading

EYE ON OLYMPIA: Bills move to opposite chambers

Last week was a pivotal one in Olympia as state lawmakers raced against a Wednesday deadline for bills to be considered in their house of… Continue reading

Port Angeles starts planning its financial future

PORT ANGELES — City officials are drafting a financial plan to provide a foundation for future budget decisions. The Port Angeles City Council backed the… Continue reading

BB gun prank triggers police response in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man who donned a ski mask and pulled a BB gun on his own housemates Friday was not cited… Continue reading

Possible plea deal in deputy-assault case

PORT ANGELES — A plea agreement is in the works for a Sequim man charged with assaulting a Clallam County sheriff’s deputy last month. Matthew… Continue reading

Sheriff: Man jailed after attempting to flee Port Angeles court

PORT ANGELES — A 21-year-old Sequim man was arrested by Clallam County corrections deputies after he tried to escape from a District Court courtroom last… Continue reading

Sheriff: Man jailed after attempting to flee Port Angeles court

PORT ANGELES — A 21-year-old Sequim man was arrested by Clallam County corrections deputies after he tried to escape from a District Court courtroom last… Continue reading

BB gun prank triggers police response in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man who donned a ski mask and pulled a BB gun on his own housemates Friday was not cited… Continue reading

An investigator stands on the stump of a tree felled in Olympic National Forest by timber thief Reid Johnston. U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Washington

UPDATED — Hearing on tree poaching restitution delayed to next week

TACOMA — A restitution hearing for a Brinnon man charged with poaching more than 100 trees from Olympic National Forest has been postponed. Reid B.… Continue reading

An investigator stands on the stump of a tree felled in Olympic National Forest by timber thief Reid Johnston. U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Washington
The county plans to repair this overhead beam on the Sol Duc River Bridge on Quillayute Road. Clallam County Road Department

Closure slated for West End bridge

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County is expected to close Quillayute Road at the Sol Duc River bridge for up to two weeks between April 15… Continue reading

The county plans to repair this overhead beam on the Sol Duc River Bridge on Quillayute Road. Clallam County Road Department