Rob Ollikainen

Jobless rate climbs back up on Peninsula

PORT ANGELES — Unemployment climbed back into the double digits on the North Olympic Peninsula in January as Clallam and Jefferson counties lost a combined… Continue reading

Project engineer Jerry Moore said he hopes the old McDonald Creek bridge can hang in there until summer

Port Angeles chamber briefed on Highway 101 widening project

PORT ANGELES — Crews will start moving dirt April 1 to widen the sole remaining two-lane stretch of U.S. Highway 101 between Port Angeles and… Continue reading

Project engineer Jerry Moore said he hopes the old McDonald Creek bridge can hang in there until summer

New skimmer preps Neah Bay for oil spills

NEAH BAY — A new oil-skimming system is up and running at Neah Bay. The Elastec/American Marine X150 grooved-disc skimmer has more storage capacity and… Continue reading

Arnold Tjemsland of Sequim plays a slot machine at 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn on Saturday.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Stable senior market keeps 7 Cedars above recession

BLYN — While Native American casinos throughout the nation are rebounding from the Great Recession, the economic downturn has had a negligible effect on the… Continue reading

Arnold Tjemsland of Sequim plays a slot machine at 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn on Saturday.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
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

Judge limits billable hours for Stenson’s co-defense

PORT ANGELES — Two of Darold Stenson’s three attorneys will bill Clallam County taxpayers for no more than 300 hours beginning next month, a Superior… Continue reading

Clallam plans budget update later this month

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County will update its 2013 budget later this month, commissioners decreed Tuesday. The three-member board gave notice that 18 supplemental appropriations… Continue reading

Sentencing delayed in Port Angeles strangling death

PORT ANGELES — Kevin A. Bradfield’s sentencing for the murder of Jennifer Pimentel has been postponed to March 21. Bradfield, 23, was scheduled to be… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center CEO Eric Lewis says his message to Washington

Hospitals facing fiscal hurdles, Olympic Medical Center CEO says

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center's top executive called on business leaders and the public Monday to help secure political support for large rural hospital… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center CEO Eric Lewis says his message to Washington
(Click on photo to enlarge) 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

Judge to weigh true cost of old-growth timber theft

TACOMA — A federal judge this week will try to put a price tag on the trees that a Brinnon logger admitted to poaching from… Continue reading

(Click on photo to enlarge) 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
A 64-foot concrete and metal dock section

Removal of beached dock from Japanese tsunami set — but depends on weather, tides

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A dock from Japan that washed ashore in west Jefferson County in December will be removed by a Port Townsend contractor… Continue reading

A 64-foot concrete and metal dock section
Jennifer M. Brady is being transported back to Clallam County from Camp Verde

Alleged robbery accomplice to face new charge

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles woman who was arrested on a Clallam County warrant in Arizona on Monday likely will face a bail-jumping charge… Continue reading

Jennifer M. Brady is being transported back to Clallam County from Camp Verde

Clallam Transit to begin search for new manager

PORT ANGELES — Clallam Transit has jump-started an in-house search to replace retiring General Manager Terry Weed. The public agency’s governing board voted 7-0 Monday… Continue reading

Jennifer Marie Brady was arrested in Central Arizona and is being transported back to Clallam County

U.S. marshals nab Port Angeles fugitive in Arizona

COTTONWOOD, Ariz. — A 31-year-old Port Angeles woman who allegedly set up an armed robbery near Sequim last month and subsequently jumped bail has been… Continue reading

Jennifer Marie Brady was arrested in Central Arizona and is being transported back to Clallam County
Jennifer Marie Brady was arrested in Central Arizona and is being transported back to Clallam County

U.S. marshals nab Port Angeles fugitive in Arizona

COTTONWOOD, Ariz. — A 31-year-old Port Angeles woman who allegedly set up an armed robbery near Sequim last month and subsequently jumped bail has been… Continue reading

Jennifer Marie Brady was arrested in Central Arizona and is being transported back to Clallam County

Clallam murder trial rescheduled for June start

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man who allegedly shot and killed his next door neighbor in June 2011 will have to wait a few… Continue reading

Kendall Huether

Port Angeles woman to plead guilty to assisting admitted killer

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles woman who is charged with rendering criminal assistance to Kevin A. Bradfield, the man who has pleaded guilty to… Continue reading

Kendall Huether
Kendall Huether

Port Angeles woman to plead guilty to assisting admitted killer

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles woman who is charged with rendering criminal assistance to Kevin A. Bradfield, the man who has pleaded guilty to… Continue reading

Kendall Huether
Terry Weed said he and his wife will stay on the North Olympic Peninsula after his retirement.

Clallam Transit chief Terry Weed to retire

PORT ANGELES — Terry Weed will step down as general manager of Clallam Transit this summer. “It's just time to retire,” he said. “Nothing is… Continue reading

Terry Weed said he and his wife will stay on the North Olympic Peninsula after his retirement.
Robert Namba of Newport Beach

Olympic National Park plans for sequestration cuts

PORT ANGELES — If federal sequestration comes to pass this Friday, Olympic National Park visitors can expect shorter camping seasons, fewer interpretive programs, delayed road… Continue reading

Robert Namba of Newport Beach