Rob Ollikainen

Eden Valley Road to close in summer

PORT ANGELES — Lower Eden Valley Road will be closed for eight weeks this summer as the state Department of Transportation replaces a culvert for… Continue reading

Clallam County names Drug Court coordinator

PORT ANGELES — Stormy Howell, a former Clallam County civil deputy prosecutor, is the new coordinator of the county Drug Court. Drug Court is a… Continue reading

Vehicles pass each other on the stretch of U.S. Highway 101 at McDonald Creek. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Construction on widening of U.S. Highway 101 begins

PORT ANGELES — Construction crews will begin this week a long-awaited project to widen U.S. Highway 101 on the last remaining two-lane stretch of road… Continue reading

Vehicles pass each other on the stretch of U.S. Highway 101 at McDonald Creek. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Snow coats Klahhane Ridge at Olympic National Park on Thursday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Olympic snowpack 211 percent of normal

The water content in the Olympic Mountain snowpack was more than double the normal amount heading into the new year, a water supply specialist said.… Continue reading

Snow coats Klahhane Ridge at Olympic National Park on Thursday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Defense to ask for delay in Stenson murder trial

PORT ANGELES — Nearly 20 years after the shooting deaths of Frank Hoerner and Denise Stenson at a Sequim-area bird farm, an attorney for accused… Continue reading

Michael A. Cleland

Former Port Angeles police chief dies

PORT ANGELES — Former city Police Chief Michael A. Cleland died Saturday from complications of a stroke in Olympia. The Tumwater man was 71. Cleland… Continue reading

Michael A. Cleland
Mostly torn-down Glines Canyon Dam

Glines Canyon Dam removal on a one-month hold — and sediment amount in former Elwha lakes was underestimated

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A long-planned hold in removing what's left of Glines Canyon Dam has been extended by at least one month to allow… Continue reading

Mostly torn-down Glines Canyon Dam

Clallam commissioner Jim McEntire sets Jan. 16 town hall meeting in Sequim

SEQUIM — Clallam County Commissioner Jim McEntire has scheduled a town hall meeting to hear from his constituents on issues affecting the eastern third of… Continue reading

Feeling a bit achy? Flu season officially arrives on Peninsula

PORT ANGELES — Flu season has arrived on the North Olympic Peninsula. Dr. Tom Locke, public health officer for Clallam and Jefferson counties, declared the… Continue reading

Don Carey

North Olympic Peninsula gun shops see spike in sales since Newtown

Two gun stores on the North Olympic Peninsula and many others across the nation have reported a spike in sales in the wake of the… Continue reading

Don Carey
Steve Haase of Las Vegas-based Yesco Sign Co. installs a bank of slot machines on Thursday in preparation for Saturday's grand opening at 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Lots more slots: 7 Cedars Casino opening expanded room with new restaurant, elevated bar this weekend [*Photo Gallery*]

BLYN — The North Olympic Peninsula's largest casino will get a lot bigger this weekend as the 7 Cedars Casino opens an expanded slot room… Continue reading

Steve Haase of Las Vegas-based Yesco Sign Co. installs a bank of slot machines on Thursday in preparation for Saturday's grand opening at 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Steve Haase of Las Vegas-based Yesco Sign Co. installs a bank of slot machines on Thursday in preparation for Saturday's grand opening at 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Lots more slots: 7 Cedars Casino opening expanded room with new restaurant, elevated bar this weekend [*Photo Gallery*]

BLYN — The North Olympic Peninsula's largest casino will get a lot bigger this weekend as the 7 Cedars Casino opens an expanded slot room… Continue reading

Steve Haase of Las Vegas-based Yesco Sign Co. installs a bank of slot machines on Thursday in preparation for Saturday's grand opening at 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Jobless rates on Peninsula top the state’s

Losses in trade, transportation and warehousing jobs fueled a rise in North Olympic Peninsula unemployment last month, when state and national rates dropped, a regional… Continue reading

Humane Society to keep running Jefferson shelter

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County commissioners Monday renewed a license agreement with the Humane Society of Jefferson County to operate the county-owned animal shelter at… Continue reading

Clallam County Superior Court Judge Ken Williams' last day will be Dec. 31. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

After 20 years, Judge Williams hanging up his gavel

PORT ANGELES — When Ken Williams was elected in 1992, he hoped he could serve as a Clallam County Superior Court judge for 20 years.… Continue reading

Clallam County Superior Court Judge Ken Williams' last day will be Dec. 31. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

UPDATED — All of U.S. Highway 101 now open along Hood Canal

All of U.S. Highway 101 now open along Hood Canal BRINNON — A 25-mile stretch of US. Highway 101 that connects Brinnon in southeast Jefferson… Continue reading

Clallam appoints judge to fill Rohrer’s term

PORT ANGELES — John Doherty, a former Clallam County District Court judge in Port Angeles and the current Quileute Tribal Court judge in LaPush, has… Continue reading

The dock is on a wilderness beach in Olympic National Park on Washington's rugged northwest coast. U.S. Coast Guard (click on photo to enlarge)

UPDATE — Tsunami debris team fails to reach huge dock on coastal beach

LAPUSH — A rain-swollen stream Thursday prevented a team of investigators from reaching a huge dock believed to have floated across the Pacific to a… Continue reading

The dock is on a wilderness beach in Olympic National Park on Washington's rugged northwest coast. U.S. Coast Guard (click on photo to enlarge)

Clallam County commissioners sign off on Dungeness water rule

PORT ANGELES — Two weeks before the state Department of Ecology’s water management rule takes effect in the Dungeness Valley, Clallam County commissioners voted 3-0… Continue reading

John Doherty

Clallam panel returns John Doherty to District Court bench

PORT ANGELES — John Doherty, a former Clallam County District Court judge in Port Angeles and the current Quileute Tribal Court judge in LaPush, has… Continue reading

John Doherty