Rob Ollikainen

Panel to hear from district judge hopefuls

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners today will interview three candidates who are vying to replace outgoing Forks-based District Court No. 2 Judge Erik Rohrer.… Continue reading

John Doherty

UPDATED — Former Clallam County District Court judge appointed to bench in Forks

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
Members of the Salmon Recovery Funding Board Technical Review Panel and the North Olympic Peninsula Lead Entity visit the site of a proposed culvert replacement project to improve fish passage on Rayonier lands along the Hoko River. North Olympic Lead Entity for Salmon

Peninsula counties get $2.3 million for salmon recovery

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County tribes and groups received $1.2 million — and Jefferson groups got $1.2 million — in salmon recovery money from the… Continue reading

Members of the Salmon Recovery Funding Board Technical Review Panel and the North Olympic Peninsula Lead Entity visit the site of a proposed culvert replacement project to improve fish passage on Rayonier lands along the Hoko River. North Olympic Lead Entity for Salmon
The space that once housed Port Townsend’s state liquor store at 2005 E. Sims Way now looks for a refill.  -- Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Former state-run liquor stores fall into hard times

PORT TOWNSEND — The source of the Christmas eggnog and champagne toasts for New Year’s is different this year. Instead of a state-run package store,… Continue reading

The space that once housed Port Townsend’s state liquor store at 2005 E. Sims Way now looks for a refill.  -- Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Wanted! Two part-time deputies at Clallam Courthouse

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County is looking for two good men or women to fill a pair of newly funded half-time positions at the county… Continue reading

Contentious board holds off on water rule memo

PORT ANGELES — For the second time in as many weeks, Clallam County commissioners have postponed a vote on a memorandum of understanding with the… Continue reading

Clallam approves $31 million 2013 budget

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County has adopted a $31.3 million budget for 2013 that includes 16 furlough days for most workers but no new layoffs… Continue reading

Recruitment challenges mulled at Port Angeles chamber meeting

PORT ANGELES — Geographic isolation and a lack of job opportunities for the “trailing spouse” are among the challenges faced by North Olympic Peninsula recruiters,… Continue reading

Gov. Chris Gregoire signs an order addressing ocean acidication on Nov. 27 at the Seattle Aquarium. At left is Rep. Norm Dicks

Clallam County board briefed on ocean acidification

PORT ANGELES — It would take a global reduction in carbon dioxide emissions to reverse the effects of ocean acidification, members of the Clallam County… Continue reading

Gov. Chris Gregoire signs an order addressing ocean acidication on Nov. 27 at the Seattle Aquarium. At left is Rep. Norm Dicks

Clallam to assess pact with Ecology on water oversight [Corrected]

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners will reconsider Tuesday a memorandum of understanding with the state Department of Ecology for implementing the Dungeness water management… Continue reading

Mark Mastin

Testing the waters of the new Big Muddy: How scientists are surveying the Elwha River’s silt [**Gallery**]

PORT ANGELES — A team of hydrologists from the U.S. Geological Survey dropped a rocket-like probe off the Elwha River bridge last week. The probe… Continue reading

Mark Mastin
Clallam and Jefferson County Health Officer Tom Locke

Clallam, Jefferson public health officer honored for 25 years of service

PORT ANGELES — Dr. Tom Locke said he was “overwhelmed” and “deeply honored” by the outpouring of appreciation for his 25 years as Clallam County's… Continue reading

Clallam and Jefferson County Health Officer Tom Locke

Olympic Medical Center agrees to recruit cardiologist

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center’s governing board has signed a recruitment agreement with Seattle-based Swedish Medical Center to bring another cardiologist to the North… Continue reading

Marcus Roloson of Port Angeles

WEEKEND: Offering U-cut trees a tradition for Clallam farms

The holiday spirit has arrived for handsaw-wielding families searching for that perfect Christmas centerpiece. Two U-cut tree farms on the North Olympic Peninsula are bustling… Continue reading

Marcus Roloson of Port Angeles

Clallam appoints panel to screen judge recruits

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County has formed a five-member screening committee to help find a replacement for departing District Court 2 Judge Erik Rohrer. Rohrer,… Continue reading

Clallam County takes 1 percent property tax levy

PORT ANGELES — In a rare split vote, Clallam County commissioners have voted 2-1 to take the legally allowed 1 percent increase in its property… Continue reading

Silt-laden water is flushed into a side channel near the water intake for the industrial water treatment plant at the Elwha River west of Port Angeles Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Sediment, debris clog equipment at Elwha treatment plant

PORT ANGELES — Heavy loads of sediment and woody debris in a rain-swollen Elwha River are clogging filters and pumps at the Elwha Water Treatment… Continue reading

Silt-laden water is flushed into a side channel near the water intake for the industrial water treatment plant at the Elwha River west of Port Angeles Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Striped Peak Road to remain unfunded

PORT ANGELES — Heeding legal advice, Clallam County commissioners Monday said they will not refinance Striped Peak Road by forming a new taxing district. Instead,… Continue reading

Clallam County Drug Court graduate Michele Talbot of Sequim

Clallam Drug Court celebrates 250th graduate

PORT ANGELES — Michele Talbot has come a long way in her recovery. After years of drug and alcohol abuse, the 41-year-old Sequim woman has… Continue reading

Clallam County Drug Court graduate Michele Talbot of Sequim

Proposal would ban horses, jogging on Dungeness Spit

SEQUIM — A proposed conservation plan for the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge would prohibit jogging and horseback riding on Dungeness Spit and its upland trails.… Continue reading