Rob Ollikainen

Strangulation death trial reset to Nov. 26

PORT ANGELES — Kendell K. Huether, the Port Angeles woman accused of helping her boyfriend hide the body of a developmentally disabled woman who was… Continue reading

Ted Sturdevant of the state Department of Ecology

Sequim-Dungeness Valley irrigators to restrict draws

SEQUIM — Irrigators in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley have inked a new pact with the state Department of Ecology to protect future water supplies by restricting… Continue reading

Ted Sturdevant of the state Department of Ecology

Clallam inks contract for ballot printing

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County has awarded a $45,251 contract to Everett-based K&H Printers for printing ballots for the Nov. 6 general election. Commissioners approved… Continue reading

OMC to go digital by July via $7 million agreement

PORT ANGELES — It won’t come cheap, but Olympic Medical Center will launch a single-database electronic medical record system by July to qualify for $7… Continue reading

A sprint boat makes its way around the Extreme Sports Park track in Port Angeles during races last month. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Sprint boat finale set for Saturday; boat preview today in downtown Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — You don't have to leave the North Olympic Peninsula to see the Super Bowl of the U.S. Sprint Boat Association this weekend.… Continue reading

A sprint boat makes its way around the Extreme Sports Park track in Port Angeles during races last month. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Jail photos show Lavan A. Lukes

Error lets Port Angeles man walk out of jail

PORT ANGELES — A clerical error led to the accidental release of a Clallam County jail inmate who was facing a domestic violence charge, jail… Continue reading

Jail photos show Lavan A. Lukes

Short-term road closures OK’d for U.S. 101 widening

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County has authorized the temporary closures of six county roads at their intersections with U.S. Highway 101 for the state Department… Continue reading

Clallam County gets $980,000 grant for Olympic trail

PORT ANGELES — Go west, Olympic Discovery Trail. Clallam County this month received a $980,000 federal grant to continue the westward expansion of the multi-use… Continue reading

Clallam County to pave trail west of Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners Tuesday opened a $225,275 bid from Lakeside Industries to pave the Olympic Discovery Trail from Kacee Way west of… Continue reading

Clallam, Jefferson delegates to head to national gathering

Two Clallam County Democrats will help nominate Barack Obama this week at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. Sylvia Hancock of Sequim and Joe… Continue reading

Amber Steim at a court hearing earlier this year. Peninsula Daily News

Prosecutor objects to partial guilty plea in Amber Steim vehicular homicide case

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney Deb Kelly has filed a formal objection to Amber Steim's partial guilty plea for the death of a… Continue reading

Amber Steim at a court hearing earlier this year. Peninsula Daily News
Tim Bailey and his wife

UPDATED — Overdue hiker found; broke ankle in Olympic National Park

UPDATE: A Coast Guard helicopter successfully hoisted Tim Bailey out of a canyon in the drainage of Sol Duc River's North Fork at about 6:30… Continue reading

Tim Bailey and his wife

West End clinic to close at lunch hour

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County public health clinic in Forks will be closed during the noon hour because of a staffing shortage. County commissioners… Continue reading

Ron Allen

Tribe: 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn getting ‘elegant’ expansion

PORT ANGELES — The 7 Cedars Casino will be bigger, better and more elegant when the Jamestown S'Klallam completes a 4,000-square-foot expansion this December, tribal… Continue reading

Ron Allen

Dungeness watershed topic at briefing

SEQUIM — The Dungeness Valley is the “hot spot in the state right now” for water law, a land-use attorney and state lobbyist told area… Continue reading

Phillip C. Shelly Washington Department of Corrections

Sex offender arrested at carnival after tipoff

PORT ANGELES — A registered sex offender and carnival worker from Port Angeles was arrested Thursday for being around children at the Clallam and Pacific… Continue reading

Phillip C. Shelly Washington Department of Corrections
Panelists at Wednesday's Elwha River science forum answer questions from the audience. Participants included

Experts trade notes on Elwha restoration

PORT ANGELES — The landmark Elwha River Restoration Project is exceeding expectations so far on several fronts, a panel of key players in the effort… Continue reading

Panelists at Wednesday's Elwha River science forum answer questions from the audience. Participants included
Jack Fritz of Edmonds swims the butterfly at the William Shore Memorial Pool during the 2010 Olympic Peninsula Senior Games. Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Seniors strut their stuff at annual games

PORT ANGELES — Let the games begin! From bowling to basketball, tennis to track, it's time for the eighth annual Olympic Peninsula Senior Games. More… Continue reading

Jack Fritz of Edmonds swims the butterfly at the William Shore Memorial Pool during the 2010 Olympic Peninsula Senior Games. Peninsula Daily News

History helps Clallam County Courthouse roof project

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County has received a $40,750 grant from the state Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation to help cover the cost of… Continue reading

Jobless rate flat in Clallam, dips in Jefferson

PORT ANGELES — Unemployment held flat at 9.7 percent in Clallam County and dipped from 9.3 percent to 8.9 percent in Jefferson County last month,… Continue reading