Rob Ollikainen

Forest Service grants easement for Olympic Discovery Trail work

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners today will consider a temporary permit from the U.S. Forest Service to build a short segment of the Olympic… Continue reading

[Map by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News]

Long-awaited U.S. 101 widening project to start next summer

PORT ANGELES — Safety improvements to U.S. Highway 101 between Port Angeles and Sequim will require short-term closures of county roads over the next two… Continue reading

[Map by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News]

New trial date in strangulation case in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A 23-year-old Port Angeles man charged with choking a developmentally disabled woman to death last October has a new trial date. Kevin… Continue reading

Port Angeles woman prepared to plead guilty to vehicular homicide

PORT ANGELES — Amber Steim’s lawyer told a Clallam County Superior Court judge on Friday that his client is prepared to plead guilty to vehicular… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center builds on Swedish partnership

PORT ANGELES — Rather than driving to Seattle for an appointment with a subspecialist, Olympic Medical Center patients will have the luxury of video-conferencing through… Continue reading

Temperatures to cool off this weekend

PORT ANGELES — Warm weather will linger on the North Olympic Peninsula for one more day until a push of marine air brings temperatures back… Continue reading

Retiring Clallam County Drug Court coordinator Preston Kayes

Drug court coordinator retires after 13 years

PORT ANGELES — Preston Kayes looked into a job opening as Clallam County drug court coordinator in 1999 because his wife, Julie, thought it would… Continue reading

Retiring Clallam County Drug Court coordinator Preston Kayes

Progress being made on new watershed rule

PORT ANGELES — In what he described as a “huge step forward,” Clallam County Commissioner Jim McEntire this week praised state Department of Ecology for… Continue reading

Grant to be sought for Carlsborg sewer

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners have approved a letter of support for a $500,000 grant that would help pay for sewer infrastructure in Carlsborg.… Continue reading

Sequim builder thinks end of real-estate slump is in sight

PORT ANGELES — The fall to the bottom in the Clallam County housing market is coming to an end, but a Sequim-based homebuilder warned Port… Continue reading

Clallam voter turnout rises to 46.7 percent

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County voter turnout rose to 46.7 percent after Friday’s count of primary election ballots that left the outcomes of the races… Continue reading

Defendant waives right to speedy trial a second time

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man charged with first-degree murder for allegedly shooting his next door neighbor last summer had his trial postponed by… Continue reading

Water from the Elwha River flows over what remains of Glines Canyon Dam. The structure should be completely gone by early next summer.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Inching toward restoration: Glines Canyon Dam now at half the height it once had [**GALLERY**]

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Work continues at Glines Canyon Dam — which has been knocked down to less than half its original height — despite… Continue reading

Water from the Elwha River flows over what remains of Glines Canyon Dam. The structure should be completely gone by early next summer.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Peninsula narcotics team busy with drug arrests — mainly in Clallam

PORT ANGELES — Arrests were made, charges were filed, guilty pleas were entered, and two people were sentenced in a wave of recent activity by… Continue reading

Mason Ziegler

Port Angeles teen who died in Oregon dunes collision was honor student, motorcycle racing fan

PORT ANGELES — Mason Ziegler, a 16-year-old Port Angeles High School honor student and an avid motorcyclist, has died in a motorcycle crash at Oregon… Continue reading

Mason Ziegler

Memorial bonfire tonight for teen killed in Oregon Dunes motorcycle crash

PORT ANGELES — A memorial bonfire for a 16-year-old Port Angeles boy who died in a motorcycle wreck in Oregon on Thursday will be held… Continue reading

Paul and Josh Gahr take their victory lap in the TNT racing boat for the A-400 boat class at Extreme Sports Park in Port Angeles last September. Brian Harmon/for Peninsula Daily News

Thousands expected at Port Angeles sprint boat races today

PORT ANGELES — Sprint boats will roar to life for the U.S. Sprint Boat Association Series Points Race at the Extreme Sports Park in west… Continue reading

Paul and Josh Gahr take their victory lap in the TNT racing boat for the A-400 boat class at Extreme Sports Park in Port Angeles last September. Brian Harmon/for Peninsula Daily News
Paul and Josh Gahr take their victory lap in the TNT racing boat for the A-400 boat class at Extreme Sports Park in Port Angeles last September. Brian Harmon/for Peninsula Daily News

Thousands expected at Port Angeles sprint boat races on Saturday

EDITOR'S NOTE:— Planning to take in the sprint boat races? Here's a complete rundown of the event details, the entrants and all the attractions. Click… Continue reading

Paul and Josh Gahr take their victory lap in the TNT racing boat for the A-400 boat class at Extreme Sports Park in Port Angeles last September. Brian Harmon/for Peninsula Daily News

Many voters didn’t participate in primary election

The combined voter turnout for the two counties on the North Olympic Peninsula was 47.6 percent for the all-mail primary election as of Wednesday afternoon:… Continue reading

Chapman, Roth lead 'top two' Clallam County commissioner primary

Chapman, Roth lead ‘top two’ Clallam County commissioner primary

PORT ANGELES — Incumbent Mike Chapman and Republican challenger Maggie Roth took commanding leads tonight in the first count of ballots in the top-two primary… Continue reading

Chapman, Roth lead 'top two' Clallam County commissioner primary