Rob Ollikainen

Murder charge dismissed in vehicular homicide case

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Superior Court Judge Ken Williams has dismissed the murder charge against Amber D. Steim, the Port Angeles woman accused of… Continue reading

Port Angeles fire chief to apply for city manager

PORT ANGELES — Interim City Manager Dan McKeen, who had said he was not interested in exchanging his fire chief job permanently for the city’s… Continue reading

Armed men invade Port Angeles home, rob couple

PORT ANGELES — A Gales Addition couple were robbed of money and jewelry by three armed men wearing disguises who came into their home at… Continue reading

Robin Anderson

New arts center executive director looks forward

By Rob Ollikainen Peninsula Daily News PORT ANGELES — Robin Anderson hopes to make a good thing better as the next executive director of the… Continue reading

Robin Anderson

Recreational shellfish closures spread to Jefferson County

QUILCENE — A biotoxin that causes flu-like symptoms has prompted the closure of Quilcene, Dabob and Discovery bays to recreational shellfish harvesting. The recent discovery… Continue reading

Armed men invade Port Angeles home, rob couple

PORT ANGELES — A Gales Addition couple were robbed of money and jewelry by three armed men wearing disguises who came into their home at… Continue reading

Port Angeles taps director for fine arts center

PORT ANGELES — Robin Anderson of Newberg, Ore., has verbally accepted an offer from the city of Port Angeles to direct the fine arts center,… Continue reading

Change of command Friday at Coast Guard base

PORT ANGELES — Capt. Richard A. “Tony” Hahn will transfer command of Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles to Cmdr. Keith P. McTigue… Continue reading

Clallam County approves letter to Ecology on Dungeness water rule

PORT ANGELES — After a week of deliberation, the three Clallam County commissioners reached consensus Tuesday on a letter addressing the state Department of Ecology’s… Continue reading

Clallam County commissioners draft response to Dungeness water rule

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County lawmakers today will finalize a response to the state Department of Ecology’s proposed water management rule for the Dungeness Valley.… Continue reading

Sekiu man arrested at Clallam courthouse

PORT ANGELES — A 46-year-old Sekiu man has been arrested by the Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team on a federal warrant for being an armed… Continue reading

New trial date confirmed in shooting death of Port Angeles neighbor

PORT ANGELES — Bobby J. Smith, a Port Angeles man who is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of his next-door neighbor last… Continue reading

Peninsula residents flood Ecology against proposed Dungeness water rule

SEQUIM — State officials got an earful last week from citizens vehemently opposed to a proposed water management rule for the Dungeness Valley. More than… Continue reading

Accused murderer to represent himself at trial

PORT ANGELES — A Sequim man accused of killing two registered sex offenders last month will be allowed to represent himself at his August trial,… Continue reading

Judge hears motions in DUI murder case

PORT ANGELES — Amber Steim's defense attorney told a judge Thursday that the first-degree murder charge against his client should be dropped because the facts… Continue reading

‘Traffic calming’ coming to Jamestown S’Klallam tribal complex

PORT ANGELES — Getting around the Jamestown S'Klallam tribal complex is about to get a whole lot safer, a tribal official told county commissioners this… Continue reading

Bid accepted for Hoko-Ozette Road repair

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners Tuesday accepted a $300,815 bid from 2 Grade LLC of Port Angeles to repair a storm-damaged section of Hoko-Ozette… Continue reading

Blasting to resume at Glines Canyon Dam, Port Angeles chamber told

PORT ANGELES — Drill. Blast. Repeat. That's how crews will take out chunks of what's left of the Glines Canyon Dam in July, Olympic National… Continue reading

Furlough days set for some Olympic Medical Center workers

PORT ANGELES — As patient volumes continue to lag, Olympic Medical Center has implemented a once-per-pay-period furlough day for about 190 non-union and management employees… Continue reading

Whooping cough epidemic continues on Peninsula

PORT ANGELES — At least 34 pertussis cases have occurred on the North Olympic Peninsula since January, part of a statewide epidemic that had affected… Continue reading