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A piece of playground equipment sits near the leveled site of a new playground at Shane Park in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Salmon, storytelling part of Shane Park fundraiser

PORT ANGELES — Renowned Jamestown S'Klallam storyteller Elaine Grinnell will speak at a community salmon feast in Port Angeles on Saturday — the latest fundraiser… Continue reading

A piece of playground equipment sits near the leveled site of a new playground at Shane Park in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Clallam County tables update, revisions to master parks plan

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County will hit the refresh button on its parks and recreation master plan to stay eligible for future grants to improve… Continue reading

Clallam County commissioner candidates air views

PORT ANGELES — Five candidates for Clallam County commissioner started off the campaign season with a forum at the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce… Continue reading

State ruling clears way for Carlsborg growth

CARLSBORG — A state hearings board on Monday lifted the Carlsborg urban growth area from a Growth Management Act sanction. The decision overturning a 2008… Continue reading

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BREAKING NEWS — Carlsborg UGA found in compliance with growth law. This means businesses can expand

PORT ANGELES — A state hearings board today (Monday) lifted the Carlsborg urban growth area from a 2008 finding of noncompliance and invalidity with the… Continue reading

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Good water supply on tap this summer thanks to snowpack in Olympics

Olympic Mountain snowpack is more than twice as robust as it normally is heading into summer. “We’re going to have plenty of water,” said Scott… Continue reading

Shelves displaying hard liquor for sale are shown in this California Safeway store. Safeway stores on the North Olympic Peninsula are among outlets selling spirits for the first time in Washington state history today.  -- Special to Peninsula Daily News

Hard liquor goes on sale at private North Olympic Peninsula stores for first time today

Spirits will go on sale today at North Olympic Peninsula grocery outlets as voter-approved Initiative 1183 takes effect. “They’ll be available,” confirmed Jim Nimz, manager… Continue reading

Shelves displaying hard liquor for sale are shown in this California Safeway store. Safeway stores on the North Olympic Peninsula are among outlets selling spirits for the first time in Washington state history today.  -- Special to Peninsula Daily News
An Elwha River Casino shuttle bus makes its way down a wavy stretch of Lower Elwha Road near the Lower Elwha Klallam reservation. -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Elwha River dam-related work vehicles wrecking county road, Clallam commissioners told

PORT ANGELES — Lower Elwha Road is on the verge of crumbling because of a high volume of heavy vehicles in use for Elwha River… Continue reading

An Elwha River Casino shuttle bus makes its way down a wavy stretch of Lower Elwha Road near the Lower Elwha Klallam reservation. -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Clallam County again restricts development in Carlsborg

PORT ANGELES — For the seventh time in four years — and probably the last — the three Clallam County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to… Continue reading

Betsy Reed Schultz of Port Angeles said

Green Beret’s mom breakfasts with Obamas in honor of son

PORT ANGELES — Nothing can assuage the grief that Betsy Reed Schultz bears this Memorial Day — not even a breakfast with Barack and Michelle… Continue reading

Betsy Reed Schultz of Port Angeles said
Port Angeles adventurer Chris Duff is seen preparing for his journey from Scotland to Iceland on his boat

Port Angeles adventurer approaches Faroe Islands in solo row

With the weather finally on his side, Port Angeles adventurer Chris Duff is making his long-awaited solo crossing from Scotland to the Faroe Islands in… Continue reading

Port Angeles adventurer Chris Duff is seen preparing for his journey from Scotland to Iceland on his boat
The Olympic Medical Center's Varian TrueBeam linear accelerator sits at the Thomas Family Cancer Center in Sequim in this 2011 photo. Chris Tucker/Peninsula Daily News

Olympic Medical Cancer Center ‘ahead of the curve’

PORT ANGELES — You don't have to travel to Seattle to get first-class cancer care, an Olympic Medical Center radiation oncologist told hospital commissioners last… Continue reading

The Olympic Medical Center's Varian TrueBeam linear accelerator sits at the Thomas Family Cancer Center in Sequim in this 2011 photo. Chris Tucker/Peninsula Daily News

Clallam homelessness down 66 percent

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County homelessness has decreased by 66.4 percent since 2006 despite a spike in demand for affordable housing, a homelessness report card… Continue reading

Curt Ebbesmeyer tells a Sequim audience that they should be prepared for flotsam along the Pacific coast. Jeff Chew/Peninsula Daily News

Japanese tsunami debris: Lots of flotsam by October, ocean expert warns

Beachcombing will get a lot more interesting this October. That's when the bulk of the flotsam unleashed by the Japanese tsunami of March 2011 will… Continue reading

Curt Ebbesmeyer tells a Sequim audience that they should be prepared for flotsam along the Pacific coast. Jeff Chew/Peninsula Daily News

Unemployment rates dip on Peninsula

PORT ANGELES — Gains in the service sector lowered unemployment by about 1 percentage point on the North Olympic Peninsula in April, the state Employment… Continue reading

$1.6 million settlement of age-bias lawsuit to cost Clallam County $100,000 directly

$1.6 million settlement of age-bias lawsuit to cost Clallam County $100,000 directly

PORT ANGELES — Four former county employees have accepted a $1.6 million settlement with Clallam County, resolving age and disability discrimination claims against County Prosecuting… Continue reading

$1.6 million settlement of age-bias lawsuit to cost Clallam County $100,000 directly

State Supreme Court justice speaks in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — State Supreme Court Justice Charlie Wiggins expounded on the theme of this year's Law Day — “No Courts, No Justice, No Freedom”… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center introduces new sleep physician

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center’s sleep medicine program has been rejuvenated. Dr. Michael McDonald, a certified sleep physician with more than 30 years of… Continue reading

Patient volumes put Olympic Medical Center in red

PORT ANGELES — Lower patient volumes have put Olympic Medical Center $297,000 in the red this year, Chief Executive Officer Eric Lewis said. “It’s been… Continue reading

Health official: Whooping cough not going away

PORT ANGELES — While there have been no new whooping cough cases reported in Clallam or Jefferson counties in weeks, the region’s top public health… Continue reading