Rob Ollikainen

Sekiu man, 46, charged with oxycodone sale

PORT ANGELES — A 46-year-old Sekiu man was charged last week with 10 felony drug and weapons crimes after he allegedly sold oxycodone to an… Continue reading

New coalition urges binding arbitration for Olympic Medical Center union members

PORT ANGELES — A new coalition has called on Olympic Medical Center to go to binding arbitration to resolve a year-and-a-half-long dispute with Service Employees… Continue reading

Port Angeles attorney Craig Miller

Olympic Medical Center appoints new commissioner

PORT ANGELES — Tom Oblak has been appointed Olympic Medical Center's seventh commissioner. Oblak, a 63-year-old former hospital facilities manager in Florida now living in… Continue reading

Port Angeles attorney Craig Miller
Ed Smith

Microbreweries touted as tourist draw

PORT ANGELES — There's a burgeoning microbrew industry in Clallam County that has the potential to become a tourist attraction, local brewers told Port Angeles… Continue reading

Ed Smith

Whooping cough cases rise to 23 on Peninsula

The number of whooping cough cases on the North Olympic Peninsula has nearly doubled in the past two weeks, the region’s public health officer reported… Continue reading

Binding arbitration pitched in Olympic Medical Center talks

PORT ANGELES — If Olympic Medical Center won’t reopen contract talks with Service Employees International Union Healthcare 1199NW, the union’s president said she is willing… Continue reading

Federal plan to shoot barred owls weighed on Peninsula

Should the federal government allow people to shoot barred owls to protect the endangered northern spotted owl? That’s a question wildlife officials are asking after… Continue reading

Port Angeles man accused of stealing cemetery vases

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man who allegedly stole dozens of bronze vases from the Mount Angeles Memorial Park cemetery was arrested Wednesday for… Continue reading

Clallam, Sequim ink deal for district court fees

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County will charge the city of Sequim $66,444 this year for handling its district court cases under a new agreement that… Continue reading

City briefs Port Angeles chamber on waterfront project

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles business leaders were briefed Monday on the first $3.26 million phase of a waterfront improvement project that includes an esplanade,… Continue reading

Waterfront plan by out-of-town consultant not good enough, Port Angeles architect says

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Waterfront and Transportation Improvement Plan doesn’t go far enough to incorporate the storied heritage of the waterfront, a Port… Continue reading

New owner takes over at Olympic Raft & Kayak

PORT ANGELES — After 20 years at the helm of Olympic Raft & Kayak, Dave King is handing the paddle to a new owner. Morgan… Continue reading

Flu season hasn’t started on Peninsula, health official says

PORT ANGELES — Flu season has yet to arrive on the North Olympic Peninsula, the Clallam County Board of Health learned this week. “We’ve seen… Continue reading

Whooping cough cases rise to 14 on Peninsula

PORT TOWNSEND — Public health officials confirmed two new cases of whooping cough in Jefferson County children this week, bringing the total number of cases… Continue reading

‘Reminded us of Vegas’: Neighbors evacuated into idle transit bus during standoff

PORT ANGELES — Tenants of the Evergreen Court Apartments said they were shaken, scared and angry about the Wednesday evacuation that preceded the suicide of… Continue reading

Biomass project discussed at Board of Health meeting

PORT ANGELES — Opponents of the Nippon Paper Industries USA biomass project in Port Angeles have told the Clallam County Board of Health that the… Continue reading

Clallam OKs pacts for Olympic Discovery Trail

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Discovery Trail continues to sprout up west of the Elwha River. Clallam County commissioners Tuesday voted 3-0 to approve separate… Continue reading

Clallam pens letter to Ecology on proposed water management rule

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County lawmakers have sent a four-page letter to the state Department of Ecology outlining their concerns over the proposed water management… Continue reading

Clallam property tax report: Collections to rise $1.66 million this year

PORT ANGELES — Despite the fact that assessed property values in Clallam County fell by more than $500,000 in 2011, the Clallam County Treasurer’s Office… Continue reading

Jefferson property tax report: Collections to be about $1 million less than in 2011

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County will bill property owners $45.13 million in taxes this year, more than $1 million less than last year, county Treasurer… Continue reading