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18% of Jefferson voter ballots returned

Peninsula Daily News PORT TOWNSEND — Eighteen percent of Jefferson County voters had returned a ballot for the Nov. 8 general election as of Wednesday,… Continue reading

Clallam County OKs dog ordinance with flexibility

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County lawmakers Tuesday approved a code change that allows the owner of a potentially dangerous dog to have the pet exonerated… Continue reading

Murder charge filed in strangulation death; alleged accomplice also charged

PORT ANGELES — Kevin A. Bradfield was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder in connection with an Oct. 9 attack that killed Jennifer Pimentel. Clallam County… Continue reading

Candidates discuss Olympic Medical Center’s financial challenges

PORT ANGELES — Three candidates for two Olympic Medical Center hospital commission seats agreed Monday that biggest issue facing the public hospital district is the… Continue reading

Man pleads not guilty to killing Port Angeles neighbor

PORT ANGELES — A man accused of fatally shooting his next-door neighbor in south Port Angeles in June pleaded not guilty to first-degree premeditated murder… Continue reading

New fish farm pitched off Clallam County waters

PORT ANGELES — An Oregon seafood company has floated the idea of a new fish farm in the waters off Clallam County. Pacific Aquaculture, a… Continue reading

Clallam County ends association with ICLEI

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County is cutting ties with ICLEI — the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives. Since 2007, the county has spent $1,200… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center reports third-quarter gains amid uncertainty

PORT ANGELES — Greater patient volumes boosted Olympic Medical Center’s financial outlook in the third quarter of 2011, but hospital officials warned that the long-term… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center settles with one of its unions

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center has settled union contracts with 127 clerical, laundry and billing office employees, Chief Executive Officer Eric Lewis announced Wednesday.… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center OKs ties with Seattle’s Swedish; Jefferson, Forks hospitals consider separate pacts next month

Familiarize yourself with Swedish Medical Center of Seattle: www.swedish.org PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center on Wednesday became the first North Olympic Peninsula hospital to… Continue reading

Port Angeles youth, 13, alerts neighbors of house fire

PORT ANGELES — An alert 13-year-old who noticed a chimney fire at his neighbor's house Tuesday night saved the Port Angeles-area home, Clall­am County Fire… Continue reading

Camp David Jr. won’t go to concessionaire in 2012

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County officials have changed their minds about opening Camp David Jr. to a concessionaire in 2012, commissioners said Tuesday. “There’s some… Continue reading

Clallam Transit raises price of monthly passes

PORT ANGELES — In an effort to balance its budget, Clallam Transit on Monday approved a significant price increase on monthly bus passes effective Jan.… Continue reading

Clallam County to shorten work week in 2012

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County employees will have a 37.5-hour work week next year. Commissioners reached that consensus at the end of an eight-hour budget… Continue reading

Clallam Transit to hear on bus pass price increase

PORT ANGELES — Clallam Transit will hold a public hearing Monday on a nine-point proposal that includes a significant price hike for monthly bus passes.… Continue reading

$1 million bail set for man brought back from Texas to face murder-one charge

PORT ANGELES — A man suspected of fatally shooting his next-door neighbor in south Port Angeles four months ago was charged Thursday with first-degree premeditated… Continue reading

County at odds with Olympic National Park over Spruce trail addition, wheelchair access

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County has accused Olympic National Park of stacking the deck against a wheelchair-accessible addition to the Spruce Railroad Trail at Lake… Continue reading

Man who police say fatally shot another returned from Texas

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles police Wednesday booked the man suspected of fatally shooting his next-door neighbor in Port Angeles on June 20 after bringing… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center candidates address Port Angeles Rotary Club

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center commissioner candidates Jeanne LaBrecque and Jack Slowriver got their chance to address the Port Angeles Rotary Club on Wednesday.… Continue reading

Clallam County tables dog ordinance changes

PORT ANGELES — A dog that has been declared potentially dangerous in Clallam County would be eligible to be taken off the list after two… Continue reading