Rob Ollikainen

Hot Springs Road reopens to Glines Canyon overlook

Hot Springs Road reopens to Glines Canyon overlook

Exploring the Elwha River valley got a whole lot easier Thursday with the reopening of Olympic Hot Springs Road. Olympic National… Continue reading

Hot Springs Road reopens to Glines Canyon overlook
Port Angeles man charged with first-degree murder of his father

Port Angeles man charged with first-degree murder of his father

Clallam County prosecutors have alleged that Shay Clinton Darrow premeditated the Jan. 12 murder of his father. Darrow, 27, is accused of… Continue reading

Port Angeles man charged with first-degree murder of his father
Discovery Bay eatery pulls $26,000 donation off its walls

Discovery Bay eatery pulls $26,000 donation off its walls

It added up to $26,582. The $1 bills that covered the walls of Fat Smitty’s restaurant in Discovery Bay were taken down… Continue reading

Discovery Bay eatery pulls $26,000 donation off its walls

Federal funds to support McDonald Creek bridge replacement

Clallam County has obligated federal construction funds to expedite the replacement of the Old Olympic Highway bridge over McDonald Creek. Commissioners voted… Continue reading

Flu outbreak on Peninsula called worst in recent memory as season enters full swing

Flu outbreak on Peninsula called worst in recent memory as season enters full swing

If you’ve had the flu this winter you’re not alone. Health officials say it’s the worst outbreak in recent memory, with hospitals and clinics reporting… Continue reading

Flu outbreak on Peninsula called worst in recent memory as season enters full swing

Forks man gets 5 years for heroin possession, intent to sell

A 28-year-old Forks man has been sentenced to five years in prison for possession of heroin with intent to deliver. John Planck… Continue reading

Second patient in tree-vs.-SUV collision dies

A second passenger in an SUV that was struck by a falling tree at Lake Crescent on New Year’s Day has died, a… Continue reading

Peninsula workforce, unemployment grows

Nearly 350 joined the North Olympic Peninsula labor force in December, resulting in higher unemployment rates for Clallam and Jefferson counties, state officials said. Clallam… Continue reading

Clallam expected to renew $26,000 agreement with conservation district

Clallam County is expected to renew a $26,000 agreement with the Clallam Conservation District. The district will use the money to provide… Continue reading

Over 200 march in Port Angeles Gathering for Hope

Over 200 march in Port Angeles Gathering for Hope

Hope and hugs abounded in Port Angeles on Saturday. A crowd of well over 200 marched from Veterans Memorial Park to the… Continue reading

Over 200 march in Port Angeles Gathering for Hope
Bridge adds link to Olympic Discovery Trail

Bridge adds link to Olympic Discovery Trail

Crews on Thursday were installing a 210-foot-long modular steel bridge for the Olympic Discovery Trail at Sequim Bay State Park. The 177,000-pound span… Continue reading

Bridge adds link to Olympic Discovery Trail

Identity theft conviction nets four-month sentence

A Port Angeles woman convicted of four counts of second-degree identity theft Jan. 12 has been sentenced to four months in jail,… Continue reading

Bill Peach

Peach named vice chair of state Board of Natural Resources

Clallam County Commissioner Bill Peach has been named the new vice chair of the state Board of Natural Resources. Peach represents 21… Continue reading

Bill Peach
Clallam offered $39,000 to be used for shooting range

Clallam offered $39,000 to be used for shooting range

The Peninsula Northwest Shooting Park Association has offered Clallam County $39,305 for the future construction of a shooting range. County commissioners Tuesday… Continue reading

Clallam offered $39,000 to be used for shooting range
Jim Stoffer

Clallam commissioners back school measures in Sequim, Forks

One week after backing the Port Angeles school levy, Clallam County commissioners Tuesday established positions in support of similar measures in Sequim… Continue reading

Jim Stoffer
Ozias to senators: Vet Trump’s Cabinet nominees

Ozias to senators: Vet Trump’s Cabinet nominees

Clallam County Commissioner Mark Ozias is calling on U.S. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell to carefully vet President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet… Continue reading

Ozias to senators: Vet Trump’s Cabinet nominees

Second patient released after tree vs. SUV collision at Lake Crescent

The driver of an SUV that was struck by a falling tree on U.S. Highway 101 at Lake Crescent on New Year’s… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Pete Rennie of Port Angeles, a former patron of Van Gogh’s Gourmet Pizza & Mexican, pays his respects at a make-shift shrine to restaurant-owner Clint Darrow at the front door of the Port Angeles business on Saturday.

Bail set for son in fatal shooting of Port Angeles pizzeria owner

Bail has been set at $500,000 for a Port Angeles man accused of shooting his father to death. Shay C. Darrow, 27,… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Pete Rennie of Port Angeles, a former patron of Van Gogh’s Gourmet Pizza & Mexican, pays his respects at a make-shift shrine to restaurant-owner Clint Darrow at the front door of the Port Angeles business on Saturday.
Services Monday for founder of rowing association

Services Monday for founder of rowing association

John Halberg, community icon and founder of the Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association, will be remembered in a pair of memorial services Monday.… Continue reading

Services Monday for founder of rowing association
Steve Methner, Port Angeles Citizens for Education co-chair

Clallam commissioners back Port Angeles schools levy

Clallam County commissioners have taken a position in support of the Port Angeles School District’s proposed educational programs and operation replacement levy.… Continue reading

Steve Methner, Port Angeles Citizens for Education co-chair