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New wage, sick time laws affect business owners

New wage, sick time laws affect business owners

Business owners had better get their acts together by complying with new state laws on sick leave and the minimum wage that… Continue reading

New wage, sick time laws affect business owners
Chicken coop lost to blaze west of Sequim

Chicken coop lost to blaze west of Sequim

Twenty-foot flames led firefighters to a blaze in a chicken coop west of Sequim. The fire Tuesday night likely was caused by a… Continue reading

Chicken coop lost to blaze west of Sequim
Three women finalists for young leader award from Port Angeles Chamber

Three women finalists for young leader award from Port Angeles Chamber

Three women, three beacons. Lindsay Fox, Brianna Kelly and Bonnie Schmidt are finalists for the inaugural Young Leader of the Year award… Continue reading

Three women finalists for young leader award from Port Angeles Chamber
Friends mourn death: Sequim woman known as face of chamber

Friends mourn death: Sequim woman known as face of chamber

Distraught friends of Jeri Smith remembered her Tuesday as the face of the Sequim Valley-Dungeness Chamber of Commerce, a child of the town… Continue reading

Friends mourn death: Sequim woman known as face of chamber
Port Townsend urged to delay city manager search

Port Townsend urged to delay city manager search

Port Townsend’s city manager is prepared to delay his retirement — originally slated for the end of 2018 — to allow city… Continue reading

Port Townsend urged to delay city manager search

Jefferson County questions noxious weed board’s goals since funding increase

Jefferson County officials questioned the Jefferson County Noxious Weed Control Board’s priorities during the board’s annual report to the county. County Administrator… Continue reading

Officials: Elwha River searched for Sequim woman believed to have jumped from bridge

Officials: Elwha River searched for Sequim woman believed to have jumped from bridge

A Coast Guard helicopter was unsuccessful Monday in finding the body of missing Sequim resident Jeri Lyn Smith, 68, who authorities said… Continue reading

Officials: Elwha River searched for Sequim woman believed to have jumped from bridge
State lawmakers return to Capitol amid protests

State lawmakers return to Capitol amid protests

Washington lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Monday for a 60-day legislative session, tasked with passing… Continue reading

State lawmakers return to Capitol amid protests
Vacant home lost but no injuries in Sunday night fire in Port Angeles

Vacant home lost but no injuries in Sunday night fire in Port Angeles

The Port Angeles Fire Department is investigating the cause of a fire at U.S. Highway 101 and Airport Road. No injuries were… Continue reading

Vacant home lost but no injuries in Sunday night fire in Port Angeles
Canine companions offer more to readers than ‘see Spot run’ at Port Hadlock school

Canine companions offer more to readers than ‘see Spot run’ at Port Hadlock school

Dogs and students walk side-by-side through the halls of Chimacum Creek Primary School. School officials say four-legged friends at the school help… Continue reading

Canine companions offer more to readers than ‘see Spot run’ at Port Hadlock school

Officials: Peninsula flu season to be ‘moderately severe’

Flu season has arrived on the North Olympic Peninsula with spikes in confirmed cases and hospitalizations but no laboratory-confirmed influenza deaths, health officials said. Public… Continue reading

McCleary funding, capital budget still the focus for state Legislature

An unfinished capital budget, more education funding to satisfy the Supreme Court’s McCleary decision and a tussle over water rights — all left… Continue reading

Clallam County incumbents look ahead to upcoming election

Most of Clallam County’s elected officials said in recent interviews that they are mulling running for re-election to their positions. After all,… Continue reading

Cooke Aquaculture says DNR had no reason to terminate lease in Port Angeles Harbor

Cooke Aquaculture says DNR had no reason to terminate lease in Port Angeles Harbor

Cooke Aquaculture Pacific has fired back at the state and its lands commissioner… Continue reading

  • Jan 7, 2018
  • By Rob Ollikainen and Paul Gottlieb Peninsula Daily News
  • Clallam County
Cooke Aquaculture says DNR had no reason to terminate lease in Port Angeles Harbor

Highway 20 crash fatal: Woman to be identified after next-of-kin notified

A woman was killed Friday when the car she was driving collided with a semi truck on state Highway 20 near Discovery… Continue reading

Jefferson County incumbents look ahead to upcoming election

Jefferson County’s elected officials said in recent interviews that they are mulling running for re-election to their positions. After all, the May… Continue reading

Health care clinic to open at Port Angeles High School

Health care clinic to open at Port Angeles High School

North Olympic Healthcare Network is preparing to open its new health center at Port Angeles High School on Tuesday, a move officials… Continue reading

Health care clinic to open at Port Angeles High School

Fatal wreck blocks Highway 20

The State Patrol is investigating a fatal wreck that occurred on state Highway 20 near Discovery Bay at about 10:45 a.m. today… Continue reading

Cooke files suit against state for canceling lease in Port Angeles

Cooke Aquaculture Pacific has filed a lawsut after Washington state canceled a lease for one of its farmed salmon operations in Port… Continue reading

  • Jan 5, 2018
  • The Associated Press and Peninsula Daily News
  • Clallam County
Peninsula pot shop owners take wait-and-see stance after federal policy change

Peninsula pot shop owners take wait-and-see stance after federal policy change

Retail marijuana shop owners from across the North Olympic Peninsula vowed to operate business as usual after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions… Continue reading

Peninsula pot shop owners take wait-and-see stance after federal policy change