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Clallam auditor to replace elections supervisor after ballots mishap

Clallam auditor to replace elections supervisor after ballots mishap

Clallam County Auditor Shoona Riggs will start preparing next week to replace former Elections Supervisor Ken Hugoniot after 125 unopened, uncounted Nov.… Continue reading

Clallam auditor to replace elections supervisor after ballots mishap
Jefferson Sheriff’s Office investigating burglary at recreational pot shop

Jefferson Sheriff’s Office investigating burglary at recreational pot shop

An investigation is underway after the North Olympic Peninsula’s first recreational marijuana retailer was burglarized, losing thousands of dollars in product. Sea… Continue reading

Jefferson Sheriff’s Office investigating burglary at recreational pot shop
Port Angeles City Council to tackle second-class city issues tonight

Port Angeles City Council to tackle second-class city issues tonight

City Council members will discuss a timeline tonight for determining the legality of electing an entirely new City Council as part of… Continue reading

Port Angeles City Council to tackle second-class city issues tonight

Jefferson Public Utility District works out the kinks on low-income rates program

Jefferson County Public Utility District commissioners are still working out the final details on a program to help low-income residents of Jefferson… Continue reading

Washington House passes education proposal

Washington House passes education proposal

The House on Wednesday approved its education funding proposal, but majority Democrats haven’t yet decided how… Continue reading

Washington House passes education proposal
Mill official: Nippon has pared down production

Mill official: Nippon has pared down production

Nippon Paper Industries USA has cut operations since late January, Steve Johnson, mill vice president and power manager, said Wednesday. The paper… Continue reading

Mill official: Nippon has pared down production
Clallam treasurer: Audit needed before resignation

Clallam treasurer: Audit needed before resignation

Clallam County Treasurer Selinda Barkhuis, who intends to resign before her term ends, told county commissioners Tuesday that she wants a forensic… Continue reading

Clallam treasurer: Audit needed before resignation

Jefferson Transit adjusts budget for software purchase

The Jefferson Transit Board has approved an amendment to the Transit Department’s capital budget for 2017, enabling upgrades in software and technology.… Continue reading

Inslee, school superintendents call for local levy fix

Inslee, school superintendents call for local levy fix

Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday called on Republicans in the Senate to pass a measure delaying a deadline for a reduction in the… Continue reading

Inslee, school superintendents call for local levy fix
‘Lucky to have him’: Young heart transplant recipient remembered in Port Angeles

‘Lucky to have him’: Young heart transplant recipient remembered in Port Angeles

Sunday marked 23 years since William Earl Hutt received the heart transplant that allowed him to live until he was nearly 24… Continue reading

‘Lucky to have him’: Young heart transplant recipient remembered in Port Angeles

Port Townsend event today to focus on sanctuary city information

Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will hold an information session today on what it means to be a sanctuary city and what people… Continue reading

EYE ON OLYMPIA: With cutoff past, lawmakers look to talks, votes on school funding

EYE ON OLYMPIA: With cutoff past, lawmakers look to talks, votes on school funding

The cutoff date for policy bills and initiatives in both houses of the state Legislature is now past, and lawmakers from the 24th… Continue reading

EYE ON OLYMPIA: With cutoff past, lawmakers look to talks, votes on school funding
Gathering celebrates ongoing restoration of Western Flyer

Gathering celebrates ongoing restoration of Western Flyer

Scientists, educators, shipwrights and artists gathered at the Shipwrights Co-Op in Port Townsend to see the partial restoration of the Western Flyer… Continue reading

Gathering celebrates ongoing restoration of Western Flyer
Terry Roszatycki stands inside one of the renovated rooms at the Indian Valley Motel in January 2011. The room had been damaged by fire in February 2010. (Peninsula Daily News)

Granny’s Cafe owner, father remembered as charming family man

A longtime North Olympic Peninsula restaurateur is being remembered by his family as a man of charisma and charm, a person well-suited… Continue reading

Terry Roszatycki stands inside one of the renovated rooms at the Indian Valley Motel in January 2011. The room had been damaged by fire in February 2010. (Peninsula Daily News)
With Chimacum school levy passed, superintendent waits on Olympia

With Chimacum school levy passed, superintendent waits on Olympia

The Chimacum School District’s replacement levy has passed with 61.42 percent of the vote in the first count of ballots, which is a… Continue reading

With Chimacum school levy passed, superintendent waits on Olympia
Port Townsend crafters put needles together to help others

Port Townsend crafters put needles together to help others

Local crafters are nearing their goal of 100 warm hats for Port Townsend’s homeless population, one of many charity knitting projects they’ve… Continue reading

Port Townsend crafters put needles together to help others
Flu activity ebbs on Peninsula after tough season

Flu activity ebbs on Peninsula after tough season

Flu activity is waning on the North Olympic Peninsula after one of the worst influenza seasons in recent memory, health officials said. Clallam and Jefferson… Continue reading

Flu activity ebbs on Peninsula after tough season
Shay Clinton Darrow

Port Angeles man sent to Western State Hospital for evaluation

Shay Clinton Darrow, the Port Angeles man charged with shooting his father to death last month, has been transferred to Western State… Continue reading

Shay Clinton Darrow

Port Angeles man dead after being hit on U.S. 101

The Washington State Patrol is investigating the death of a pedestrian hit by a vehicle on U.S. Highway 101 near Lake Sutherland… Continue reading

Sales taxes, camping fees, permits brisk in Clallam

Sales taxes, camping fees, permits brisk in Clallam

Clallam County had a record month for sales tax collections and a “staggering” amount of camping revenue in January, commissioners learned Monday.… Continue reading

Sales taxes, camping fees, permits brisk in Clallam