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ECHHO volunteers help those in need: Transportation to medical care is among most popular services

ECHHO volunteers help those in need: Transportation to medical care is among most popular services

The Ecumenical Christian Helping Hands Organization, or ECHHO, is filling a need for East Jefferson County’s aging population by providing transportation and… Continue reading

ECHHO volunteers help those in need: Transportation to medical care is among most popular services

Necropsy on southern resident orca shows animal suffered blunt-force trauma

A necropsy on a dead killer whale found floating off the coast of British Columbia showed the animal had blunt-force trauma to… Continue reading

Clallam PUD commissioners OK budget, rate increases for 2017

Clallam County Public Utility District water and sewer customers will see a bump in bills after Feb. 1 and electrical customers will see… Continue reading

Toys for Sequim Kids helps 400 local children this Christmas

Toys for Sequim Kids helps 400 local children this Christmas

Toys for Sequim Kids helped hundreds of local children once again this Christmas season. Organizers with Sequim Community Aid for the 69th annual… Continue reading

Toys for Sequim Kids helps 400 local children this Christmas
Toys for Tots plays Santa to more than 3,000 in Clallam County

Toys for Tots plays Santa to more than 3,000 in Clallam County

At least 3,188 children in Clallam County received toys from the Toys for Tots in Clallam County program this year. Steve Deutermann,… Continue reading

Toys for Tots plays Santa to more than 3,000 in Clallam County
State narrows choices for replacing Elwha River bridge

State narrows choices for replacing Elwha River bridge

State officials have decided to replace the dilapidated U.S. Highway 101 Elwha River bridge rather than abandon it and reroute traffic onto… Continue reading

State narrows choices for replacing Elwha River bridge

Jefferson County corrections officers get raises

The Fraternal Order of Police reached an agreement with Jefferson County officials for a raise in 2017 for corrections officers. The bargaining… Continue reading

Three drug stores on the brink: Deal to involve Rite Aids

Three drug stores on the brink: Deal to involve Rite Aids

The sale of the North Olympic Peninsula’s only Rite Aid Corp. stores — two in Port Angeles and one in Sequim —… Continue reading

Three drug stores on the brink: Deal to involve Rite Aids

Port Angeles mayor suggests new approach to opioid addiction problem

The mayor of Port Angeles wants to see a community-based plan put in place to address Clallam County’s heroin and opioid addiction… Continue reading

An EA-18G Growler aircraft is displayed for a media availability at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., December 5, 2016. Photo by Michael Watkins/Whidbey News-Times

Navy to resume EA-18, F/A-18 flight operations

Naval Air Forces directed EA-18 Growler and F/A-18 Super Hornet squadrons to resume normal operations Monday after an operational… Continue reading

An EA-18G Growler aircraft is displayed for a media availability at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., December 5, 2016. Photo by Michael Watkins/Whidbey News-Times
Retiring Jefferson County emergency management director attends last J-PREP meeting

Retiring Jefferson County emergency management director attends last J-PREP meeting

Robert “Bob” Hamlin attended his last meeting as the director of the Jefferson County Department of Emergency Management and was met with… Continue reading

Retiring Jefferson County emergency management director attends last J-PREP meeting
New $18 million medical office building almost finished

New $18 million medical office building almost finished

Olympic Medical Center’s new $18 million medical office building is nearing completion. “We’re heading toward the home stretch,” CEO Eric Lewis told… Continue reading

New $18 million medical office building almost finished
At 4:23 p.m. Wednesday, crews from Clallam Fire District No. 2 responded to a structure fire at 237979 U.S. Highway 101 in the old Clallam Timber log yard, west of Port Angeles (Clallam Fire District No. 2)

Arson suspected in mobile home fire

Firefighters believe a fire that destroyed an abandoned mobile home west of Port Angeles on Wednesday afternoon was set intentionally. “The mobile… Continue reading

At 4:23 p.m. Wednesday, crews from Clallam Fire District No. 2 responded to a structure fire at 237979 U.S. Highway 101 in the old Clallam Timber log yard, west of Port Angeles (Clallam Fire District No. 2)

Responders called in to rescue man on Little River Trail in Olympic National Park

First responders worked Thursday evening to rescue a man who was injured while hiking the Little River Trail in Olympic National Park.… Continue reading

Volunteers ensure free holiday feast in Chimacum

Volunteers ensure free holiday feast in Chimacum

Rotarians are helping to continue the tradition of a free Christmas dinner at the Tri-Area Community Center in Chimacum. The free meal will… Continue reading

Volunteers ensure free holiday feast in Chimacum
Arson suspected in mobile home fire near Port Angeles

Arson suspected in mobile home fire near Port Angeles

Arson is being investigated as the possible cause of a fire that destroyed an abandoned mobile home west of Port Angeles this… Continue reading

Arson suspected in mobile home fire near Port Angeles
Port Angeles Fire Chief Ken Dubuc

PA OKs overtime; Move will cost city but keep fire insurance rating stable

The Port Angeles City Council agreed on a split vote to guarantee minimum 24-hour staffing of five personnel in the fire department… Continue reading

Port Angeles Fire Chief Ken Dubuc
Robotics team fundraising: Gift-wrapping to help students build robots

Robotics team fundraising: Gift-wrapping to help students build robots

Jefferson County students, supported by the Applied Education Foundation, are wrapping gifts to raise money to buy equipment for underwater robots in… Continue reading

Robotics team fundraising: Gift-wrapping to help students build robots

Consider Home Fund for last-minute Christmas gifts

Christmas. We all gather with friends and family to share warm homes and hearts, eat homemade… Continue reading

Kilmer looks at road ahead for Elwha River bridge, water infrastructure

Kilmer looks at road ahead for Elwha River bridge, water infrastructure

U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer expects an infrastructure push from the federal government as President-elect Donald J. Trump’s administration takes control of the… Continue reading

Kilmer looks at road ahead for Elwha River bridge, water infrastructure