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Olympic Medical Center eyes expansion of Sequim campus

SEQUIM — At 13 years old, Olympic Medical Center’s Sequim campus hurts with growing pains. Like a teenager outgrowing his or her clothes, for the… Continue reading

Bulletin board greets visitors to Heart o’ the Hills campground. ()

Official: Head wound from crossbow bolt killed man found dead at campground south of Port Angeles in February

PORT ANGELES — A 54-year-old Joyce man found dead in Heart o’ the Hills campground Feb. 4 died of a head wound caused by a… Continue reading

Bulletin board greets visitors to Heart o’ the Hills campground. ()
Bulletin board greets visitors to Heart o' the Hills campground. ()

Official: Head wound from crossbow bolt killed man found dead at campground south of Port Angeles in February

PORT ANGELES — A 54-year-old Joyce man found dead in Heart o' the Hills campground Feb. 4 died of a head wound caused by a… Continue reading

Bulletin board greets visitors to Heart o' the Hills campground. ()

Clallam prosecutor questions revenue sources for Criminal Reinvestment Initiative

PORT ANGELES — Its backers say the Criminal Reinvestment Initiative could cut property crime by 15 percent, slice prison construction by $291 million and add… Continue reading

North Olympic Peninsula legislators oppose gas-tax hike

OLYMPIA — North Olympic Peninsula legislators don’t want to set into concrete a state transportation bill funded by a 11.7-cent gas price hike over three… Continue reading

Jamestown S'Klallam tribal community center in Blyn. ()

ELECTRONIC WARFARE TRAINING — Questions raised about Sequim City Council at closed-door Navy-Jamestown S’Klallam meeting

BLYN — The Sequim City Council apparently sailed into a gray area when a quorum of the council attended the Navy's Feb. 20 briefing to… Continue reading

Jamestown S'Klallam tribal community center in Blyn. ()

EYE ON OLYMPIA: Region’s lawmakers see some of their bills pass on to chamber floors while others are blocked

OLYMPIA — The Legislature has spit out Steve Tharinger’s bill to license mid-level dental professionals, and it’s turned a mostly tin ear to Kevin Van… Continue reading

Jamestown S’Klallam remain cautious while discussions of tribal marijuana businesses elsewhere continue

MARYSVILLE — While tribes from across the nation gathered Friday at the Tulalip reservation to discuss legalized marijuana, the Jamestown S’Klallam tribal chairman remained wary… Continue reading

MEASLES — How does your local school rank? A new look as state lists percentage of school measles exemptions

PORT ANGELES — Eighty-nine percent of students in Port Angeles schools have complete immunity to measles, whooping cough and other communicable diseases, according to the… Continue reading

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Port Angeles among coolest towns in America, according to Web travelogue

PORT ANGELES — Hey, Bruce Springsteen: Port Angeles is cooler than your Asbury Park, N.J., and cooler than at least three more American towns. It's… Continue reading

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Jamestown S'Klallam tribal community center in Blyn. ()

ELECTRONIC WARFARE TRAINING — Questions raised about Sequim City Council at closed-door Navy-Jamestown S’Klallam meeting

BLYN — The Sequim City Council apparently sailed into a gray area when a quorum of the council attended the Navy's Feb. 20 briefing to… Continue reading

Jamestown S'Klallam tribal community center in Blyn. ()

MEASLES — How does your local school rank? A new look as state lists percentage of school measles exemptions

PORT ANGELES — Eighty-nine percent of students in Port Angeles schools have complete immunity to measles, whooping cough and other communicable diseases, according to the… Continue reading

Port Angeles

Port Angeles among coolest towns in America, according to Web travelogue

PORT ANGELES — Hey, Bruce Springsteen: Port Angeles is cooler than your Asbury Park, N.J., and cooler than at least three more American towns. It's… Continue reading

Port Angeles

How’s your school rank? A new look as state lists percentage of school measles exemptions

PORT ANGELES — Eighty-nine percent of students in Port Angeles schools have complete immunity to measles, whooping cough and other communicable diseases, according to the… Continue reading

Port Angeles

Port Angeles among coolest towns in America, according to Web travelogue

PORT ANGELES — Hey, Bruce Springsteen: Port Angeles is cooler than your Asbury Park, N.J., and cooler than at least three more American towns. It's… Continue reading

Port Angeles

Olympic Medical Center to give volunteer medical clinic $40,000

PORT ANGELES — Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics will get a $40,000 injection from Olympic Medical Center, whose CEO hopes other agencies will provide… Continue reading

A third case of measles in Port Angeles confirmed by tests

THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED — Clallam gets fourth case of measles: the brother of girl already stricken — https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20150220/NEWS/302209964 PORT ANGELES — A third… Continue reading

Girl’s exposure to measles took place at different clinic than originally reported

OLYMPIA — A state Health Department spokesman said Thursday the Lower Elwha Health Clinic was where a 5-year-old girl contracted the case of measles that… Continue reading

Lab confirms third case of measles in Clallam County

PORT ANGELES — A third case of measles has been confirmed on the North Olympic Peninsula. All three cases are in Port Angeles. The patient,… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center lab assistant Deana Heimbigner looks over an isolation tent near the hospital's emergency room in Port Angeles on Wednesday. The tent is for temporarily quarantines of incoming patients with measles to prevent the disease from entering the hospital. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

UPDATE: Clinic unidentified where girl with measles reportedly went, state health department spokesman says [Corrected]

OLYMPIA – A state health department spokesperson said today that he was unsure where a 5-year-old girl contracted the case of measles that resulted in… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center lab assistant Deana Heimbigner looks over an isolation tent near the hospital's emergency room in Port Angeles on Wednesday. The tent is for temporarily quarantines of incoming patients with measles to prevent the disease from entering the hospital. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)