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Search and rescue equipment stolen

The Port Angeles Police Department is investigating after someone stole more than $20,000 worth of search and rescue equipment from the Clallam… Continue reading

Lawsuit claims Clallam County violated Growth Management Act

Clallam County officials will discuss mineral resource lands in the coming weeks after property owners filed legal action against the county alleging… Continue reading

Clallam County takes 1 percent increase

The Clallam County commissioners approved a 1 percent increase of its general purpose and road fund property tax levies in a 2-1… Continue reading

Dog rescued from Bogachiel River

First responders reunited a woman with her dog after it was swept away by the swollen Bogachiel River on Tuesday, according to… Continue reading

Two charged after summer gun theft from Clallam County Sheriff’s Office employees

Two people accused in the theft of firearms from the home of two Clallam County Sheriff’s Office employees over the summer have… Continue reading

Annual Festival of Trees Gala nets $127,000 for Olympic Medical Center

The Festival of Trees took in a record $127,000 at its annual gala this year. Kathy Skinner and Pat Elmer’s tree, “Tempting… Continue reading

Fire at Sunrise Meats in Port Angeles halts work

Fire at Sunrise Meats in Port Angeles halts work

Firefighters from the Port Angeles Fire Department and Clallam Fire District No. 2 prevented a fire from causing major damage at Sunrise… Continue reading

Fire at Sunrise Meats in Port Angeles halts work

Port Angeles woman injured in wreck released from Harborview Medical Center

A Port Angeles woman involved in a head-on wreck on Thanksgiving Day has been discharged from Harborview Medical Center. The wreck at… Continue reading

Kilmer: Don’t go home until work is done

U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer has proposed an amendment that would prevent representatives from going home for Thanksgiving when Congress fails to pass… Continue reading

OMC approves budget with cuts: Hospital to lose $1.7 million in Medicare reimbursement

Olympic Medical Center commissioners Wednesday approved a 2019 budget that addresses the $1.7 million loss the hospital faces as a result of… Continue reading

Clallam County taps chief financial officer

Clallam County has made a conditional offer of employment for its new chief financial officer position, Interim County Administrator Rich Sill told… Continue reading

State Superintendent of public instruction offers funding ideas

State Superintendent of public instruction offers funding ideas

On the heels of a paraeducator strike that shut down Port Angeles schools last week, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal… Continue reading

State Superintendent of public instruction offers funding ideas

Woman arrested in Peninsula drug probe pleads guilty in federal court

A woman who was arrested in May for her role in what law enforcement has called one of the primary drug trafficking… Continue reading

Crash landing closes Jefferson County Airport

Crash landing closes Jefferson County Airport

The Jefferson County International Airport was closed for nearly two hours after a small plane crash-landed at the airport Sunday morning. At… Continue reading

Crash landing closes Jefferson County Airport
Raptor Center to close, eventually: After career of rescuing animals, Jaye Moore slowing down

Raptor Center to close, eventually: After career of rescuing animals, Jaye Moore slowing down

Injured birds on the North Olympic Peninsula for decades have found refuge at the Northwest Raptor and Wildlife Center in Sequim. It’s there… Continue reading

Raptor Center to close, eventually: After career of rescuing animals, Jaye Moore slowing down
National Adoption Day celebrated at ceremony in Clallam

National Adoption Day celebrated at ceremony in Clallam

Miles Bennett, 2, has been a member of the Bennett family since he was born, but on Thursday — National Adoption Day… Continue reading

National Adoption Day celebrated at ceremony in Clallam
‘The most important thing’: Rear admiral talks service at Port Angeles Veterans Day event

‘The most important thing’: Rear admiral talks service at Port Angeles Veterans Day event

On the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, people crowded into a hangar at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station/Sector… Continue reading

‘The most important thing’: Rear admiral talks service at Port Angeles Veterans Day event
Marijuana producer in Port Angeles accused of selling on black market

Marijuana producer in Port Angeles accused of selling on black market

The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board has issued two emergency marijuana license suspensions for North Coast Concentrates, saying it sold marijuana… Continue reading

Marijuana producer in Port Angeles accused of selling on black market
School closed today in Port Angeles; closure announced as negotiations continue

School closed today in Port Angeles; closure announced as negotiations continue

Port Angeles schools will be closed today as paraeducators prepare to strike after negotiations over wages stalled. Teachers have said they will… Continue reading

School closed today in Port Angeles; closure announced as negotiations continue

Port Angeles schools mediation aims to avoid strike

The Port Angeles School District and paraeducators entered into mediation Tuesday in hopes of reaching an agreement and averting potential for a… Continue reading