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Port Angeles ethics board set to make decision Friday in complaint against deputy mayor

PORT ANGELES — A courtroom-like ethics board hearing Tuesday on Marolee Smith's four-part complaint against Deputy Mayor Cherie Kidd ended with the panel on the… Continue reading

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Former Port Angeles Finance Director Yvonne Ziomkowski wipes her eyes while giving testimony in her sex discrimination suit against the city as attorney Karen Unger

Former Port Angeles finance director takes the stand in her sex discrimination case

PORT ANGELES — Former Port Angeles city Finance Director Yvonne Ziomkowski tearfully asserted she was unfairly screamed at, singled out and finally fired during lengthy… Continue reading

Former Port Angeles Finance Director Yvonne Ziomkowski wipes her eyes while giving testimony in her sex discrimination suit against the city as attorney Karen Unger
Excavators and bulldozers remove dirt at the site of the former KPly mill in Port Angeles last fall. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News ()

Port of Port Angeles eyes marine industrial park plans for former KPly site

PORT ANGELES — The former KPly mill site, on the cusp of final pollution cleanup, would see new life as an edge-of-downtown marine trades industrial… Continue reading

Excavators and bulldozers remove dirt at the site of the former KPly mill in Port Angeles last fall. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News ()
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Port Angeles city employees see unpaid suspensions after slush fund investigation

PORT ANGELES — Light Operations Manager George Drake of the city public works department will be suspended without pay for one week and Warehouseman-Purchasing Agent… Continue reading

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Port Angeles ethics panel prepares to weigh complaints against deputy mayor

PORT ANGELES — Three city ethics board members relived key moments of a Feb. 2 City Council meeting Thursday by viewing a video of the… Continue reading

The Port Angeles ethics panel
Yvonne Ziomkowski ()

Lawyers paint conflicting pictures of former Port Angeles finance director in civil trial

PORT ANGELES — Attorneys presented competing views of former Port Angeles Finance Director Yvonne Ziomkowski to a Clallam County Superior Court jury Wednesday. Port Angeles… Continue reading

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John Procter ()

Port Angeles officials: Budget priorities haven’t changed despite funding exceptions

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles City Council is expected to continue denying funds to community organizations and services despite straying from that resolve in… Continue reading

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Yvonne Ziomkowski ()

Jury selection in former Port Angeles finance director’s lawsuit to start today

PORT ANGELES — Four years after she was fired, former city Finance Director Yvonne Ziomkowski will have her day in court. Jury selection in her… Continue reading

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Port Angeles city ethics panels stepping into uncharted territory; ‘we have a blank page in front of us,’ chairman says

PORT ANGELES — A three-person city ethics board is stepping through uncharted territory as it reviews the first-ever complaint against a Port Angeles City Council… Continue reading

Commissioner Mike Chapman ()

WEEKEND REWIND: Clallam official presents reduced Carlsborg sewer cost estimate

PORT ANGELES — An apologetic Mike Chapman praised public works officials Monday for cutting a construction management cost estimate for the $12.1 million Carlsborg sewer… Continue reading

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Maggie Roth ()

WEEKEND REWIND: Maggie Roth, a Republican, to make second try at Clallam County commissioner seat

PORT ANGELES — Republican Maggie Roth is giving it another shot. Roth announced Friday she is running a second time for Clallam County Commissioner Mike… Continue reading

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Port Angeles Deputy Mayor Cherie Kidd ()

WEEKEND REWIND: Port Angeles taxpayers to pay city council members’ ethics complaint legal fees

PORT ANGELES — The legal fees to defend Deputy Mayor Cherie Kidd and Councilman Dan Gase against an ethics complaint related to an ongoing fluoridation… Continue reading

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Steve Burke and Port of Port Angeles Commissioner Connie Beauvais share a light moment Friday after Beauvais and Commissioner Colleen McAleer selected Burke to fill a vacancy on the port commission. (Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News)

WEEKEND REWIND: Port of Port Angeles fills vacant seat; commissioners pick pool director Steve Burke for Hallett’s spot

PORT ANGELES — Steve Burke has a new hat to wear: Port of Port Angeles commissioner. Burke, part-time executive director of William Shore Memorial Pool… Continue reading

Steve Burke and Port of Port Angeles Commissioner Connie Beauvais share a light moment Friday after Beauvais and Commissioner Colleen McAleer selected Burke to fill a vacancy on the port commission. (Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News)
Ron Richards ()

WEEKEND REWIND: Ron Richards, a Democrat, seeks return to Clallam County commissioner seat

PORT ANGELES — Forty years after serving as a Clallam County commissioner, Democrat Ron Richards is seeking the position again in hopes of replacing outgoing… Continue reading

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WEEKEND REWIND: Specter of coastal salmon fishing ban haunts North Olympic Peninsula business, community leaders

EDITOR'S NOTE: This report has been corrected to reflect that Trish Hutson is executive director of the Clallam Bay-Sekiu Chamber of Commerce. FORKS — Business… Continue reading

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Port Angeles Deputy Mayor Cherie Kidd ()

Port Angeles taxpayers to pay city council members’ ethics complaint legal fees

PORT ANGELES — The legal fees to defend Deputy Mayor Cherie Kidd and Councilman Dan Gase against an ethics complaint related to an ongoing fluoridation… Continue reading

Port Angeles Deputy Mayor Cherie Kidd ()
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Specter of coastal salmon fishing ban haunts North Olympic Peninsula business, community leaders

EDITOR'S NOTE: This report has been corrected to reflect that Trish Hutson is executive director of the Clallam Bay-Sekiu Chamber of Commerce. FORKS — Business… Continue reading

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Commissioner Mike Chapman ()

Clallam official presents reduced Carlsborg sewer cost estimate

PORT ANGELES — An apologetic Mike Chapman praised public works officials Monday for cutting a construction management cost estimate for the $12.1 million Carlsborg sewer… Continue reading

Commissioner Mike Chapman ()
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Port Angeles ethics board meeting delayed as lawyers enter scene

PORT ANGELES — An ethics board meeting scheduled for 2:30 p.m. today was cancelled after lawyers entered the fray. It has been tentatively reset for… Continue reading

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Steve Burke and Port of Port Angeles Commissioner Connie Beauvais share a light moment Friday after Beauvais and Commissioner Colleen McAleer selected Burke to fill a vacancy on the port commission. (Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News)

Port of Port Angeles fills vacant seat; commissioners pick pool director Steve Burke for Hallett’s spot

PORT ANGELES — Steve Burke has a new hat to wear: Port of Port Angeles commissioner. Burke, part-time executive director of William Shore Memorial Pool… Continue reading

Steve Burke and Port of Port Angeles Commissioner Connie Beauvais share a light moment Friday after Beauvais and Commissioner Colleen McAleer selected Burke to fill a vacancy on the port commission. (Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News)