Rob Ollikainen

Comments sought on Dungeness River flood plan this week

PORT ANGELES -- It looks innocuous now, but the Dungeness River can rise quickly and swallow huge swaths of property in a flood. Property owners… Continue reading

Covarrubias murder trial continued

PORT ANGELES -- A Clallam County Superior Court judge has granted a one-month continuance in the first-degree murder trial of Robert Gene Covarrubias. Further DNA… Continue reading

Murray Motors, Chrysler cut ties today

PORT ANGELES -- Murray Motors will lose its franchise to sell new Chryslers and Dodges today. It is one of 15 Chrysler dealers in the… Continue reading

Experienced candidates running for Olympic Medical Center board contested seat

PORT ANGELES -- Two experienced candidates are running for a vacant position on the seven-member Olympic Medical Center board of commissioners. Candidates John Miles, 79,… Continue reading

Port Angeles group opens Twitter game

PORT ANGELES -- Multi Axis Games, a Port Angeles-based Web development company, has created the first online game based on Twitter, a social networking Web… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center amends Death with Dignity policy

PORT ANGELES -- Doctors working at Olympic Medical Center can counsel patients on the Death with Dignity act, the hospital's commissioners have decided. The amended… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center commissioners grapple with tough issue

PORT ANGELES -- When Jim Leskinovitch cast a vote for non-participation in Initiative 1000 on March 4, the Olympic Medical Center Board president described it… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center modifies ‘Death with Dignity’ policy

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center physicians and staff can counsel patients within the scope of the Death With Dignity Act, according to a resolution… Continue reading

13 more file for Clallam election

PORT ANGELES -- The Clallam County ballot is quickly filling up. Thirteen new candidates filed on Wednesday for the Nov. 3 election. As of Wednesday,… Continue reading

Students reap rewards for fire safety

PORT ANGELES -- Maybe it was the second helping of ice cream -- or that sunny, 80-degree weather. The students in Cynthia Green's second-grade class… Continue reading

Clallam County extending subdivision moratorium near Sequim

PORT ANGELES -- The three Clallam County commissioners on Tuesday extended interim zoning guidelines that prohibit the subdivision of lots in the Palo Verde neighborhood… Continue reading

12 more Clallam candidates file for election

PORT ANGELES -- A dozen candidates on Tuesday added their names to a growing list of candidates running for public office in Clallam County. So… Continue reading

New pool board holding first meeting

PORT ANGELES -- The William Shore Memorial Pool District took shape Tuesday as the City Council and Clallam County commissioners approved an agreement that will… Continue reading

18 candidates file for Clallam election on first day

PORT ANGELES -- Eighteen candidates have thrown their hats into the ring for the Nov. 3 Clallam County election. That leaves 33 -- about two… Continue reading

Clallam County administrator discusses pool loan

PORT ANGELES -- The William Shore Memorial Pool District will face a financial dilemma at the moment of its birth on Wednesday. Jim Jones, Clallam… Continue reading

New border crossing requirements implemented

PORT ANGELES -- It was "just another day" at the port of entry in Port Angeles on Monday, the first day that passports or other… Continue reading

Zoning hearings planned

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County planners will be on hand to answer specific questions on proposed Growth Management Act compliance strategies in two public hearings… Continue reading

Gottschalks closes for business — what’s next in downtown Port Angeles?

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles Gottschalks has closed its doors for good. The downtown retail store at 200 W. First St., which employed 30… Continue reading

Border Patrol catches illegal Canadian citizens who come by boat

PORT ANGELES -- An anonymous tip led to the arrest of three Canadian citizens who had entered the U.S. illegally by boat, the U.S. Border… Continue reading

Postal carriers stamp out hunger

PORT ANGELES -- Josie Gilbeck needed a forklift to unload the mountain of food collected by Port Angeles-area postal carriers in the Stamp Out Hunger… Continue reading