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Officials discuss West End drought City watching wells carefully in Forks
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FORKS — Officials on the West End are watching water levels closely after experiencing the second-driest spring on record and as West End rivers near or break record lows. Forks City Attorney Rod Fleck said city officials are watching the city’s wells closely before issuing mandatory water use restrictions. “We’re watching it very carefully,” Fleck said. “We’ve had one of the driest springs in our historic record and we put in voluntary conservation measures a couple weeks ago.” Fleck said that today that officials are expected to check the wells, which have been losing about a foot of water per week, and that he expects a decision on mandatory conservation measures to be made within the coming weeks. “It’s a decision that’s made by the mayor in consultation with the public works director and his staff,” Fleck said. Forks residents already have been asked to avoid watering lawns, limit washing vehicles and to be conscious of water use during daily tasks. The state Department of Ecology released a map Thursday showing that Tuesday the West End — which includes both Clallam and Jefferson counties — was facing a “severe drought” while East Clallam and East Jefferson counties were facing a “moderate drought.” There are two levels of drought beyond “severe drought.” On Tuesday, the Hoh River hit a record low of 770 cubic feet per second (cfs), breaking the 2015 record of 792 cfs. That river usually flows at about 1,900 cfs this time of year. On Thursday, flows in the Calawah
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The Sol Duc River is shown where it crosses U.S. Highway 101 near Sappho, east of Forks. Officials in Forks are concerned about water supply as the North Olympic Peninsula deals with drought conditions this summer. River were as low as 93.6 cfs, well under the median flow of 229 cfs. The lowest flow the river has seen on June 27 was in 2015, when flows on that day were as low as 83 cfs. On Tuesday, flows dropped below 80 cfs. Rivers in central Clallam County were still about double the record low flows set in 2015. “The little rain that we’re getting knocks down the dust and provides some water for grass to grow a little, but it’s not addressing the reduction in
our groundwater system,” Fleck said. Fleck and other West End officials met with state Department of Ecology officials Tuesday to discuss the drought and how the state might help. During his presentation, Mike Gallagher of Ecology’s Water Resources Program frequently compared this year’s drought to 2015, when the state experienced record low snowpack that was caused by higher-than normal temperatures during the winter. TURN
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PORT ANGELES — McKinley Paper Co. is seeking in-person job applicants July 11 in anticipation of reopening its shuttered Ediz Hook paper mill by December and expanding its reach through the recent acquisition of a U.S. packaging company. The New Mexico-based American subsidiary of Mexican-owned Bio-Pappel wants to fill 33 positions, an organizer of what’s billed as a “hiring event” said Thursday. Patrice Varela-Daylo, a business services specialist with WorkSource of Clallam and Jefferson counties, said Thursday the company wants to immediately fill 15 of the positions. Applicants will not be hired at the event, she said. Applicants will go through a training period, General Manager Edward Bortz said Thursday in an interview. Applications must be filled out and submitted in person between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Thursday, July 11 at the Armory Square Professional Center, 228 W. First St., in Port Angeles. TURN
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A vehicle passes through the McKinley Paper Co. mill in Port Angeles. The company will seek job applicants July 11.
Consumer fireworks going on sale today Banned in Sequim, Port Angeles BY ROB OLLIKAINEN PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — Consumer fireworks go on sale in Clallam County today, but you’ll need to be outside of Port Angeles and Sequim to set them off legally this Fourth of July. Under state law, consumer fireworks can be lit in areas that
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appropriate times in unincorporated Clallam County and the city of Forks. Port Angeles and Sequim have banned consumer fireworks. Officers have discretion to issue citations.
‘Voluntary compliance’ “Really what we’re seeking is voluntary compliance,” Port Angeles Deputy Chief of Police Jason Viada said Thursday. Exploding fireworks like bot-
tle rockets, firecrackers, missile rockets, cherry bombs and M-80s are illegal. “I urge everyone to exercise extreme caution using legal fireworks and completely forgo the use of illegal pyrotechnic fireworks,” Clallam County Sheriff Bill Benedict said in a Tuesday announcement. “In general, anything that explodes is illegal.” The Port Angeles City Council voted to ban consumer fireworks
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with strong public support in 2015. The Sequim City Council followed suit in 2016 after an advisory vote found that 65.6 percent of respondents said they favored a fireworks ban. Forks municipal code allows for the discharge of legal consumer fireworks beginning today. Clallam County also follows state law. TURN
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