Clatsop County has settled with two former employees from the district attorney’s office for more than $114,000 amid an ongoing investigation into workplace conduct issues.

The county confirmed the settlements had happened, but declined to comment on them or on any aspects of the investigation.

In the settlement documents, the county does not mention the investigation or list any reason for the agreements beyond marking the end of the women’s employment with the county. Instead the documents refer to the money paid to the women as severance pay, broken up across three categories: for alleged economic damages, for alleged noneconomic damages, and for alleged attorney fees.

But the former trial assistants named in the agreements, Kaelee Kinney and Krysta Criss, told KMUN they left t

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