Brian Gawley

Peninsula: Gov. Locke’s decision not to seek re-election viewed by local lawmakers

Three elected Peninsula Democrats said Monday they understand why Gov. Gary Locke will step down as governor after 2004. "I really truly believe that this… Continue reading

Peninsula: State’s annual gypsy moth trapping in full swing

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS The state's annual gypsy moth hunt is under way, with up to 40 trappers setting 19,000 traps statewide -- including 750 in… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Best Western owner buys land next door

PORT ANGELES -- A motel owner embroiled in a controversy over the proposed waterfront conference center is exploring ways to compete against it. Tod McClaskey… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Graving yard soil won’t go to ex-mill site, but to west Port Angeles instead

PORT ANGELES -- Thousands of cubic yards of dirt from the state Department of Transportation's graving yard project will be trucked to a west Port… Continue reading

Port Angeles: City Council gets no assurances about graving yard

PORT ANGELES -- The state Department of Transportation graving yard proposed for 23 waterfront acres is being built for the sole purpose of refurbishing the… Continue reading

Port Angeles: City manager proposes Gateway funding strategy

PORT ANGELES -- City Manager Michael Quinn has proposed a funding plan for the $11.5 million International Gateway Transportation Center and related improvements. Quinn's plan… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Best Western owner offers to pay for conference center study

PORT ANGELES -- A hotel owner who hotly opposes the proposed Oak Street hotel and conference center now says he'll pay to have a consultant… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Get new hotel/conference center report or I”ll keep suing, opposing innkeeper says

PORT ANGELES -- The biggest opponent of the proposed Oak Street hotel and conference center says if the city hires a hotel consultant to study… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Work begins Monday at Fifth and Race streets

PORT ANGELES -- Drivers and pedestrians will experience periodic delays and some parking spaces could be displaced when work begins Monday on the new traffic… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Renovate Shore pool or build new one? City to query consulting architects

PORT ANGELES -- A decision to renovate 42-year-old William Shore Memorial Pool or scrap it and build a new one at Lincoln Park could be… Continue reading

Port Angeles: City Council likely to review proposed increase to electricity rates next month

PORT ANGELES -- The city's monthly electricity rates could increase as much as $7 per household this fall because of rising wholesale costs from suppliers.… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Water restrictions start for six weeks later this month

PORT ANGELES -- Residents will face voluntary water restrictions for about six weeks beginning late this month during construction of a cover on one of… Continue reading

Peninsula: Federal oil spill prevention money will fund tugboat, weather sensors; locations to be determined

Federal funds totaling $1.6 million will pay for more weather sensors and rescue tugboats to help protect the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget… Continue reading

Peninsula: Vancouver Winter Games in 2010 get local tourism officials thinking now

OK, 2010 seems like a l-o-n-g time from now. But tourism officials in the land of the Olympics -- Mountains -- are excited about the… Continue reading

Proposed BPA electricity rate increase should hike Clallam rates, too

Electricity customers of Clallam County Public Utility District No. 1 and the city of Port Angeles should see a small rate increase this fall if… Continue reading

Jefferson: Centrum loses some grant funding in new budget, but is generally spared

PORT TOWNSEND -- Centrum will receive about $30,000 less in state funding, but was spared cuts that would have trimmed education programs in the final… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Oak Street conference center project clears latest hurdle

PORT ANGELES -- The proposed Oak Street hotel and conference center cleared another hurdle this week but there are more to come, according to the… Continue reading

It’s official — contract awarded for Hood Canal Bridge and graving yard

PORT ANGELES -- Work on the Hood Canal Bridge and graving yard projects could begin in late July after the state Department of Transportation awarded… Continue reading

Towering snags cut down at Lake Sutherland

LAKE SUTHERLAND -- Two dead fir trees, one about 230 feet high, that had towered above U.S. Highway 101 for decades were taken down Thursday… Continue reading

Carlsborg: U.S. 101 gaining Kitchen-Dick Road turn lane

PORT ANGELES -- Beginning Saturday, westbound drivers turning right onto Kitchen-Dick Road from U.S. Highway 101 won't have to nervously watch their rearview mirrors. And… Continue reading