Jesse Major

Cause under investigation after fire destroys Sequim home

Cause under investigation after fire destroys Sequim home

A Carlsborg man is still looking for answers after a blaze destroyed his home on New Year’s Day. Firefighters searched Monday for the… Continue reading

Cause under investigation after fire destroys Sequim home
Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News                                Julian Eren of Port Angeles, 20, appears in Clallam County Superior Court on Thursday after being arrested for investigation of first-degree child rape.

Bail set in rape of a child case

Bail was set at $50,000 Thursday for a 20-year-old Port Angeles man accused of raping a young boy several years ago. Julian… Continue reading

Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News                                Julian Eren of Port Angeles, 20, appears in Clallam County Superior Court on Thursday after being arrested for investigation of first-degree child rape.
Olympic Medical Center Foundation sees its best fundraising year

Olympic Medical Center Foundation sees its best fundraising year

The Olympic Medical Center Foundation had the best fundraising year it has ever seen in 2016, Bruce Skinner, its executive director, told… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center Foundation sees its best fundraising year

Firefighters stalled in finding cause of Carlsborg blaze

The cause of a fire that ravaged a Carlsborg home on New Years Day will likely remain undetermined, firefighters say. “Everybody is scratching… Continue reading

SEAHAWKS: Team bringing tour to Forks, Port Angeles for playoff rallies

SEAHAWKS: Team bringing tour to Forks, Port Angeles for playoff rallies

Clallam County “12s” will get the chance today to rally for the Seahawks ahead of Saturday’s playoff game against the Detroit Lions.… Continue reading

SEAHAWKS: Team bringing tour to Forks, Port Angeles for playoff rallies
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Blankets of snow, measuring as much as three feet deep in parts of Port Angeles with greater amounts in surrounding areas, covers south Lincoln Street in this file photo taken in the wake of a snowstorm that blasted the North Olympic Peninsula on Dec. 28-29, 1996.

White Christmas week: Snowstorm of 1996 remembered 20 years later

Twenty years later, the snowstorm of 1996 brings back memories of a one-two punch that brought several feet of snow to Seattle… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Blankets of snow, measuring as much as three feet deep in parts of Port Angeles with greater amounts in surrounding areas, covers south Lincoln Street in this file photo taken in the wake of a snowstorm that blasted the North Olympic Peninsula on Dec. 28-29, 1996.
Carla Parke and Jon Bernhoft

Friends of Sequim pilot, fiancee mourn

Sequim Sunrise Rotary members, friends and family are searching for answers as they mourn the loss of longtime Sequim pharmacist and pilot Jon… Continue reading

Carla Parke and Jon Bernhoft
$10,000 donation to help start Pennies for Quarters’ tiny houses plan for veterans

$10,000 donation to help start Pennies for Quarters’ tiny houses plan for veterans

An anonymous $10,000 donation to Pennies for Quarters is getting the ball rolling for the soon-to-be nonprofit. The organization’s goal is to… Continue reading

$10,000 donation to help start Pennies for Quarters’ tiny houses plan for veterans
Port Angeles restaurant takes the time to thank veterans in holiday season

Port Angeles restaurant takes the time to thank veterans in holiday season

For five years, a city restaurant has continued a holiday tradition of honoring the area’s veterans. Days before Christmas, Smuggler’s Landing in… Continue reading

Port Angeles restaurant takes the time to thank veterans in holiday season
Forks men charged with arson

Forks men charged with arson

Two Forks men accused of lighting a Forks home on fire early Christmas morning were charged with arson Thursday. Adolfo Martinez Rodriguez, 29,… Continue reading

Forks men charged with arson
Bail set for man accused of setting fire to home while others inside

Bail set for man accused of setting fire to home while others inside

Bail for a man accused of setting fire to his own home while two others were inside was set at $20,000 in… Continue reading

Bail set for man accused of setting fire to home while others inside
Clallam deputies suspect arson in house fire east of Port Angeles

Clallam deputies suspect arson in house fire east of Port Angeles

Deputies booked a 58-year-old man into the Clallam County jail for investigation of setting his own home on fire, according to the… Continue reading

Clallam deputies suspect arson in house fire east of Port Angeles

Two arson suspects arrested after Forks home burns on Christmas Day

Two people have been arrested for investigation of arson after a mobile home in Forks burned early Christmas morning. Forks Police Chief Rick… Continue reading

Toys for Tots plays Santa to more than 3,000 in Clallam County

Toys for Tots plays Santa to more than 3,000 in Clallam County

At least 3,188 children in Clallam County received toys from the Toys for Tots in Clallam County program this year. Steve Deutermann,… Continue reading

Toys for Tots plays Santa to more than 3,000 in Clallam County

Port Angeles mayor suggests new approach to opioid addiction problem

The mayor of Port Angeles wants to see a community-based plan put in place to address Clallam County’s heroin and opioid addiction… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles commissioners back Elwha River bridge option

Port of Port Angeles commissioners unanimously agreed Monday that the state Department of Transportation should build a new bridge over the Elwha… Continue reading

New $18 million medical office building almost finished

New $18 million medical office building almost finished

Olympic Medical Center’s new $18 million medical office building is nearing completion. “We’re heading toward the home stretch,” CEO Eric Lewis told… Continue reading

New $18 million medical office building almost finished
At 4:23 p.m. Wednesday, crews from Clallam Fire District No. 2 responded to a structure fire at 237979 U.S. Highway 101 in the old Clallam Timber log yard, west of Port Angeles (Clallam Fire District No. 2)

Arson suspected in mobile home fire

Firefighters believe a fire that destroyed an abandoned mobile home west of Port Angeles on Wednesday afternoon was set intentionally. “The mobile… Continue reading

At 4:23 p.m. Wednesday, crews from Clallam Fire District No. 2 responded to a structure fire at 237979 U.S. Highway 101 in the old Clallam Timber log yard, west of Port Angeles (Clallam Fire District No. 2)

Responders called in to rescue man on Little River Trail in Olympic National Park

First responders worked Thursday evening to rescue a man who was injured while hiking the Little River Trail in Olympic National Park.… Continue reading

Kilmer looks at road ahead for Elwha River bridge, water infrastructure

Kilmer looks at road ahead for Elwha River bridge, water infrastructure

U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer expects an infrastructure push from the federal government as President-elect Donald J. Trump’s administration takes control of the… Continue reading

Kilmer looks at road ahead for Elwha River bridge, water infrastructure