Jesse Major

PHOTOS: International mass-rescue drill unfolds in the Strait of Juan de Fuca

PHOTOS: International mass-rescue drill unfolds in the Strait of Juan de Fuca

Among the agencies involved in the drill with the U.S. Coast Guard and local responders were the Canadian Coast Guard and Joint Rescue Coordination Center Victoria.

PHOTOS: International mass-rescue drill unfolds in the Strait of Juan de Fuca

Mass-rescue drill today in the Strait of Juan de Fuca to test response

The international maritime exercise will be the first in Port Angeles and will include the Coast Guard and more than a dozen other agencies.

Organizers: Arts & Droughts Festival in downtown Port Angeles sees healthy growth

Organizers: Arts & Droughts Festival in downtown Port Angeles sees healthy growth

This year’s festival, presented by the Port Angeles Downtown Association, saw an estimated 30 percent increase in attendance.

Organizers: Arts & Droughts Festival in downtown Port Angeles sees healthy growth

Man convicted in Port Angeles crimes among those arrested after Joyce business is burglarized

Sheriff’s department: Sean Vince Della was booked into jail for investigation of second-degree burglary and malicious mischief.

Olympic Medical Center CEO’s salary raised

Olympic Medical Center CEO’s salary raised

Effective Oct. 1, Eric Lewis will earn $225,000 annually, a $21,722 increase since his previous raise in 2014.

Olympic Medical Center CEO’s salary raised
Julia Keegan, health services administrator, holds up a Suboxone strip, a drug the Clallam County jail uses to treat heroin and opioid addicts. The jail was the first on the West Coast and the only in the state to use medically assisted treatment for heroin addicts. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam County jail breaking ground with opioid addiction treatment program

The medical team there — using Suboxone to stop inmates’ cravings for heroin — implements the only medically assisted drug treatment program inside a jail in the state.

Julia Keegan, health services administrator, holds up a Suboxone strip, a drug the Clallam County jail uses to treat heroin and opioid addicts. The jail was the first on the West Coast and the only in the state to use medically assisted treatment for heroin addicts. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

Charges filed against Yakima man after Port Angeles pursuit

Probable cause statements say Richard Speedy damaged property on both sides of Port Angeles during the incident.

Coast Guard evacuates ill man from cruise ship

The 66-year-old man, who was reportedly suffering from internal bleeding, was safely airlifted to Port Angeles.

Port Angeles man arrested in alleged robbery, assault

Law enforcement: A 39-year-old man required 17 stitches to his ear after the attack.

Police: Man held for investigation of DUI, hitting car and motorcycle, and leading police on chase in Port Angeles

Police: Man held for investigation of DUI, hitting car and motorcycle, and leading police on chase in Port Angeles

Authorities say Richard Speedy also caused damage as he made his way through the city. No one was injured.

Police: Man held for investigation of DUI, hitting car and motorcycle, and leading police on chase in Port Angeles

Forks man dies in Harborview after wreck on Elwha River bridge

Emmett D. Treichel, 77, had suffered an unspecified medical emergency and was hurt in the head-on collision Friday.

Port Angeles Lefties baseball team to hold tryouts for public address announcer

Port Angeles Lefties baseball team to hold tryouts for public address announcer

Auditions are set during Major League Baseball playoff games at venues across the North Olympic Peninsula starting next month.

Port Angeles Lefties baseball team to hold tryouts for public address announcer

National Alliance on Mental Illness’ statewide conference coming to Port Angeles at month’s end

It is the first time the gathering of legal, medical and research professionals has been held in the city.

Verizon launches new network in Port Angeles

The city is one of 14 in the state to see the LTE Advanced network.

Two remain in Seattle hospital after Highway 101 wreck on Elwha River bridge

A Forks man was still in critical condition Sunday at Harborview Medical Center while an Edmonds man was in satisfactory condition.

Edmonds woman still at Harborview Medical Center following state Highway 19 wreck

Joy K. Anderson, 67, was in satisfactory condition after crash near Chimacum.

More blasting done on Elwha River dam site

More blasting done on Elwha River dam site

Boulders, rebar could present barrier in future if not removed, park says.

More blasting done on Elwha River dam site
Port of Port Angeles commissioners formally conclude cleanup of KPly mill site

Port of Port Angeles commissioners formally conclude cleanup of KPly mill site

The cleanup of the 19-acre site at 439 Marine Drive ended up costing $7,007,738.98, about $200,000 less than expected.

Port of Port Angeles commissioners formally conclude cleanup of KPly mill site

Man talked off Eighth Street bridge by Port Angeles police

The man, who had left a suicide note at Peninsula Behavioral Health, prompted officers to draw their weapons after mentioning suicide by cop.

Clallam PUD expands area of call for voluntary water savings

A PUD spokesman said the PUD will likely ask its customers to reduce water consumption until the city ends its Stage 2 alert.