Paul Gottlieb

Republican Bill Driscoll

A congressional seat worth millions? Candidates conducting mega-campaigns for 6th District seat

Republican Bill Driscoll of Tacoma raised $1.57 million through mid-July in his quest to fill the 6th Congressional District seat, according to the latest records… Continue reading

Republican Bill Driscoll
Port of Port Angeles facilities maintenance worker Bob Beaudette locks the gate to the former PenPly plywood mill

Laborious process of PenPly site cleanup begins Monday; will it drag like the Rayonier mill effort?

PORT ANGELES — The impending environmental cleanup of the former Peninsula Plywood mill site will be discussed at a Port of Port Angeles commissioners’ meeting… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles facilities maintenance worker Bob Beaudette locks the gate to the former PenPly plywood mill

Sequim’s newest big box might not be a Fred Meyer store

SEQUIM — A Bellevue developer continues to be interested in building a 165,000-square-foot store at the corner of Sequim Avenue and U.S. Highway 101, a… Continue reading

Sequim’s newest big box might not be a Fred Meyer store

SEQUIM — A Bellevue developer continues to be interested in building a 165,000-square-foot store at the corner of Sequim Avenue and U.S. Highway 101, a… Continue reading

Bob Boardman Peninsula Daily News

Entire lawsuit dismissed by judge in Olympic National Park mountain goat death

TACOMA — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a widow who sued the U.S. government over the Oct. 16, 2010, death of… Continue reading

Bob Boardman Peninsula Daily News
People pack the Sequim Transit Center Monday to sound off to the Olympic Region Clean Air Agency about the planned biomass plants in Port Angeles and Port Townsend. Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News

Biomass meet in Sequim draws a crowd of protesters

SEQUIM — A plan to place four temporary air-quality monitors in Port Angeles and Sequim in 2013 and monitors in Port Townsend in 2014 doesn't… Continue reading

People pack the Sequim Transit Center Monday to sound off to the Olympic Region Clean Air Agency about the planned biomass plants in Port Angeles and Port Townsend. Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News

Lawsuit against Olympic National Park over death from mountain goat dismissed

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the widow of a Port Angeles man who was killed by a mountain goat in Olympic National… Continue reading

Republican Bill Driscoll

Congressional candidates face off in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — With the electoral clock ticking, 6th Congressional District candidates Derek Kilmer and Bill Driscoll sparred Monday over taxes and who is best-equipped… Continue reading

Republican Bill Driscoll

Marine Drive crossing project may face delay

PORT ANGELES — City Manager Dan McKeen will recommend today that the City Council delay conducting a $22,700 study on building an overpass or pedestrian… Continue reading

Clallam Public Utility District candidate’s spouse files complaint

PORT ANGELES — The husband of a candidate for Clallam County Public Utility District commissioner has filed a complaint with the state Public Employment Relations… Continue reading

A biomass-fueled cogeneration plant takes shape at the Nippon Paper Industries USA mill at the base of Ediz Hook in Port Angeles. The cone-shaped building at the left is the fuel storage facility. To the right of that building are the first four stories of the steel skeleton that will be the 110-foot boiler.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

New Nippon Paper construction changing Port Angeles’ skyline

PORT ANGELES — New buildings, destined to be among the tallest structures in town, are slowly filling the skyline at Nippon Industries USA’s Ediz Hook… Continue reading

A biomass-fueled cogeneration plant takes shape at the Nippon Paper Industries USA mill at the base of Ediz Hook in Port Angeles. The cone-shaped building at the left is the fuel storage facility. To the right of that building are the first four stories of the steel skeleton that will be the 110-foot boiler.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

U.S. representative’s cyber-attack warning doesn’t daunt Port Angeles on Wi-Fi

PORT ANGELES — U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks’ warning that the U.S. is vulnerable to a cyber attack left those involved in building Port Angeles’ first-of-its-kind… Continue reading

Clallam County commissioner hopefuls debate on party politics

PORT ANGELES — Incumbent Clallam County Commissioner Mike Chapman and his general election challenger, Maggie Roth, focused on party politics and union issues at a… Continue reading

The buildings and smokestack of the old Peninsula Plywood mill in Port Angeles will start coming down in November. Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News

PenPly mill demolition to start next month

PORT ANGELES — Equipment and workers will begin arriving in mid-November to tear down the shuttered Peninsula Plywood LLC mill on Marine Drive. But it… Continue reading

The buildings and smokestack of the old Peninsula Plywood mill in Port Angeles will start coming down in November. Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News

Harbor cleanup study could add to Port Angeles rate hike

PORT ANGELES — A proposed $5.75 monthly hike in wastewater rates for a city harbor sediment cleanup study would boost increases in monthly city utility… Continue reading

‘Move-to-evade’ fine approved by Port Angeles panel

PORT ANGELES — The City Council has approved “move to evade” ordinance amendments to deter drivers from clogging up downtown curbside parking. The parking ordinance… Continue reading

ORCAA recommends four air-quality monitors

SEQUIM — Fran McNair, the director of the Olympic Region Clean Air Agency, is recommending that four temporary air-quality monitors be purchased so that they… Continue reading

Port Angeles council OKs healthy food, beverage proposal

PORT ANGELES — A healthy food and beverage policy that is a stronger version of the original proposal has been established for city-sponsored meetings, events… Continue reading

Leg bone unconnected to cold case

PORT ANGELES — An adult leg bone found in the sediment of newly drained Lake Aldwell on May 15 does not belong to a 41-year-old… Continue reading

Port Angeles council hears about Wild Olympics proposal

PORT ANGELES — The City Council will consider taking a stand on congressional legislation that would designate 14 percent of Olympic National Forest as newly… Continue reading