Paul Gottlieb

Patrick Drum arrives in Clalla

Clallam prosecutor may seek death penalty in double-homicide case

PORT ANGELES — The death penalty may be sought against accused double-murderer Patrick B. Drum of Sequim, Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney Deb Kelly said Wednesday.… Continue reading

Patrick Drum arrives in Clalla

Port Angeles panel takes new stab at hike in waste-collection fees

PORT ANGELES — A plan to establish a separate, extra recycling fee for city residents created “a firestorm” of opposition last fall before it died… Continue reading

Patrick B. Drum appears at his arraignment in Clallam County Superior Court

‘I don’t need this court,’ accused killer tells judge

PORT ANGELES — Accused double-murderer Patrick B. Drum was prevented from pleading guilty at his arraignment Wednesday to killing two registered sex offenders whose bullet-riddled… Continue reading

Patrick B. Drum appears at his arraignment in Clallam County Superior Court
Steven Boyd enters Clallam County Superior Court on Wednesday. He will be sentenced in July in connection with the death of a First Nations man from British Columbia. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles man pleads guilty to vehicular homicide in death of B.C. man

PORT ANGELES — A man charged with vehicular homicide in the death of a First Nations man from British Columbia has pleaded guilty and will… Continue reading

Steven Boyd enters Clallam County Superior Court on Wednesday. He will be sentenced in July in connection with the death of a First Nations man from British Columbia. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Accused double-killer says ‘I’m guilty’ in open court — but it’s not his plea

PORT ANGELES — Accused double-murderer Patrick B. Drum was prevented from pleading guilty at his arraignment today to killing two registered sex offenders whose bullet-riddled… Continue reading

Port Angeles man admits guilt in fatal drunken driving crash

PORT ANGELES — A man charged with vehicular homicide in the death of a First Nations man from British Columbia has pleaded guilty and will… Continue reading

Biomass appeal proceeding in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Five environmental groups are proceeding with their appeal against Port Townsend Paper Corp.’s ongoing biomass project before the state Court of Appeals.… Continue reading

Work continues on the cogeneration plant at Nippon Paper Industries in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Foes of Port Angeles biomass plant digest judge’s rejection of their appeal

PORT ANGELES — Seven environmental groups who oppose a $71 million biomass expansion project under construction at Nippon Paper Industries Inc.'s Ediz Hook plant are… Continue reading

Work continues on the cogeneration plant at Nippon Paper Industries in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

PenPly equipment auctioned; 1941 mill soon will be history

PORT ANGELES — The beginning of the end is closing in on the defunct Peninsula Plywood manufacturing plant. Equipment at the mill was auctioned off… Continue reading

Westport Shipyard adding parking spaces

PORT ANGELES — Westport Shipyard is getting a new parking lot, and the Port of Port Angeles will get more room for marine-trade businesses. The… Continue reading

Carol Bernthal

Port Angeles vision of a marine research ‘campus’ takes first sail

PORT ANGELES — The City Council wants to energize the downtown waterfront. The Feiro Marine Life Center at City Pier needs more room. And the… Continue reading

Carol Bernthal
Traffic flows through the intersection at Race Street and Lauridsen Boulevard in Port Angeles on Wednesday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles residents air truck route concerns

PORT ANGELES — City officials attempted to dampen concerns that Race Street and Lauridsen Boulevard would be turned into an alternate truck route that avoids… Continue reading

Traffic flows through the intersection at Race Street and Lauridsen Boulevard in Port Angeles on Wednesday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Stepmom says accused double-murderer called her

SEQUIM — When accused double-murderer Patrick B. Drum of Sequim spoke to his stepmother Friday and Saturday, he gave no explicit indication he was allegedly… Continue reading

Patrick B. Drum enters the courtroom for his first appearance in Port Angeles on Monday. He is being held in jail without bail. Chris Tucker/Peninsula Daily News

Accused double-killer might have had vendetta for sex offenders, prosecutor suggests [**GALLERY**]

SEQUIM — Convicted felon Patrick B. Drum, accused of murder in the weekend shooting deaths of two convicted sex offenders — one of them his… Continue reading

Patrick B. Drum enters the courtroom for his first appearance in Port Angeles on Monday. He is being held in jail without bail. Chris Tucker/Peninsula Daily News
Joseph Kenney of Port Angeles pushes his daughter

Century-old Zigzag trail structure down Port Angeles bluff visible again [**Gallery**]

PORT ANGELES — A wooden trail more than a century old that links downtown to the city’s upper reaches has been revealed in all its… Continue reading

Joseph Kenney of Port Angeles pushes his daughter
The local panel at the state Commission on Hispanic Affairs meeting in Forks includes

State commission hears comments about Border Patrol in Forks — Border Patrol not invited

FORKS — North Olympic Peninsula law enforcement officials and Mayor Bryon Monohon sought to assuage the fears of members of the West End Latino community… Continue reading

The local panel at the state Commission on Hispanic Affairs meeting in Forks includes

Hispanic Affairs-hosted panel to discuss profiling

FORKS — The state Commission on Hispanic Affairs will visit this West End city tonight for a panel discussion on racial profiling of Latinos and… Continue reading

Edna Petersen

Visit fuels interest in Port Angeles-Victoria tourism

PORT ANGELES — Entrepreneurs from both sides of the Strait of Juan de Fuca joined with city of Port Angeles officials this week for an… Continue reading

Edna Petersen
The 65-year-old commercial dock and buildings at Neah Bay.  -- Photo by Jason Roberts/Cape Flattery Fishermen’s Cooperative

Makah win $1 million federal grant to replace aging commercial dock

NEAH BAY — The Makah tribe will receive a $1 million federal Economic Development Administration grant to help design and permit a new fishing dock,… Continue reading

The 65-year-old commercial dock and buildings at Neah Bay.  -- Photo by Jason Roberts/Cape Flattery Fishermen’s Cooperative
The new Border Patrol station in Port Angeles includes a spiked fence

Border Patrol may move into $9.8 million HQ Thursday

PORT ANGELES — A new Border Patrol station east of downtown that can house up to 50 agents could be ready for occupancy by Thursday,… Continue reading

The new Border Patrol station in Port Angeles includes a spiked fence