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Clallam Bay prison lockdown continues

CLALLAM BAY — A lockdown at Clallam Bay Corrections Center continued Wednesday and will likely continue into today.…

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Needle swaps rise among meth users on North Olympic Peninsula

Intravenous drug users in Clallam County prefer to shoot methamphetamine almost 2-to-1 over heroin. In Jefferson County, it’s…

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Esprit Gala returns to Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Elika Sicire decided that the time was right for her to make a change. “I’ve…

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Criminal charges unlikely as result of fatal motorcycle crash

SEQUIM — Charges are unlikely in a U.S. Highway 101 collision Sunday that claimed the life of a…

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Meth lab hazards outlined to Neah Bay conference

NEAH BAY — Strangely enough, the safest chemical that can be found in a house doubling as an…

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Fire that levels mobile home near Port Angeles flares again

PORT ANGELES — A fire that leveled a double-wide mobile home east of Port Angeles on Tuesday night…

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Mystery booms could have come from U.S. planes, Canadian military official suggests

Mysterious booms aren’t a new phenomenon at the top of the North Olympic Peninsula. Strange concussions felt in…

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Hurricane Ridge Road open 24 hours

April may be the cruelest month, but since May started things have been looking up. That’s because on…

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Biplane crashes shortly after takeoff; pilot OK

PORT ANGELES — A small biplane that lost power Thursday afternoon and crashed in a back yard left…

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Crews hampered by lack of roads in Crescent Beach wildfire

JOYCE — A controlled burn north of Joyce turned into the season’s first uncontrolled wildfire Wednesday afternoon. It…

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Canadian maneuvers? Global warming? Many theories offered on cause of odd booms

PORT ANGELES — It was the boom heard ’round the Peninsula, whatever it was. And folks are still…

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Cause of loud booms around Port Angeles remains mystery

PORT ANGELES — Was it a bird, or a plane? Officials don’t know the cause of a mysterious…

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Alleged killer planted knife, detectives say

PORT ANGELES — Detectives believe that Noe Barron Cordova shot another man in the head at point-blank range,…

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Sweet notes from visitors to the Jazz in the Olympics festival

PORT ANGELES — Wayne Nelson came to the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend for two reasons. For one,…

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Forks man to be charged with second-degree murder in April 4 shooting

PORT ANGELES — A man who shot and killed another man in Forks earlier this month will be…

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Gas siphoning thefts increase in rural Clallam County

PORT ANGELES — It wasn’t the first time Guy Miller had his trucks vandalized — the gasoline sucked…

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Sign unveiled to count number of days between serious collisions on U.S. Highway 101

PORT ANGELES — Officials with the Driving 101 Traffic Safety Project unveiled a reader board on Friday about…

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‘Rob’ an enigma mysteriously drawn to Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Nobody knew Robert Gene Covarrubias well. Some couldn’t pronounce his last name. Others didn’t know…

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‘Justice is served,’ says mother of murdered teen

PORT ANGELES — For the family of Melissa Leigh Carter, the 15-year-old girl who Robert Gene Covarrubias raped…

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Carlsborg man killed in industrial accident

CARLSBORG — A 53-year-old man was killed Thursday morning in an industrial accident outside of Sequim. Robert “Bob”…