Andrew Binion

11-hour standoff ends peacefully

PORT ANGELES -- A man whose family reported him suicidal early Thursday morning was found unconscious by a SWAT team later that afternoon after an… Continue reading

West End: Man found dead northwest of Forks

FORKS -- Clallam County Sheriff's deputies responded to reports of a man's death Wednesday morning on property owned by timber company Rayonier Inc. in the… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Olympic National Park recounts search events

PORT ANGELES -- An Olympic National Park spokeswoman said that despite coming at the end of the summer season when staff and rescue equipment are… Continue reading

Woman allegedly sicks fighting dogs on boyfriend

PORT ANGELES -- A Port Angeles woman was charged with second-degree assault Wednesday for allegedly sicking her two pit bull mixes on her live-in boyfriend… Continue reading

Coast Guard plucks lost hiker from canyon west of PA

PORT ANGELES -- After three nights of being lost, hungry, exposed to the weather and without his glasses in Olympic National Park, a missing hiker… Continue reading

Transportation proposing “wands” on Highway 101 “S” curve

PORT ANGELES -- Plastic wands like those that separate oncoming traffic on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge could be installed on U.S. Highway 101's "S" curve… Continue reading

It’s skate time: New park to open to public today

PORT ANGELES -- After years of planning, fundraising and construction, the ceremonial ribbon was cut Saturday afternoon on the new Port Angeles skate park amid… Continue reading

Passport requirement will affect impulse travelers, tourism boosters fear

PORT ANGELES -- Eileen Waters took a trip on the MV Coho on Friday to do a little sightseeing in Port Angeles. The Victoria woman… Continue reading

Port Angeles businesswoman visits devastation caused by Katrina

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Dina Finta doesn't know how to describe the extent of chaos and human misery on the streets of Baton Rouge. The… Continue reading

Labor Day weekend prediction: Full campgrounds, chance of rain, $3 gas

PORT ANGELES -- Apparently Mother Nature didn't get the message that the final three-day weekend of the summer is coming up. Despite a threat of… Continue reading

Drive-aways, gas-siphoning cases reported on North Olympic Peninsula

Some people on the North Olympic Peninsula recently have found another way of dealing with the sharp increase in gas prices. They are stealing it.… Continue reading

Port Angeles police, State Patrol conduct crosswalk sting

PORT ANGELES -- Patrol officers were out Wednesday afternoon looking for motorists who don't stop for pedestrians waiting at crosswalks. And Joan Miller of Port… Continue reading

Police chase ends with rollover

PORT ANGELES -- After allegedly dodging police pursuers three times Tuesday afternoon, a 39-year-old Port Angeles man was arrested after his pickup truck drove into… Continue reading

Jones pleads not guilty to vehicular homicide in crash that killed three near Morse Creek “S” curve

PORT ANGELES -- A man accused of causing an Aug. 3 crash that claimed the lives of three Port Angeles men pleaded not guilty Friday… Continue reading

Port Townsend diver dies off Cape Flattery

NEAH BAY -- A Port Townsend man died Saturday morning while scuba diving off Tatoosh Island northwest of Cape Flattery. Victor W. Porter, 58, was… Continue reading

Port Angeles man charged with three counts of vehicular homicide

PORT ANGELES -- A 48-year-old man was charged Thursday with three counts of vehicular homicide in connection with a car collision earlier this month that… Continue reading

Police arrest man involved in triple-fatality crash on U.S. Highway 101

PORT ANGELES -- The man law enforcement officials believe caused a collision on U.S. Highway 101 earlier this month that killed three Port Angeles men… Continue reading

Unmarked State Patrol cars catch devilish drivers

PORT ANGELES -- John Ryan can move like a ghost through traffic on U.S. Highway 101, lurking in your rearview mirror completely undetected. He's like… Continue reading

“Nothing” on driver who allegedly caused triple-fatality crash

PORT ANGELES -- Law enforcement officials are hoping to determine soon if a Port Angeles man who allegedly caused an accident last week that left… Continue reading

Flexible posts being studied as short-term solution for U.S. Highway 101 stretch

PORT ANGELES -- U.S. Highway 101 may be in store for a safety improvement. Clallam County Sheriff Joe Martin said Tuesday that the state Department… Continue reading