Emeline Cokelet

Port Angeles: Father forges ahead after losing family

PORT ANGELES -- Jeff Smith carries his wife's gold wedding band in his wallet, along with photos of his three children taken weeks before they… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Sex offender still at large

PORT ANGELES -- State Department of Corrections officers are still seeking a convicted Level 2 sex offender who disappeared from the department's supervision about two… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Jury deliberates on civil suit stemming from 2000 crash that killed mom, children

PORT ANGELES -- Almost four years ago, a mother and her three young children were killed on state Highway 112 when their car skidded on… Continue reading

Peninsula: Outage pushes Internet users offline

The lattes and cappuccinos still steamed at Michael Swirski's shop on Tuesday, but customers hoping to get on-line were out of luck. Strong winds across… Continue reading

Peninsula: Heavy winds knock out 9-1-1 service, phones, Internet

A downed tree in Port Ludlow cut off Internet and telephone service, including 9-1-1, as blustery winds raked Jefferson and Clallam counties Tuesday evening. The… Continue reading

Sequim: Seven high-schoolers to visit Japanese sister city

SEQUIM -- Seven Sequim High School students are headed to Japan this week to celebrate the community's decade-long relationship with its sister city. The students,… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Killer Rowan can get overnight visits away from mental hospital

PORT ANGELES -- Former emergency room doctor Bruce Rowan, who bludgeoned his wife to death and was committed to a state mental hospital, has been… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Convicted sex offender at large

PORT ANGELES -- The state Department of Corrections is searching for a convicted sex offender who failed to check in with his supervisor after posting… Continue reading

Olympic National Park: Woman thinks body found in burned lean-to is her fiance”s

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- The man who apparently committed suicide in the Royal Basin area earlier this month sent a letter to his fiancee saying… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Valley Creek Estuary park dedicated

PORT ANGELES -- Valley Creek Estuary is officially the city's newest park. Members of Soroptomist International of Port Angeles, which spearheaded the 2.6-acre project, on… Continue reading

Port Angeles: 14 speak out on city plans to ban decor at memorials

PORT ANGELES -- A city proposal to curtail future private upkeep and decorations around memorials on city parks properties stirred emotions but no action Thursday… Continue reading

Forks: Cable TV subscribers may lose their signal — and more

FORKS -- About 125 cable television subscribers on the West End will find themselves without a cable provider at the end of this month. But… Continue reading

Nuclear sub’s close call: Navy vessel cuts line of fuel barge off Peninsula coast

NEAH BAY -- A U.S. Navy nuclear submarine severed the tow line connecting an empty fuel barge to a tugboat off Cape Flattery on Saturday,… Continue reading

LaPush: New police chief is a she

LAPUSH -- Jennifer Roth made the drive from New Mexico to vacation on the West End for several years. Now she has a reason to… Continue reading

Carlsborg: Vandals damage corn maze

CARLSBORG -- The Pumpkin Patch corn maze has fallen prey to vandals, prompting owners to reconsider the maze's future. On Friday and again on Saturday,… Continue reading

Forks man pinned under a log

PORT ANGELES -- A 23-year-old Forks man was pinned beneath a log Tuesday morning while logging state timberland near Little River Road. The log rolled… Continue reading

Peninsula: $5.8 million emergency radio grant stirs interest elsewhere

PORT ANGELES -- A massive project to upgrade emergency communications on the Olympic Peninsula is already capturing the attention of agencies around the country, a… Continue reading

Clallam: New sheriff keeps his old style

PORT ANGELES -- Joe Martin's teal-green collared shirt still reads "undersheriff." He continues to drive his patrol car, rather than upgrade to a truck like… Continue reading

Olympic National Park: Griff fire swells, then stalls

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- The Griff fire swelled another 100 acres on Friday, then held to its western perimeter Saturday -- marking the first time… Continue reading

Port Angeles: No new leads in food tampering case

PORT ANGELES -- Federal investigators have no new leads into who placed a note threatening extortion and food tampering in an aisle of a local… Continue reading