Jeremy Schwartz

Barry Swegle signs his sentencing papers in Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles on Wednesday as his attorney

Port Angeles man gets 29 months in prison for bulldozer rampage

PORT ANGELES — A Gales Addition man who used a logging bulldozer to tear through his neighbors' homes and other property last year apologized Wednesday.… Continue reading

Barry Swegle signs his sentencing papers in Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles on Wednesday as his attorney

Nov. 17 trial set in fatal shooting at Port Angeles birthday party

PORT ANGELES — A Nov. 17 jury trial date has been set in a fatal shooting May 22 at a birthday party. Nathaniel Darren Olson,… Continue reading

Charles W. Binney sits on the front porch of his Port Angeles home where he said he was assaulted by a man who tried to enter his house in April. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles man still recovering after April assault in his front yard

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man is still recovering from injuries he said he suffered during a fight with a man who police say… Continue reading

Charles W. Binney sits on the front porch of his Port Angeles home where he said he was assaulted by a man who tried to enter his house in April. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Nov. 17 trial set in fatal shooting at Port Angeles birthday party

PORT ANGELES — A Nov. 17 jury trial date has been set in a fatal shooting May 22 at a birthday party. Nathaniel Darren Olson,… Continue reading

Charles W. Binney sits on the front porch of his Port Angeles home where he said he was assaulted by a man who tried to enter his house in April. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles man still recovering after April assault in his front yard

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man is still recovering from injuries he said he suffered during a fight with a man who police say… Continue reading

Charles W. Binney sits on the front porch of his Port Angeles home where he said he was assaulted by a man who tried to enter his house in April. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
A new 164-foot Westport yacht sits in the slings of a TraveLift outside the company’s factory in Port Angeles in 2012. Westport Shipyard has been sold to a Louisiana-based company.  —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

‘We are pleased to join the Westport family,’ says principal of new owning family

ABERDEEN — Westport Shipyard Inc., one of the state’s largest luxury yacht builders with factories in Port Angeles, Westport and Hoquiam, has been purchased by… Continue reading

A new 164-foot Westport yacht sits in the slings of a TraveLift outside the company’s factory in Port Angeles in 2012. Westport Shipyard has been sold to a Louisiana-based company.  —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
In this Port Angeles city rendering

Work on beaches for Port Angeles’ newest park likely to start next month

PORT ANGELES — Officials hope work on small beaches for a new city waterfront park can start by the beginning of July now that the… Continue reading

In this Port Angeles city rendering
A new 164-foot Westport yacht sits in the slings of a TraveLift outside the company’s factory in Port Angeles in 2012. Westport Shipyard has been sold to a Louisiana-based company.  —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

‘We are pleased to join the Westport family,’ says principal of new owning family

ABERDEEN — Westport Shipyard Inc., one of the state’s largest luxury yacht builders with factories in Port Angeles, Westport and Hoquiam, has been purchased by… Continue reading

A new 164-foot Westport yacht sits in the slings of a TraveLift outside the company’s factory in Port Angeles in 2012. Westport Shipyard has been sold to a Louisiana-based company.  —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Nathaniel Darren Olson. [Peninsula Daily News photo]

Not guilty: Sequim man enters plea to second-degree murder charge in birthday party killing

PORT ANGELES — A trial date for a Sequim man accused in the shooting death of a Port Angeles man at a birthday party is… Continue reading

Nathaniel Darren Olson. [Peninsula Daily News photo]

Port Townsend man faces trial in Sequim molestation case; charges also pending in Snohomish County

PORT ANGELES — A July 21 jury trial has been set for a Port Townsend man accused of molesting a 9-year-old girl in a pool… Continue reading

Transportation benefit district eyed to address aging Port Angeles streets

PORT ANGELES — City officials are considering options for addressing the city’s aging streets that could include a city sales tax increase or implementing additional… Continue reading

Port Townsend man faces trial in Sequim molestation case; charges also pending in Snohomish County

PORT ANGELES — A July 21 jury trial has been set for a Port Townsend man accused of molesting a 9-year-old girl in a pool… Continue reading

A new 164-foot Westport yacht sits in the slings of a TraveLift outside the company’s factory in Port Angeles in 2012. Westport Shipyard has been sold to a Louisiana-based company.  —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

‘We are pleased to join the Westport family,’ says principal of new owning family

ABERDEEN — Westport Shipyard Inc., one of the state’s largest luxury yacht builders with factories in Port Angeles, Westport and Hoquiam, has been purchased by… Continue reading

A new 164-foot Westport yacht sits in the slings of a TraveLift outside the company’s factory in Port Angeles in 2012. Westport Shipyard has been sold to a Louisiana-based company.  —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Nathaniel Darren Olson. [Peninsula Daily News photo]

Not guilty: Sequim man enters plea to second-degree murder charge in birthday party killing

PORT ANGELES — A trial date for a Sequim man accused in the shooting death of a Port Angeles man at a birthday party is… Continue reading

Nathaniel Darren Olson. [Peninsula Daily News photo]
Nathaniel Darren Olson. [Peninsula Daily News photo]

Trial date near for suspect in birthday party shooting death

PORT ANGELES — A trial date for a Sequim man accused in the shooting death of a Port Angeles man at a birthday party is… Continue reading

Nathaniel Darren Olson. [Peninsula Daily News photo]

Missing Sequim woman’s family hopes to hear from her

SEQUIM — Now that a woman missing for five weeks has been confirmed to be in the King County city of Shoreline, her Sequim family… Continue reading

Higher garbage rates approved by Port Angeles City Council to fund landfill work

PORT ANGELES — City Council members have approved garbage rate hikes to repay about $16.19 million in bonds to be issued for a project to… Continue reading

Family photos of Lauryn Garrett

UPDATE — Missing Sequim woman seen in Shoreline

THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED — Sequim woman who vanished May 1 is seen in Shoreline — https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20140606/NEWS/306069977 SHORELINE — A 23-year-old Sequim woman missing… Continue reading

Family photos of Lauryn Garrett
Aaron Scott Markishtum

Port Angeles police: Shoes tie 6-foot-7 man to fifth home break-in

PORT ANGELES — The size-13 feet of a 6-foot-7 Port Angeles man police say kicked down doors to break into four buildings in the Joyce… Continue reading

Aaron Scott Markishtum

Two hurt in Port Hadlock wreck on state Highway 116

PORT HADLOCK — Two women, one from Port Townsend and another from Chimacum, had been treated and discharged from Jefferson Healthcare hospital by Thursday morning… Continue reading