Jesse Major

Port Angeles artist creates portrait to comfort grieving mother

Port Angeles artist creates portrait to comfort grieving mother

When a Port Angeles artist learned about two children who died in a flash flood in Arkansas, she decided to use her… Continue reading

Port Angeles artist creates portrait to comfort grieving mother

Police seek man who brandished gun in Port Angeles robbery

Police were searching Tuesday for a man who brandished a gun while robbing the Jackpot Food Mart and 76 gas station in… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles OKs rent credit for Merrill & Ring

The Port of Port Angeles has approved a nearly $70,000 rent credit for Merrill & Ring after the company paved the port’s… Continue reading

Skills center options to be heard at Port Angeles School Board meeting tonight

Options ranging from closure of the North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center to operating as a satellite campus of the Bremerton skills center… Continue reading

John Goar, a volunteer who has offered free telescope viewing at Hurricane Ridge throughout the past eight summers, told those who attended the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce luncheon Wednesday that light pollution from Port Angeles is getting worse. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

‘Dark Ranger’ warns of light pollution

Olympic National Park’s “Dark Ranger” warned those at a Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce luncheon Wednesday of increasing light pollution. John… Continue reading

John Goar, a volunteer who has offered free telescope viewing at Hurricane Ridge throughout the past eight summers, told those who attended the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce luncheon Wednesday that light pollution from Port Angeles is getting worse. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

Man charged in pursuit; exonerated of felony accusation

A man who was arrested after a brief foot pursuit in Port Angeles on July 5 was exonerated of felony accusations, but… Continue reading

Joseph Warren Recoy, 24, is escorted into Clallam County Superior Court on Tuesday. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

Bail set after stabbing

Bail for a Port Angeles man who admitted to stabbing a man in a parking lot Monday morning was set at $150,000… Continue reading

Joseph Warren Recoy, 24, is escorted into Clallam County Superior Court on Tuesday. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles man arrested after supermarket parking lot stabbing

A 24-year-old Port Angeles man was arrested Monday morning after a man was stabbed in the abdomen at the Lincoln Street Safeway… Continue reading

Police: Port Angeles man suspected of fleeing after wreck is in jail

A Port Angeles man police suspect of fleeing an officer after a hit-and-run wreck is in jail. Robert James McKellard, 44, was… Continue reading

Bail raised for Port Angeles man on drug and weapons charges

The bail for a 26-year-old Port Angeles man on drug and weapons charges was raised to $250,000 Thursday and a bond company… Continue reading

Serenity House “reaching out’ with program to get panhandlers off the street

Serenity House “reaching out’ with program to get panhandlers off the street

Serenity House is putting panhandlers to work as part of a grant-funded program that aims to get them off the street. Operations… Continue reading

Serenity House “reaching out’ with program to get panhandlers off the street

Two more bodies discovered in Olympic National Park in addition to one believed to be Krull

Olympic National Park officials recovered the bodies of three people in three different areas of the park over Independence Day weekend.… Continue reading

Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News                                Port Angeles Police Officer Kyle Cooper pets a female deer that was stuck between two fence posts downtown Monday. Port Angeles firefighters used the Jaws of Life to separate the posts and set the doe free at about 12:30 p.m. The doe appeared to have attempted to jump through the gap between fence posts at the intersection of Marine Drive and Front Street, but its hips couldn’t make it through. “Never have I seen anything like that,” he said. Cooper said the deer appeared mostly unharmed, with minor skin injuries.

Woe, a deer: First responders free animal from fence

The Port Angeles Fire Department came to the rescue when a passerby discovered a female deer stuck between two fence posts in… Continue reading

Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News                                Port Angeles Police Officer Kyle Cooper pets a female deer that was stuck between two fence posts downtown Monday. Port Angeles firefighters used the Jaws of Life to separate the posts and set the doe free at about 12:30 p.m. The doe appeared to have attempted to jump through the gap between fence posts at the intersection of Marine Drive and Front Street, but its hips couldn’t make it through. “Never have I seen anything like that,” he said. Cooper said the deer appeared mostly unharmed, with minor skin injuries.
Official: Body recovered from Olympic National Park likely missing hiker

Official: Body recovered from Olympic National Park likely missing hiker

A hiker has found a body in Olympic National Park that officials believe is likely missing hiker Zach Krull. The unidentified… Continue reading

Official: Body recovered from Olympic National Park likely missing hiker
Gerald Neil Walkup of Port Angeles, 26, at an earlier appearance in Clallam County Superior Court. (JesseMajor/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles man who bailed out on drug and weapons charges returns to jail

A 26-year-old Port Angeles man who posted $200,000 bond on drug and weapons charges in May is back in jail. Gerald Neil… Continue reading

Gerald Neil Walkup of Port Angeles, 26, at an earlier appearance in Clallam County Superior Court. (JesseMajor/Peninsula Daily News)
A 1997 Ford Ranger flipped at about 7:40 p.m. Tuesday at U.S. Highway 101 and Kolonels Way east of Port Angeles. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

Two vehicles in rollover wreck

No serious injuries were reported after a two-vehicle rollover wreck at U.S. Highway 101 and Kolonels Way east of Port Angeles. The… Continue reading

A 1997 Ford Ranger flipped at about 7:40 p.m. Tuesday at U.S. Highway 101 and Kolonels Way east of Port Angeles. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)
Apple pie contest volunteers, from left, Sally Fulton, Iantha Frazer and Edna Petersen sort through entries prior to judging during Independence Day festivities at Port Angeles City Pier. The contest was one of several events around Port Angeles on Tuesday, including a Fourth of July parade through the downtown area and fireworks over Port Angeles Harbor. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles pie contest draws 40 entries on Fourth of July

The inaugural Fourth of July apple pie baking contest in Port Angeles attracted so many entries that organizers had to pull judges… Continue reading

Apple pie contest volunteers, from left, Sally Fulton, Iantha Frazer and Edna Petersen sort through entries prior to judging during Independence Day festivities at Port Angeles City Pier. The contest was one of several events around Port Angeles on Tuesday, including a Fourth of July parade through the downtown area and fireworks over Port Angeles Harbor. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles City Council agrees to remove Lincoln Park trees from flight path

Port Angeles City Council agrees to remove Lincoln Park trees from flight path

More than 70 trees at Lincoln Park obstructing a Fairchild International Airport flight path will be cut, the Port Angeles City Council… Continue reading

Port Angeles City Council agrees to remove Lincoln Park trees from flight path
Extreme Sports Park land for sale; sprint boat events for this year canceled

Extreme Sports Park land for sale; sprint boat events for this year canceled

The Port Angeles property where Extreme Sports Park has held sprint boat races annually since 2011 is now for sale and all… Continue reading

Extreme Sports Park land for sale; sprint boat events for this year canceled

Occupants suffer minor injuries after vehicle strikes three elk; animals killed

A Jeep Grand Cherokee’s occupants were mostly unharmed after the vehicle struck and killed three elk that were in the road late… Continue reading