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Port Angeles Downtown Association has sights set on goals following resignation of board members

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Downtown Association began charting a new course of revival for 2015 this…

This view of Seabeck

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3RD UPDATE — Coast Guard continues search after plane goes down in Hood Canal

SHINE — Personnel from the Seattle-based Coast Guard 13th District were searching for survivors in a debris field…

A promotional photo posted at the Facebook page for the Port Angeles Aerial Tram. ((Click on image to enlarge))

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Entrepreneur’s idea for tram to Hurricane Ridge would face huge federal, state hurdles

PORT ANGELES — An entrepreneur who once dreamed of a $1.8 million zip-line park in the Olympic foothills…

A promotional photo posted at the Facebook page for the Port Angeles Aerial Tram. ((Click on image to enlarge))

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Entrepreneur’s idea for tram to Hurricane Ridge would face huge federal, state hurdles

PORT ANGELES — An entrepreneur who once dreamed of a $1.8 million zip-line park in the Olympic foothills…

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Unsuccessful bidder for Port Angeles Visitor Center contract makes offer to withdraw injunction request

PORT ANGELES — An unsuccessful applicant for the Port Angeles Visitor Center contract said he will withdraw his…

The quarantine zone in place for avian flu in Clallam County. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Farmers in avian flu quarantine area east of Port Angeles monitor poultry as inspectors test birds

PORT ANGELES — As inspectors continued testing domestic birds for avian flu Thursday in the Agnew area, Kelly…

The quarantine zone in place for avian flu in Clallam County. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Farmers in avian flu quarantine area east of Port Angeles monitor poultry as inspectors test birds

PORT ANGELES — As inspectors continued testing domestic birds for avian flu Thursday in the Agnew area, Kelly…

Colby Govan

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UPDATE: Farmers in avian flu quarantine area east of Port Angeles monitor poultry as inspectors test birds

PORT ANGELES — As inspectors continued testing domestic birds for avian flu Thursday in the Agnew area, Kelly…

Hand-drawn signs are placed at the gate to property on Cosmos Lane in Agnew on Monday where the North Olympic Peninsula's first reported avian flu case was discovered. (Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News)

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UPDATE — State’s avian flu quarantine east of Port Angeles delayed; measure expected to be put in place Wednesday

PORT ANGELES — State officials delayed late Tuesday afternoon imposing an expected 6.2-mile avian-flu-related quarantine in the Agnew…

State officials said there is no public health threat from avian flu. ()

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UPDATED — More than 100 ducks, chickens and geese destroyed after avian flu strikes east of Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Avian flu has been found in a backyard flock of ducks, chickens and geese east…

From left are Audrey Grafstrom; Diane Schostak

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‘A Night for Diane’ in Port Angeles raises $8,500 for medical expenses

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Barely 12 hours after more than 130 well-wishers told Diane Schostak what she means…

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Firm delays decision on Forks brewery

FORKS — Investors are still considering transforming the shuttered Interfor planer mill into a high-end brewery and bottling…

From left are Audrey Grafstrom; Diane Schostak

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‘A Night for Diane’ in Port Angeles raises $8,500 for medical expenses

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Barely 12 hours after more than 130 well-wishers told Diane Schostak what she means…

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Firm delays decision on Forks brewery

FORKS — Investors are still considering transforming the shuttered Interfor planer mill into a high-end brewery and bottling…

The biomass burner unit at the Nippon Paper Industries USA cogeneration facility has a distinctive conical shape reminiscent of the Northwest's “teepee burners” of generations ago. — Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News ()

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Multimillion dollar lawsuits filed over Nippon Paper’s Port Angeles biomass plant

PORT ANGELES — Nippon Paper Industries USA and a Louisiana company have filed competing, multimillion-dollar lawsuits over Nippon’s…

The biomass burner unit at the Nippon Paper Industries USA cogeneration facility has a distinctive conical shape reminiscent of the Northwest's “teepee burners” of generations ago. — Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News ()

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Multimillion dollar lawsuits filed over Nippon Paper’s Port Angeles biomass plant

PORT ANGELES — Nippon Paper Industries USA and a Louisiana company have filed competing, multimillion-dollar lawsuits over Nippon’s…

The biomass burner unit at the Nippon Paper Industries USA cogeneration facility has a distinctive conical shape reminiscent of the Northwest's “teepee burners” of generations ago. — Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News ()

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Multimillion dollar lawsuits filed over Nippon Paper’s Port Angeles biomass plant

PORT ANGELES — Nippon Paper Industries USA and a Louisiana company have filed competing, multimillion-dollar lawsuits over Nippon’s…

Josh Rancourt

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Port Angeles Downtown Association adds board members, sets public meetings this month

PORT ANGELES — Five new board members have taken seats on the Port Angeles Downtown Association board as…

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Transport companies see business boost in wake of Kenmore’s pullout; port aims at attracting carriers

PORT ANGELES — Two ground transportation companies that provide passenger service to Seattle have seen a sustained bump…

“I don’t want the feeling of regret and anger to eat away at me

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Burglary hands business owner ‘a sense of betrayal’

PORT ANGELES — Renaissance owner and massage therapist Lynn Keenan, who runs a downtown cafe-wellness center, was muting…