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Public Works and Utilities Director Glenn Cutler stands with a display at City Hall showing an aerial schematic diagram of the city’s combined sewer outflow project

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Glenn Cutler, Port Angeles public works director, to retire

PORT ANGELES — Public Works and Utilities Director Glenn Cutler, who oversaw a vigorous expansion and upgrade of…

PenPly stack now set to fall April 8

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PenPly stack now set to fall April 8

PORT ANGELES — Demolition of a 175-foot chimney stack that towers over the city has been delayed for…

Judge Rick Porter is taking community service off the table of his pay-or-appear program.

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Clallam court’s pay-or-appear program scaled back

PORT ANGELES — A pay-or-appear program that has been a cornerstone of Rick Porter’s 13-year tenure as Clallam…

Peninsula Housing Authority Executive Director Pam Tietz

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Peninsula agencies brace for possible sequestration cuts

PORT ANGELES — It will be business as usual this week for hundreds of housing and low-income assistance…

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Port amends cleanup agreement with Ecology

PORT ANGELES — Formation of a draft cleanup plan is the next step for industrial property off Marine…

Work continues on razing the former Peninsula Plywood mill in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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Demolition nearing end on PA’s PenPly mill

PORT ANGELES — Workers are in the last stages of demolishing the former Peninsula Plywood site as they…

All American Willy's hotrod burns rubber as it takes off from the starting line during a West End Thunder event at Forks Municipal Airport last season.  -- Photo by Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

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The Thunder rolls: Popular Forks drag races OK’d for next five years

FORKS — The growls and roars of fast cars piloted by daring drivers can continue to erupt at…

Forks Mayor Bryon Monohon

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‘Wake’ planned in Forks for blaze-leveled building

FORKS — As plans are made to replace the city-owned Rainforest Art Center building in the city’s downtown…

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Rural area around Sequim focus of 2012 burglaries

PORT ANGELES — Burglary activity in 2012 in Clallam County shifted to the unincorporated Sequim area, increasing 36…

Man who kidnapped teen remains at large

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Man who kidnapped teen remains at large

CHIMACUM — A man who kidnapped a 16-year-old girl at gunpoint Wednesday afternoon south of Chimacum and left…

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Photos of your property: Clallam County assessing Port Angeles-area houses

PORT ANGELES — Appraisers from the Clallam County Assessor’s Office are snapping photos of homes and conducting property-tax-related…

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Political party leaders spar at Port Angeles Business Association meet

PORT ANGELES — Two top Clallam County Republican and Democratic Party leaders sparred over national issues but found…

Last August

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Sen. Murray to resurrect Wild Olympics bill

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray plans to reintroduce “Wild Olympics” legislation that would expand wilderness in Olympic National Forest…

Sen. Paty Murrray

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Sen. Murray to resurrect Wild Olympics bill; Kilmer holding off on taking a stand

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Patty Murray plans to reintroduce “Wild Olympics” legislation that would expand wilderness in Olympic…

Attorney Karen Unger was upset with a letter she got regarding the value of her property. Diane Urbani de la Paz

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Clallam assessor’s letter raises concern

PORT ANGELES — A Jan. 31 letter from the Clallam County Assessor’s Office asking Karen Unger for her…

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No fooling: April 1 is Jefferon’s split from Puget Sound Energy

PORT TOWNSEND — The divorce, amicable though it may be, is almost final, and preparations are under way…

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Ballots tiptoe in for Tuesday’s elections

Ballots trickled in last week for Tuesday’s special election, but don’t be fooled into thinking returns will stay…

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Record number listens to phone-in town hall forum

OLYMPIA — A record-setting 11,000 listeners dialed into a telephonic town hall forum this week with state Reps.…

Stephanie Austin checks her mail at the Port Townsend Post Office on Wednesday. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

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Saturday mail delivery may be cut, but not post offices

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County’s four post offices — in Port Townsend, Port Hadlock, Chimacum and Quilcene —…

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Clallam commissioners grilled on Dungeness water rule

PORT ANGELES — Concerns over a new water-management rule for the Dungeness Valley that began Jan. 2 dominated…