Paul Gottlieb

Construction continues on a biomass-fueled cogeneration plant at the Nippon Paper Industries USA mill in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Nippon’s cogeneration plant clears major hurdle

PORT ANGELES — Nippon Paper Industries USA may have cleared the last permit hurdle for the company's disputed biomass cogeneration plant. The Olympic Region Clean… Continue reading

Construction continues on a biomass-fueled cogeneration plant at the Nippon Paper Industries USA mill in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Doctor unable to ID body in Forks fire

FORKS — A doctor was unable during an autopsy Thursday to identify a man found dead in a trailer that burned early Wednesday morning on… Continue reading

Stephen W. Boyd

Port Angeles court sets restitution in drunken-driving death

PORT ANGELES — A man serving five years at the Clallam Bay Corrections Center for the death of Darrell Campbell, 49, of British Columbia in… Continue reading

Stephen W. Boyd
Clallam County Fire District No. 1 firefighters assess the burned-out shell of a mobile home in which a body was found early Wednesday. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

Forks firefighters find body in charred home

FORKS — The unidentified body of what appeared to be an adult male remained inside a burned-out Palmer Road mobile home Wednesday afternoon while an… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District No. 1 firefighters assess the burned-out shell of a mobile home in which a body was found early Wednesday. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles man sentenced for Sequim police chase

PORT ANGELES — A man who led police on a 2 a.m. vehicle chase in Sequim earlier this year was sentenced Tuesday to 30 days… Continue reading

UPDATE: One dies in Forks mobile-home fire; no one injured in separate fire earlier

FORKS — A person apparently died in a mobile-home fire on Palmer Road early this morning in the second of two fires within three hours… Continue reading

Nik Lance of Port Townsend records some big wave action at Point Wilson on Monday with his cellphone camera. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

Storm blusters and passes east — but dusting of snow possible

PORT TOWNSEND — Drenching, blustery weather that left Jefferson County largely unscathed should dissipate by this morning, according to the National Weather Service. But there's… Continue reading

Nik Lance of Port Townsend records some big wave action at Point Wilson on Monday with his cellphone camera. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

Rep.-elect Kilmer won’t support Wild Olympics bill as it is now

PORT TOWNSEND — There's more work to do on Wild Olympics legislation before Derek Kilmer will support it after the new 6th District congressman is… Continue reading

Average rate increases in Clallam PUD could be $72 a year

PORT ANGELES — Average electricity and water rates could increase by $72 a year for Clallam Public Utility District customers in 2013. “If a rate… Continue reading

Contract near in Forks fire rubble cleanup

FORKS — A contract could be signed by Friday to demolish a charred — and formerly cherished — downtown building. The City Council on Monday… Continue reading

Widow of mountain-goat victim to appeal court ruling

PORT ANGELES — The widow of a Port Angeles man who was gored to death by a mountain goat in Olympic National Park in 2010… Continue reading

Clallam Public Utility District budget sees increasing rates

SEQUIM — The three Clallam County Public Utility District commissioners have voted to approve 2013 budgets based tentatively on a rate increase of up to… Continue reading

Jeff Robb

Port of Port Angeles executive director gets 12 percent raise

PORT ANGELES — The executive director of the Port of Port Angeles will receive a 12 percent salary hike to $138,000 a year Jan. 1,… Continue reading

Jeff Robb

Clallam PUD taking another look at its employee car reimbursement rate: 78.5 cents a mile

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Public Utility District commissioners will review a 17-year-old mileage reimbursement policy that has resulted in employees and commissioners getting paid… Continue reading

The mailbox of the former Dazzled by Twilight shop is about all that is left following an October blaze that destroyed the shop and the International Order of Odd Fellows hall in downtown Forks. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

Date set for Forks fire debris cleanup

FORKS — A painful scar is about to vanish from downtown. Demolition of two charred North Forks Avenue buildings in the city's core could begin… Continue reading

The mailbox of the former Dazzled by Twilight shop is about all that is left following an October blaze that destroyed the shop and the International Order of Odd Fellows hall in downtown Forks. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

Crash victim’s family seeks restitution

PORT ANGELES — The family of a British Columbia man who was killed in an alcohol-related crash in August 2011 is seeking about $18,000 in… Continue reading

The mailbox of the former Dazzled by Twilight shop is about all that is left following an October blaze that destroyed the shop and the International Order of Odd Fellows hall in downtown Forks. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

Date set for Forks fire debris cleanup

FORKS — A painful scar is about to vanish from downtown. Demolition of two charred North Forks Avenue buildings in the city's core could begin… Continue reading

The mailbox of the former Dazzled by Twilight shop is about all that is left following an October blaze that destroyed the shop and the International Order of Odd Fellows hall in downtown Forks. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

Machine-gun sting nets conviction for Sequim man

PORT ANGELES — A Sequim man arrested in a 2010 sting operation was convicted by a Clallam County Superior Court jury Wednesday of bail jumping… Continue reading

Carlsborg sewer setup done by late 2015, summit told

SEQUIM — The Carlsborg community’s new publicly owned and operated sewer system should be completed by November 2015. The three-year timeline for the $13.9 million… Continue reading

CORRECTED: Mixed data for lodging industry at Port Angeles luncheon

PORT ANGELES — A mixed bag of tourism statistics was presented to a Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce luncheon audience this week. The lodging… Continue reading