Paul Gottlieb

Michael Szatlocky

Lincoln Street/U.S. 101 sinkhole to be fixed midafternoon

PORT ANGELES — Traffic should be restored to normal on U.S. Highway 101 by about 3 p.m. today after state Department of Transportation workers finish… Continue reading

Michael Szatlocky

Burglary suspect found in Port Angeles couch

PORT ANGELES — A suspected burglar who was on the run for more than a week was arrested Monday morning after authorities discovered him hiding… Continue reading

Construction of the biomass-fueled cogeneration plant at Nippon Paper Industries USA in Port Angeles continued Monday.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Second air monitoring station for Port Angeles unlikely, state agency says

PORT ANGELES — The City Council today will consider asking the Olympic Region Clean Air Agency to place a second air-quality station inside the city… Continue reading

Construction of the biomass-fueled cogeneration plant at Nippon Paper Industries USA in Port Angeles continued Monday.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Accused double-murderer who allegedly targeted sex offenders attacks inmate offender in Clallam County jail

PORT ANGELES — A Sequim man accused of double murder, who allegedly told police he was targeting sex offenders, was placed in a segregated cell… Continue reading

Outgoing Port Angeles Fine Arts Center Executive Director Jake Seniuk prepares a Port Angeles sesquicentennial exhibit Friday that includes a pioneer quilt created in 1885 by the family of Victor Smith

Anonymous donor fills Port Angeles Fine Arts Center’s funding gap

PORT ANGELES — A week of financial uncertainty for the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center ended on a high note Friday when an anonymous donor… Continue reading

Outgoing Port Angeles Fine Arts Center Executive Director Jake Seniuk prepares a Port Angeles sesquicentennial exhibit Friday that includes a pioneer quilt created in 1885 by the family of Victor Smith

Anonymous donor provides $50,000 to arts center in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — An anonymous donor has stepped forward with a $50,000 donation to help the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center fund its operations through… Continue reading

Supporters of the Affordable Health Care Act march in front of the Landing Mall in Port Angeles Thursday to celebrate the Supreme Court decision upholding the act. Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna

Peninsula residents disappointed, elated by health law ruling

A former lawyer and investment banker from Port Angeles, one of four individual plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling Thursday upholding the Affordable Care… Continue reading

Supporters of the Affordable Health Care Act march in front of the Landing Mall in Port Angeles Thursday to celebrate the Supreme Court decision upholding the act. Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna

Port Angeles City Council mulls funding shortfall for fine arts center

PORT ANGELES — The City Council mulled its options for funding the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center’s $52,000 shortfall at a work session this week… Continue reading

Makah buy timberland with half of $25 million U.S. settlement

NEAH BAY — The Makah tribe has made its first purchase using funds from a $25 million settlement with the federal government by buying land… Continue reading

Port Angeles to discuss arts center’s funds request

PORT ANGELES — The City Council at its monthly work session Tuesday will discuss options for funding the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center director position… Continue reading

Alan Turner of Port Book and News sits on the stairs that ascend the bluff at Laurel Street behind the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in downtown Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Sewer overflow part of six-year program; Laurel Street stairway also discussed

PORT ANGELES — The largest public works effort in the city's history — a plan to staunch overflow sewage — is included in a 2012-2018… Continue reading

Alan Turner of Port Book and News sits on the stairs that ascend the bluff at Laurel Street behind the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in downtown Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Dicks, Murray submit wilderness legislation

Two members of Washington’s congressional delegation offered compromise legislation Thursday to protect water, fish habitat and wilderness on the North Olympic Peninsula nearly two months… Continue reading

Wave-energy monitoring devices to be placed at bluff

PORT ANGELES — Beginning later this summer, a Seattle firm will install wave-energy monitoring devices at the base of the closed city landfill and evaluate… Continue reading

CORRECTED: Port Angeles to spend $300,000 on bluff erosion work beneath old dump

CORRECTED VERSION: Corrects motion on which City Council voted 5-1 regarding the former city landfill. PORT ANGELES — The City Council has approved a $300,000… Continue reading

Detective Sgt. Lyman Moores

CSI: Peninsula revisited — Excavation ends with no more bones found

PORT ANGELES — A careful sifting of dirt ended Wednesday afternoon at a drained Lake Aldwell site where two hikers found a human leg bone… Continue reading

Detective Sgt. Lyman Moores
The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office has opened up a command post on the bottom of former Lake Aldwell after the reservoir was drained by the removal of the Elwha Dam. Detectives reopened the case of Karen C. Tucker (inset)

CSI: Peninsula: Cold case reopened after human bone found in drained lake

PORT ANGELES — A cold case involving a missing woman has been reopened after a human tibia — a leg bone — was discovered sticking… Continue reading

The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office has opened up a command post on the bottom of former Lake Aldwell after the reservoir was drained by the removal of the Elwha Dam. Detectives reopened the case of Karen C. Tucker (inset)
Tom McCabe

Old Port Angeles dump threatens to spill into Strait

PORT ANGELES — An eroding bluff is inching toward the edge of the city's closed landfill, retreating at one point to just 11 feet away… Continue reading

Tom McCabe
Port of Port Angeles Executive Director Jeff Robb

Port chief lauds Ecology for PenPly help

PORT ANGELES — The state Department of Ecology, criticized by some North Olympic Peninsula residents for delays to the cleanup of the Rayonier pulp mill… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles Executive Director Jeff Robb
William Shore Memorial Pool in Port Angeles will be closed for upgrades and repairs.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles pool to close for month of July

PORT ANGELES — William Shore Memorial Pool — the city’s only public pool — will get a face-lift this summer in time for the facility’s… Continue reading

William Shore Memorial Pool in Port Angeles will be closed for upgrades and repairs.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Obama’s new immigration policy draws praise, disappointment on North Olympic Peninsula

President Barack Obama's announcement that his administration is relaxing deportation policies for young Latinos who are in the U.S. illegally drew praise mixed with disappointment… Continue reading