Paul Gottlieb

Port Angeles taps Sunnyside deputy manager as interim finance director

PORT ANGELES — City Manager Kent Myers has selected Byron Olson, Sunnyside deputy city manager and chief financial officer, to serve as the city of… Continue reading

Attorney to make bid for Superior Court judgeship

PORT ANGELES — Attorney Curtis Johnson is the third candidate to announce his intention to run for the Clallam County Superior Court vacancy that will… Continue reading

Larry Dunbar

Port Angeles adjusting to high-tech electricity metering

PORT ANGELES — City residents could save at least $10 a month, officials say, on their utility bills next year under a slowly emerging “smart… Continue reading

Larry Dunbar

Peninsula homebuilding shows signs of awakening from stunning 2011 slump

Building permits for single-family residences plummeted in 2011 compared with 2010 on the North Olympic Peninsula, building officials in Clallam and Jefferson counties confirm. But… Continue reading

Port Angeles woman could be ordered to pay for infant’s burial

PORT ANGELES — Lauryn Last, who pleaded guilty Jan. 25 to second-degree manslaughter in the death of her newborn son, could be required to pay… Continue reading

Former Port Angeles Finance Director Yvonne Ziomkowski said

No criminal charges, but former Port Angeles city finance director still feels ‘humiliated’

PORT ANGELES — Former city Finance Director Yvonne Ziomkowski will not be charged with any crimes for cashing out three years' worth of unused vacation… Continue reading

Former Port Angeles Finance Director Yvonne Ziomkowski said
Yvonne Ziomkowski

Ex-Port Angeles city finance director won’t face criminal charges

PORT ANGELES — The Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney's Office has decided not to file criminal charges against Yvonne Ziomkowski over her cashout of $28,862 in… Continue reading

Yvonne Ziomkowski

Fire chief preparing for interim Port Angeles city manager post

PORT ANGELES — Fire Chief Dan McKeen has begun preparing himself for his new job as interim city manager and has named Assistant Fire Chief… Continue reading

Lost shoe given as example of need for Civic Field bond

PORT ANGELES — Baseball umpire Scott Ramsey is tired of sinking down in the waterlogged grass of Civic Field, he told the Port Angeles City… Continue reading

Port Angeles Fire Department Lt. Mike Sanders

Driver escapes with few injuries after speeding, crashing in alley, police say

PORT ANGELES — A driver crashed his car in west Port Angeles late Tuesday morning after reaching what one onlooker estimated was up to 80… Continue reading

Port Angeles Fire Department Lt. Mike Sanders
Dan McKeen

Port Angeles fire chief named as city’s interim city manager

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Fire Chief Dan McKeen will serve as city's interim city manager. He was selected by a unanimous vote of the… Continue reading

Dan McKeen
Dan McKeen

Port Angeles fire chief named as city’s interim city manager

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Fire Chief Dan McKeen will serve as city's interim city manager. He was selected by a unanimous vote of the… Continue reading

Dan McKeen
The MV Coho ferry pulls into Port Angeles on Monday. Black Ball Ferry Line will begin a multimillion-dollar renovation this fall of the terminal where the ferry docks. Chris Tucker/Peninsula Daily News

Overhauled dock will keep Port Angeles-Victoria ferry sailing

PORT ANGELES — The Black Ball Ferry Line, which owns the MV Coho ferry to Victoria, will begin replacing its deteriorating wooden western dock with… Continue reading

The MV Coho ferry pulls into Port Angeles on Monday. Black Ball Ferry Line will begin a multimillion-dollar renovation this fall of the terminal where the ferry docks. Chris Tucker/Peninsula Daily News
City Manager Kent Myers said he would not present to the council a proposal that a waterfront improvement bond question be included on the August ballot. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles mulls bond for Civic Field

PORT ANGELES — The City Council will consider putting a $4 million bond question on the Aug. 19 ballot to fix the porous, often soupy… Continue reading

City Manager Kent Myers said he would not present to the council a proposal that a waterfront improvement bond question be included on the August ballot. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Appeal ‘on hold’ in embezzlement case in missing Clallam treasury funds

PORT ANGELES — Catherine Betts' challenge of her multicount conviction involving the embezzlement of at least $617,467 in public funds is working its way through… Continue reading

Candidate for Washington state auditor urges performance audits

PORT ANGELES — Democrat Mark Miloscia, a candidate for state auditor, wants to engage government employees in making their agencies more efficient. The 30th District… Continue reading

Bob Ferguson attended a meet-and-greet at the Port Angeles Library recently.

Attorney general candidate addresses Peninsula issues

PORT ANGELES — A fundraiser wasn't the only reason Bob Ferguson, Democratic state attorney general candidate, found it good to be on the North Olympic… Continue reading

Bob Ferguson attended a meet-and-greet at the Port Angeles Library recently.
Rendering by consultant HBB Landscape Architecture shows Lincoln Park in Port Angeles with ribbons of bicycle and walking trails. To see more maps and renderings

How Lincoln Park would look with far fewer tall trees: Draft plan includes trails, orchard

To see more maps and renderings, visit: http://tinyurl.com/pdnlincoln. PORT ANGELES — A transformed Lincoln Park could include ribbons of bicycle and walking trails, reshaped and… Continue reading

Rendering by consultant HBB Landscape Architecture shows Lincoln Park in Port Angeles with ribbons of bicycle and walking trails. To see more maps and renderings
Construction continues on Wednesday on a biomass cogeneration plant at the Nippon Paper Industries USA mill in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles council takes no action on biomass

PORT ANGELES — After hearing an hour of public comment from a standing-room-only crowd, the City Council decided against taking action to further discuss the… Continue reading

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

Port files suit against Peninsula Plywood

PORT ANGELES — The Port of Port Angeles filed suit this week in Clallam County Superior Court against defunct Peninsula Plywood LLC for more than… Continue reading