Paul Gottlieb

How it unfolded: Suicide ends five-hour standoff with double-murder suspect

PORT ANGELES — A five-hour standoff between law enforcement officers, including a State Patrol SWAT team, and suspected double-killer John F. Loring ended Wednesday when… Continue reading

Motive behind slayings still a mystery, authorities say [**Gallery and Video**]

PORT ANGELES — Authorities described the mobilization of a neighborhood in west Port Angeles in response to the threat posed by double-murder suspect John F.… Continue reading

BREAKING NEWS: Suspected double-killer Loring dead

BULLETIN: John Francis Loring, suspected of two killings in the Sequim and Diamond Point areas, is dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Clallam County Sheriff… Continue reading

Forestry company exec laments loss of harvesting

PORT ANGELES — An executive with a local forestry company blames a drop in timber harvest in the Olympic National Forest on a “migration of… Continue reading

URGENT — Two men dead, sheriff’s deputies hunt for suspected shooter (2ND UPDATE)

SEQUIM — Law enforcement officers were looking Tuesday for a 6-foot-6-inch man who they believe killed a young man at a Woodcock Road home earlier… Continue reading

Man to plead guilty in fatal wreck in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — An allegedly drunken driver who was in a fatal head-on collision Aug. 25 on state Highway 112 will plead guilty to vehicular… Continue reading

Support builds for inn to help grieving families of military war dead

PORT ANGELES — Support continues to build for Betsy Reed Schultz's Captain Joseph House, where families of fallen military personnel can heal in the company… Continue reading

Obama might sign Quileute higher-ground bill this week; tribe ready to make moving plans [***Gallery**]

LAPUSH — The Quileute tribe was coming to grips Tuesday with the swift congressional passage of legislation that will expand the tribe's boundaries and allow… Continue reading

Clallam mulls resolution of Business Incubator debt

PORT ANGELES — Originally seen as an important economic development tool but unable to stay afloat, the Clallam Business Incubator is on the verge of… Continue reading

Olympics’ mountain goat population rises 40% in only seven years

The mountain goat population in Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest has increased by 40 percent since 2004 and could double by about 2027,… Continue reading

U.S. fights to keep Indian Island blast zone information secret

PORT HADLOCK — The Navy is relying on a new Freedom of Information Act exemption to claim it can withhold information on blast zones that… Continue reading

Sequim club responds to suit allegations

SEQUIM — The Sequim unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula says it took “effective remedial action” in addressing complaints of… Continue reading

Treasurer outlines changes made to tighten procedures

PORT ANGELES — Selinda Barkhuis bought a new number-stamping machine for her office immediately after she was sworn in as Clallam County’s new treasurer in… Continue reading

House OKs bill to give Quileute higher ground, public permanent access to Rialto, other beaches

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved land-exchange legislation Monday that would allow the Quileute tribe to move its headquarters, school, day care… Continue reading

Traffic slowed on Port Angeles link of U.S. 101 during work on street lights, traffic signals

PORT ANGELES — New, energy-saving light will be shed on downtown Port Angeles as part of $2.9 million of ongoing streetlight and traffic signal improvements… Continue reading

House approves Quileute land bill

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved land-exchange legislation today that would allow the Quileute tribe to move its headquarters, school, day care… Continue reading

Peninsula’s new top Border Patrol agent vows ‘community outreach’

Second of two parts [read the first part via the link below] PORT ANGELES — Virginia-born Jay Cumbow, the U.S. Border Patrol’s new, easygoing agent… Continue reading

Forks rights group compiles report on West End Border Patrol activity

First of two parts. See related story today, "Border Patrol overtime rises as arrests drop," http://tinyurl.com/bpovertime FORKS — Armed with cellphones and cameras, Forks Human… Continue reading

Little chance Port Angeles city, port will get $518,932 back from failed plywood company

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula Plywood’s creditors can probably forget about getting their money back from the failed company, Grant Munro, a principal partner, said Wednesday.… Continue reading

Port writes off $204,443 PenPly debt, but still might pursue it

PORT ANGELES — The $204,443 that now-defunct Peninsula Plywood owes the Port of Port Angeles has been written off by port commissioners. But whether the… Continue reading