Paul Gottlieb

Border Patrol launches Twitter account

This story was corrected on Nov. 23 to correct the Twitter URL for the Border Patrol's Blaine Sector Weekly Blotter. Want to keep an eye… Continue reading

Update: Storm puts Elwha River, others under flood watch; heavy winds due to subside this afternoon

Heavy rains and high winds are expected to visit the North Olympic Peninsula for Thanksgiving week, with the Elwha River under a flood watch. Meanwhile,… Continue reading

Quilcene eatery owner likely to plead guilty to theft, fraud, his attorney says

QUILCENE — Rohn M. Rutledge will likely plead guilty in connection with the theft of at least $462,817 in sales tax proceeds generated at his… Continue reading

Work toward removing charred remains of New Peking to begin today

PORT ANGELES — Removal of fire-retardant cement-asbestos siding from the charred New Peking Restaurant and Lounge will begin today, paving the way for the landmark,… Continue reading

Murray, Dicks present version of Olympic National Forest wilderness additions

To view the large map of proposed Olympic National Forest wilderness designations and other surrounding land uses, click here: http://tinyurl.com/pdnwild . A draft land and… Continue reading

McEntire headed for commissioner seat; Port Angeles councilman concedes in council race

PORT ANGELES — Republican Jim McEntire was the apparent winner Monday in his race against Democrat Linda Barnfather for Clallam County commissioner as he stretched… Continue reading

McEntire’s lead nears 1,000 votes in Clallam County commissioner race

Clallam County Commissioner candidate Jim McEntire increased his lead to nearly 1,000 votes over rival Linda Barnfather in the latest count of ballots this morning… Continue reading

Border Patrol lists three Peninsula arrests

Arrests by Border Patrol agents in Clallam and Jefferson counties were listed in the agency’s latest segregated compilation of agency activities provided weekly from the… Continue reading

Quilcene restaurant owner charged with sales tax fraud in region’s largest case in decade

QUILCENE — Rohn Murray Rutledge, the owner of the rustic, shuttered Olympic Timber House restaurant, has been charged with fraud in what the state Attorney… Continue reading

Women to file lawsuit against Sequim unit of Boys & Girls Club

SEQUIM — The attorney for two women who are alleging the Sequim unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula ignored their… Continue reading

Johnson leads Rosales for Sequim School Board

SEQUIM — Incumbent School Board member Walter Johnson held a healthy lead over challenger and community volunteer Stephen Rosales on Tuesday night after initial ballots… Continue reading

Second discrimination complaint against Sequim youth club dropped

SEQUIM — A second complaint of discrimination that was filed with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that focused on the Sequim unit of the… Continue reading

Border Patrol report: Three Canadians arrested

The arrests of three Canadians — including one who admitted to being “an associate of a white supremacist group” — were listed as separate incidents… Continue reading

McEntire ad with Coast Guard uniform prompts much ado

SEQUIM — There’s something missing from Republican Clallam County commissioner candidate Jim McEntire’s newspaper advertisements that include a 1995 photo of him in a Coast… Continue reading

Hearing slated for Coast Guard co-pilot in fatal copter crash off LaPush, Wash.

LAPUSH — A Coast Guard helicopter co-pilot who was the only survivor of a July 7, 2010, crash that killed three crewmen off the Washington… Continue reading

Interior denies wrongful-death claim in Olympic National Park goat-goring death

The U.S. Department of the Interior has rejected more than $10 million in wrongful-death and personal injury claims filed in connection with the Oct. 16,… Continue reading

Sexual harassment complaint dropped against Stephen Rosales

SEQUIM — A federal agency that protects employee rights has dropped a complaint against the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula that focused… Continue reading

Clallam County commission hopeful files Public Disclosure Commission complaint

PORT ANGELES — A state decision about a Clall­am County commissioner campaign complaint may not be decided until after Nov. 8 — Election Day —… Continue reading

McEntire irked over Barnfather campaign flier; ‘miscommunication’ alleged over admiral’s quotation

Clallam County commissioner candidate Jim McEntire vowed Monday to file a complaint by Friday with the state Public Disclosure Commission over an allegedly misleading campaign… Continue reading

Victims of house fire linked to suspect in murder case

PORT ANGELES — A house destroyed by fire Sunday morning is owned by the mother of Kendell K. Huether, who faces the filing of formal… Continue reading