Paul Gottlieb

State investigation of Clallam County Treasurer’s Office grows

PORT ANGELES ­-- The state Auditor's Office has expanded its four-month investigation into the embezzlement of at least $1,500 in real estate excise taxes from… Continue reading

Charges of dirty politics, pot shots between Port Angeles City Council candidates at forum

PORT ANGELES -- City Council candidate Max Mania jabbed while his opponent, Edna Petersen, ducked and weaved at a Port Angeles Business Association breakfast forum… Continue reading

PDN investigation: Sequim city manager-designate’s sexual harrassment allegation surfaces; cost state $50,000

SEQUIM -- Has Vernon Stoner hit another speed bump on his way to becoming Sequim's newest city manager? The City Council is scheduled to sign… Continue reading

City manager-designate’s firing at last job non-issue for Sequim council majority

SEQUIM -- A majority of City Council members said Friday they expect to sign newly selected City Manager Vern Stoner's employment contract on Sept. 14… Continue reading

New Sequim city manager fired from old job; at least two City Council members didn’t know

SEQUIM -- Newly selected City Manager Vernon Stoner was fired June 15 from his most recent job as the state's chief deputy insurance commissioner, and… Continue reading

Convict’s confession: ‘I just strangled her’ — Covarrubias retraces steps with officers

PORT ANGELES -- Robert Gene Covarrubias got his wish. Prisoner No. 810822 turned 29 on Saturday while sitting in the intensive management unit at the… Continue reading

Law vague on Sequim’s closed-door interviews for city manager

SEQUIM ­-- Is the Sequim City Council conducting its search for a new city manager in a gray legal area by interviewing candidates behind closed… Continue reading

New book recounts Tse-whit-zen history, spreads the blame

11Within days, the first of many human remains were discovered. The tragic controversy that followed is chronicled with historical perspective in a new book, Breaking… Continue reading

Reporter-author married to major figure in her book

PORT ANGELES ­-- Lynda Mapes, who wrote Breaking Ground: The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the Unearthing of Tse-whit-zen Village, is married to Doug MacDonald,… Continue reading

NOAA rejects Port of Port Angeles request to extend deadline for protest of decision

PORT ANGELES ¬­-- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration won't extend today's deadline for filing a protest of the agency's decision to relocate its research… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles seeks deadline extension on NOAA appeal of Ore. decision

PORT ANGELES -- The Port of Port Angeles, city of Port Angeles and Clallam County officials are asking the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to… Continue reading

Ridge Road fully open after rockfall danger subsides

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Park officials reopened Hurricane Ridge Road to unflagged 24-hour traffic on Tuesday, confident that no more basketball-size boulders would tumble onto… Continue reading

25-year veteran of Port of Port Angeles named executive director

PORT ANGELES — Jeff Robb is the new Port of Port Angeles executive director, 25 years after he began working for the agency. The three… Continue reading

Port Angeles officials mull response to NOAA pick

PORT ANGELES -- Representatives from the Port of Port Angeles, city of Port Angeles and Clallam County will meet by Wednesday to discuss how they… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles commissioners defend executive director selection process

PORT ANGELES -- Did Port of Port Angeles commissioners play loose with state law in the way they narrowed 22 applicants for executive director to… Continue reading

Earthquake: Signs point to greater Peninsula effect from ‘the big one’

The possible projected impact area of a long-predicted 9.0 earthquake off the coast of Washington has moved closer to the North Olympic Peninsula, some scientists… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles backing off NOAA appeal decision

PORT ANGELES ­-- Port of Port Angeles staff spent a sobering day at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration headquarters in Seattle on Tuesday at a… Continue reading

Tax-restraint measure debated — with Tim Eyman via telephone

PORT ANGELES -- The pros and cons of a general election ballot measure that would limit government revenue growth were aired Tuesday morning in a… Continue reading

Primary marked by low voter turnout

The electorate remained unenthusiastic about today's single-contest primary election, ballots for which must be postmarked today or deposited at a Clallam County drop box. Just… Continue reading

Rayonier cleanup set to take big step

PORT ANGELES -- Rayonier and the state Department of Ecology have agreed on final cleanup-area boundaries at the company's retired pulp mill site. The company… Continue reading