Paul Gottlieb

Covarrubias lawyer seeks to move site of second murder trial

PORT ANGELES -- Too many people have made up their minds about Robert Gene Covarrubias, Port Angeles lawyer Ralph Anderson said Thursday. So Anderson, Covarrubias… Continue reading

Covarrubias hearing will focus on DNA

PORT ANGELES -- Advances in DNA testing may add new evidence to the first-degree murder trial of Robert Gene Covarrubias, Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney Deb… Continue reading

Wiley Jr. loses bid for conservation board

Write-in candidate Mike Wiley Jr. of Joyce outpolled incumbent Don Hatler of Sequim in the Feb. 19 Clallam Conservation District election, but the state Conservation… Continue reading

Decision on contested conservation district seat nears

The Washington State Conservation Commission will review whether Mike Wiley Jr. should be seated on the Clallam Conservation District board of supervisors at its meeting… Continue reading

Woman pleads guilty in fatal crash

PORT ANGELES -- Engre Louise Brown, 28, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and was sentenced to 12 years in prison Wednesday after potential jurors said… Continue reading

Woman who caused fatal head-on collision pleads guilty

PORT ANGELES -- Engre Louise Brown, 28, pleaded guilty today to vehicular homicide and was sentenced to 12 years in prison in the Oct. 7… Continue reading

Board to decide young Wiley’s fate; Clallam Conservation District says youth not eligible

PORT ANGELES -- The state Conservation Commission rules Wednesday on Mike Wiley Jr.'s bid to become a Clallam Conservation District supervisor. But last week, Don… Continue reading

Jury selection to begin in fatal crash trial

PORT ANGELES -- Jury selection begins today in the first-degree murder and vehicular homicide trial of Engre Louise Brown, 28, of Sequim. The trial is… Continue reading

Whaling anniversary unnoticed, but event changed lives, will spur changes

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of a two-part series on the thoughts of some Makah tribal members 10 years after a successful gray whale… Continue reading

Opponents of Makah whale hunting remain steadfast

(This version corrects name throughout from Mary Owens to Margaret Owens) JOYCE -- Margaret and Chuck Owens said last week they remain strongly convinced that… Continue reading

Ten years today after historic hunt, Makah wait to whale again

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part series on the thoughts of some Makah tribal members 10 years after a successful gray whale… Continue reading

Sequim to conduct climate change survey; Forks slow in addressing issue

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the last of a three-part series on local response to climate change. Skepticism, political considerations and tight budgets have prevented the… Continue reading

A difference of opinion; county, cities go own ways on climate change

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of a three-part series on local response to climate change. Clallam County's two largest governments have taken different paths… Continue reading

Though rural, Clallam attacks climate change

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of a three-part series on local response to climate change. Though their annual greenhouse gas emissions weigh thousands of… Continue reading

Tribal workers to return to graving yard

PORT ANGELES -- Lower Elwha Klallam tribal members will return to the abandoned graving yard site next week and begin delicately sifting through three conical… Continue reading

Wiley hearing packs council chamber

PORT ANGELES -- Opinions were evenly divided in a battle of comments at a state Conservation Commission hearing Wednesday night that focused on whether Mike… Continue reading

Conservation district hearing in Port Angeles tonight

PORT ANGELES -- The public gets its first chance today to sound off on Mike Wiley Jr.'s effort to be named to a disputed position… Continue reading

Murder arraignment set in retrial of ‘innocent’ Covarrubias

PORT ANGELES -- Robert Gene Covarrubias will be arraigned May 8 for the murder of Melissa Leigh Carter -- almost three years to the day… Continue reading

Covarrubias arraignment May 8, trial by July 7

PORT ANGELES -- Robert Gene Covarrubias will be arraigned May 8 for the murder of Melissa Leigh Carter -- almost three years to the day… Continue reading

Federal stimulus funds jumps Elwha dams removal date ahead a year

Federal stimulus money will hasten removal of the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams by about one year after years of delays and will begin providing… Continue reading