Peninsula Daily News

Top Port Angeles cops notified of robbery at luncheon

PORT ANGELES -- It was a supremely ironic moment. As Port Angeles Police Chief Terry Gallagher and Deputy Chief Brian Smith told a luncheon audience… Continue reading

Update 5:15 p.m.: Bank robber at large; police scour Port Angeles neighborhood

PORT ANGELES — The medical and residential area north of Sterling Savings Bank, 1033 E. First St., was cordoned off so law enforcement could search… Continue reading

PDN adds new-media director

PORT ANGELES — Katherine S. McKelvey has been named director of business development (new media) at the Peninsula Daily News, a new position at the… Continue reading

Fire destroys motor homes at salvage yard

PORT ANGELES -- A fire broke out in the Evergreen Collision Centers salvage yard at about 7:45 p.m. Sunday. The fire destroyed two small motor… Continue reading

United Way fundraising goal $1,100,000

United Way of Clallam County will kick off its annual fundraising campaign Sept. 11 with a goal of raising $1.1 million for 27 member nonprofit… Continue reading

‘Elvis,’ ‘Buddy Holly’ headline Sept. 6 benefit concert

BLYN — Buddy Holly. Elvis. Janis Joplin. Stevie Ray Vaughn. These musical legends and their songs will be recreated in two fund-raising shows for the… Continue reading

As young as you feel: Senior Games conclude today

PORT ANGELES -- Today is the final day of the Olympic Peninsula Senior Games, which drew a record number of competitors this year. At least… Continue reading

Photos, videos of multi-national Coast Guard exercises off Port Angeles

The Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft Siyay, at right, zooms into Port Angeles Harbor as part of the U.S. Coast Guard-sponsored exercise, Pacific Unity 2009, during… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles opts not to protest NOAA move to Oregon

PORT ANGELES ­-- Two bidders hoping to house the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Pacific Fleet filed protests by Friday's deadline against the decision to… Continue reading

Construction project begins in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- A $515,699 project to install sidewalks, curbs and gutters has begun this week on First Street between Liberty and Alder. The 10-week… Continue reading

Arbitrator rules in Forks firing case

FORKS — Seattle arbitrator John Hayduke has determined that the city of Forks had sufficient cause to fire three Forks Police Department employees in 2008,… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles hires Rich Butler as new girls swimming and diving coach

PORT ANGELES -- Rich Butler, who has coached the Port Angeles High School boys swimming and diving team since 1998, has been selected to also… Continue reading

Three men taken into custody after fleeing trooper

The State Patrol took three men into custody after they ran from a trooper this morning. A trooper was driving on state Highway 112 west… Continue reading

Woman unhurt in Port Angeles wreck

PORT ANGELES -- A Port Angeles woman was not hurt when the Ford F150 truck she was driving crashed into a ditch along Deer Park… Continue reading

Three men taken into custody after fleeing trooper

The State Patrol took three men into custody after they ran from a trooper this morning. A trooper was driving on state Highway 112 west… Continue reading

‘Buddy Holly’ and pals headline benefit performances Sept. 6

SEQUIM — Buddy Holly. Elvis. Janis Joplin. Stevie Ray Vaughn. These musical legends and their songs will be recreated in two fund-raising shows for the… Continue reading

Both port director candidates already worked for port

PORT ANGELES -- Both finalists for the Port of Port Angeles executive director position were already port employees, Commission President John Calhoun said during an… Continue reading

Mandatory conservation in effect for Morse Creek users

PORT ANGELES -- The water level in Morse Creek east of town has fallen to the point that the Clallam County Public Utility District has… Continue reading

Moscow visits Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Against a backdrop of signs for businesses along busy U.S. Highway 101 in Port Angeles, a group of off-duty Russian sailors happily… Continue reading

First Federal selects Indiana man as new president/CEO

PORT ANGELES -- Levon Mathews of Lafayette, Ind., has been appointed president and chief executive officer of First Federal, the Port Angeles-based financial institution announced… Continue reading