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Highway 101 traffic safety project ends state funding, but local volunteers will continue corridor effort

PORT ANGELES - A highway safety project that was borne out of a series of fatal wrecks officially ended Tuesday in the wake of two… Continue reading

Missing wallaby found safe and sound

JOYCE - Pebbles the wallaby's days of being on the lam are over. The 1½ year old pregnant red-necked wallaby - which had punched a… Continue reading

State’s highest gas price stings Clallam Bay dealer, too

Dave Weir, manager of Al's Mini Mart in Clallam Bay, is not sure he will have any gasoline to offer his customers in a week.… Continue reading

Driver of car that plunged in river indicted, faces federal trial in June

A June 18 trial date has been set for Sela Anne Kalama, 19, of Queets, who has been indicted by a federal grand jury in… Continue reading

Wallaby on the loose in Joyce area

JOYCE - Pebbles the wallaby is hopping somewhere around Joyce, and her owner, Kiki Littlefish, is looking for her. The 1½-year old red-necked wallaby is… Continue reading

Officer awarded medal for helping save life of girl who shot herself

PORT ANGELES - The Port Angeles City Council recognized Port Angeles police officer Daniel G. Morse, Tuesday night as he was given the department's Life… Continue reading

Prison investigating submachine gun left at training site

CLALLAM BAY - Officials at Clallam Bay Correction Center are investigating how one of their a tactical submachine guns was left at a gun range… Continue reading

Driver of ill-fated vets’ van laments crash

PORT ANGELES - As James Walter Paul, 63, lay in a hospital bed at Olympic Medical Center on Friday evening, he knew the two passengers… Continue reading

Port Angeles police chief hailed on his 30-year retirement

Port Angeles' man of iron is in the homestretch of his 30 years carrying a badge. Port Angeles Police Chief Tom Riepe will retire Tuesday,… Continue reading

Military veterans’ van crashes into tree; 1 killed

SEQUIM - One military veteran is dead and another hospitalized after a van carrying veterans back from medical treatment in Seattle struck a tree on… Continue reading

Six volunteers receive Clallam Community Service Awards

PORT ANGELES - John Summers had not met Dick and Marie Goin of Port Angeles until last week, when he interviewed the couple to prepare… Continue reading

Man gets three years for hit-run fatality in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES - Shawn Louis Newman, 19, of Port Angeles, was sentenced Thursday to 36 months in prison for driving under the influence of alcohol… Continue reading

Where in the world is Gary? Superintendent guest of Defense Department

PORT ANGELES - Where in the world is Gary Cohn, superintendent of the Port Angeles School District? Hint: 8,234 miles away, where the temperature reached… Continue reading

Couple in their 80s chase man who allegedly stole purse

PORT ANGELES - After she was knocked to the ground and dragged a few feet before her purse was wrenched from her grasp in a… Continue reading

A woman’s hope under the apple trees

PORT ANGELES - When Linda Smith visited the house at 3905 Bean Road in January 1987 looking for her stepbrother, Norman Boullion, the woman there… Continue reading

Big bronze bell stolen from art park

PORT ANGELES - A heavy bronze bell, one part of a pair of twin bells, was stolen from the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center's outdoor… Continue reading

Two Peninsula rallies for climate change part of national effort

If the Pacific Ocean rises due to global climate change, Ediz Hook still would stay dry - on a calm day. But during storms, the… Continue reading

Highway 101 collision tote board rises to 215 — before it’s reset to 1

PORT ANGELES - The sign on U.S. Highway 101 east of Port Angeles telling motorists the number of days without a serious collision on the… Continue reading

Woman who drove 6 others into river must face federal grand jury

TACOMA - The case of a 19-year old Queets woman who drove into the Elwha River on March 18, killing two teens, will be sent… Continue reading

Man, 21, dies after canoe capsizes on Lake Ozette

Doctors at Forks Community Hospital were unable to revive a 21-year old Olympia man who was airlifted Wednesday from the eastern shore of Lake Ozette… Continue reading