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Waves erode spots on Ediz Hook

PORT ANGELES — A combination of high surf and high tides earlier this week have caused substantial erosion…

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‘I drive my car fast’: Admitted speeder says he didn’t mean to ram car

PORT ANGELES — Michael J. Moyle likes to drive fast and pass other cars. But he denied in…

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Artifacts pact OK’d for Port Angeles sewer project

PORT ANGELES — The city of Port Angeles has signed a “memorandum of agreement” with tribal, state and…

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EYE ON OLYMPIA: New traffic fine would fund crime victims’ services

OLYMPIA — A new $10 fine would be levied against drivers who commit a traffic infraction under a…

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Port Angeles City Council looks at levies as annual retreat looks to future

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles City Council expects to bring a ballot measure before voters later this…

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Explosion set for one of Elwha dams today

PORT ANGELES — After nearly four months of chiseling away at Glines Canyon Dam, Barnard Construction is about…

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Snowfall by the numbers: Many spinouts, no serious wrecks and much sand on Peninsula roads [***GALLERY***]

PORT ANGELES — North Olympic Peninsula residents managed to avoid serious injury during last week’s snowstorms, despite a…

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Murder trial set for March 12 in Forks killing

PORT ANGELES — Moises Ramirez Matias, who is accused of murdering 18-year-old Laranda Konopaski of Forks, is scheduled…

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More snow — and freezing rain — on Peninsula [ *** GALLERY *** ]

PORT ANGELES — The first blast of snowy weather of the year on the North Olympic Peninsula refused…

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Tree crashes into Forks house [ *** GALLERY *** ]

FORKS — The winter wonderland provided by this week’s snowstorm proved dangerous for one Forks-area resident. Marcia Bingham,…

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Port Angeles seeks sale of landfill’s methane gas

PORT ANGELES — City Hall wants to turn its gas into cash. That gas comes in the form…

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EYE ON OLYMPIA: Parks, recreation department proposed

OLYMPIA — The state Parks and Recreation Commission would become the state Parks and Recreation Department under a…

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Port Angeles finance director to get some of leave overdraw back after repayment [*** LAST of 2-PART SERIES***]

EDITOR’S NOTE — This is the second of a two-part series on the Port Angeles city’s cash-out policy.…

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State pollution board ruling sides with Nippon Paper Industries USA biomass project in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The state Pollution Control Hearings Board has sided with Nippon Paper Industries USA in a…

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Port Angeles spends $1.4 million on cash-outs [ *** FIRST OF TWO-PART SERIES ]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part series on the Port Angeles city’s cash-out policy. PORT…

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Clallam County Sheriff’s Office probes home fire on state Highway 112

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fire that badly damaged a home west…

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State rules Nippon’s biomass project OK

PORT ANGELES — The state Pollution Control Hearings Board has sided with Nippon Paper Industries USA in a…

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Port Angeles Food Bank copes without executive director at helm

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Food Bank is without an executive director, but it is still operating…

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Meet the new owners of the MV Coho ferry [**Gallery**]

Black Ball Ferry Line, which operates the MV Coho ferry between Port Angeles and Victoria, is being purchased…

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Van De Wege, Tharinger support same-sex marriage; Hargrove opposed

OLYMPIA — North Olympic Peninsula Reps. Steve Tharinger and Kevin Van De Wege support same-sex marriage, while Sen.…