Brian Gawley

Port Angeles city, port create joint cleanup group for Rayonier, harbor

PORT ANGELES — The City Council and Port of Port Angeles commissioners unanimously agreed Tuesday night to cooperate in cleaning up Port Angeles Harbor and… Continue reading

PA, Port may form harbor cleanup authority

PORT ANGELES — A non-taxing public development authority to combine city and port efforts to clean up Port Angeles Harbor and redevelop the former Rayonier… Continue reading

PA marks 100th anniversary of Great White Fleet’s visit

PORT ANGELES — More than 50 people gathered at City Pier on Saturday to recognize the 100th anniversary of a visit from a contingent of… Continue reading

Hot spell, stubborn snow shouldn’t bring flooding

Spring's late arrival, which has kept snow longer in the lower elevations, is expected to lead to higher streamflows this spring and summer as it… Continue reading

Great White Fleet events set for PA, PT

The year was 1907, and a young nation that almost a decade earlier had taken over the remnants of the Spanish empire in the Caribbean… Continue reading

PA eyes infraction for runway truck

PORT ANGELES — A defective braking system was responsible for the May 2 crash of an Olympic National Park dump truck on Mount Angeles Road,… Continue reading

KPly workers OK’d for unemployment program

PORT ANGELES — About 80 of the 132 laid-off KPly employees gathered at Peninsula College last week to hear about training and income benefits available… Continue reading

PA Harbor cleanup meeting set

PORT ANGELES — The public will get a chance Tuesday to tell state Department of Ecology officials what they think about the first step in… Continue reading

PA to review leasing out city building

PORT ANGELES — Two City Council subcommittees will review whether the city should lease the former On The Boardwalk restaurant building prior to completion of… Continue reading

PA council tightens public comment rules

PORT ANGELES — People who show up at City Council meetings might not have to wait as long as they do now to have their… Continue reading

Port of PA pursues NOAA Pacific fleet

PORT ANGELES — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is being courted to bring its fleet of research ships here — along with 100 to… Continue reading

PA mulls private sponsorship of events, venues

PORT ANGELES — The city's parks and recreation department is considering allowing sponsorship of city recreation events and facilities. "We could start small and see… Continue reading

First Federal changes name, logo

PORT ANGELES — Now it's just First Federal, and it has a new logo and Web site to highlight the assets of the locally owned… Continue reading

New quake maps won’t change emergency plans

Revised government maps of earthquake faults that could cause serious damage on the North Olympic Peninsula won't change county emergency management plans. Emergency management directors… Continue reading

Port Angeles mural overhaul begins

PORT ANGELES — The "Olympic Visions" mural behind the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain is coming off so that it can be renewed. And parts of… Continue reading

Springtime snow surprises North Olympic Peninsula

The calendar may say it's one month into spring, but a peek out the window in some of the area's higher elevations might say otherwise.… Continue reading

Port Angeles downtown to celebrate the end of the (construction improvement) mess

PORT ANGELES — One of the sure signs of spring this year is the disappearance of construction workers downtown as the city's six-month sidewalk and… Continue reading

Supreme Court ruling removes possible barrier to Sequim man’s execution

PORT ANGELES — A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that executions by lethal injection are not cruel and unusual punishment removes one potential barrier to the… Continue reading

Few options for tax return procrastinators

Time and the tides wait for no one, and the U.S. Postal Service won't either if residents of the North Olympic Peninsula don't get their… Continue reading

Park begins to awaken from snowy winter

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Even though it's April, the snow level in Olympic National Park stubbornly remains at about 3,000 feet, with some snow having… Continue reading