Brian Gawley

Port Angeles: State Ecology changing dioxin cleanup rule

PORT ANGELES -- The state Department of Ecology is preparing to change the rules for dioxin cleanup levels after settling a lawsuit filed by Rayonier… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Disabled workers make good business sense, chamber told

PORT ANGELES -- Hiring disabled workers isn't charity or philanthropy, it's good business sense, said Erin Riehle, director of disability services at Cincinnati Children's Hospital… Continue reading

Clallam: Park service seeks aquatics permit for dams project

PORT ANGELES -- The National Park Service has submitted an 800-page permit application as part of the Elwha River dams project -- the biggest dam… Continue reading

Family and friends say good-bye to skateboarder

PORT ANGELES -- With balloons released to the wind and messages written on the casket, family and friends said good-bye Friday to Frank Russo, a… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Fluoride foes ask for hearing

PORT ANGELES -- A public hearing will be held but has not yet been scheduled in the wake of a request from residents concerned about… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Russo services to include balloons, potluck

PORT ANGELES -- Family and friends will gather in various places today to remember Frank Russo, a 14-year-old boy who died Saturday from a head… Continue reading

Port Angeles: City to study skateboard park proposals

PORT ANGELES -- The city staff plans to study how to address requests for a skateboard helmet law and a memorial to 14-year-old Frank Russo,… Continue reading

PA moves skatepark memorials, removes graffiti

PORT ANGELES -- Impromptu memorials to 14-year-old Frank Russo, who died Saturday from head injuries sustained while skateboarding, were moved Tuesday afternoon to the southeast… Continue reading

Skaters urge PA council to pass helmet law

PORT ANGELES -- Friends and family of a teenager who died from a fall at the Port Angeles Skatepark urged the City Council to pass… Continue reading

Peninsula legislators weigh state revenue forecast jump of nearly $1 billion

OLYMPIA -- The North Olympic Peninsula's two members of the state House of Representatives took different views Thursday on a billion-dollar state revenue forecast for… Continue reading

Two more apply for Port Angeles City Council vacancy

PORT ANGELES -- The list of candidates for a vacancy on the Port Angeles City Council is up to seven after insurance broker Helen Elwood… Continue reading

Olympic National Park draft plan would add 16,000 acres in three areas

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- The "preferred alternative" of Olympic National Park's draft general management plan calls for adding about 16,000 acres to the park in… Continue reading

Olympic National Park’s draft management plan includes relocating Kalaloch Lodge

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Relocating Kalaloch Lodge and U.S. Highway 101 out of areas prone to erosion are two proposals in Olympic National Park's draft… Continue reading

Port Angeles eyes November bond vote on aquatics center

PORT ANGELES -- A bond issue to build a new municipal aquatics center at the Clallam County Family YMCA complex could go to voters this… Continue reading

Fluoridation case headed to appeals court

PORT ANGELES -- A legal challenge to fluoridation of the city water system is headed to the state Court of Appeals after the state Supreme… Continue reading

Port Angeles preparing to install cameras at three parks

PORT ANGELES -- More than three years after they first were proposed, the city is preparing to install security cameras at three parks this summer.… Continue reading

Beaches on either side of Port Angeles could reopen Friday, but harbor shores to stay closed

PORT ANGELES -- Most of the 30 miles of Strait of Juan de Fuca beaches closed last week by a sewer line break could reopen… Continue reading

Port Angeles council vacancy now has four applicants

PORT ANGELES -- With less than a week to go before the application deadline, four people have submitted letters of interest for the Port Angeles… Continue reading

Robbery hits Port Angeles bank; heist resembles February holdup in Sequim

PORT ANGELES -- The year's second North Olympic Peninsula bank robbery Tuesday morning bears an uncanny resemblance to the first. The holdup was at Kitsap… Continue reading

Sea Breeze seeking permits for underwater power line across Strait

PORT ANGELES -- One of many permits needed before construction can begin on a proposed high-voltage transmission line underneath the Strait of Juan de Fuca… Continue reading