Jeremy Schwartz

Barry A. Swegle

Plea deal rejected in Port Angeles bulldozer case

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man accused in a May 10 bulldozer rampage that destroyed homes, outbuildings and other property in Gales Addition has… Continue reading

Barry A. Swegle
Barry A. Swegle

Plea deal rejected in Port Angeles bulldozer case

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man accused in a May 10 bulldozer rampage that destroyed homes, outbuildings and other property in Gales Addition has… Continue reading

Barry A. Swegle
Port Angeles firefighter Kevin Denton prepares to attack a fire that destroyed this house at 4017 S. Fairmount Ave. in Port Angeles on Tuesday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

UPDATED — Couple left homeless after fire destroys west Port Angeles home

PORT ANGELES — Fire officials were investigating the cause of a fire today that tore through a single-family home along Fairmount Avenue in west Port… Continue reading

Port Angeles firefighter Kevin Denton prepares to attack a fire that destroyed this house at 4017 S. Fairmount Ave. in Port Angeles on Tuesday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Port Angeles firefighter Kevin Denton prepares to take on a fire that destroyed a house at 4017 W. Fairmount Ave. in Port Angeles today. —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Fire destroys house in west Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Crews from both the Port Angeles Fire Department and Clallam County Fire District No. 2 responded to a fire this morning (Tuesday)… Continue reading

Port Angeles firefighter Kevin Denton prepares to take on a fire that destroyed a house at 4017 W. Fairmount Ave. in Port Angeles today. —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
The 205-foot American Spirit is seen docked last May at City Pier in Port Angeles. The vessel is expected to return to Port Angeles on Tuesday. — Jeremy Schwartz/Peninsula Daily News

Cruise vessel to stop Tuesday in Port Angeles and Thursday in Port Townsend

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Peninsula cruise season starts Tuesday with the expected 2 p.m. arrival of the 205-foot American Spirit at City Pier… Continue reading

The 205-foot American Spirit is seen docked last May at City Pier in Port Angeles. The vessel is expected to return to Port Angeles on Tuesday. — Jeremy Schwartz/Peninsula Daily News
NOW: The mouth of the Elwha River

New beaches in the making: Elwha River mouth grows as unleashed sediment flows

PORT ANGELES — What does roughly 3.3 million cubic yards of sediment look like? The ever-changing mouth of the Elwha River can offer some clue.… Continue reading

NOW: The mouth of the Elwha River
Alan Lubich of Seattle-based SB Structures checks the level on a guardrail of the new Lauridsen Boulevard bridge in Port Angeles. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

New Lauridsen Boulevard bridge opens today in Port Angeles with ribbon-cutting ceremony

PORT ANGELES — The bridge carrying Lauridsen Boulevard over Peabody Creek is set to open today, two months after the project was expected to be… Continue reading

Alan Lubich of Seattle-based SB Structures checks the level on a guardrail of the new Lauridsen Boulevard bridge in Port Angeles. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
The 205-foot American Spirit docked last May at City Pier in Port Angeles. The vessel is expected to return to Port Angeles on Tuesday. Jeremy Schwartz/Peninsula Daily News

Cruise vessel to stop Tuesday in Port Angeles and Thursday in Port Townsend

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Peninsula cruise season starts Tuesday with the expected 2 p.m. arrival of the 205-foot American Spirit at City Pier… Continue reading

The 205-foot American Spirit docked last May at City Pier in Port Angeles. The vessel is expected to return to Port Angeles on Tuesday. Jeremy Schwartz/Peninsula Daily News

Kitchen fire closes Clallam Bay eatery

CLALLAM BAY — The owner of the Breakwater Inn restaurant in Clallam Bay hopes she can reopen in time for some of the tourist season… Continue reading

NOW: The mouth of the Elwha River

New beaches in the making: Elwha River mouth grows as unleashed sediment flows

PORT ANGELES — What does roughly 3.3 million cubic yards of sediment look like? The ever-changing mouth of the Elwha River can offer some clue.… Continue reading

NOW: The mouth of the Elwha River

Police hunt for Clallam County Courthouse bomb-threat caller

PORT ANGELES — Police are continuing to investigate a bomb threat that prompted the evacuation of the Clallam County Courthouse, the second such incident in… Continue reading

Deja vu: Another bomb scare, another evacuation at Clallam courthouse

PORT ANGELES — Police are continuing to investigate a bomb threat that prompted the evacuation of the Clallam County Courthouse, the second such incident in… Continue reading

9-1-1 service returns to North Olympic Peninsula after outage lasting hours

What if you call 9-1-1 and can’t get through? For about seven hours early Thursday morning, that was the situation across the North Olympic Peninsula… Continue reading

Lauridsen Boulevard bridge to open Monday

PORT ANGELES — The bridge carrying Lauridsen Boulevard over Peabody Creek will open Monday, two months after the project originally was expected to be completed.… Continue reading

Port Angeles considers shortening utility bill-pay period by 5 days

PORT ANGELES — City residents would have five fewer days to pay their utility bills under proposed changes recommended by the Port Angeles Utility Advisory… Continue reading

Port Angeles seeks state loan on sewer outfall project

PORT ANGELES — City public works staff hope to get a $12 million state loan for the second phase of a multimillion-dollar effort to reduce… Continue reading

Clallam Courthouse evacuated briefly; no bomb found

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Courthouse was evacuated this morning (Friday) for the second time in two weeks after a caller passed on having… Continue reading

Lauridsen Boulevard bridge to open Monday

PORT ANGELES — The bridge carrying Lauridsen Boulevard over Peabody Creek will open Monday, two months after the project originally was expected to be completed.… Continue reading

9-1-1 service returns to North Olympic Peninsula after outage lasting hours

What if you call 9-1-1 and can’t get through? For about seven hours early Thursday morning, that was the situation across the North Olympic Peninsula… Continue reading

Port Angeles considers shortening utility bill-pay period by 5 days

PORT ANGELES — City residents would have five fewer days to pay their utility bills under proposed changes recommended by the Port Angeles Utility Advisory… Continue reading