Jeremy Schwartz

Workers with Seattle-based Scarsella Brothers Inc. assemble a retaining wall that will become part of an approach lane to the Lauridsen Boulevard bridge over Peabody Creek in Port Angeles on Thursday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Race Street closures set for Lauridsen bridge work

PORT ANGELES — Traffic will be reduced to one lane on a stretch of South Race Street either today or Monday, depending on weather conditions,… Continue reading

Workers with Seattle-based Scarsella Brothers Inc. assemble a retaining wall that will become part of an approach lane to the Lauridsen Boulevard bridge over Peabody Creek in Port Angeles on Thursday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Michael T. Riley is shown in a photo released by the Clallam County Sheriff's Office on Friday before he surrendered.

UPDATED — Man wanted in purse-snatching in Port Angeles Walmart parking lot surrenders to sheriff’s deputies

PORT ANGELES — A man wanted after he allegedly stole a woman's purse in the Port Angeles Walmart parking lot on Wednesday has surrendered to… Continue reading

Michael T. Riley is shown in a photo released by the Clallam County Sheriff's Office on Friday before he surrendered.

Clallam Public Utility District plans new headquarters [Corrected]

CARLSBORG — Clallam County Public Utility District officials expect to spend about $10.2 million in the coming years to consolidate headquarters and build new space… Continue reading

Michael T. Riley

Deputies seek man wanted after robbery in Port Angeles Walmart parking lot

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Sheriff's deputies are continuing to look today for a 25-year-old Port Angeles man they say stole a purse from a… Continue reading

Michael T. Riley

DNA test results awaited before suicide victim’s name released

PORT ANGELES — Detectives say it could be 30 days or more before they’re ready to release the name of a woman found dead of… Continue reading

Workers with Seattle-based Scarsella Brothers Inc. assemble a retaining wall that will become part of an approach lane to the Lauridsen Boulevard bridge over Peabody Creek in Port Angeles on Thursday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Race Street closures set for Lauridsen bridge work

PORT ANGELES — Traffic will be reduced to one lane on a stretch of South Race Street either today or Monday, depending on weather conditions,… Continue reading

Workers with Seattle-based Scarsella Brothers Inc. assemble a retaining wall that will become part of an approach lane to the Lauridsen Boulevard bridge over Peabody Creek in Port Angeles on Thursday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
The 102-foot American Spirit will make a total of 22 stops in Port Angeles and Port Townsend next year

Cruise ship to substantially boost visits to Port Angeles, Port Townsend in 2014

They'll be back: This year's inaugural American Cruise Line visits to the North Olympic Peninsula were so popular that more stops have been scheduled for… Continue reading

The 102-foot American Spirit will make a total of 22 stops in Port Angeles and Port Townsend next year

DNA test results awaited before suicide victim’s name released

PORT ANGELES — Detectives say it could be 30 days or more before they’re ready to release the name of a woman found dead of… Continue reading

Police say former fire district employee allegedly stole narcotics to feed addiction

SEQUIM — Sequim police believe a former Clallam County Fire District No. 3 employee stole painkillers from a district fire station to feed his drug… Continue reading

“The Gandy Dancer” lies alone in a parking lot this week after being unceremoniously uprooted from its waterfront post a year ago. --Photo by Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News

Popular Port Angeles sculpture lies in waiting for a new home

PORT ANGELES — Wanted: a home for one temporarily out-of-place gandy dancer. The all-metal railroad worker sculpture that once stood vigil along Railroad Avenue now… Continue reading

“The Gandy Dancer” lies alone in a parking lot this week after being unceremoniously uprooted from its waterfront post a year ago. --Photo by Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles City Council eyes new utility tax revenue for health, human services

PORT ANGELES — City Council members made clear during a 2014 budget work session Tuesday that they want to steer $46,150 in new city utility… Continue reading

Police say former fire district employee allegedly stole narcotics to feed addiction

SEQUIM — Sequim police believe a former Clallam County Fire District No. 3 employee stole painkillers from a district fire station to feed his drug… Continue reading

“The Gandy Dancer” lies alone in a parking lot this week after being unceremoniously uprooted from its waterfront post a year ago. --Photo by Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News

Popular Port Angeles sculpture lies in waiting for a new home

PORT ANGELES — Wanted: a home for one temporarily out-of-place gandy dancer. The all-metal railroad worker sculpture that once stood vigil along Railroad Avenue now… Continue reading

“The Gandy Dancer” lies alone in a parking lot this week after being unceremoniously uprooted from its waterfront post a year ago. --Photo by Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News
Barry A. Swegle

Bulldozer suspect thought he was ‘crucified,’ documents reveal

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man accused of rolling through multiple homes in Gales Addition with a bulldozer in May told psychologists he believes… Continue reading

Barry A. Swegle
Barry A. Swegle

Bulldozer suspect thought he was ‘crucified,’ documents reveal

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man accused of rolling through multiple homes in Gales Addition with a bulldozer in May told psychologists he believes… Continue reading

Barry A. Swegle
Roberta Melsheimer

Downtown Port Angeles jewelry store closing; owner cites economy, break-ins

PORT ANGELES — Downtown will be short one jewelry store come next year. The owner of Fountain Square Jewelers, which has been a fixture for… Continue reading

Roberta Melsheimer

Employee investigated in Clallam Fire District 3’s missing drugs

SEQUIM — A unidentified 40-year-old man who works for Clallam County Fire District No. 3 is under investigation in the alleged theft last month of… Continue reading

Fire crews battle barn fire off Quilcene Road

QUILCENE — Fire investigators were expecting to start an investigation Saturday evening or today into the cause of a fire that destroyed a barn on… Continue reading

Port Angeles man is sentenced to 4-plus years for break-ins

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man has been sentenced to about 4½ years in prison after pleading guilty to two home break-ins. Mark Thomas… Continue reading

Hans Schmitt of Evergreen Towing attaches a tow cable to a 30-foot travel trailer that broke loose from the vehicle pulling it and careened down the hill on Cedar Street and over an embankment on Friday morning in Port Angeles. The driver of the vehicle pulling the trailer fled the scene.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles police seek owner of runaway travel trailer

PORT ANGELES — Know someone who’s missing a travel-trailer last seen careening down Cedar Street on Friday morning? Port Angeles police might want to talk.… Continue reading

Hans Schmitt of Evergreen Towing attaches a tow cable to a 30-foot travel trailer that broke loose from the vehicle pulling it and careened down the hill on Cedar Street and over an embankment on Friday morning in Port Angeles. The driver of the vehicle pulling the trailer fled the scene.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News