Jeremy Schwartz

A sign permanently posted at Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles warns of potential hazards during periods of sewage outflows into the harbor during heavy rains. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles Harbor polluted with 8 million gallons of raw sewage, runoff stormwater

PORT ANGELES — The public has been warned to avoid contact with Port Angeles Harbor for the next seven days after heavy rains forced about… Continue reading

A sign permanently posted at Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles warns of potential hazards during periods of sewage outflows into the harbor during heavy rains. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles man arrested after crashing car during chase

CARLSBORG — A Port Angeles man is in the Clallam County jail after reportedly crashing his car into a power pole following an attempted escape… Continue reading

$99,000 ‘smart meter’ consultant decision headed to Port Angeles city committee

PORT ANGELES — City Council members want more information about a proposed contract with a Chicago-based consultant to review the city’s delayed “smart meter” project… Continue reading

The garage on Regent Street in south Port Angeles is engulfed in flames Wednesday afternoon. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Fire destroys camper, severely damages shop, garage

PORT ANGELES — Fire crews at 5 p.m. Wednesday were still mopping up after a blaze destroyed a camper and heavily damaged a detached garage… Continue reading

The garage on Regent Street in south Port Angeles is engulfed in flames Wednesday afternoon. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Homeowner Cliff Smith walks past a fully engulfed outbuilding containing a recreational vehicle at 3249 S. Regent St. in Port Angeles on Wednesday afternoon. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Fire guts camper, garage south of Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The owner of a camping trailer and garage destroyed in a Wednesday fire was assessing the damage Thursday and had not yet… Continue reading

Homeowner Cliff Smith walks past a fully engulfed outbuilding containing a recreational vehicle at 3249 S. Regent St. in Port Angeles on Wednesday afternoon. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
An excavator tears pieces from the longhouse in Lincoln Park in Port Angeles on Tuesday as the building is demolished. To see what’s left Wednesday

Lincoln Park longhouse comes down in bittersweet moment for tribe

PORT ANGELES — Volunteers and staff with the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe Wednesday were sifting through the remains of the longhouse in Lincoln Park for… Continue reading

An excavator tears pieces from the longhouse in Lincoln Park in Port Angeles on Tuesday as the building is demolished. To see what’s left Wednesday
A sign permanently posted at Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles warns of potential hazards during periods of sewage outflows into the harbor during heavy rains. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles Harbor polluted with 8 million gallons of raw sewage, runoff stormwater

PORT ANGELES — The public has been warned to avoid contact with Port Angeles Harbor for the next seven days after heavy rains forced about… Continue reading

A sign permanently posted at Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles warns of potential hazards during periods of sewage outflows into the harbor during heavy rains. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
A sign permanently posted at Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles warns of potential hazards during periods of sewage outflows into the harbor during heavy rains. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles Harbor polluted with 8 million gallons of raw sewage, stormwater

PORT ANGELES — The public has been warned to avoid contact with Port Angeles Harbor for the next seven days after heavy rains forced about… Continue reading

A sign permanently posted at Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles warns of potential hazards during periods of sewage outflows into the harbor during heavy rains. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

$99,000 ‘smart meter’ consultant decision headed to further discussion in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — City Council members want more questions answered about a contract with a Chicago-based consultant to review the progress of the city’s delayed… Continue reading

Federal wildlife officer Dave Falzetti sets out a barricade at the entrance to Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge after it was closed Tuesday. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Government shutdown shutters 270-acre wildlife refuge, leave Dungeness Spit an ‘island’

SEQUIM — Two U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees have been left to manage the 270 acres of the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge northwest of… Continue reading

Federal wildlife officer Dave Falzetti sets out a barricade at the entrance to Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge after it was closed Tuesday. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News
The garage on Regent Street in south Port Angeles is engulfed in flames this afternoon. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Spectacular fire south of Port Angeles High School

PORT ANGELES — Fire crews at 5 p.m. today were still mopping up after a blaze destroyed a camper and heavily damaged a detached garage… Continue reading

The garage on Regent Street in south Port Angeles is engulfed in flames this afternoon. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
The city of Port Angeles is in the process of testing and installing smart meters

‘Smart meter’ project: Port Angeles City Council to consider request for $99,000 ‘smart meter’ consultant

EDITOR'S NOTE — Earlier story on Sept. 19, "Port Angeles residents attack smart-meter plan" — https://giftsnap.shop/article/20130919/news/309199995/0/ PORT ANGELES — City staff will ask City Council… Continue reading

The city of Port Angeles is in the process of testing and installing smart meters

Consultants share Sequim Library survey results

SEQUIM — Most patrons of the Sequim Library want a larger library collection and more space in which to enjoy books and other materials, consultants… Continue reading

(1) Ben Muldrow

Consultants propose logo, tagline for ‘rough cut, fine grain’ Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — “Downtown Port Angeles: Rough Cut, Fine Grain.” This is the tagline a consultant team of two brothers from South Carolina, Ben and… Continue reading

(1) Ben Muldrow
Barry Swegle enters Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles on Friday for a status hearing. He was clean-shaven after several months of wearing a heavy

Mental competency to be evaluated in Port Angeles bulldozer-rampage case

PORT ANGELES — Doctors from both the University of Washington and Western State Hospital are likely to be in Port Angeles this week to evaluate… Continue reading

Barry Swegle enters Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles on Friday for a status hearing. He was clean-shaven after several months of wearing a heavy
Barry Swegle enters Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles on Friday for a status hearing. He was clean-shaven after several months of wearing a heavy

Mental competency to be evaluated in Port Angeles bulldozer case

PORT ANGELES — Doctors from both the University of Washington and Western State Hospital are likely to be in Port Angeles this week to evaluate… Continue reading

Barry Swegle enters Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles on Friday for a status hearing. He was clean-shaven after several months of wearing a heavy
A car fire on Monroe Road east of Port Angeles blocked the road for about 45 minutes Thursday morning. Clallam County Fire District No. 2

Vehicle fire briefly closes Monroe Road east of Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A stretch of Monroe Road about 2 miles south of U.S. Highway 101 was reopened late Thursday morning after it had been… Continue reading

A car fire on Monroe Road east of Port Angeles blocked the road for about 45 minutes Thursday morning. Clallam County Fire District No. 2
A car fire on Monroe Road east of Port Angeles blocked the road for about 45 minutes Thursday morning. Clallam County Fire District No. 2

Vehicle fire briefly closes Monroe Road east of Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A stretch of Monroe Road about 2 miles south of U.S. Highway 101 was reopened late Thursday morning after it had been… Continue reading

A car fire on Monroe Road east of Port Angeles blocked the road for about 45 minutes Thursday morning. Clallam County Fire District No. 2
A car fire on Monroe Road east of Port Angeles blocked the road for about 45 minutes Thursday morning. Clallam County Fire District No. 2

Vehicle fire briefly closes Monroe Road east of Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A stretch of Monroe Road about 2 miles south of U.S. Highway 101 was reopened late Thursday morning after it had been… Continue reading

A car fire on Monroe Road east of Port Angeles blocked the road for about 45 minutes Thursday morning. Clallam County Fire District No. 2

Car fire briefly closes Monroe Road east of Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A stretch of Monroe Road about two miles south of U.S. Highway 101 was reopened late this morning (Thursday) after it had… Continue reading