Jeremy Schwartz

16-year-old taken to Port Angeles hospital after injury at Peninsula Junior Rodeo

PORT ANGELES — A 16-year-old Tumwater girl was taken to Olympic Medical Center on Saturday after she was injured while practicing for an event at… Continue reading

Barry Swegle enters Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles on Friday for a status hearing. A jury trial is set to begin Sept. 9. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Venue change eyed in Port Angeles bulldozer rampage case

PORT ANGELES — Barry Swegle's attorney said last week that a change-of-venue request “is always a possibility” for the Port Angeles man's trial on charges… Continue reading

Barry Swegle enters Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles on Friday for a status hearing. A jury trial is set to begin Sept. 9. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Man pleads guilty in Port Angeles high-speed police chase

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man has been sentenced to 12½ months in prison and 12½ months in a substance abuse treatment program after… Continue reading

Charges dropped in Forks pizza shop burglary case

FORKS — Criminal charges have been dismissed against a man initially accused of breaking into a Forks pizza shop in June. Tyeson Frank LaGambina, 24,… Continue reading

Clifford Silliman of Sequim warms up for the bowling competition at Laurel Lanes in Port Angeles during last year's Senior Games.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND — Peninsula Senior Games to lure 500 from U.S., Canada this weekend

PORT ANGELES — Athletes 50 years and older will once again descend upon Port Angeles and venues across the North Olympic Peninsula for this weekend's… Continue reading

Clifford Silliman of Sequim warms up for the bowling competition at Laurel Lanes in Port Angeles during last year's Senior Games.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Clifford Silliman of Sequim warms up for the bowling competition at Laurel Lanes in Port Angeles during last year's Senior Games.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Peninsula Senior Games to lure 500 from U.S., Canada this weekend

PORT ANGELES — Athletes 50 years and older will once again descend upon Port Angeles and venues across the North Olympic Peninsula for this weekend's… Continue reading

Clifford Silliman of Sequim warms up for the bowling competition at Laurel Lanes in Port Angeles during last year's Senior Games.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Tamara Authier

May bulldozer rampage inspires special Port Angeles T-shirt

PORT ANGELES — People have called from as far away as Alaska wanting a T-shirt marking the Gales Addition bulldozer rampage that has become a… Continue reading

Tamara Authier

Port Angeles eyes electricity-reduction pilot project

PORT ANGELES — City Hall could get as much as $425,000 from the Bonneville Power Administration, or BPA, for use in an electricity-reduction test project… Continue reading

30-day sentence in assault of Port Angeles police officer

PORT ANGELES — A Sequim man accused of striking a Port Angeles police officer in the head with a can of Mike's Hard Lemonade has… Continue reading

Excavators continue removing debris from the demolished bridge over Peabody Creek on Wednesday.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Construction of replacement Lauridsen Boulevard bridge could start next week in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Contractors on the project to reconnect both ends of Lauridsen Boulevard over Peabody Creek with a new concrete span bridge could begin… Continue reading

Excavators continue removing debris from the demolished bridge over Peabody Creek on Wednesday.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Barry Swegle at a court hearing in July. A Clallam County corrections deputy holds the bag brought into the courtroom Wednesday. Peninsula Daily News

Man accused in bulldozer rampage brings show-and-tell bag of bugs into courtroom

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man accused of bulldozing several pieces of property — including houses — in Gales Addition brought a bag containing… Continue reading

Barry Swegle at a court hearing in July. A Clallam County corrections deputy holds the bag brought into the courtroom Wednesday. Peninsula Daily News
Barry Swegle at a court hearing in July. A Clallam County corrections deputy holds the bag brought into the courtroom Wednesday. Peninsula Daily News

Man accused in bulldozer rampage brings show-and-tell bag of bugs into courtroom

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man accused of bulldozing several pieces of property — including houses — in Gales Addition brought a bag containing… Continue reading

Barry Swegle at a court hearing in July. A Clallam County corrections deputy holds the bag brought into the courtroom Wednesday. Peninsula Daily News

30-day sentence in assault of Port Angeles police officer

PORT ANGELES — A Sequim man accused of striking a Port Angeles police officer in the head with a can of Mike's Hard Lemonade has… Continue reading

A firefighter sprays water on a small brush fire off South Bagley Creek Road on Tuesday. Patrick Young/Clallam County Fire District No. 3

Crews battle small brush fire near Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — An investigation into a small brush fire burning off Bagley Creek Road likely will begin in the coming days to determine whether… Continue reading

A firefighter sprays water on a small brush fire off South Bagley Creek Road on Tuesday. Patrick Young/Clallam County Fire District No. 3
Holiday Lodge partners Balbir Singh

Former Chinook Motel, once condemned and now refurbished, open for business with new look, outlook

PORT ANGELES — The once-shuttered Chinook Motel on First Street has been reborn as the Holiday Lodge, and it’s open for business. The 1950s-era motel… Continue reading

Holiday Lodge partners Balbir Singh
A firefighter sprays water on a small brush fire off South Bagley Creek Road on Tuesday. Patrick Young/Clallam County Fire District No. 3

Crews battle small brush fire near Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — An investigation into a small brush fire burning off Bagley Creek Road likely will begin in the coming days to determine whether… Continue reading

A firefighter sprays water on a small brush fire off South Bagley Creek Road on Tuesday. Patrick Young/Clallam County Fire District No. 3

Forks pizza parlor burglary suspect released from jail

FORKS — A Forks man accused of burglarizing a Forks pizza shop has been released from the Clallam County jail and is next set to… Continue reading

Port Angeles man’s rape trial delayed to October

PORT ANGELES — The jury trial of a Port Angeles man accused of raping a woman along a dirt road off of Black Diamond Road… Continue reading

Port Angeles man’s rape trial delayed to October

PORT ANGELES — The jury trial of a Port Angeles man accused of raping a woman along a dirt road off of Black Diamond Road… Continue reading

Forks pizza parlor burglary suspect released from jail

FORKS — A Forks man accused of burglarizing a Forks pizza shop has been released from the Clallam County jail and is next set to… Continue reading