Jeremy Schwartz

Port Angeles man sentenced to community custody in stolen-car case

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man who pleaded guilty to possessing a stolen car after police said he led them on a car chase… Continue reading

Port Angeles man sentenced to community custody in stolen-car case

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man who pleaded guilty to possessing a stolen car after police said he led them on a car chase… Continue reading

Port Angeles man found not guilty in kitchen-knife stabbing

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man accused of stabbing with a kitchen knife the man whose property he lived on was cleared by a… Continue reading

Charges filed in Forks pizza shop burglary

FORKS — A Forks man and a LaPush woman arrested last week in the burglary of a Forks pizza shop have been charged with multiple… Continue reading

Visitors park at the La Poel Forest Camp near Lake Crescent in the mid-1930s. The campground is now a day-use area. U.S. Forest Service

Olympic National Park diamond jubilee: Looking ahead to next 75 years [Plus VIDEO of Elwha Valley serenity]

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — The North Olympic Peninsula's national park is celebrating its diamond anniversary this weekend. And those who oversee Olympic National Park agree… Continue reading

Visitors park at the La Poel Forest Camp near Lake Crescent in the mid-1930s. The campground is now a day-use area. U.S. Forest Service

Port Angeles man pleads not guilty to eluding police

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man allegedly involved in a car chase with police that ended with him being bitten by Port Angeles police… Continue reading

Craig A. Fulton

Port Angeles selects new public works director

PORT ANGELES — The facilities director for a Marine Corps base in North Carolina has been chosen as the next Port Angeles public works director.… Continue reading

Craig A. Fulton
Clallam County Firefighter/Medics and Olympic National Park crews extricate hiker form Elwha River trail.

Utah professor rescued along banks of Elwha River

PORT ANGELES — A professor from Brigham Young University in Utah was treated from Olympic Medical Center and discharged Wednesday after being rescued from the… Continue reading

Clallam County Firefighter/Medics and Olympic National Park crews extricate hiker form Elwha River trail.

Utah professor rescued from banks of Elwha River after suffering medical problem

PORT ANGELES — A 59-year-old professor from Brigham Young University in Utah was rescued from along the banks of the Elwha River on Tuesday afternoon… Continue reading

Liz Putnam

Olympic National Park, volunteer group mark anniversaries

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — At least 50 people packed the auditorium at the Olympic National Park Visitor Center on Tuesday to celebrate the joint anniversary… Continue reading

Liz Putnam

Port Angeles to get donated electric car charger

PORT ANGELES — The westernmost electric-car-charging station on the North Olympic Peninsula is slated to be installed downtown later this summer after a Bothell man… Continue reading

The U.S. Border Patrol headquarters in Port Angeles.

Tentative deal reached on Border Patrol lawsuit

The federal Department of Justice and American Civil Liberties Union of Washington have reached a tentative agreement to settle a lawsuit alleging that Border Patrol… Continue reading

The U.S. Border Patrol headquarters in Port Angeles.

Port Angeles man pleads not guilty in high-speed chase

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man has pleaded not guilty to two charges related to an alleged high-speed chase. Erick Evan Miller, 46, pleaded… Continue reading

Accident investigators from the Clallam County Sheriff's Office and Sequim Police Department measure the scene of a collision between two pickup trucks on Old Olympic Highway near Mantle Road northwest of Sequim.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Investigators ponder why truck crossed centerline in Dungeness Valley fatality [Corrected and Updated]

SEQUIM — A 66-year-old Sequim man is dead and a 70-year-old Sequim man was hospitalized in serious condition after a two-truck wreck on Old Olympic… Continue reading

Accident investigators from the Clallam County Sheriff's Office and Sequim Police Department measure the scene of a collision between two pickup trucks on Old Olympic Highway near Mantle Road northwest of Sequim.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles man pleads not guilty in high-speed chase

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man has pleaded not guilty to two charges related to an alleged high-speed chase. Erick Evan Miller, 46, pleaded… Continue reading

An aerial view is shown of a colony of common murres

Unmanned aircraft soars over Peninsula coast for researchers [ *** PHOTO GALLERY *** ]

OLYMPIC COAST NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY — Seabirds nesting on the small, rocky islands off the western coast of the North Olympic Peninsula have nothing to… Continue reading

An aerial view is shown of a colony of common murres

Court denies fluoridation foes’ appeal

PORT ANGELES — Opponents of fluoridated water supplies on the North Olympic Peninsula are again considering asking the state Supreme Court to stop the practice… Continue reading

Port Angeles utility workers stand by among scattered construction equipment as Port Angeles firefighters examine a power utility room at William Shore Memorial Pool after an electrical short knocked out power to the pool and nearby City Hall on Friday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Electrical short delays Port Angeles pool’s reopening; none hurt

PORT ANGELES — The reopening of the William Shore Memorial Pool was delayed at least one day, from Monday to Tuesday, after an explosive short… Continue reading

Port Angeles utility workers stand by among scattered construction equipment as Port Angeles firefighters examine a power utility room at William Shore Memorial Pool after an electrical short knocked out power to the pool and nearby City Hall on Friday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Accident investigators from the Clallam County Sheriff's Office and Sequim Police Department take mesurements at the scene of a collision between two pickup trucks on Old Olympic Highway near Mantle Road northwest of Sequim today. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Sequim man dead in two-truck wreck on Old Olympic Highway

SEQUIM — A 66-year-old Sequim man died in a two-truck wreck on Old Olympic Highway north of Sequim today after a pickup truck traveling southbound… Continue reading

Accident investigators from the Clallam County Sheriff's Office and Sequim Police Department take mesurements at the scene of a collision between two pickup trucks on Old Olympic Highway near Mantle Road northwest of Sequim today. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
A car crosses the Lauridsen Boulevard bridge spanning Peabody Creek on Wednesday in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

43-year-old Port Angeles bridge to be replaced for $4.5 million

PORT ANGELES — The City Council this week awarded a $4.5 million contract to replace the aging bridge carrying Lauridsen Boulevard over Peabody Creek and… Continue reading

A car crosses the Lauridsen Boulevard bridge spanning Peabody Creek on Wednesday in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News