Jeremy Schwartz

Gales Addition searched for intruders after late-night call

PORT ANGELES — A half-hour search in the Gales Addition area early Saturday morning found no one after a teenager had called 9-1-1 to say… Continue reading

The long-closed longhouse structure at Lincoln Park in Port Angeles is under consideration for demolition and removal. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Lower Elwha Klallam tribe to pay costs of longhouse teardown

PORT ANGELES — The city likely will pay nothing to help the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe tear down the decades-old wooden longhouse in Lincoln Park… Continue reading

The long-closed longhouse structure at Lincoln Park in Port Angeles is under consideration for demolition and removal. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Makah tribe nets grant to build longhouse-style pavilion

NEAH BAY — Makah tribal members have a half-million reasons to celebrate after a national organization awarded the tribe a $500,000 grant to build a… Continue reading

Port Angeles man pleads to reduced charges in child-rape case

PORT ANGELES — A 33-year-old Port Angeles man has pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree rape of a child after reportedly sexually abusing multiple… Continue reading

Gurpreet Singh

A modern look for the old Chinook Motel

PORT ANGELES — The once-dilapidated building known as the Chinook Motel on First Street on Port Angeles' east side is showing a new face to… Continue reading

Gurpreet Singh

Council OKs $89,000 more for Port Angeles harbor study

PORT ANGELES — The city once again will tap a private environmental consultant for help in reviewing data produced during study of toxins in the… Continue reading

In this May 23 file photo

House fire prompts Gales Addition meeting tonight

PORT ANGELES — Officials with Clallam County Fire District No. 2 will host a public meeting this evening to address any unanswered questions about a… Continue reading

In this May 23 file photo
Maceo Niehaus

Memorial funds set up to pay for teenager’s headstone

PORT ANGELES — The mother and grandmother of a 17-year-old boy who died of a suspected heroin overdose have set up memorial funds at two… Continue reading

Maceo Niehaus

EYE ON OLYMPIA: Sen. Hargrove in middle of budget mix

OLYMPIA — The North Olympic Peninsula’s state senator will continue his work with the governor and the state Legislature’s lead budget writers to hammer out… Continue reading

Peninsula groups honored by state Main Street Program

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Main Street Program has won an economic vitality award for a communication plan that helped shoppers navigate the city’s… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District No. 3 firefighters Joel McKeen

Fire destroys shed northwest of Sequim

SEQUIM — A shed on a piece of property just northwest of Sequim was destroyed last week by a fire thought to have been caused… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District No. 3 firefighters Joel McKeen
Dave Louden

Grange members seek funds to save Mount Pleasant Community Hall

By Jeremy Schwartz Peninsula Daily News PORT ANGELES — Nola Hulse can remember a time when the rafters of the Mount Pleasant Grange Community Hall… Continue reading

Dave Louden

Not-guilty plea entered in Port Angeles man’s heroin case

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man has pleaded not guilty to heroin possession after being formally charged last week. Adam Dartagnan Clevenger, 26, entered… Continue reading

A park user looks out at the water of Port Angeles Harbor from the pavilion at Francis Street Park in Port Angeles on Thursday. The park was reopened Wednesday after being closed for sewer line work as part of the city's combined sewer outflow project. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Francis Street Park reopens in Port Angeles after sewer line work

PORT ANGELES — The city park at the north end of Francis Street reopened this week. Francis Street Park had been closed since February because… Continue reading

A park user looks out at the water of Port Angeles Harbor from the pavilion at Francis Street Park in Port Angeles on Thursday. The park was reopened Wednesday after being closed for sewer line work as part of the city's combined sewer outflow project. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Charges pending for pair arrested in alleged heroin bust

PORT ANGELES — Two Port Angeles residents are expected to be charged in Clallam County Superior Court this week with heroin-related offenses after they were… Continue reading

Port Angeles man accused of trying to run down police officer

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man wanted by city police since May 13 and captured last week will be arraigned Friday on two assault… Continue reading

Don Zeller.  [Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News]

Port Angeles retailer shutters antiques shop, moving to Nevada

PORT ANGELES — Citing a decline in business and a desire to move to warmer climes, the owner of Zeller’s Antiques on First Street in… Continue reading

Don Zeller.  [Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News]
Architect’s rendering of Port Angeles’ proposed West End Park looking south shows Oak Street at the left and Valley Creek Estuary Park at the upper right.  [Studio Cascade Inc.]

Port Angeles secures grant for proposed park

PORT ANGELES — City planning staff have secured another chunk of funding for a park proposed along the downtown waterfront as part of larger planned… Continue reading

Architect’s rendering of Port Angeles’ proposed West End Park looking south shows Oak Street at the left and Valley Creek Estuary Park at the upper right.  [Studio Cascade Inc.]
Don Zozosky of Port Angeles

Rescuer meets pilot he saved 34 years later

PORT ANGELES — After more than a quarter-century, Don Zozosky of Port Angeles finally got to shake the hand of the man he helped locate… Continue reading

Don Zozosky of Port Angeles

Antique mall owner pleads guilty to stolen-property trafficking

PORT ANGELES — The owner of the Port Angeles Antique Mall pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree trafficking in stolen property last week after… Continue reading