Paul Gottlieb

Port Angeles City Council restores humane society funding, passes budget

Port Angeles City Council restores humane society funding, passes budget

PORT ANGELES — Passage of the city's $109.6 million budget for 2016 turned on a minuscule but emotionally charged 0.014 percent of the spending plan.… Continue reading

Port Angeles City Council restores humane society funding, passes budget
U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer

Rep. Kilmer to start series of public meetings on Olympic Peninsula Forest Collaborative with Forks gathering Friday

FORKS — U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer this week begins a series of public meetings featuring the Olympic Peninsula Forest Collaborative, an amalgam of timber-related industry… Continue reading

U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer
A crew works at the site of a new wastewater pump station being built at the west end of Front Street at Marine Drive in downtown Port Angeles. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Remember the sound of pile-driving? Rattle and shake of removing metal sheets to begin this week in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — An echoing rattle will reverberate across the daytime cityscape this week as workers complete the pump-station portion — and final phase —… Continue reading

A crew works at the site of a new wastewater pump station being built at the west end of Front Street at Marine Drive in downtown Port Angeles. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Three people were injured Wednesday in this three-vehicle wreck. Ed Evans

Elderly Tacoma man in serious condition after 3-vehicle Sequim-area wreck

SEQUIM — An elderly Tacoma man was listed in serious condition Thursday at a Seattle hospital after he was hurt Wednesday in a three-vehicle Sequim-area… Continue reading

Three people were injured Wednesday in this three-vehicle wreck. Ed Evans
Diners

Peninsula gives thanks with free feasts in Clallam, Jefferson counties

PORT ANGELES — More than 1,500 seeking Thanksgiving Day sustenance flocked Thursday to turkey-filled feasts in Clallam and Jefferson counties. They included Beth Humphrey, 65,… Continue reading

Diners
WEEKEND REWIND: Navy ends consultation on historic resources in sonar, explosives testing zone that includes Strait of Juan de Fuca

WEEKEND REWIND: Navy ends consultation on historic resources in sonar, explosives testing zone that includes Strait of Juan de Fuca

The federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation is getting involved in a dispute between state and Navy officials over cultural and historical resources in a… Continue reading

WEEKEND REWIND: Navy ends consultation on historic resources in sonar, explosives testing zone that includes Strait of Juan de Fuca
Navy ends consultation on historic resources in sonar, explosives testing zone that includes Strait of Juan de Fuca

Navy ends consultation on historic resources in sonar, explosives testing zone that includes Strait of Juan de Fuca

By Paul Gottlieb Peninsula Daily News The federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation is getting involved in a dispute between state and Navy officials over… Continue reading

Navy ends consultation on historic resources in sonar, explosives testing zone that includes Strait of Juan de Fuca

Oregon company awarded Port Angeles tourism marketing contract

PORT ANGELES — City officials will negotiate completion of a contract that proposes spending $199,863 to market the tourism virtues of Port Angeles. City Council… Continue reading

Authorities seek missing Canadian Olympic rowing athlete, last seen boarding MV Coho ferry

Authorities seek missing Canadian Olympic rowing athlete, last seen boarding MV Coho ferry

PORT ANGELES — A statewide search continued Saturday for a former Canadian Olympic rowing athlete who was last seen boarding the MV Coho ferry in… Continue reading

Authorities seek missing Canadian Olympic rowing athlete, last seen boarding MV Coho ferry
Harold Backer

Victoria police searching for biker last seen exiting ferry into Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Victoria police are searching for Harold Backer, a bicyclist well-known in Victoria and Port Angeles who was last seen exiting the MV… Continue reading

Harold Backer
Harold Backer

Victoria police searching for biker last seen exiting ferry into Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Victoria police are searching for Harold Backer, a bicyclist well-known in Victoria and Port Angeles who was last seen exiting the MV… Continue reading

Harold Backer
Clallam County election workers Nancy Loghry of Joyce

CLALLAM COUNTY ELECTION UPDATE: Auditor says another 8,700 votes to be counted unlikely to change outcomes

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Auditor's Office hopes to count about 8,700 more general election ballots Friday, adding to the 13,761 tallied Tuesday, Clallam… Continue reading

Clallam County election workers Nancy Loghry of Joyce
Incumbent Port Angeles city council member Cherie Kidd

CLALLAM COUNTY ELECTION: Incumbent Cherie Kidd leads in Port Angeles City Council race

PORT ANGELES — Incumbent City Council member and former Mayor Cherie Kidd led in the voting against veterans advocate and fluoridation opponent Dan Bateham for… Continue reading

Incumbent Port Angeles city council member Cherie Kidd
Mark Apeland

JEFFERSON COUNTY ELECTION: Apeland, Kuehl ahead in Quilcene School Board races

QUILCENE — Mark Apeland, a political newcomer and Jefferson County Sheriff's Office sergeant, was leading incumbent Quilcene School Board member Shona Davis on Tuesday night… Continue reading

Mark Apeland

Clallam commissioners agree to name recycling tech center representative

PORT ANGELES — After expressing initial reservations, Clallam County commissioners agreed this week to name a county representative to the Composite Recycling Technology Center board… Continue reading

Clallam County election workers Nancy Loghry of Joyce

CLALLAM COUNTY ELECTION UPDATE: Auditor says another 8,700 votes to be counted unlikely to change outcomes

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Auditor’s Office hopes to count about 8,700 more general election ballots Friday, adding to the 13,761 tallied Tuesday, Clallam… Continue reading

Clallam County election workers Nancy Loghry of Joyce
A head-on collision this morning sheared this power pole on Kitchen Dick Road near Sequim and caused an outage for more than 10

Head-on collision with utility pole leaves 10,377 in the dark east of Port Angeles

SEQUIM — Traffic signals and other lights from Port Angeles to Carlsborg went dark shortly after 7 a.m. Tuesday when a woman's head-on crash with… Continue reading

A head-on collision this morning sheared this power pole on Kitchen Dick Road near Sequim and caused an outage for more than 10
Mark Apeland

JEFFERSON COUNTY ELECTION: Apeland, Kuehl ahead in Quilcene School Board races

QUILCENE — Mark Apeland, a political newcomer and Jefferson County Sheriff's Office sergeant, was leading incumbent Quilcene School Board member Shona Davis on Tuesday night… Continue reading

Mark Apeland
Mark Apeland

JEFFERSON COUNTY ELECTION: Apeland, Kuehl ahead in Quilcene School Board races

QUILCENE — Mark Apeland, a political newcomer and Jefferson County Sheriff's Office sergeant, was leading incumbent Quilcene School Board member Shona Davis on Tuesday night… Continue reading

Mark Apeland
A head-on collision this morning sheared this power pole on Kitchen Dick Road near Sequim and caused an outage for more than 10

Power restored after head-on collision with utility pole leaves 10,377 in the dark east of Port Angeles

SEQUIM — Traffic signals and other lights from Port Angeles to Carlsborg went dark shortly after 7 a.m. Tuesday when a woman’s head-on crash with… Continue reading

A head-on collision this morning sheared this power pole on Kitchen Dick Road near Sequim and caused an outage for more than 10