Rob Ollikainen

The visiting B-17 that’s part of Wings of Freedom lands Monday at William R. Fairchild International Airport -- Photo by Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

‘It brings back the memories’: Vintage warbirds arrive in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — From a Korean War veteran to a 14-year-old warbird aficionado, the Wings of Freedom tour bridged generations Monday in Port Angeles. Korean… Continue reading

The visiting B-17 that’s part of Wings of Freedom lands Monday at William R. Fairchild International Airport -- Photo by Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Clallam, Jefferson counties get $2.1 million in federal compensatory payments

PORT ANGELES — Clallam and Jefferson counties have received a combined $2.08 million — and far more than either county expected — from a federal… Continue reading

Bill Sommers will fly aboard a vintage World War II-era bomber with his brother

A great gift for Father’s Day: Flight in WWII warplane for veteran

PORT ANGELES — It would be difficult to top the gift that Bill Sommers has in store for his dad this Father's Day. Sommers today… Continue reading

Bill Sommers will fly aboard a vintage World War II-era bomber with his brother
Tami and Kelly Ziegler are organizing a memorial scholarship to benefit a member of the Port Angeles Class of 2014 to honor their son

Mother of late honor student organizing scholarship benefit

PORT ANGELES — Mason Ziegler was the kind of person you could always depend on. “He was the counselor to all his friends,” said Tami… Continue reading

Tami and Kelly Ziegler are organizing a memorial scholarship to benefit a member of the Port Angeles Class of 2014 to honor their son

Judge to mull arguments on double-murder trial evidence

PORT ANGELES — A Clallam County Superior Court judge is considering whether to suppress from a jury the bloody pants that Darold Stenson was wearing… Continue reading

An artist's rendering shows a proposed county road going underneath U.S. Highway 101 near Deer Park Cinema and C'est Si Bon restaurant east of Port Angeles. Clallam County and David Evans and Associates Inc.

Clallam gets five bids for Deer Park underpass project

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County's highway underpass at Deer Park Road will cost about $2 million less than originally estimated. The county is building a… Continue reading

An artist's rendering shows a proposed county road going underneath U.S. Highway 101 near Deer Park Cinema and C'est Si Bon restaurant east of Port Angeles. Clallam County and David Evans and Associates Inc.

Homelessness reported to be down by 62.4% in Clallam County in 7 years

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County homelessness has decreased by 62.4 percent since 2006, and the number of people living on the streets is down 81… Continue reading

Former Dry Creek Elementary School Principal Mary Hebert

Thousands of little rubber ducks carry big hopes of derby donors today

PORT ANGELES — Mary Hebert rarely misses a Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby. The longtime volunteer plans to be at Lincoln Park for the 24th… Continue reading

Former Dry Creek Elementary School Principal Mary Hebert
Todd Ortloff

Decommissioned radio tower to be felled in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — No need to adjust your dial. The KONP radio tower is coming down Sunday morning, but it won't affect the Port Angeles… Continue reading

Todd Ortloff

Olympic Medical Center to unveil Sequim sleep center

SEQUIM — Olympic Medical Center will open a new sleep center in Sequim on Monday, hospital officials announced. The center is located at the Sequim… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center: Progress made in digital conversion

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center has made a “ton of progress” since converting to an all-digital record-keeping system a month ago, hospital officials said.… Continue reading

Clallam commissioners briefed on concept of ecosystem valuation

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County has somewhere between $12 billion and $45 billion worth of non-tangible ecosystem services, a economic consultant told the three county… Continue reading

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CrossFit program expands operation in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — CrossFit is on the move in Port Angeles. The Olympic Peninsula YMCA, which jumped-started the popular strength and conditioning program in Port… Continue reading

Storm King CrossFit in Port Angeles is owned by
Kevin A. Bradfield

Judge goes beyond plea deal to hand murderer 25-year sentence

PORT ANGELES — Kevin A. Bradfield has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for the 2011 murder of Jennifer Pimentel. Clallam County Superior Court… Continue reading

Kevin A. Bradfield
The merchant's barn at the Clallam County Fairgrounds in Port Angeles

Clallam gets lone bid to paint fairgrounds barn

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County has received a $21,209 bid from a local contractor to paint the merchant's barn at the county fairgrounds in west… Continue reading

The merchant's barn at the Clallam County Fairgrounds in Port Angeles
The Strait of Juan de Fuca is seen at the top of this aerial shot

Clallam removing two Dungeness buildings out of future restored floodplain

DUNGENESS — As the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers studies the feasibility of relocating a dike on the east bank of the Dungeness River, Clallam… Continue reading

The Strait of Juan de Fuca is seen at the top of this aerial shot
Wendy Clark-Getzin

Clallam Transit hires general manager replacement

PORT ANGELES — Clallam Transit has approved a contract with its next general manager. Wendy Clark-Getzin, capital development director for Kitsap Transit in Bremerton, will… Continue reading

Wendy Clark-Getzin

Solid Olympics snowpack means lots of water for summer

PORT TOWNSEND — A blast of early winter weather combined with ho-hum spring temperatures has kept the Olympic Mountain snowpack robust heading into summer. Olympic… Continue reading

Laurel Moulton of WSU Clallam County Extensions examines shrubbery infested with tent caterpillars in Port Angeles. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Peninsula infested with tent caterpillars

PORT ANGELES — Foamy caterpillar “tents” have infested trees and plants on the North Olympic Peninsula as the vegetation has been attacked with what look… Continue reading

Laurel Moulton of WSU Clallam County Extensions examines shrubbery infested with tent caterpillars in Port Angeles. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News
Laurel Moulton of WSU Clallam County Extensions examines shrubbery infested with tent caterpillars in Port Angeles. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Peninsula infested with tent caterpillars

PORT ANGELES — Foamy caterpillar “tents” have infested trees and plants on the North Olympic Peninsula as the vegetation has been attacked with what look… Continue reading

Laurel Moulton of WSU Clallam County Extensions examines shrubbery infested with tent caterpillars in Port Angeles. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News