Arwyn Rice

Port Townsend man in Seattle hospital following Hood Canal crash

SHINE — A Port Townsend man was in satisfactory condition Wednesday at a Seattle hospital after a four-car wreck on the Hood Canal Bridge on… Continue reading

Charge dropped with Port Angeles standoff gunman hospitalized

PORT ANGELES — A charge was dropped, at least temporarily, after a Port Angeles man who had carried a rifle and held police off in… Continue reading

The Port Angeles police and the Clallam County Sheriff's Office mobile command post block access at Eighth and I streets Monday night in Port Angeles. Patrick Downs

Port Angeles man remains jailed after two-hour armed standoff; suspect is treated for unidentified illness

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles gunman who held off police for two hours Monday night was under treatment for an unidentified illness in the… Continue reading

The Port Angeles police and the Clallam County Sheriff's Office mobile command post block access at Eighth and I streets Monday night in Port Angeles. Patrick Downs
Seven people were initially left homeless after a house fire at 112 J Shea Way east of Port Angeles destroyed the garage and an addition. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Seven displaced by fire east of Port Angeles find new home

PORT ANGELES — Seven people left homeless after a late Monday house fire had found a new place to live by Tuesday. “Our insurance has… Continue reading

Seven people were initially left homeless after a house fire at 112 J Shea Way east of Port Angeles destroyed the garage and an addition. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

UPDATED — Port Townsend man in Seattle hospital after four-car wreck on Hood Canal Bridge

SHINE — A Port Townsend man is in satisfactory condition today (Wednesday) at a Seattle hospital after a four-car wreck on the Hood Canal Bridge… Continue reading

Port Angeles shuts down city after-school program amid hiring freeze

PORT ANGELES — Parents of 20 to 30 children are looking for another after-school program now that the city of Port Angeles has shut its… Continue reading

Webcam image showing the bed of the former Lake Aldwell on Dec. 18 following three storms that raised the Elwha River's flow significantly. National Park Service

Storms bring massive amounts of Elwha River sediment downstream

PORT ANGELES — The series of storms that drenched the North Olympic Peninsula earlier this month changed the course of the Elwha River, carried away… Continue reading

Webcam image showing the bed of the former Lake Aldwell on Dec. 18 following three storms that raised the Elwha River's flow significantly. National Park Service
Officer Steffen Estep of the Elwha Tribal Police Department

UPDATE — Port Angeles man remains jailed after two-hour armed standoff; suspect is treated for unidentified illness

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles gunman who held off police for two hours Monday night was under treatment for an unidentified illness in the… Continue reading

Officer Steffen Estep of the Elwha Tribal Police Department
Seven people were initially left homeless after a house fire at 112 J Shea Way east of Port Angeles destroyed the garage and an addition. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

UPDATE — Seven displaced by fire east of Port Angeles find new home

PORT ANGELES — Seven people left homeless after a late Monday house fire had found a new place to live by Tuesday. “Our insurance has… Continue reading

Seven people were initially left homeless after a house fire at 112 J Shea Way east of Port Angeles destroyed the garage and an addition. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News
Officer Steffen Estep of the Elwha Tribal Police Department

4th UPDATE — Police arrest armed Port Angeles man after standoff blocks off neighborhood; no injuries reported

PORT ANGELES — After using a stun grenade to disorient him, police apprehended an armed man in a west Port Angeles neighborhood following a two-hour… Continue reading

Officer Steffen Estep of the Elwha Tribal Police Department
Christmas lights adorn the grounds at 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn during the holiday season. In the biggest light show on the North Olympic Peninsula and possibly the state

Biggest and brightest: Where to see the best holiday lights on the North Olympic Peninsula [with a photo sampler]

NORTH OLYMPIC PENINSULA residents are in the spirit of the season — from glittering holiday lights at individual homes to the massive Jamestown S'Klallam display… Continue reading

Christmas lights adorn the grounds at 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn during the holiday season. In the biggest light show on the North Olympic Peninsula and possibly the state
Leslie Gallauher of Joyce

Oh! Tannenbaum! — Where you can cut your perfect Christmas tree on the North Olympic Peninsula

A family trip to cut a Christmas tree or a couple cutting their first tree together — hand-cutting a fragrant fir or pine is an… Continue reading

Leslie Gallauher of Joyce
Christmas lights adorn the grounds at 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn during the holiday season. In the biggest light show on the North Olympic Peninsula and possibly the state

Biggest and brightest: Where to see the best holiday lights on the North Olympic Peninsula [with a photo sampler]

NORTH OLYMPIC PENINSULA residents are in the spirit of the season — from glittering holiday lights at individual homes to the massive Jamestown S'Klallam display… Continue reading

Christmas lights adorn the grounds at 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn during the holiday season. In the biggest light show on the North Olympic Peninsula and possibly the state
Leslie Gallauher of Joyce

Oh! Tannenbaum! — Where you can cut your perfect Christmas tree on the North Olympic Peninsula

A family trip to cut a Christmas tree or a couple cutting their first tree together — hand-cutting a fragrant fir or pine is an… Continue reading

Leslie Gallauher of Joyce
Volunteer Mark Ellis of Port Angeles fills bags with food that will be distributed with Christmas presents at the annual Salvation Army gift giveaway starting Friday in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

About a quarter of toys stolen from Port Angeles Salvation Army recovered

PORT ANGELES — About a quarter of the toys that were stolen from the Port Angeles Salvation Army and which were destined to be given… Continue reading

Volunteer Mark Ellis of Port Angeles fills bags with food that will be distributed with Christmas presents at the annual Salvation Army gift giveaway starting Friday in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Business leaders question bond proposal to replace Port Angeles High School

PORT ANGELES — Business leaders grilled Port Angeles School District officials over a proposed $98 million bond to replace most of Port Angeles High School… Continue reading

Leslie Gallauher of Joyce

Oh! Tannenbaum! — Where you can cut your perfect Christmas tree on the North Olympic Peninsula

A family trip to cut a Christmas tree or a couple cutting their first tree together — hand-cutting a fragrant fir or pine is an… Continue reading

Leslie Gallauher of Joyce

Port Angeles Food Bank supplies stretching amid increased need

PORT ANGELES — Two major food drives for the Port Angeles Food Bank raised an estimated 12,000 pounds of food to help those who are… Continue reading

Leslie Gallauher of Joyce

Oh! Tannenbaum! — Where you can cut your perfect Christmas tree on the North Olympic Peninsula

A family trip to cut a Christmas tree or a couple cutting their first tree together — hand-cutting a fragrant fir or pine is an… Continue reading

Leslie Gallauher of Joyce

Probe continues in Clallam County Public Utility District copper theft

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County sheriff’s deputies continue to seek information in the case of a brazen copper burglar thought to have fresh electrical burns.… Continue reading