Brenda Hanrahan

Neah Bay: Makah Tribal Council general manager out less than month after hiring

NEAH BAY -- Makah Tribal Council members are once again searching for a new general manager. The council dismissed the most recently appointed general manager… Continue reading

West End: Agency coordinates Christmas collections for Hoh Reservation

For the third consecutive year, employees of Family Planning of Clallam County are collecting gifts to distribute to children on the Hoh Reservation and in… Continue reading

Peninsula Home Fund helps mother and son keep their power on

EDITOR's NOTE: - This is another in a series of articles on the Peninsula Home Fund. Please click on the HOME FUND link at left… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Dog acts like cat burglar, steals hearts

PORT ANGELES -- Two families who live within Four Seasons Park are still trying to find the owner of a dog who can open car… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Early shoppers find selves in the dark

PORT ANGELES -- When the power goes out on the busiest shopping day of the year it is bound to cause a few problems. At… Continue reading

Peninsula: Open hearts offer free dinners across the area

Several public dinners are planned across the North Olympic Peninsula today for people wanting to share the Thanksgiving Day holiday with other community members. Each… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Tribe thankful on Thanksgiving Day for community support in graving yard efforts

PORT ANGELES -- On a day famous for extending gratitude, leaders of the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe say they are grateful for community support of… Continue reading

Crews divide time between Hood Canal Bridge, Port Angeles graving dock

PORT ANGELES -- Installation of a stormwater drainage system at the state Department of Transportation's graving yard resumed Monday. Work stopped at the 22-acre site… Continue reading

Olympic National Park: Rain damage costs triple from original $500,000 estimate

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Officials are now estimating $1 million to $1.5 million will be needed to repair damage to trails and bridges caused by… Continue reading

Port Angeles: A chilly stay on the barge for United Way

PORT ANGELES -- Patty Hannah is worried about Michael Luehrs' stay aboard a 40-foot work barge in Port Angeles Harbor. "It has been so cold… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Partial work to restart today on graving yard

PORT ANGELES -- A partial startup of construction at the $17 million graving yard begins today with work on a stormwater drainage system. It will… Continue reading

Olympic National Park: Kayaker dies after capsizing on upper Elwha River

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- A 24-year-old Bellingham man has died after his kayak capsized on the upper Elwha River. The man was identified Monday afternoon… Continue reading

Breakthrough on graving yard talks: Tribe, state OK drainage work, partially ending 2 1/2-month shutdown

PORT ANGELES -- After lengthy negotiations, state Department Transportation officials and the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe have reached an agreement allowing some work to resume… Continue reading

Port Angeles: First agreement to restart graving yard could be reached today

PORT ANGELES -- The first of a series of agreements aimed at restarting work at the state Department of Transportation graving yard could be reached… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Owner of ship that spilled oil in harbor fined $75,500

The owner of a propane tanker which the state Department of Ecology said spilled 1,188 gallons of oil into Port Angeles Harbor was fined $75,500… Continue reading

Graving yard excavation finds desecrated Klallam graves

PORT ANGELES --Numerous graves belonging to Klallam tribal members were desecrated in the early 1900s at the site of the graving yard, state and city… Continue reading

Sides in graving yard negotiations meet again; little progress reported

PORT ANGELES -- State, federal and Lower Elwha Klallam tribal officials met Wednesday to discuss the future of the graving yard project. The meeting --… Continue reading

Port Angeles: City, county leaders try to unclog “stalemate” over Hood Canal Bridge graving yard project

Port Angeles leaders and a state lawmaker are trying to break the admitted "stalemate" over negotiations to restart the Hood Canal Bridge graving yard project.… Continue reading

Three Clallam school districts have contested board elections today

Three school districts in Clallam County -- including the two largest -- are electing members of their school boards in elections ending today. Three seats… Continue reading

Graving yard talks at “stalemate”; meeting to be held Wednesday

PORT ANGELES -- Plans to break a "stalemate" at the Hood Canal graving yard site will be discussed this week in a meeting among tribal,… Continue reading