Brian Gawley

Lower Elwha Klallam tribal members tell tales of racism, then and now

PORT ANGELES -- A full house gathered at the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal Center on Tuesday to hear tribal members tell the Port Angeles Community… Continue reading

Tribe tells of stress lingering from exhuming remains of ancestors at Tse-whit-zen

PORT ANGELES -- Lower Elwha Klallam tribal members, including workers who excavated the Tse-whit-zen village site, tearfully pleaded with the Port Angeles Community Multicultural Task… Continue reading

Port Angeles chamber president defends graving yard letter

PORT ANGELES -- Chamber of Commerce president Dan Gase told a large crowd at the group's weekly luncheon Monday that a few sections of the… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles extends airline landing fee moratorium until June 30

PORT ANGELES -- A moratorium on imposing landing fees on regularly scheduled passenger airlines at William R. Fairchild International Airport was extended to midyear by… Continue reading

Peninsula lawmakers deal with more than graving yard issues in Olympia

OLYMPIA -- The abandoned graving yard project in Port Angeles has absorbed much of the three 24th District legislators' time during the session's first two… Continue reading

Port Angeles to review proposal requiring costly passes for swim club to use city pool

PORT ANGELES -- A proposal to require Port Angeles Swim Club members to buy annual passes has been bounced back to the city's parks and… Continue reading

No chance to restart Port Angeles graving yard, state Transportation Commission told

OLYMPIA --Transportation Secretary Doug MacDonald told the state's top transportation panel Wednesday that restarting the graving yard project in Port Angeles without the Lower Elwha… Continue reading

In Olympia, graving yard discussion yet to come before state Transportation Commission

OLYMPIA -- The abandoned graving yard project in Port Angeles didn't come up during Day 1 of the state Transportation Commission's meeting Tuesday. But Commissioner… Continue reading

Local lawmakers urge Gregoire, Lower Elwha to meet over Port Angeles graving yard

OLYMPIA -- Two of the state legislators representing Clallam and Jefferson counties have urged Gov. Christine Gregoire to meet with Lower Elwha Klallam tribal officials… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles staff gets demonstration on automatic defibrillator

PORT ANGELES -- Heart disease is the No. 1 killer in the United States. But one of the most significant advances in medical technology for… Continue reading

Recent snowstorm took toll on airline flights out of Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- The failure of one of four locator beacons for William R. Fairchild International Airport during the recent snowstorm caused San Juan Airlines… Continue reading

Peninsula’s legislative delegation puts graving yard at top of priority list

OLYMPIA -- Now that the disputed governor's election has landed in court, the North Olympic Peninsula's three state lawmakers are focusing on the abandoned state… Continue reading

Fourth Port Angeles planning commissioner resigns

PORT ANGELES -- Fred Norton resigned from the city Planning Commission this week over differences with the city's departmental reorganization plan, becoming the fourth member… Continue reading

Lower Elwha concerned about Port of Port Angeles’ latest bridge yard proposal

PORT ANGELES -- Leaders of the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe say they're concerned about a proposal to use 18 acres next to the shuttered graving… Continue reading

YMCA pitches pool proposal at neighborhood meeting in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- The city is going to build a new swimming pool -- that decision has been made. Now it is matter of where,… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles launches new Web site

PORT ANGELES -- The Port of Port Angeles' new Web site was unveiled Tuesday afternoon to rave reviews from Port commissioners. "This is one of… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles offers ex-Nippon property to Department of Transportation

PORT ANGELES -- The Port of Port Angeles has offered its 18-acre waterfront property purchased last spring from Nippon Paper Industries USA Co. to the… Continue reading

Elwha Fish Co. boycott fliers being referred to FBI

PORT ANGELES -- Fliers urging a boycott of the Elwha Fish Co. over the abandonment of the Hood Canal Bridge graving yard project will be… Continue reading

Peninsula’s legislative delegation looks past governor flap — to graving yard issues

OLYMPIA -- As the legislative session began Monday, ongoing controversies over the disputed governor's race and the abandoned graving yard project are dominating local lawmakers'… Continue reading

Preparations begin for 3rd North Olympic Discovery Marathon

PORT ANGELES -- More than 100 people already have signed up for the third annual North Olympic Discovery Marathon on June 12, and 75 percent… Continue reading