Chris McDaniel

Howie Ruddell

Port Angeles businessman in Florida for 3.1-mile open-water race

PORT ANGELES — Howie Ruddell of Port Angeles is in Florida today to participate in the seventh annual Tampa Bay Frogman Swim in memory of… Continue reading

Howie Ruddell
Major John Tumey of the Port Angeles Salvation Army stands in a now empty parking lot where a group of squatters were recently cleared. (Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News)

WEEKEND REWIND: Police help clear homeless camping in Port Angeles Salvation Army parking lot

PORT ANGELES — The Salvation Army, with the aid of police, has cleared out a small camp of transients squatting in a parking lot south… Continue reading

Major John Tumey of the Port Angeles Salvation Army stands in a now empty parking lot where a group of squatters were recently cleared. (Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News)

WEEKEND REWIND: Port Angeles police eye creation of addiction recovery initiative

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Police Department wants to do more than arrest drug addicts, according to its chief. It wants to help them… Continue reading

Clallam needle exchange clients increase, but number of syringes lent out falls

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Health and Human Services Syringe Service Program served more clients last year than in 2014 but issued fewer single-use… Continue reading

Surgeon, certified assistant begin work at Olympic Medical Physicians Orthopaedic Clinic in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Thomas Herschmiller has joined the Olympic Medical Physicians Orthopaedic Clinic. Working closely with Herschmiller is Meredith Teeple, certified physician… Continue reading

A pair of shuttered houses at 413 W. Second St.

Port of Port Angeles mulls buying Second Street property

PORT ANGELES — The Port of Port Angeles is negotiating the terms for a purchase and sale agreement for the acquisition of a 0.32-acre property… Continue reading

A pair of shuttered houses at 413 W. Second St.
Port of Port Angeles Commissioners Connie Beauvis

Divided Port Angeles port commission considers meeting Fridays

PORT ANGELES — The three Port of Port Angeles commissioners remain at odds about the idea of changing their meeting dates. On Tuesday, James D.… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles Commissioners Connie Beauvis
Port Commissioner Connie Beauvais is sworn in Tuesday morning at the beginning of the regular Port of Port Angeles meeting by port counsel Simon Barnhart. — Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News. ()

Port of Port Angeles commissioner sworn in; officers elected to posts

PORT ANGELES — After Connie Beauvais was sworn in as the newest Port of Port Angeles commissioner Tuesday morning, the three commissioners unanimously elected new… Continue reading

Port Commissioner Connie Beauvais is sworn in Tuesday morning at the beginning of the regular Port of Port Angeles meeting by port counsel Simon Barnhart. — Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News. ()
Major John Tumey of the Port Angeles Salvation Army stands in a now empty parking lot where a group of squatters were recently cleared. — Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News ()

Police help clear homeless camping in Port Angeles Salvation Army parking lot

PORT ANGELES — The Salvation Army, with the aid of police, has cleared out a small camp of transients squatting in a parking lot south… Continue reading

Major John Tumey of the Port Angeles Salvation Army stands in a now empty parking lot where a group of squatters were recently cleared. — Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News ()
“Winter Wonderland Cottage

Gingerbread house contest winners taste victory in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The winners of Aldrich's Market's 23rd annual Gingerbread House Contest were announced Saturday. The contest, held at the market at 940 Lawrence… Continue reading

“Winter Wonderland Cottage

Port Angeles police eye creation of addiction recovery initiative

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Police Department wants to do more than arrest drug addicts, according to its chief. It wants to help them… Continue reading

Tremors mapped by the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network on Sunday. ()

WEEKEND REWIND: Expert: Thousands of rumbles registered in region, but real quake activity unlikely amid slow slip and tremor episodes

PORT ANGELES — The multitude of slow slip tremors geologists have measured over the past few days in the Pacific Northwest are not unusual and… Continue reading

Tremors mapped by the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network on Sunday. ()
Parents Christian and Kimberly Goodwin of Port Angeles

WEEKEND REWIND: First Peninsula baby of 2016 born in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Penelope Grace Goodwin was the first baby born on the North Olympic Peninsula in 2016. Now, Christian and Kimberly Goodwin of Port… Continue reading

Parents Christian and Kimberly Goodwin of Port Angeles
Port Angeles Food Bank Executive Director Jessica Hernandez

WEEKEND REWIND: Food banks draw nearly a quarter of county residents, Port Angeles director says

PORT ANGELES — Once food banks in Clallam County began comparing figures last year, they found that nearly one-quarter of those living in the county… Continue reading

Port Angeles Food Bank Executive Director Jessica Hernandez
Sequim resident Julie Broadwell

WEEKEND REWIND: Miss Wheelchair Washington calling for donations to food bank drive now underway in Sequim

SEQUIM — Miss Wheelchair Washington, Julie Broadwell, is calling on the public to continue offering donations even though the holiday season has concluded. Broadwell, a… Continue reading

Sequim resident Julie Broadwell

Olympic Medical Center hires new physicians, endorses Sequim school bond proposal

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center commissioners have approved contracts for new physicians in Port Angeles and Sequim. They also endorsed Wednesday the Sequim School… Continue reading

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Three Olympic Medical Center Board of Commissioners incumbents sworn in

PORT ANGELES — After swearing in three re-elected commissioners during their regular meeting Wednesday, the Olympic Medical Center board of commissioners elected John Nutter as… Continue reading

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Sequim resident Julie Broadwell

Miss Wheelchair Washington calling for donations to food bank drive now underway in Sequim

SEQUIM — Miss Wheelchair Washington, Julie Broadwell, is calling on the public to continue offering donations even though the holiday season has concluded. Broadwell, a… Continue reading

Sequim resident Julie Broadwell
Tremors mapped by the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network on Sunday. ()

Expert: Thousands of rumbles registered in region, but real quake activity unlikely amid slow slip and tremor episodes

PORT ANGELES — The multitude of slow slip tremors geologists have measured over the past few days in the Pacific Northwest are not unusual and… Continue reading

Tremors mapped by the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network on Sunday. ()
Port Angeles Food Bank Executive Director Jessica Hernandez

Food banks draw nearly a quarter of county residents, Port Angeles director says

PORT ANGELES — Once food banks in Clallam County began comparing figures last year, they found that nearly one-quarter of those living in the county… Continue reading

Port Angeles Food Bank Executive Director Jessica Hernandez