Emeline Cokelet

Port Angeles: Lawyer for man who took bank cash says theft verdict justified

PORT ANGELES -- The defense attorney for convicted bank thief Benjamin Michael Arredondo said a Clallam County Superior Court jury did the "right thing" in… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Bank heist only theft, not robbery

PORT ANGELES -- Benjamin Michael Arredondo was charged in January with robbing a downtown bank. But the sentence he faces this week in Clallam County… Continue reading

Sequim: Marine happy to be home after duty in Iraq

SEQUIM -- Lance Cpl. Matt Ward was looking to do more with his life when he joined the Marines a little more than two years… Continue reading

Peninsula elections officials have expected mandate for months

Officials in Jefferson and Clallam counties have been gearing up for the election changes for some time. "This is one of the reasons why we… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Adoptive dad, Chinese daughter emerge from their voluntary SARS quarantine today

PORT ANGELES -- The wait is over today for new mother Sherie Maddox, who has only watched her baby daughter from afar since the toddler… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Chinese infant, new adoptive dad voluntarily isolated over SARS threat

PORT ANGELES -- Sherie Maddox greeted her husband and newly adopted daughter at the airport when they returned from China last week, but Mrs. Maddox… Continue reading

How much does murderer of sheriff’s deputy owe Clallam County?

PORT ANGELES -- Six months after Thomas Martin Roberts was convicted in the slaying of a Clallam County deputy sheriff, attorneys are trying to establish… Continue reading

Investigators seek info on writer of threatening letters to Sequim police

SEQUIM -- A threatening letter addressed to the Sequim Police Department that set off a terrorism scare last month in a Tacoma postal facility has… Continue reading

Sequim: Driver pleads innocent in New Year’s Eve crash deaths, may go to California

PORT ANGELES -- The woman charged in the deaths of three people in a New Year's Eve car crash has pleaded innocent and may be… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Multicultural Task Force lauds Coast Guard handling of racial complaint

PORT ANGELES -- Community Multicultural Task Force members Thursday lauded the U.S. Coast Guard's handling of recent allegations of racism against a guardsman that later… Continue reading

Joyce: Crescent voters call school levy defeat a message to officials

JOYCE -- Tracey Grover has always supported Crescent School District's maintenance and operations levy. As a parent of two elementary-age children who attend Crescent School,… Continue reading

Joyce: Levy loss won’t affect staff

JOYCE -- The apparent failure of this week's replacement maintenance and operations levy for the Crescent School District won't affect staffing. But it will mean… Continue reading

Bold burglars have Clallam Bay residents on edge

CLALLAM BAY -- Betty and Newsom Baker have always left their doors unlocked. But since their home was burglarized last month, they're changing their habits.… Continue reading

Sequim: Arraignment scheduled for driver in New Year’s Eve crash

PORT ANGELES -- Mary Kristine Kniskern answered a judge's questions in a teary voice Friday morning during her first appearance in Clallam County Superior Court.… Continue reading

Ex-Peninsula College foreign students ordered out of U.S.

PORT ANGELES -- Two international students who attended Peninsula College are being detained by the federal government and are scheduled to return to Mongolia later… Continue reading

West End: Quileute looking for new police chief

LAPUSH -- The Quileute tribe will seek a new person to head its police department following Chief Rich Christiansen's departure last week. A tribal official… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Underground, former brothel highlight historic tour

PORT ANGELES -- Standing in a sunny upstairs bedroom where peeling, 1920s-era aqua wallpaper has witnessed better days, Don Perry likes to speculate on what… Continue reading

Sequim Irrigation Festival parade shines under “berry” bright skies

SEQUIM -- The sun shone brightly over "A Berry Sunny Sequim" Saturday afternoon as the city's 108th Irrigation Festival Grand Parade glided down Washington Street.… Continue reading

Port Angeles: No selective prosecution in robbery case, judge rules

PORT ANGELES -- A Clallam County Superior Court judge has overruled claims of selective prosecution and prosecutorial vindictiveness in the case of a teenager charged… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Questions remain in fisherman’s death

PORT ANGELES -- It has been more than six months since the body of a man last seen on the Elwha River washed up on… Continue reading