Jeremy Schwartz

Man to be charged after attempted kidnapping at Port Angeles’ Hollywood Beach

PORT ANGELES — A man described as a transient is expected to be charged in Clallam County Superior Court today after police say he tried… Continue reading

Man to be charged after attempted kidnapping at Port Angeles’ Hollywood Beach

PORT ANGELES — A man described as a transient is expected to be charged in Clallam County Superior Court today after police say he tried… Continue reading

Makah host film crew for National Geographic survival show

NEAH BAY — Filming on the Makah reservation has wrapped up for a survival reality series set to air on the National Geographic Channel some… Continue reading

Ochre sea stars afflicted with sea star wasting syndrome are seen clinging to rocks along Freshwater Bay in Clallam County during a June 15 survey of sea stars there organized by Helle Andersen of the Feiro Marine Life Center in Port Angeles. Burt Foote

Peninsula volunteers pitching in on sea star wasting disease research

The efforts of volunteers across the North Olympic Peninsula have been vital in recent months as scientists work to uncover the secrets of a mysterious… Continue reading

Ochre sea stars afflicted with sea star wasting syndrome are seen clinging to rocks along Freshwater Bay in Clallam County during a June 15 survey of sea stars there organized by Helle Andersen of the Feiro Marine Life Center in Port Angeles. Burt Foote
Sabin King

Peninsula’s first ‘farmers market’ for marijuana draws both patients and the curious

BRINNON — The organizer of a new kind of “farmers market” featuring medical pot products said Saturday her first event was so popular she’s considering… Continue reading

Sabin King

Makah host film crew for National Geographic Channel survival show

NEAH BAY — Filming on the Makah reservation has wrapped up for a survival reality series set to air on the National Geographic Channel some… Continue reading

Port Angeles Police Officer Mike Johnson

Chase, search in Port Angeles ends in this dramatic arrest

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man wanted on a state Department of Corrections warrant was in custody Saturday afternoon after leading city police on… Continue reading

Port Angeles Police Officer Mike Johnson

Eatonville man in jail after wreck injures motorcyclist on U.S. Highway 101

PORT ANGELES — An Eatonville man was in the Clallam County jail Saturday after the State Patrol said he caused a wreck on U.S. Highway… Continue reading

Sabin King

Peninsula’s first ‘farmers market’ for marijuana draws both patients and the curious

BRINNON — The organizer of a new kind of “farmers market” featuring medical pot products said Saturday her first event was so popular she’s considering… Continue reading

Sabin King

Port Angeles Downtown Association provides new first-quarter report to city

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Downtown Association presented city officials with a 15-page letter and dozens of supporting documents as a revised 2014 first-quarter… Continue reading

Eatonville man in jail after Highway 101 wreck injures Port Angeles man

PORT ANGELES — An Eatonville man was in the Clallam County jail Saturday after the State Patrol said he caused a wreck on U.S. Highway… Continue reading

Port Angeles man given 20 months in domestic violence case

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man is in the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton after he pleaded guilty to second-degree domestic violence assault and… Continue reading

With his house in the background

Rain garden project in Port Angeles aimed at easing flooding, stormwater discharge concerns

PORT ANGELES — Officials hope a $1.26 million project in a west city neighborhood will improve the quality of stormwater discharge into Port Angeles Harbor.… Continue reading

With his house in the background

Port Angeles man given 20 months in domestic violence case

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man is in the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton after he pleaded guilty to second-degree domestic violence assault and… Continue reading

With his house in the background

Rain garden project in Port Angeles aimed at easing flooding, stormwater discharge concerns

PORT ANGELES — Officials hope a $1.26 million project in a west city neighborhood will improve the quality of stormwater discharge into Port Angeles Harbor.… Continue reading

With his house in the background

Port Angeles man given 20 months in domestic violence case

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man is in the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton after he pleaded guilty to second-degree domestic violence assault and… Continue reading

Water from the Elwha River flushes through rearing pens at the state Department of Fish and Wildlife's Elwha Channel fish hatchery west of Port Angeles on Wednesday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

About 14,000 young salmon die in Elwha River release of 2.6 million fish

PORT ANGELES — About 14,000 dead 6-month-old salmon were counted in the rearing ponds of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife's Elwha River rearing… Continue reading

Water from the Elwha River flushes through rearing pens at the state Department of Fish and Wildlife's Elwha Channel fish hatchery west of Port Angeles on Wednesday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
The mouth of the Elwha River and Freshwater Bay are pictured in this aerial photo taken June 8 by Tom Roorda for the Coastal Watershed Institute. Copyright &Copy; 2014

Dam work, fish, sediment: Researchers keep track of Elwha River restoration plan

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — The once-towering Glines Canyon Dam's days are numbered. The final 30 feet of the concrete goliath, which once stood 210 feet… Continue reading

The mouth of the Elwha River and Freshwater Bay are pictured in this aerial photo taken June 8 by Tom Roorda for the Coastal Watershed Institute. Copyright &Copy; 2014

Port Angeles man gets year and day in prison for vehicular assault

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison after pleading guilty to vehicular assault charges.… Continue reading

Waterfront improvement designs top Port Angeles transportation plan

PORT ANGELES — Design costs expected to be funded through state grants for the third phase of waterfront improvements top the list as the most… Continue reading