Jeremy Schwartz

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

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

Two arrested in west Port Angeles burglary; police say suspect was taken by surprise

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man who police say was surprised with a “Hi, how are you?” from the man whose house he was… Continue reading

Two arrested in west Port Angeles burglary; police say suspect was taken by surprise

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man who police say was surprised with a “Hi, how are you?” from the man whose house he was… 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

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
Water flows over the Morse Creek Dam at the water intake located 21/2 miles upstream from the power generation station southeast of Port Angeles. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Morse Creek facility issue presents costs for Port Angeles no matter which option is chosen

PORT ANGELES — What ever Port Angeles officials decide to do with the city’s shuttered Morse Creek hydroelectric facility, it will likely cost the city… Continue reading

Water flows over the Morse Creek Dam at the water intake located 21/2 miles upstream from the power generation station southeast of Port Angeles. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Barry Swegle signs his sentencing papers in Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles on Wednesday as his attorney

Port Angeles man gets 29 months in prison for bulldozer rampage

PORT ANGELES — A Gales Addition man who used a logging bulldozer to tear through his neighbors' homes and other property last year apologized Wednesday.… Continue reading

Barry Swegle signs his sentencing papers in Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles on Wednesday as his attorney
Water flows over the Morse Creek Dam at the water intake located 21/2 miles upstream from the power generation station southeast of Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Morse Creek facility issue presents costs for Port Angeles no matter which option is chosen

PORT ANGELES — What ever Port Angeles officials decide to do with the city's shuttered Morse Creek hydroelectric facility, it will likely cost the city… Continue reading

Water flows over the Morse Creek Dam at the water intake located 21/2 miles upstream from the power generation station southeast of Port Angeles. 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
Trey Hensley

Kilmer challenges Peninsula College graduates to make world better place

PORT ANGELES — Congressman Derek Kilmer, a native son of Port Angeles, challenged some 400 graduating students at Peninsula College's commencement ceremony to make the… Continue reading

Trey Hensley

Port Angeles officials fault downtown association for deficiencies in first-quarter performance

PORT ANGELES — City officials say the 2014 first-quarter report from the Port Angeles Downtown Association, known as PADA, shows the organization isn't doing enough… Continue reading

State Patrol amends report on red-light run

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles woman that the State Patrol originally said had run a red light and injured another woman was actually hit… 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

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

UPDATE: State Patrol revises account of Highway 101 collision at Mount Pleasant

PORT ANGELES — The State Patrol on Friday revised its account of a two-car wreck on U.S. Highway 101 at Mount Pleasant Road that sent… Continue reading

UPDATE: State Patrol revises account of Highway 101 collision at Mount Pleasant

PORT ANGELES — The State Patrol on Friday revised its account of a two-car wreck on U.S. Highway 101 at Mount Pleasant Road that sent… Continue reading

Barry Swegle signs his sentencing papers in Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles on Wednesday as his attorney

Port Angeles man gets 29 months in prison for bulldozer rampage

PORT ANGELES — A Gales Addition man who used a logging bulldozer to tear through his neighbors' homes and other property last year apologized Wednesday.… Continue reading

Barry Swegle signs his sentencing papers in Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles on Wednesday as his attorney
Sally Beaven

Pros, cons of proposed Port Angeles drug treatment clinic raised

PORT ANGELES — A dozen people spoke in favor of a proposed residential drug and alcohol treatment clinic while two opposed it at a Port… Continue reading

Sally Beaven
Sally Beaven

Pros, cons of proposed Port Angeles drug treatment clinic raised

PORT ANGELES — A dozen people spoke in favor of a proposed residential drug and alcohol treatment clinic while two opposed it at a Port… Continue reading

Sally Beaven

Two cars collide at Highway 101, Mount Pleasant Road in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles woman had been treated and discharged from Olympic Medical Center by Thursday after her car hit another in the… Continue reading

Barry Swegle signs his sentencing papers in Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles on Wednesday as his attorney

Port Angeles man gets 29 months in prison for bulldozer rampage

PORT ANGELES — A Gales Addition man who used a logging bulldozer to tear through his neighbors' homes and other property last year apologized Wednesday.… Continue reading

Barry Swegle signs his sentencing papers in Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles on Wednesday as his attorney