Jeremy Schwartz

Port Angeles wants national park to foot well study bill

PORT ANGELES — City Council members want the National Park Service to pay all of the costs for a test of the city’s main water-supply… Continue reading

The departure of the retail clothing store from downtown Port Angeles will "leave a big hole

Maurices to move from First Street to area along Highway 101

PORT ANGELES — One of downtown Port Angeles' most visible storefronts will be empty next month after Maurices on First Street moves to larger digs… Continue reading

The departure of the retail clothing store from downtown Port Angeles will "leave a big hole

Port Angeles City Council plans meeting on utilities

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles City Council members will meet this week to discuss near-term goals for the city’s electric utility and what it will… Continue reading

Port Angeles man charged in high-speed vehicle chase

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man has been charged in Clallam County Superior Court after allegedly leading a county sheriff’s deputy on a car… Continue reading

The departure of the retail clothing store from downtown Port Angeles will "leave a big hole

Maurices to move from First Street to area along Highway 101 in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — One of downtown Port Angeles' most visible storefronts will be empty next month after Maurices on First Street moves to larger digs… Continue reading

The departure of the retail clothing store from downtown Port Angeles will "leave a big hole

Port Angeles man charged in high-speed vehicle chase

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man has been charged in Clallam County Superior Court after allegedly leading a county sheriff's deputy on a car… Continue reading

No hepatitis A cases reported on Peninsula

The chief medical officer for Clallam and Jefferson counties said health officials from the two county health departments have received about 20 calls inquiring about… Continue reading

Cruise ships will next see Peninsula in September

PORT TOWNSEND — Between 200 and 300 American Cruise Line cruise passengers passed through the North Olympic Peninsula’s largest cities this spring, and tourism promoters… Continue reading

Barry Swegle of Port Angeles appears in Clallam County Superior Court last Friday. He remains in jail on $1 million bond. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Hearing on bulldozer rampage charges moved to July 19

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man who has been accused of damaging four homes in the Gales Addition area during a roughly 10-minute bulldozer… Continue reading

Barry Swegle of Port Angeles appears in Clallam County Superior Court last Friday. He remains in jail on $1 million bond. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

6-year-old hurt in crash on U.S. Highway 101 west of Sequim

SEQUIM — A 6-year-old Sekiu girl was no longer listed on the patient roster at Olympic Medical Center on Saturday after she was transported there… Continue reading

Opiate-related deaths higher per capita on Peninsula than statewide

Deaths from overdosing on heroin and opiate-related prescription drugs in Clallam and Jefferson counties have been proportionally higher, measured per 100,000 people, than statewide figures… Continue reading

Port Angeles man charged in police pursuit

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man will next appear in Clallam County Superior Court on Friday after he was charged last week with leading… Continue reading

Port Angeles man arrested after high-speed car chase

JOYCE — A Port Angeles man captured after he was bitten by the Port Angeles Police Department's newest police dog remained in the Clallam County… Continue reading

Students from three third-grade classes at Franklin Elementary School in Port Angeles lift a “bird's nest” in progress

Port Angeles students make like birds during nest-building project

PORT ANGELES — Dozens of third- and fourth-graders could be seen playing the role of industrious birds this week as they worked to build a… Continue reading

Students from three third-grade classes at Franklin Elementary School in Port Angeles lift a “bird's nest” in progress

Taco fundraiser to help pay for teen’s headstone

PORT ANGELES — Family members of a Port Angeles teenager who died of a suspected heroin overdose last month have scheduled a fundraising meal today… Continue reading

Not guilty plea entered in heroin possession case

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles woman arrested after police investigated a report of a heroin overdose has pleaded not guilty to charges of heroin… Continue reading

‘I never heard something like that,’ says 1971 explosion survivor

PORT ANGELES — Peter Capos was working as the head bartender in the cocktail lounge of Haguewood's Restaurant almost 42 years ago when the bar… Continue reading

Actors Loyal “Tommy” Ruddell

‘The Olympians’ entertains its first audience — and receives applause

PORT ANGELES — About 30 people cheered, laughed and applauded in the Little Theater at Peninsula College on Saturday during the 1 p.m. premiere of… Continue reading

Actors Loyal “Tommy” Ruddell
The destroyed sidewalk and restaurant along Front Street after the 1971 gas line explosion

Decades later, survivors return to Port Angeles site of legendary explosion

PORT ANGELES — Erv Schleufer had just stood up after finishing a late-night cup of coffee at a restaurant he frequented along Front Street when… Continue reading

The destroyed sidewalk and restaurant along Front Street after the 1971 gas line explosion

Elwha turnaround: Baby hatchery fish fare better in muddy river this time

PORT ANGELES — State Department of Fish and Wildlife staff took specific precautions to ensure that nearly 1 million baby chinook salmon would survive after… Continue reading