Jeremy Schwartz

Man faces charges in Port Angeles stabbing

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man booked into the Clallam County jail for investigation of first-degree assault after he allegedly attacked a housemate with… Continue reading

Not-guilty plea made in Sequim gas station crash case

PORT ANGELES — A Sequim man charged after a brief car chase that ended with his pickup truck wrecked at a Sequim gas station has… Continue reading

The habitat manager for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe took this photo of dead chinook salmon near the mouth of the Elwha River. Mike McHenry

Dead salmon found along silt-choked Elwha River after hatchery release

PORT ANGELES — Piles of dead year-old chinook salmon, numbering at least in the hundreds, were found along the Elwha River's lower banks and mouth… Continue reading

The habitat manager for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe took this photo of dead chinook salmon near the mouth of the Elwha River. Mike McHenry
The habitat manager for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe took this photo of dead chinook salmon near the mouth of the Elwha River. Mike McHenry

Dead salmon found along muddy Elwha River after hatchery release

PORT ANGELES — Piles of dead year-old chinook salmon, numbering at least in the hundreds, were found along the Elwha River's lower banks and mouth… Continue reading

The habitat manager for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe took this photo of dead chinook salmon near the mouth of the Elwha River. Mike McHenry
Anne Shaffer

Port Angeles woman honored for conservation efforts

SEATTLE — A Port-Angeles-based marine biologist and one of the armada of scientists studying the ongoing Elwha River restoration project has been honored for her… Continue reading

Anne Shaffer
Victoria E. Tamblyn

Missing Sequim woman returns home safe

SEQUIM — A 47-year-old Sequim woman missing since April 3 returned to her home Tuesday, the Clallam County Sheriff's Office said. Victoria E. Tamblyn was… Continue reading

Victoria E. Tamblyn
The remains of the Peninsula Plywood smokestack lie in wreckage Tuesday after it was taken down with a combination of explosives and brute force Monday evening in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

PenPly stack postmortem: ‘Remember: Blasting is not a spectator sport’

PORT ANGELES — Concrete just sometimes doesn't do what people expect it to. Case in point: The concrete at the base of the Peninsula Plywood… Continue reading

The remains of the Peninsula Plywood smokestack lie in wreckage Tuesday after it was taken down with a combination of explosives and brute force Monday evening in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

EYE ON OLYMPIA: State Senate passes proposal for budget

OLYMPIA — Weeks of 12-to-14-hour days have at last subsided for the North Olympic Peninsula’s state senator as the Senate passed last Friday its version… Continue reading

Construction continues on the new esplanade project on West Railroad Avenue in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles grant program lifts cap in Railroad area improvements

PORT ANGELES — City planners have their sights set on the West Railroad Avenue corridor as the first beneficiary of recent changes to a grant… Continue reading

Construction continues on the new esplanade project on West Railroad Avenue in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Driver cited for hitting 93-year-old Port Angeles pedestrian

PORT ANGELES — The driver who hit a 93-year-old author and former Port Angeles City Council member while she was crossing Race Street last week… Continue reading

Larry Hueth

Interim First Federal president/CEO installed into permanent spot

PORT ANGELES — Larry Hueth has been named First Federal's president-CEO by the bank's board of directors after having held that position in an interim… Continue reading

Larry Hueth

Port Angeles sex offender pleads not guilty to failure to register, escape charges

PORT ANGELES — A registered sex offender who allegedly cut off his court-ordered tracking device in February has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from… Continue reading

Port Angeles man faces nine charges in child rape case

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man faces nine charges, including four counts of second-degree rape of a child, stemming from his alleged sexual and… Continue reading

Michelle Adolphsen

Odds, ends, old-time toys part of variety store’s allure

PORT ANGELES — With miles of yarn and reams of greeting cards visible from the sidewalk through the plate-glass windows, Bay Variety is not an… Continue reading

Michelle Adolphsen

Port Angeles City Council OKs sediment study plan

PORT ANGELES — The city has taken the next step toward developing a plan for sampling contaminated sediment at the bottom of the western portion… Continue reading

Port Angeles councilman, wife in Bhutan; house up for sale

PORT ANGELES — City Councilman Max Mania is in Bhutan with his wife, Clallam County substance abuse prevention specialist Dale Holiday, according to an email… Continue reading

Sex offender faces charges this Friday on failing to register

PORT ANGELES — A convicted sex offender with a history of failing to register with local law enforcement will face a fresh set of charges… Continue reading

Charges for one man in Port Angeles truck chase

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Prosecutor’s Office has handed down charges for one Port Angeles man thought to have been involved in a police… Continue reading

Man to face molestation charges in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A 33-year-old Port Angeles man is expected to be charged today after he was booked Sunday for investigation of molesting children younger… Continue reading

EYE ON OLYMPIA: State Senate negotiating budget plan

OLYMPIA — Weeks of budget negotiations in the state Senate could produce a proposed budget ready for review by the chamber’s Democratic and Republican caucuses… Continue reading