Jeremy Schwartz

Port Angeles Harbor cleanup plan inches toward public review

PORT ANGELES — The private and public entities held responsible by the state Department of Ecology for cleaning up contaminated sediment on the bottom of… Continue reading

Barhop Brewing owner Tom Curry is dealing with access issues for deliveries to his Railroad Avenue business in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Brewery owner takes construction-related delays in stride

PORT ANGELES — The man behind the Barhop brewery on the west end of the Port Angeles waterfront has had to scale back beer production… Continue reading

Barhop Brewing owner Tom Curry is dealing with access issues for deliveries to his Railroad Avenue business in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

EYE ON OLYMPIA: Bills would up state money to hospitals

OLYMPIA — The North Olympic Peninsula’s legislators are sponsoring twin bills in the State House of Representatives and Senate that would allow hospitals like Olympic… Continue reading

Kristin Halberg presents a “love letter” to Alan Turner of Port Book and News in Port Angeles on Saturday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Group of volunteers spreads love through downtown PA

PORT ANGELES — Sunny skies and windy conditions joined a half-dozen volunteers as they hid more than 100 handwritten, brightly colored love letters in businesses… Continue reading

Kristin Halberg presents a “love letter” to Alan Turner of Port Book and News in Port Angeles on Saturday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Renée Rowland

Meetings planned in Clallam, Jefferson on reduced postal hours

The closures of post offices in Jefferson and Clallam counties are all but off the table, a U.S. Postal Service spokesman said, as meetings to… Continue reading

Renée Rowland

Proposed Lincoln Park plan moves to Port Angeles City Council

PORT ANGELES — A proposal that would revamp one of the city’s largest parks will come before City Council members in the coming months after… Continue reading

Wrong-way U.S. Highway 101 driver sentenced

PORT ANGELES — A Californian found parked the wrong way on U.S. Highway 101 near Forks in December will pay for the damage he caused… Continue reading

Love-letter project to go on, rain or shine

PORT ANGELES — Neither rain nor sleet nor gloom of overcast skies will keep organizers of a local love-letter project from spreading their message of… Continue reading

Antique store owner Michael Allen VanAusdle enters Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles for a first appearance on charges of second degree possession of stolen property and first degree trafficking of stolen property. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles merchant charged in sting: It was a misunderstanding, he says

PORT ANGELES — A downtown business owner pleaded not guilty Thursday to three charges of trafficking in stolen property, saying they were the result of… Continue reading

Antique store owner Michael Allen VanAusdle enters Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles for a first appearance on charges of second degree possession of stolen property and first degree trafficking of stolen property. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
An artist's rendering shows the western portion of the proposed waterfront improvement project in Port Angeles. City of Port Angeles

Port Angeles OKs waterfront sponsors

PORT ANGELES — Private residents and businesses, with some exceptions, now can donate money and sponsor multiple aspects of the extensive improvements planned for the… Continue reading

An artist's rendering shows the western portion of the proposed waterfront improvement project in Port Angeles. City of Port Angeles

Port Angeles panel to eye Lincoln Park suggestions

PORT ANGELES — The city’s Parks, Recreation and Beautification Commission will discuss how the city could proceed with proposed improvements for Lincoln Park when it… Continue reading

Michael VanAusdle was released on his own recognizance Tuesday after making a preliminary appearance in Clallam County Superior Court. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Antiques Mall owner released from jail after sting

PORT ANGELES — The owner of the Port Angeles Antique Mall has been released from the Clallam County jail after being booked last week for… Continue reading

Michael VanAusdle was released on his own recognizance Tuesday after making a preliminary appearance in Clallam County Superior Court. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Sentencing reset in Discovery Trail attack

PORT ANGELES — A 23-year-old Sequim man convicted of attacking a woman on a stretch of the Olympic Discovery Trail in Carslborg last summer will… Continue reading

Strait ecosystem group to meet in Blyn

BLYN — Members of the Strait of Juan de Fuca Ecosystem Recovery Network will hear an update on the state Department of Ecology’s investigation of… Continue reading

Cruise line visitors topic of Port Angeles meeting

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles city officials, business representatives and tourism promoters are nailing down how best to welcome and accommodate the droves of cruise… Continue reading

EYE ON OLYMPIA: Tharinger bill boosts hog fuel tax help

OLYMPIA — A bill sponsored by one of the North Olympic Peninsula’s state representatives that would preserve tax breaks for companies buying a type of… Continue reading

Sequim Rep. Kevin Van de Wege is sponsoring HB 1599.

Van De Wege’s net pen bill gets hearing

A bill that would allow coastal counties to ban marine aquaculture net pen facilities has an “uphill battle” ahead of it after a hearing in… Continue reading

Sequim Rep. Kevin Van de Wege is sponsoring HB 1599.

More charges in case on child-porn viewing

PORT ANGELES — A 46-year-old Port Angeles man who allegedly was viewing child pornography in the Port Angeles Library has been charged with four more… Continue reading

Margaret Owens

Remnants of demolished dams find haven in museums [ *** GALLERY *** ]

A 1-ton turbine generator component that once was an essential part of the powerhouse of Elwha Dam and a piece of crane used to build… Continue reading

Margaret Owens

Youth basketball tourneys windfall for Port Angeles businesses

PORT ANGELES — Hundreds of fifth- through ninth-graders — accompanied by parents and coaches — descended upon Port Angeles for the Presidents Day Youth Basketball… Continue reading