Jeremy Schwartz

Project manager Keith Parker of Vanir Construction Management Inc.

Tank renovation nearing completion on Rayonier site

PORT ANGELES — Piles of cracked and broken aqua-green piping, at least a few feet in diameter, sit just northwest of a gargantuan storage tank… Continue reading

Project manager Keith Parker of Vanir Construction Management Inc.

Man jailed for knife assault on Port Angeles cabdriver

PORT ANGELES — An arraignment is set today for a 41-year-old man who allegedly shattered a cab driver’s window with an opened knife and almost… Continue reading

Project manager Keith Parker of Vanir Construction Management Inc.

Tank renovation nearing completion on Rayonier site

PORT ANGELES — Piles of cracked and broken aqua-green piping, at least a few feet in diameter, sit just northwest of a gargantuan storage tank… Continue reading

Project manager Keith Parker of Vanir Construction Management Inc.
Mel  Rudin

Vandalism at art park lighter than feared

PORT ANGELES — Volunteers surveying damage to about three dozen outdoor art installations at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center on Wednesday said that many… Continue reading

Mel  Rudin
Waves break on sandbars at the mouth of the Elwha River on Dec. 18 as an aerial photograph shows sediment coming into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Tom Roorda

Sediment forming sandbars at Elwha River mouth

PORT ANGELES — Few people are excited to see a big pile of sand, unless it's a big pile of sand at the mouth of… Continue reading

Waves break on sandbars at the mouth of the Elwha River on Dec. 18 as an aerial photograph shows sediment coming into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Tom Roorda

Ecology finalizes Rayonier site cleanup study

PORT ANGELES — A study in the works since 2008 that will allow the cleanup of the former mill site owned by Rayonier Inc. to… Continue reading

Elk safely cross U.S. Highway 101 but might stay in area

SEQUIM — The Dungeness herd of Roosevelt elk apparently did cross U.S. Highway 101 to get to the other side, but a wildlife official familiar… Continue reading

As published in the Sunday

Emergency responders, Port Angeles city staffer honored for heroism, service

(For high-resolution PDF of page, click on https://www.box.com/s/f6nvg5f1gt3tuos42xfd ) PORT ANGELES — Jim Klarr, light operations manager for the city of Port Angeles, was on… Continue reading

As published in the Sunday
Port Angeles Fine Arts Center Executive Director Robin Anderson looks over a fallen portion of “Cedrus Cantherlus

Port Angeles police seek leads in arts center vandalism

PORT ANGELES — Investigators had no new leads Saturday and only broken pieces of sculpture as evidence in the vandalism that struck the Port Angeles… Continue reading

Port Angeles Fine Arts Center Executive Director Robin Anderson looks over a fallen portion of “Cedrus Cantherlus
Jason Ostrand

Safeway fetes holidays with several food drives

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Food Bank on Saturday picked up food donated by customers at a Safeway store that was one of many… Continue reading

Jason Ostrand

Port Angeles woman arrested after steak knife attack

PORT ANGELES — A 50-year-old Port Angeles woman was in the Clallam County jail Thursday on $10,000 bail after allegedly attacking another woman with a… Continue reading

Port Angeles to consider fining habitual 9-1-1 abusers

PORT ANGELES — City officials are considering fining residents who habitually deliberately dial 9-1-1 for non-emergencies. The proposed city ordinance would be the first on… Continue reading

Extradition sought for wanted Port Angeles man

BELLFLOWER, Calif. — The Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney’s office has asked for the help of the governor in extraditing from California a man wanted on… Continue reading

Man charged with stealing car, pork chops in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A 25-year-old Port Angeles man has been charged in connection with two residential burglaries allegedly committed within 6 miles of each other… Continue reading

Alice Donnelly

Time capsule dedication wraps Port Angeles’s 150th

PORT ANGELES — With roughly 30 attendees watching, a tan cloth was pulled off a time capsule honoring Port Angeles' 150th birthday year at a… Continue reading

Alice Donnelly
Keaton Stromberg

Emblem3, out of ‘X Factor’ contention, may come home to Sequim for the holidays

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — With competing on Fox TV’s “The X Factor” now in its rearview mirror, the Sequim-born Emblem3 has the whole world in… Continue reading

Keaton Stromberg
Kathleen stands outside her Port Angeles home with her husband

Home Fund keeps lights, heat on for Port Angeles family

EDITOR'S NOTE: For 24 years, Peninsula Daily News readers in Jefferson and Clallam counties have supported the “hand up, not a handout” Peninsula Home Fund.… Continue reading

Kathleen stands outside her Port Angeles home with her husband
Sewer pipes wait for placement last month next to a section of the currently closed Waterfront Trail near the site of the former Rayonier mill in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Sewer line work closes part of Waterfront Trail

PORT ANGELES — Ongoing work on Port Angeles' combined sewer overflow project has closed a section of the Waterfront Trail from Francis Street Park east… Continue reading

Sewer pipes wait for placement last month next to a section of the currently closed Waterfront Trail near the site of the former Rayonier mill in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Deputy Police Chief Brian Smith shows how his cruiser's laptop connects to the city's new wireless network. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles’ citywide WiFi ahead of schedule

PORT ANGELES — A wireless project meant to turn most of the city into a Wi-Fi hot spot and enhance communication among first responders is… Continue reading

Deputy Police Chief Brian Smith shows how his cruiser's laptop connects to the city's new wireless network. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Partial lockdown at Clallam Bay corrections facility after officer assaulted

CLALLAM BAY — One section of Clallam Bay Corrections Center remained on full lockdown Wednesday after a corrections officer allegedly was assaulted by an inmate… Continue reading