Jeremy Schwartz

Don Hall

Sequim councilman gives notice he will resign next month

SEQUIM — City Councilman Don Hall told city officials Wednesday that he will resign from the council effective Nov. 27. Hall, who turns 81 in… Continue reading

Don Hall

Cash mob visits Port Angeles store

PORT ANGELES — Bay Variety owner Michelle Adolphsen didn’t know quite how to react when an unexpected influx of customers visited her store on a… Continue reading

Little risk of diesel leaking from sunken fishing vessel, authorities say

LAPUSH — Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Coast Guard see little risk that the 500 gallons of diesel that went… Continue reading

Port Angeles citywide Wi-Fi to launch Monday

Port Angeles citywide Wi-Fi to launch Monday

PORT ANGELES — The entire city of Port Angeles will become one large Wi-Fi hot spot when city officials launch the Metro-Net Wi-Fi service Monday.… Continue reading

Port Angeles citywide Wi-Fi to launch Monday
Karen Potter of Rochester

Rally against gay-marriage law draws crowd

PORT ANGELES — About 150 people turned out Saturday to express their opinions on Referendum 74, which if approved by voters in November would allow… Continue reading

Karen Potter of Rochester
WANTED: Andrew David Nilsson

Two Port Angeles fugitives: armed, at large

PORT ANGELES — Two men who North Olympic Peninsula law enforcement say could be armed and dangerous remained at large Saturday. Law enforcement officers said… Continue reading

WANTED: Andrew David Nilsson
Westbound traffic grinds to a halt on U.S Highway 101 coming into Port Angeles on Thursday morning after the first two of four wrecks that happened within a mile of each other. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Four morning wrecks turn U.S. 101 into ‘carmageddon’

PORT ANGELES ­­— Bright sunlight was blamed for four wrecks involving 15 vehicles on U.S. Highway 101 on Thursday morning. All of the wrecks occurred… Continue reading

Westbound traffic grinds to a halt on U.S Highway 101 coming into Port Angeles on Thursday morning after the first two of four wrecks that happened within a mile of each other. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Andrew David Nilsson

Police issue alert for Port Angeles man who may be armed

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles police were looking Thursday for a 37-year-old Port Angeles man wanted for investigation of multiple domestic-violence-related offenses after serving a… Continue reading

Andrew David Nilsson

Port Angeles police officers, sheriff’s deputy save bicyclist’s life

PORT ANGELES — A portable defibrillator and three local law enforcement officers could have been the difference between life and death for a 22-year-old man… Continue reading

The historic Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall is located at 314 W. First St. in Port Angeles. Jeremy Schwartz/Peninsula Daily News

Wanted: Buyer for century-old Odd Fellows hall

PORT ANGELES — There's one thing Maureen Wall wants for the 100th anniversary of the historic First Street building she's owned for about nine years:… Continue reading

The historic Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall is located at 314 W. First St. in Port Angeles. Jeremy Schwartz/Peninsula Daily News
Andrew David Nilsson

Port Angeles police seek man who is possibly armed

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles police are looking for a 37-year-old Port Angeles man suspected of multiple domestic-violence related offenses after serving a search warrant… Continue reading

Andrew David Nilsson
Traffic is detoured around the scene of a multi-vehicle wreck on U.S. Highway 101 at Baker Street this morning on the east side of Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

UPDATE — Multiple collisions east of Port Angeles snarl Highway 101 traffic

PORT ANGELES ­­— State Patrol troopers are in the process of clearing multiple collisions along U.S. Highway 101, all of which occurred within a mile… Continue reading

Traffic is detoured around the scene of a multi-vehicle wreck on U.S. Highway 101 at Baker Street this morning on the east side of Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Body found in Lyre River identified

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County sheriff’s deputies have identified the body of a man found in the Lyre River as that of 50-year-old Port Angeles… Continue reading

Winds, tree limbs blamed for power outages Monday

Tree limbs felled by recent high winds were the likely cause of an electrical power outage that struck 1,800 Clallam County Public Utility District customers… Continue reading

Body found in Lyre River identified

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Sheriff's Deputies have identified the body of a man found in the Lyre River as that of James W. Hopkins,… Continue reading

UPDATED — Body found in Lyre River was Port Angeles man

By Jeremy Schwartz Peninsula Daily News PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Sheriff's Deputies have identified the body of a man found in the Lyre River… Continue reading

Matt Sircely and Judith-Kate Friedman look at the music video they helped create at the office of Songwriting Works in Port Townsend. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Songwriting Works creates special melody with Alzheimer patients

PORT TOWNSEND — A nonprofit organization based in Port Townsend that is helping the voices of World War II veterans and their families be heard… Continue reading

Matt Sircely and Judith-Kate Friedman look at the music video they helped create at the office of Songwriting Works in Port Townsend. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Yell, throw rocks, but don’t feed the mountain goats; Olympic National Forest trail reopens

OLYMPIC NATIONAL FOREST — After months of harassing wild mountain goats in Olympic National Forest, rangers will reopen Monday a popular hiking trail northwest of… Continue reading

Casi Fors of Port Angeles emerges from a giant mud puddle after sliding down a hillside on a water slide during the inaugural Run A Muck Challenge in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Dozens get down and dirty during Run A Muck Challenge in Port Angeles [ *** PHOTO GALLERY *** ]

PORT ANGELES — Dozens of colorfully dressed teams and individuals — some sporting bat wings and others witch hats — showed up to get wet,… Continue reading

Casi Fors of Port Angeles emerges from a giant mud puddle after sliding down a hillside on a water slide during the inaugural Run A Muck Challenge in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Four candidates to be queried by Sequim council

SEQUIM — One of the original five City Council candidates to be interviewed Monday night for a vacant seat on the council is no longer… Continue reading