Paul Gottlieb

Report on state review of Port of Port Angeles expected Tuesday

PORT ANGELES — The preliminary results of an early audit of Port of Port Angeles operations, which was prompted by citizen concerns over the June… Continue reading

UPDATE — Interim executive director under consideration for top post with Port of Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Longview resident Ken O'Hollaren, interim executive director for the Port of Port Angeles, is the port commissioners' choice to take the agency's… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles says it will reveal its executive director candidate Tuesday; ‘no decision made in executive session’

PORT ANGELES — The name of the mystery person the Port of Port Angeles wants to hire as executive director — without seeking other applicants… Continue reading

Jim Haguewood facilitates a meeting with representatives of the Port Angeles Business Association

Port Angeles business groups ready to review ‘strategic areas’

PORT ANGELES — More questions than answers remained after the third of five meetings of representatives of three business groups working to explore consolidating their… Continue reading

Jim Haguewood facilitates a meeting with representatives of the Port Angeles Business Association
Sen. Patty Murray

Sen. Murray: Wild Olympics bill likely won’t pass this year

Wild Olympics legislation has little chance of passage during the 2014 congressional session, the bill's sponsors in the House and Senate say. Sen. Patty Murray,… Continue reading

Sen. Patty Murray
Jim Haguewood facilitates a meeting with representatives of the Port Angeles Business Association

Port Angeles business groups ready to review ‘strategic areas’

PORT ANGELES — More questions than answers remained after the third of five meetings of representatives of three business groups working to explore consolidating their… Continue reading

Jim Haguewood facilitates a meeting with representatives of the Port Angeles Business Association
Sen. Patty Murray

Sen. Murray: Wild Olympics bill likely won’t pass this year

Wild Olympics legislation has little chance of passage during the 2014 congressional session, the bill's sponsors in the House and Senate say. Sen. Patty Murray,… Continue reading

Sen. Patty Murray
Jim Haguewood facilitates a meeting with representatives of the Port Angeles Business Association

Port Angeles business groups ready to review ‘strategic areas’

PORT ANGELES — More questions than answers remained after the third of five meetings of representatives of three business groups working to explore consolidating their… Continue reading

Jim Haguewood facilitates a meeting with representatives of the Port Angeles Business Association
A spur of land jutting from Ediz Hook

Diver has concerns about artificial reef beneath location of proposed Navy dock in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — To scuba-diving instructor Bill Roberds, a 30,000-square-foot mini-mountain of underwater riprap at the base of Ediz Hook is more than a pile… Continue reading

A spur of land jutting from Ediz Hook
Jim Hallett

Port of Port Angeles negotiating with mystery candidate for executive director spot

PORT ANGELES — Negotiations are progressing quickly between Port of Port Angeles attorney Simon Barnhart and a mystery candidate for executive director. A commissioners’ decision… Continue reading

Jim Hallett
Rick Porter

Clallam District Court 1 Judge Rick Porter to run again

PORT ANGELES — Rick Porter will seek a fourth four-year term as Clallam County District Court 1 judge. Porter, first elected in 2002, announced Friday… Continue reading

Rick Porter
Map by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Navy studies building $15 million dock project in Port Angeles Harbor

PORT ANGELES — The Navy has initiated long-range plans to build an estimated $15 million dock and shoreside facility on Ediz Hook. The 200-foot-long, L-shaped… Continue reading

Map by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Map by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Navy studies building $15 million dock project in Port Angeles Harbor

PORT ANGELES — The Navy has initiated long-range plans to build an estimated $15 million dock and shoreside facility on Ediz Hook. The 200-foot-long, L-shaped… Continue reading

Map by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Rick Porter

Clallam District Court 1 Judge Rick Porter to run again

PORT ANGELES — Rick Porter will seek a fourth four-year term as Clallam County District Court 1 judge. Porter, first elected in 2002, announced Friday… Continue reading

Rick Porter
Chandra McGoff

Fate of Port of Port Angeles’ first building to be decided as part of 10-year project

PORT ANGELES — A 10-year project to repair and replace hundreds of decrepit pilings at Port of Port Angeles terminals includes a historical assessment of… Continue reading

Chandra McGoff

Peninsula prosecutors question death penalty decision; defense attorney says governor’s action ‘prudent’

North Olympic Peninsula prosecuting attorneys questioned Gov. Jay Inslee’s decision to suspend the death penalty. A defense attorney praised it. “I think it’s a prudent… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles to create panel to mull marina users’ concerns

PORT ANGELES — An advisory committee will be established to address moorage-rate issues, slip occupancy and other concerns of hundreds of boat users at Port… Continue reading

Geoduck quota within reach for Lower Elwha Klallam tribe despite China’s ban

PORT ANGELES — The Lower Elwha Klallam tribe expects to meet its geoduck quota despite an indefinite Chinese ban on shellfish imports from Northern California… Continue reading

The wreckage of a Clallam Transit bus and another vehicle sit in the ditch near the site where the bus collided with a camper pickup truck on U.S. Highway 101 near Laird's Corner west of Port Angeles in September 2009. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Arraignment set in 2009 bus, pickup truck wreck

PORT ANGELES — A Southern California man will be arraigned this coming Friday after a 2009 wreck in which he hit a Clallam Transit bus,… Continue reading

The wreckage of a Clallam Transit bus and another vehicle sit in the ditch near the site where the bus collided with a camper pickup truck on U.S. Highway 101 near Laird's Corner west of Port Angeles in September 2009. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
The wreckage of a Clallam Transit bus and another vehicle sit in the ditch near the site where the bus collided with a camper pickup truck on U.S. Highway 101 near Laird's Corner west of Port Angeles in September 2009. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Arraignment set in 2009 bus, pickup truck wreck

PORT ANGELES — A Southern California man will be arraigned this coming Friday after a 2009 wreck in which he hit a Clallam Transit bus,… Continue reading

The wreckage of a Clallam Transit bus and another vehicle sit in the ditch near the site where the bus collided with a camper pickup truck on U.S. Highway 101 near Laird's Corner west of Port Angeles in September 2009. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News