Paul Gottlieb

Port of Port Angeles commissioners find executive director candidate; identity withheld but negotiations approved

PORT ANGELES — Port of Port Angeles commissioners wasted little time in finding a candidate to negotiate with to fill the port's top administrative position.… Continue reading

Tribal dispute arises over state hunting agreement for game management units

PORT ANGELES — A territorial tribal dispute raised by Quileute tribe objections has erupted over hunting on three state Department of Fish and Wildlife game… Continue reading

Tim Smith

Interim Clallam Economic Development Council director quits: ‘Too frustrating’

PORT ANGELES — Tim Smith abruptly resigned his position Saturday as interim director of the Clallam County Economic Development Council just 28 days into the… Continue reading

Tim Smith

Family, business ties drew Alaska firm to Port Angeles waterfront development project

PORT ANGELES — Neeser Construction Inc. CEO Jerry Neeser’s business ties to Western Washington and, in particular, a Bainbridge Island firm are behind the Anchorage,… Continue reading

Family, business ties drew Alaska firm to Port Angeles waterfront development project

PORT ANGELES — Neeser Construction Inc. CEO Jerry Neeser’s business ties to Western Washington and, in particular, a Bainbridge Island firm are behind the Anchorage,… Continue reading

Family, business ties drew Alaska firm to Port Angeles waterfront development project

PORT ANGELES — Neeser Construction Inc. CEO Jerry Neeser’s business ties to Western Washington and, in particular, a Bainbridge Island firm are behind the Anchorage,… Continue reading

Economic development panel to meet soon on consolidating Port Angeles business-group efforts

PORT ANGELES — A 12-person ad hoc committee could hold its first meeting on the potential for consolidating business-group efforts in Port Angeles as early… Continue reading

State Trooper Travis Beebe

State Trooper Travis Beebe finishes mandatory driver training course after November accident

PORT ANGELES — State Trooper Travis Beebe, who has returned to patrolling Clallam County after serving temporarily in Jefferson County, has completed the driver training… Continue reading

State Trooper Travis Beebe

Two companies aim to pick up business following Pettit Oil’s closure

Two companies from Aberdeen and Bremerton are positioning their resources in Clallam and Jefferson counties to fill the fuel-distribution void left by Pettit Oil, which… Continue reading

State Trooper Travis Beebe

State Trooper Travis Beebe finishes mandatory driver training course after November accident

PORT ANGELES — State Trooper Travis Beebe, who has returned to patrolling Clallam County after serving temporarily in Jefferson County, has completed the driver training… Continue reading

State Trooper Travis Beebe

Congressman Kilmer touts economic development initiative

PORT ANGELES — Wild Olympics legislation submitted for congressional consideration Friday is part of a broadly based “Olympic Peninsula Economic Development Initiative” that U.S. Rep.… Continue reading

Yvonne Ziomkowski

Ex-finance chief’s dispute with Port Angeles City Hall will go to trial

PORT ANGELES — An Oct. 13 trial date has been set in a lawsuit former city Finance Director Yvonne Ziomkowski filed against the city over… Continue reading

Yvonne Ziomkowski
This enhanced satellite photograph of the Olympic Peninsula shows its mountainous core. — NASA

Kilmer, Murray to introduce new version of Wild Olympics bill today

A new version of Wild Olympics legislation will be introduced today by U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer and U.S. Sen. Patty Murray. The Wild Olympics Wilderness… Continue reading

This enhanced satellite photograph of the Olympic Peninsula shows its mountainous core. — NASA
Bobby J. Smith looks back at the audience as he stands next to attorney Karen Unger during Smith’s sentencing for second-degree murder in Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles on Tuesday. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles man appeals 10-year, 10-month sentence in shooting death of neighbor

PORT ANGELES — Bobby “B.J.” Smith, 60, has appealed his 10-year, 10-month sentence for second-degree murder in the shooting death of his neighbor and friend,… Continue reading

Bobby J. Smith looks back at the audience as he stands next to attorney Karen Unger during Smith’s sentencing for second-degree murder in Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles on Tuesday. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Bobby J. Smith looks back at the audience as he stands next to attorney Karen Unger during Smith’s sentencing for second-degree murder in Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles on Tuesday. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles man appeals 10-year, 10-month sentence in shooting death of neighbor

PORT ANGELES — Bobby “B.J.” Smith, 60, has appealed his 10-year, 10-month sentence for second-degree murder in the shooting death of his neighbor and friend,… Continue reading

Bobby J. Smith looks back at the audience as he stands next to attorney Karen Unger during Smith’s sentencing for second-degree murder in Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles on Tuesday. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Joining economic development panel gets approval at Tuesday PABA meeting

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Business Association became the final of four groups Tuesday to agree to sit on a 12-person committee that will… Continue reading

The historic Loomis Tavern building in Port Angeles' Lincoln Park sits next to a stand of trees that PABA members would like to see cut to clear the landing approach for the nearby William R. Fairchild International Airport. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles Business Association members say Tuesday that some Lincoln Park trees should come down

PORT ANGELES — Lincoln Park trees obstructing the approach to a neighboring runway should be removed, Port Angeles Business Association members said Tuesday. PABA members… Continue reading

The historic Loomis Tavern building in Port Angeles' Lincoln Park sits next to a stand of trees that PABA members would like to see cut to clear the landing approach for the nearby William R. Fairchild International Airport. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Bobby J. Smith

Port Angeles man sentenced to nearly 11 years for second-degree murder

PORT ANGELES — Bobby “B.J.” Smith was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 years, 10 months in prison for murdering his neighbor. A Clallam County Superior… Continue reading

Bobby J. Smith
New Port of Port Angeles Commissioner Colleen McAleer is sworn in Monday by port attorney Simon Barnhart as the port's first female commissioner in its 90-year history while

Hallet returns Monday as Port of Port Angeles board president; commissioners swear in first female member

PORT ANGELES — Jim Hallett re-assumed leadership of the Port of Port Angeles board of commissioners Monday, four months after he was booted from the… Continue reading

New Port of Port Angeles Commissioner Colleen McAleer is sworn in Monday by port attorney Simon Barnhart as the port's first female commissioner in its 90-year history while

Monday vote adds to momentum for Port Angeles business groups working as one

PORT ANGELES — A proposal for the city’s business groups to work in unison is gaining support. The Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce board… Continue reading