Paul Gottlieb

Darold R. Stenson in court Tuesday.  —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

‘I will be back’: Reconvicted double-murderer files another appeal

PORT ANGELES — Reconvicted double-murderer Darold R. Stenson filed a notice of appeal Tuesday at the same court hearing at which he was sentenced to… Continue reading

Darold R. Stenson in court Tuesday.  —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Washington State Patrol Trooper Travis Beebe

State Patrol investigation into wreck involving trooper will take 3-4 months. Legal action also threatened

PORT ANGELES — It will take three or four months for the State Patrol to complete its investigation into the Nov. 29 three-vehicle wreck that… Continue reading

Washington State Patrol Trooper Travis Beebe

Sides to get down to business on agreement over Olympic National Forest timber

PORT ANGELES — The newly formed Olympic Peninsula Collaborative will get down to business before the end of the year on discussing how forestry and… Continue reading

Washington State Patrol Trooper Travis Beebe

State Patrol investigation into wreck involving trooper will take 3-4 months. Legal action also threatened

PORT ANGELES — It will take three or four months for the State Patrol to complete its investigation into the Nov. 29 three-vehicle wreck that… Continue reading

Washington State Patrol Trooper Travis Beebe
Christopher Melly sits on a hallway bench in the Clallam County Courthouse. He'll be elevated to the Superior Court bench in January. —Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

‘Chris, this is Jay — welcome to the bench’: How governor told Melly he’s the next Clallam Superior Court judge

PORT ANGELES — Chris Melly received the phone call at about 1:15 p.m. Thursday. Gov. Jay Inslee was on the other end of the line.… Continue reading

Christopher Melly sits on a hallway bench in the Clallam County Courthouse. He'll be elevated to the Superior Court bench in January. —Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Hearings examiner position Melly will vacate might be cut

PORT ANGELES — Chris Melly’s Clallam County land-use hearings examiner position may be eliminated within a month or two after he becomes a Superior Court… Continue reading

Appellate jurists uphold prison sentence of former sheriff’s evidence room employee

PORT ANGELES — A former sheriff’s records specialist’s three-year sentence for stealing $8,644 from the courthouse evidence room has been upheld by the state Court… Continue reading

Judge-designate Christopher Melly

Melly appointed by governor to Clallam Superior Court bench

OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee announced Thursday that he is appointing Christopher Melly to serve as Position 3 Superior Court judge for Clallam County. Melly,… Continue reading

Judge-designate Christopher Melly
Judge-designate Christopher Melly

Melly appointed by governor to Clallam Superior Court bench

OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee today announced that he is appointing Christopher Melly to serve as Position 3 Superior Court judge for Clallam County. Melly,… Continue reading

Judge-designate Christopher Melly
Judge-designate Christopher Melly

Melly appointed by governor to Clallam Superior Court bench

OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee announced Thursday that he is appointing Christopher Melly to serve as Position 3 Superior Court judge for Clallam County. Melly,… Continue reading

Judge-designate Christopher Melly
A Port Angeles School District bus pulls away from Roosevelt Elementary School on normal schedule Tuesday afternoon.  —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Man hides in school closet, prompting school lockdown in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Roosevelt Elementary School was locked down for 10 minutes Tuesday morning after an unauthorized, unarmed man entered unhindered through the front door.… Continue reading

A Port Angeles School District bus pulls away from Roosevelt Elementary School on normal schedule Tuesday afternoon.  —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Rep. Derek Kilmer

Rep. Kilmer seeks to mend fences dividing forestry, environmental groups

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Environmental and forestry groups often are at odds. Asserting he is addressing that divide, U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer on Tuesday announced the… Continue reading

Rep. Derek Kilmer

Port Angeles elementary school classes resume after short lockdown

This story has been UPDATED — "Man hides in school closet, prompting school lockdown in Port Angeles" — https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20131203/NEWS/312039962 PORT ANGELES — Roosevelt Elementary School… Continue reading

Peninsula College President Luke Robins addresses the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce audience as fellow panelists Brian Kuh

Time is right to rethink Clallam’s economic-development efforts, business audience told in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The time is right to draw a new map for economic development in Clallam County that could include new or different roles… Continue reading

Peninsula College President Luke Robins addresses the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce audience as fellow panelists Brian Kuh
Trooper Travis Beebe

Trooper was the cause of Friday’s three-vehicle wreck east of Port Angeles on Highway 101, State Patrol says

PORT ANGELES — Initial evidence indicates that Trooper Travis Beebe, who destroyed his State Patrol car in a multivehicle crash Friday afternoon east of Port… Continue reading

Trooper Travis Beebe
A Port Angeles School District bus pulls away from Roosevelt Elementary School on normal schedule Tuesday afternoon.  —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

UPDATED — Man hides in school closet, prompting school lockdown in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Roosevelt Elementary School was locked down for 10 minutes Tuesday morning after an unauthorized, unarmed man entered unhindered through the front door.… Continue reading

A Port Angeles School District bus pulls away from Roosevelt Elementary School on normal schedule Tuesday afternoon.  —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Peninsula College President Luke Robins addresses the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce audience as fellow panelists Brian Kuh

Time is right to rethink Clallam’s economic-development efforts, business audience told in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The time is right to draw a new map for economic development in Clallam County that could include new or different roles… Continue reading

Peninsula College President Luke Robins addresses the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce audience as fellow panelists Brian Kuh
Trooper Travis Beebe

Trooper was the cause of Friday’s three-vehicle wreck east of Port Angeles on Highway 101, State Patrol says

PORT ANGELES — Initial evidence indicates that Trooper Travis Beebe, who destroyed his State Patrol car in a multivehicle crash Friday afternoon east of Port… Continue reading

Trooper Travis Beebe

Biomass monitoring device installation complete this week; Nippon cogenerator now producing electricity

PORT ANGELES — By Friday, Olympic Region Clean Air Agency officials expect a $90,000 device to have been installed in the Port Angeles fire station… Continue reading

Marijuana could be sold in stores by next summer; 10 Peninsula firms apply

Marijuana could be sold in stores by next summer; 10 Peninsula firms apply

PORT ANGELES — Marijuana could be sold at a store near you by next summer, a state Liquor Control Board spokesman predicted Tuesday. Entrepreneurs from… Continue reading

Marijuana could be sold in stores by next summer; 10 Peninsula firms apply