Paul Gottlieb

Clallam Community Development Department probe to take bit longer (Corrected)

Corrected from the May 31 print edition: The commercial building permit that is the focus of an investigation by Clallam County Human Resources Department lawyer… Continue reading

Rep. Derek Kilmer meets with editors and a reporter of the Peninsula Daily News.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Kilmer’s Wild Olympics stance unchanged

PORT ANGELES — Derek Kilmer continued to remain noncommittal this week on planned legislation that would ban logging on more than 126,000 acres of Olympic… Continue reading

Rep. Derek Kilmer meets with editors and a reporter of the Peninsula Daily News.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer conducts his first in a series of town hall-style meetings across the 6th Congressional District in the Little Theater of Peninsula College in Port Angeles on Tuesday. His second and similar meeting was in Port Townsend leading into the evening.  -- Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

‘Get economy cooking again’: Congressman talks of immigration, economy, taxes at town hall-style meeting

PORT ANGELES — Questions on immigration reform, the economy, taxes and a controversial 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision on campaign financing topped the list. More… Continue reading

U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer conducts his first in a series of town hall-style meetings across the 6th Congressional District in the Little Theater of Peninsula College in Port Angeles on Tuesday. His second and similar meeting was in Port Townsend leading into the evening.  -- Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

City not on the hook over Elwha River sediment clogging, mayor says

PORT ANGELES — Mayor Cherie Kidd expressed confidence Tuesday that the city will not bear any financial responsibility for ongoing sediment problems at the National… Continue reading

Clallam County road crews last year inspect the aged steel-truss bridge that carries Quillayute Road over the Sol Duc River about 4 miles west of Forks. A truck had just hit one of the overhead components of the bridge.  -- Photo by Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

A bridge near you could tumble: 9 steel spans like the I-5 one ring North Olympic Peninsula

Nine truss bridges similar to the Interstate 5 span that collapsed Thursday evening over the Skagit River traverse rivers in Clallam and Jefferson counties. And… Continue reading

Clallam County road crews last year inspect the aged steel-truss bridge that carries Quillayute Road over the Sol Duc River about 4 miles west of Forks. A truck had just hit one of the overhead components of the bridge.  -- Photo by Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

Jim Hallett, Port of Port Angeles board president, recovers after collapse

PORT ANGELES — Jim Hallett, a former Port Angeles mayor and current president of the three-member Port of Port Angeles board of commissioners, is maintaining… Continue reading

The three vehicles involved in last Monday morning's fatal crash sit on the south side of U.S. Highway 101 near Dryke Road west of Sequim. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

State to lower speed along U.S. 101 work stretch in wake of fatal crash

AGNEW — Prepare to drive 45 mph beginning Tuesday on a 3.5-mile, construction-busy stretch of U.S. Highway 101 between Port Angeles and Sequim. That's where… Continue reading

The three vehicles involved in last Monday morning's fatal crash sit on the south side of U.S. Highway 101 near Dryke Road west of Sequim. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News
The three vehicles involved in last Monday morning's fatal crash sit on the south side of U.S. Highway 101 near Dryke Road west of Sequim. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

State to lower speed along U.S. 101 work stretch in wake of fatal crash

AGNEW — Prepare to drive 45 mph beginning Tuesday on a 3.5-mile, construction-busy stretch of U.S. Highway 101 between Port Angeles and Sequim. That's where… Continue reading

The three vehicles involved in last Monday morning's fatal crash sit on the south side of U.S. Highway 101 near Dryke Road west of Sequim. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News
Bryan Crawford

Speed limit may be lowered near site of fatal crash

PORT ANGELES — State transportation officials may lower the 55 mph speed limit along a 3.5-mile section of U.S. Highway 101 where Bryan Crawford of… Continue reading

Bryan Crawford
Bryan Crawford

Speed limit may be lowered near site of fatal crash

PORT ANGELES — State transportation officials may lower the 55 mph speed limit along a 3.5-mile section of U.S. Highway 101 where Bryan Crawford of… Continue reading

Bryan Crawford
The three vehicles involved in Monday morning's fatal crash sit on the south side of U.S. Highway 101 near Dryke Road west of Sequim. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

1 killed, 5 hurt in construction zone on U.S. 101

AGNEW — A 52-year-old Port Angeles man died Monday, and five others were injured in a chain-reaction collision on a portion of U.S. Highway 101… Continue reading

The three vehicles involved in Monday morning's fatal crash sit on the south side of U.S. Highway 101 near Dryke Road west of Sequim. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News
The three vehicles involved in Monday morning's fatal crash sit on the south side of U.S. Highway 101 near Dryke Road west of Sequim. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

1 killed, 5 hurt in construction zone on U.S. 101

AGNEW — A 52-year-old Port Angeles man died Monday, and five others were injured in a chain-reaction collision on a portion of U.S. Highway 101… Continue reading

The three vehicles involved in Monday morning's fatal crash sit on the south side of U.S. Highway 101 near Dryke Road west of Sequim. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News
The three vehicles involved in Monday morning's fatal crash sit on the south side of U.S. Highway 101 near Dryke Road west of Sequim. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

1 killed, 5 hurt in construction zone on U.S. 101

AGNEW — A 52-year-old Port Angeles man died Monday, and five others were injured in a chain-reaction collision on a portion of U.S. Highway 101… Continue reading

The three vehicles involved in Monday morning's fatal crash sit on the south side of U.S. Highway 101 near Dryke Road west of Sequim. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News
Trooper Travis Beebe's car is seen after it went down the ravine after motorcyclist Bjorn Larsen off Deer Park Road in 2012. Washington State Patrol

State Patrol report blames motorcyclist killed during chase

PORT ANGELES — Motorcyclist Bjorn R. Larsen's recklessness during a high-speed chase by State Patrol Trooper Travis Beebe was the main cause of Larsen's death… Continue reading

Trooper Travis Beebe's car is seen after it went down the ravine after motorcyclist Bjorn Larsen off Deer Park Road in 2012. Washington State Patrol

Employee to seek Port of Port Angeles commission seat

PORT ANGELES — A Port of Port Angeles employee will run against an incumbent port commissioner and a management consultant in the Aug. 6 primary… Continue reading

Barry Swegle sits in Clallam County Superior Court alongside his lawyer

Neighbor planned to seeking restraining order against bulldozer operator before incident

PORT ANGELES — Dan and Mary Davis had decided to get a restraining order against Barry Swegle just before Swegle's logging bulldozer destroyed three homes,… Continue reading

Barry Swegle sits in Clallam County Superior Court alongside his lawyer

Races stack up in Clallam elections

PORT ANGELES — One-term Port Angeles City Councilman Max Mania is not running for re-election, while a Sequim-area seat on the Port of Port Angeles… Continue reading

Trial date set on charges stemming from bulldozer rampage

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man accused of destroying neighbors' homes with a bulldozer will face trial Aug. 12, a judge said today. Barry… Continue reading

Sheriff doesn’t find animation of bulldozer attack humorous

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Sheriff Bill Benedict found no humor Thursday in an online animated video that depicts a May 10 bulldozer rampage that… Continue reading

Barry A. Swegle

Man pleads not guilty to charges in bulldozer attack

PORT ANGELES — A man who allegedly rampaged through a Gales Addition neighborhood with a logging bulldozer pleaded not guilty Wednesday to nine charges, including… Continue reading

Barry A. Swegle