Paul Gottlieb

Discover Passes needed at Fort Worden now

PORT TOWNSEND — The last day of 2012 was the last day for Fort Worden State Park’s one-of-a-kind Discover Pass parking- lot exemption, which had… Continue reading

Scaffolding goes up at the chimney stack in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

PenPly mill stack demolition scheduled

PORT ANGELES — Workers at the slowly vanishing former Peninsula Plywood site are preparing a 175-foot chimney stack for its demise. They are placing scaffolding… Continue reading

Scaffolding goes up at the chimney stack in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Work continues Friday on the construction of a biomass-fueled cogeneration plant at the Nippon Paper Industries USA mill in Port Angeles. A hearing is scheduled Monday on the cooling tower permit. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Hearing set on Port Angeles mill project’s final stage

PORT ANGELES — A public hearing at 5 p.m. Monday will air issues surrounding the final stage of Nippon Paper Industries USA's biomass cogeneration plant.… Continue reading

Work continues Friday on the construction of a biomass-fueled cogeneration plant at the Nippon Paper Industries USA mill in Port Angeles. A hearing is scheduled Monday on the cooling tower permit. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Construction crews level the site that once was occupied by the former Odd Fellows hall and an adjacent store building.  -- Photo by Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

Remains of October fire cleared in downtown Forks

FORKS — The charred mess that scarred the center of this often-rainy town for more than two months vanished on a day when the sun… Continue reading

Construction crews level the site that once was occupied by the former Odd Fellows hall and an adjacent store building.  -- Photo by Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

Clallam Public Utility District commissioners elect new president

PORT ANGELES — Hugh Haffner, a four-term commissioner on the Clallam County Public Utility District’s board, is the commission’s new president. Haffner, 65, was elected… Continue reading

Dave Cole of the stat Department of Natural Resources stands in front of the burned-out building in Forks on Monday. Lonnie Archibald/Peninsula Daily News

Salvaging effort starts at burned DNR building in Forks

FORKS — A 20-foot container was due to arrive at the state Department of Natural Resources' Olympic Region complex Monday to help store salvaged items… Continue reading

Dave Cole of the stat Department of Natural Resources stands in front of the burned-out building in Forks on Monday. Lonnie Archibald/Peninsula Daily News
Levon Mathews

Back home in Indiana: Ex-First Federal CEO says he quit for personal reasons connected with family business

FRANKFORT, Ind. — Levon Mathews, the former president-CEO of First Federal, said Friday he is working at a family business in Indiana and took issue… Continue reading

Levon Mathews
First Federal interim President and CEO Larry Hueth.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

First Federal realigning in wake of resignations and retirements; interim chief in line to take helm

PORT ANGELES — Larry Hueth, the interim president-CEO of First Federal, is on track to step up to the position permanently as the bank realigns… Continue reading

First Federal interim President and CEO Larry Hueth.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
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Del’s Feed & Farm Supply shutters store in Sequim

SEQUIM — A chain store that catered to the Sequim-Dungeness Valley's agriculture and livestock community has closed its doors after a nearly five-year stint at… Continue reading

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Dungeness water rule comes into effect today

SEQUIM — As of today, owners of 3,400 undeveloped parcels from Bagley Creek to Sequim Bay must abide by new, state-driven rules for water usage… Continue reading

Decision coming soon on big retail store in Sequim

SEQUIM — Word is expected this month on whether a Bellevue developer will be submitting preliminary plans for a large retail store at Sequim Avenue… Continue reading

Paul Camper

Former Port Angeles supermarket transforming into auto restoration shop and hot-rod themed cafe

PORT ANGELES — With help from a cadre of car enthusiasts, a long-vacant building that for 14 years housed Saars Marketplace is being transformed into… Continue reading

Paul Camper
An excavator razes one of the huge mill buildings at the former Peninsula Plywood plant in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Tear-down of 71-year-old Port Angeles mill begins

PORT ANGELES — Heavy equipment operators seated inside giant-clawed excavators are demolishing a plywood mill complex that for 71 years symbolized the North Olympic Peninsula's… Continue reading

An excavator razes one of the huge mill buildings at the former Peninsula Plywood plant in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

OlyCAP selling two Port Townsend homes

Olympic Community Action Programs is selling two Port Townsend homes intended to house people with chronic mental illnesses to help the organization remain financially stable.… Continue reading

Poulsbo man treated after fall into creek near Rialto Beach

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A 72-year-old Poulsbo man who fell into a frigid creek at popular Rialto Beach on Christmas Day was treated for hypothermia… Continue reading

Chimney fire sparked by wad of paper

CAPE GEORGE — A homeowner wielding a garden hose doused a Christmas morning chimney fire caused by a burning wad of paper that ignited creosote… Continue reading

Family IDs remains of Forks fire victim

FORKS — Family members have identified the body of a man found in house trailer that was destroyed in a Dec. 16 fire as Mike… Continue reading

Hypothermic man rescued from Rialto Beach

LAPUSH — A hypothermic man was transported from Rialto Beach to Forks Community Hospital on Christmas Day, authorities said. A hospital ambulance was dispatched to… Continue reading

Legislative upheaval upsets Hargrove’s plans

With his 28 years in the state Legislature and a solid general election victory behind him, 24th District State Sen. Jim Hargrove of Hoquiam was… Continue reading

Sequim lawmaker fights to keep horses in wildlife refuge

SEQUIM — State Rep. Kevin Van De Wege is taking on the federal Fish and Wildlife Service over its proposed ban on jogging and horseback… Continue reading