Paul Gottlieb

Community development director candidates clash over permits for small structures

PORT ANGELES -- With fewer than seven weeks until the Nov. 2 general election, two electoral opponents vying to become Clallam County community development director… Continue reading

Business Incubator board postpones critical meeting

PORT ANGELES -- A Clallam Business Incubator board meeting scheduled for today to discuss the organization's continuing financial problems has been postponed. The board was… Continue reading

Update: Business Incubator board meeting postponed

Update: PORT ANGELES — A Clallam Business Incubator board meeting scheduled for Wednesday to discuss the organization’s continuing financial problems has been postponed. The board… Continue reading

Drier climate? Poster ‘educated guess’ about Olympic National Park future

PORT ANGELES -- In a marriage of climate-science and art, a Vermont painter has created an ominous dual portrait of Olympic National Park's environmental future.… Continue reading

Olympic National Park’s U.N. designation worries Jefferson commissioner candidate

PORT TOWNSEND -- Is there a link between the United Nations, Olympic National Park and possible control of Jefferson County shoreline regulations and water policy?… Continue reading

Lowering Lake Mills begins today; preparation central to clearing Elwha River of dams

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Lake Mills will be lowered 5 feet starting today in the beginning of the end for the reservoir behind Glines Canyon… Continue reading

Forum for Clallam treasurer candidates focuses on missing $617,467

PORT ANGELES -- It was all about the money Tuesday at the Port Angeles Business Association's breakfast meeting. The alleged embezzlement of at least $617,467… Continue reading

Investigation of Clallam treasury theft goes on, but action in courtroom stalls

PORT ANGELES -- A status hearing four months before the trial of former Clallam County employee Catherine Betts on an aggravated first-degree theft charge was… Continue reading

Slaying of ex-Chimacum man to go before grand jury in Kentucky

WURTLAND, Ky. -- The lead investigator into the shooting death of former Chimacum resident Chadd E. Miller, who was killed Aug. 7 in this Ohio… Continue reading

Tharinger, McEntire face off at Port Angeles Business Association forum

PORT ANGELES -- Democrat Steve Tharinger and Republican Jim McEntire rested on their political laurels Tuesday -- while differing on the political routes they would… Continue reading

Missing $617,467 from Clallam County still not replaced by insurance

PORT ANGELES -- An insurance company representative who visited Clallam County Administrator Jim Jones and Treasurer Judy Scott last month left them empty-handed over the… Continue reading

Peninsula company will gain millions as subcontractor in dam removal project

PORT ANGELES -- A Bozeman, Mont. construction company chosen last week to tear down the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams has awarded a chunk of… Continue reading

BREAKING NEWS: Montana company wins contract to remove Elwha River dams

A Bozeman, Mont. construction company was selected as the contractor to remove the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams, the largest project of its kind in… Continue reading

Mom seeks to return ‘play’ to Port Angeles playground named for late son

PORT ANGELES -- Janet Young's early-morning routine includes sitting on her porch and gazing across the street at the quiet ball fields of the city… Continue reading

State House contenders Gase, Van De Wege face off over jobs

PORT ANGELES -- Incumbent Democratic state Rep. Kevin Van De Wege and Dan Gase, his Republican challenger, sparred over job creation Tuesday at a general… Continue reading

Border Patrol move almost a certainty; no special permits needed, official says

PORT ANGELES -- Short of citizen protests or refusal by the Eagles lodge, little is standing in the way of the U.S. Border Patrol relocating… Continue reading

What does this dam phrase really mean? (For starters, lakes drain next summer) — ***Gallery***

Last April, Olympic National Park began distributing 5,000 "Last Dam Summer" buttons. Park officials were heralding the 2011 tear-down of the Elwha River's two dams,… Continue reading

Lake Mills closure planned in next 10 days as preparations begin for dams’ removal

PORT ANGELES -- A key step in the estimated $350 million Elwha dams removal project will happen within the next 10 days. Lake Mills will… Continue reading

Pairings in fall races for Legislature take shape

Democrat Steve Tharinger and Republican Jim McEntire are expected to face off in the Nov. 2 general election for the state House of Representative Position… Continue reading

UPDATED — It’s Gase, Van De Wege — and Tharinger, McEntire — in our two state House races

Democrat Steve Tharinger and Republican Jim McEntire are expected to face off in the Nov. 2 general election for the state House of Representative Position… Continue reading