Paul Gottlieb

Second-class city question advances for Port Angeles

The Port Angeles City Council has voted unanimously to put a ballot resolution before voters in the Nov. 7 election that is… Continue reading

Port Angeles council creates transportation benefit district

Voters will be asked to approve sales tax increase

Joshua Monette

Dartmouth student swept away by wave at Cape Flattery

A man who went missing after being swept away by a wave at Cape Flattery has been identified as Joshua L. Monette,… Continue reading

Joshua Monette

FBI investigating after body found burned in car

A case involving a burned body found Saturday morning in a vehicle that was destroyed by fire on the Makah tribal reservation… Continue reading

Two murder trials set in Port Angeles this summer

In a rare display of courtroom drama, two murder trials have been scheduled for later this year at about the same time… Continue reading

Port Angeles council to put transportation tax on August ballot

A transportation benefit district was created Tuesday by the Port Angeles City Council in preparation for an Aug. 1 ballot question on… Continue reading

PA council approves vote on form of government for November

The Port Angeles City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to put a ballot resolution before voters Nov. 7 that would change the… Continue reading

FBI investigates body found in burned car in Neah Bay

The FBI and Neah Bay authorities are investigating the discovery of a body that was found in a burned car around noon… Continue reading

Neah Bay man still missing after being swept away by wave

Makah emergency personnel continued searching late Monday afternoon until dark for a tribal member who was on shoreline rocks at Hole in… Continue reading

Port Angeles wind turbine spires turning; design, not power, main point

Port Angeles wind turbine spires turning; design, not power, main point

After six months of standing motionless, the city’s $107,517 wind turbine spires are finally spinning. They are ready to generate an estimated… Continue reading

Port Angeles wind turbine spires turning; design, not power, main point

Clallam jail inmate attempts suicide

A Clallam County jail inmate was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center after attempting suicide Friday afternoon by hanging himself with his jail… Continue reading

Port Angeles council to consider calling for court ruling on petition for second-city vote

Port Angeles council to consider calling for court ruling on petition for second-city vote

A Nov. 7 ballot measure advocated by water fluoridation foes is so fraught with questions that its legality should be decided by… Continue reading

Port Angeles council to consider calling for court ruling on petition for second-city vote

Clallam County jail inmate tries to kill himself

A Clallam County jail inmate was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center after attempting suicide this afternoon by hanging himself with his jail… Continue reading

Port Angeles police identify man found dead in water at Boat Haven

Police have identified Christopher William Dwyer as the man whose body was found floating Wednesday in the waters of East Boat Haven… Continue reading

Brad Collins

Port Angeles council considers changing ethics code

City council members are considering a revamp of the council’s 5-year-old ethics code a year after they faced allegations from residents who… Continue reading

Brad Collins
Port Angeles police identify man found dead in water at Boat Haven
Port Angeles police identify man found dead in water at Boat Haven
Cars make their way around a curve on U.S. Highway 101 at Lake Crescent west of Port Angeles earlier this month. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Contract awarded for Lake Crescent’s Highway 101 rehab project

Construction will get underway in late April under a traffic-disrupting, three-year contract to repave and restore the Lake Crescent Road portion of… Continue reading

Cars make their way around a curve on U.S. Highway 101 at Lake Crescent west of Port Angeles earlier this month. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Hearings set in 1978 murder case

Hearings set in 1978 murder case

Law enforcement officers, including former Port Angeles Police Chief Tom Riepe, will testify in a May 23 evidentiary hearing leading up to… Continue reading

Hearings set in 1978 murder case
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News The industrial water treatment plant along the Elwha River, shown at left in this 2012 aerial photo, is the subject of a dispute between the city of Port Angeles and the National Park Service.

Port Angeles to sue Park Service in dispute over Elwha River water facilities

The Port Angeles City Council has set the stage for filing a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the National Park Service.… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News The industrial water treatment plant along the Elwha River, shown at left in this 2012 aerial photo, is the subject of a dispute between the city of Port Angeles and the National Park Service.
Lights flicker: Medical emergency prompts wreck on Marine Drive

Lights flicker: Medical emergency prompts wreck on Marine Drive

A pickup truck driver plowed into two electrical and communications poles in the 900 block of West Marine Drive in Port Angeles,… Continue reading

Lights flicker: Medical emergency prompts wreck on Marine Drive