Andrew Binion

Two die in separate vehicle crashes in Port Angeles area

PORT ANGELES -- Two people died in separate vehicle crashes on Saturday, including an artist from Sequim who was hit while standing at a turnout… Continue reading

Port Angeles man returns home after kidney, seven heart surgeries

PORT ANGELES -- Larry Slowey had a change of heart recently. During his 115-day stay at the famed Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., the Port… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Young girl looks forward to continued recovery

PORT ANGELES -- Madison Baumann has a lot to be thankful for this new year. Although the seventh-grader at Roosevelt Middle School is still dealing… Continue reading

Two Clallam County convictions overturned by appeals court

TACOMA -- Two guilty verdicts handed down by Clallam County juries in 2004 have been overturned by a state appeals court this month because of… Continue reading

Sequim: Skiing victim was college senior, star musician

SEQUIM -- Odessa Nelson's dream combined the passions of her life -- music and helping people. The 22-year-old college senior from Sequim wanted to establish… Continue reading

Clallam: Crisis managment boss stepping down

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County's emergency management czar has taken a post with the Port of Port Angeles and will be starting his new job… Continue reading

Sequim man survives car crash into Dungeness Bay

SEQUIM -- Reminiscent of a "Dukes of Hazzard" stunt, a Sequim man driving a 1994 Buick Century launched the vehicle off a 60-foot embankment Monday… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Soldier, just back from duty, to ship out to Afghanistan

PORT ANGELES -- Three is a magic number. The third time's a charm. Things happen in threes. However you look at it, good things, bad… Continue reading

River threat eases; rains to return

Christmas morning on the North Olympic Peninsula was anything but white, with balmy temperatures making it seem more like spring than the opening salvo of… Continue reading

Report of gunfire leads to search of Port Angeles house

PORT ANGELES -- It started as a 9-1-1 report of .22 caliber gunfire on Friday afternoon. The incident escalated with four youths staring down the… Continue reading

Rural residents a target of identity thieves

It's something most people who live in the country take for granted. They check their roadside mailbox and find it empty, meaning they didn't receive… Continue reading

U.S. 101 crash kills driver, 86

AGNEW -- An 86-year-old woman was killed Thursday afternoon when the car she was driving crossed the centerline of U.S. Highway 101 and collided with… Continue reading

Artwork at fine arts center vandalized

PORT ANGELES --Everyone's a critic. Apparently even a Crescent High School student, who on a field trip Tuesday to the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center… Continue reading

Clallam County seeking ways to relieve critical jail overcrowding

There are more criminals in Clallam County than cells to hold them. As of Saturday, the Clallam County jail in Port Angeles was about 45… Continue reading

Peninsula: Anti-smoking initiative takes effect today

SEQUIM -- Hurricane Coffee Co. has had a fairly easygoing relationship with smokers since it opened. The coffee shop has never allowed smoking inside, but… Continue reading

Sequim police warn businesses of potential shoplifting gang

SEQUIM -- Businesses are being asked to stay on the lookout for what appears to be a shoplifting gang that tried to rob the Sequim… Continue reading

Traffic deaths down on U.S. 101, Safety Project Committee told

PORT ANGELES -- Although the year isn't over, it appears that deaths on Clallam County roadways will decrease compared to 2004's totals. Driving 101 Traffic… Continue reading

OlyCAP executive director resigns

PORT TOWNSEND -- The executive director of the North Olympic Peninsula's largest social services agency has stepped down because of unspecified health reasons, leaving the… Continue reading

2005 busiest year ever in Clallam County Superior Court

Clallam County Superior Court has been increasingly busy over the past decade, and 2005 is already the busiest year ever. The year still has almost… Continue reading

Crime in Sequim goes through the numbers roof

SEQUIM -- Crime is up slightly in Clallam County. But in Sequim, according to numbers released Monday by the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police… Continue reading