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Arguments heard in fatal DUI case in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Superior Court Judge Ken Williams heard arguments Wednesday morning during a hearing involving a woman charged with vehicular homicide that recordings of… Continue reading

Port Angeles dusts off equipment for resurgent log exports

PORT ANGELES — The Port of Port Angeles’s log yard is so busy that it is using machinery “mothballed” for a decade for lack of… Continue reading

Artwork stolen from Port Angeles gallery

PORT ANGELES — Art created to honor the Elwha River restoration has been stolen from a downtown art gallery. It is ironic that the person… Continue reading

Brothers fire in Olympic National Forest slows to a crawl

OLYMPIC NATIONAL FOREST — The advance of a wildfire in The Brothers Wilderness above Brinnon has been slowed to a “smoldering and creeping” crawl, as… Continue reading

Quileute chairwoman testifies to congressional subcommittee

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Quileute Chairwoman Bonita Cleveland told a congressional subcommittee Thursday that the tribe living in LaPush must move its central infrastructure to a… Continue reading

Bank of America to close Forks branch

FORKS — The Forks Bank of America branch will close in January as part of a wave of corporate service center closures across the U.S.… Continue reading

Sequim candidates discuss issues

SEQUIM — Nine candidates at a forum earlier this week discussed Sequim School District spending and the role of youths and families at the Sequim… Continue reading

Missing Neah Bay man reported to have been seen at rest stop

NEAH BAY — A Neah Bay man who has been missing since Friday was spotted at 5:30 p.m. that day at a rest stop north… Continue reading

Quileute chairwoman to testify before House panel today

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bill that would give the Quileute people a place to live and work that is safe from tsunamis and floods will… Continue reading

Motoryclist wrecks, is cited for speed on state Highway 112

JOYCE — A motorcyclist was cited for speeding after he was hurt last weekend when he failed to make a turn on state Highway 112.… Continue reading

Options open for Port Angeles schools task force

PORT ANGELES — A task force that will make a recommendation for reorganizing Port Angeles elementary schools was approved Monday by the Port Angeles School… Continue reading

Ready to ‘bring it’ for weekend’s sprint boat debut

PORT ANGELES — When the engines start screaming Saturday at the new sprint boat track southeast of William R. Fairchild International Airport in Port Angeles,… Continue reading

Bicyclist killed on highway had ties to Port Angeles Senior Games, YMCA

PORT ANGELES — A bicyclist killed Sunday afternoon on state Highway 112 west of Port Angeles was a YMCA exercise instructor, Port Angeles Senior Center… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles OKs development of master plan for Lincoln Park — with trees felled in next 2-3 years

PORT ANGELES — The contract to develop a master plan for the redevelopment of Lincoln Park — with its tall fir trees cut down —… Continue reading

Water drops continue on forest fire in Olympic National Forest

OLYMPIC NATIONAL FOREST — Firefighters completed 172 water drops Saturday, and drops continued Sunday in an attempt to slow the spread of the Big Hump… Continue reading

Olympic National Forest fire downgraded; community meeting tonight in Brinnon

BRINNON — The Big Hump Fire has been downgraded to a Type 3 fire and will be returned to local control Tuesday morning. A community… Continue reading

Update: Victim identified in car-bicycle crash on Highway 112

PORT ANGELES — A woman bicyclist was killed Sunday afternoon when the bicycle she was riding and a car collided on narrow state Highway 112… Continue reading

Port Angeles board to form panel on school closure

PORT ANGELES — One of the Port Angeles School District’s five elementary schools might be closed next year. The roster of a committee tasked to… Continue reading

9/11 REMEMBERED — Solemn ceremony dedicates Port Angeles memorial with mounted artifact from Ground Zero

PORT ANGELES — Nearly 200 attended ceremonies Sunday to honor public safety personnel at an emotional 9/11 dedication ceremony for a monument containing a piece… Continue reading

Monument with piece of World Trade Center to be dedicated in Port Angeles on Sunday

PORT ANGELES — A 9/11 monument incorporating a piece of the fallen World Trade Center, which will be dedicated Sunday in Francis Street Park, is… Continue reading