Port Angeles News

A Port Angeles man suspected of being one of at least two people who broke into a pawn shop on First Street will be arraigned today on multiple charges related to the "smash and grab" burglary.

Ray was "a man who was not afraid to be sweet," in life or poetry. "He wanted the people he loved to know he loved them." So remembered Tess Gallagher, who will take Raymond Carver fans on "A Rouse for Ray," a kind of walkabout to sites that inspired the writer during his 10 years here.

You could go to New York City to see John Turturro in "The Master Builder," where tickets run $25 to $105. Or you can see it here with Ron Graham, Nikkole Adams, Jim Guthrie and Lola Hassan-Adams, among other local thespians, at the Port Angeles Community Playhouse.

In an effort to hear directly from the people he represents, Congressman Derek Kilmer will be holding six town halls around the region next week, including one in Bremerton.

Port Townsend Observation Deck By Patrick J. Sullivan, Port Townsend, WA psullivan@ptleader.com The Montana Madman muses about today, yesterday and tomorrow - in Port Townsend and beyond.

Two Port Angeles High School students have been presented with community service varsity letters, the first awarded since a program went temporarily defunct in 2011 that extended letters beyond athletics, academics and the arts.

Labor contract negotiations have reached an impasse between the city and the unions representing Port Angeles' firefighters and sworn police officers, with an arbitration hearing with the officers union set for this fall.

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS is the major sponsor of the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts.

Barbara De Pirro, who last summer adorned Webster's Woods with crocheted plastic "vines," is back with an indoor show at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd.

Lighting and security are being improved at a cruise ship dock at Port Angeles where vandals cut mooring lines last week.

Dr. Peter deFur, of Environmental Stewardship Concepts LLC, will tie together and update the public on the Rayonier and the Port Angeles Harbor cleanup efforts at a forum on Tuesday, 28 May at 7 PM in the Port Angeles Landing Mall 2nd floor meeting room.

One person was killed and three other people were injured in a three-vehicle crash this morning on Highway 101 between Port Angeles and Sequim.

A Port of Port Angeles employee will run against an incumbent port commissioner and a management consultant in the Aug.

Two graphic designs by Port Angeles-based Laurel Black Design have been selected as winners in the 28th annual American Graphic Design and Advertising Competition.

A 18-year-old Port Angeles man has pleaded not guilty to a felony charge related to drug trafficking after a teen died of a suspected heroin overdose.

A 29-year-old Port Angeles man has been arrested in last weekend's smash-and-grab burglary at a pawn shop on First Street.

A sense of caring appears to have risen from the rubble of the 10- to 15-minute bulldozer rampage that struck a small neighborhood in Gales Addition east of Port Angeles on May 10.

And two candidates who filed, earlier in the work had to refile for different positions.

Newly released 911 tapes from a panicked homeowner in Washington state give a detailed play by play of a neighbor's alleged bulldozer rampage that destroyed four homes, a boat and a truck.

Downtown will turn tropical during "Girls' Night Out Island Style," a night of specials, refreshments and activities from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday .