Port Angeles News

U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer is visiting the North Olympic Peninsula on Monday for a series of get-togethers with constituents during a two-week congressional recess.

State Public Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark has accepted $100,000 in campaign contributions from timber and wood-products companies - despite a previous campaign pledge that he would not accept cash from industries that he would regulate.

Hospitals on the North Olympic Peninsula have received display banners with gold stars that show an increase in patient safety, the Washington State Hospital Association said.

A REQUEST FOR for volunteers from Russ Veenema, executive director of the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce: Port Angeles is fortunate to have two large Holland America cruise ships visiting next month.

Harassment and fourth-degree domestic violence assault charges have been dismissed against a Port Angeles man after he completed a yearlong diversion program in Clallam County.

Young visitors to Olympic National Park can enhance their experience by completing "Ocean Stewards," a new addition to the park's Junior Ranger program.

Coast Guard spokesman Nathan Littlejohn says a response boat arrived on the scene Saturday afternoon to find that the sailor had managed to right the overturned boat.

CoastSavers will provide free food for volunteers at a number of locations following Saturday's cleanup, including: Port Angeles: The Landing mall, noon to 3 p.m. Forks: Kalaloch Campground, Kalaloch Lodge, noon to 3 p.m. LaPush: Three Rivers Fire Station, Surfrider Foundation, noon to 3 p.m. Neah Bay: Hobuck Beach, Surfrider Foundation, noon to 3 ... (more)

Two brothers who said they staged a fake child abduction at Carrie Blake Park have posted a new video of the event and apologized "to who ever was at the park."

Herring, 35, and his wife, Molly, 31, have been growing marijuana for recreational use since receiving the state's approval to do so April 8. The hope, Herring said, is that the marijuana business, Peninsula Cannabis, eventually will produce enough money to expand his Creative Media Productions film business.

From R-L Branden Sirguy, Arden Cogar, Mathew Cogar, and Will Roberts wait to compete in the relay competition at the STIHL Timbersports World Championship in Austria in 2010.

Onlookers in the park watched as a minivan with two masked men pull up and one man jumped out, grabbed a toddler and took off.

Fire chief Ken Dubuc tells KONP neighbors reported the occupants of the house left about 15 minutes before smoke was seen.

Several hundred eager school kids, students at nearby Franklin Elementary school, were the first people to cross the new Lauridsen Boulevard bridge.

Community volunteers add a certain kind of value to any project or program they work on or assist with.

Port Angeles) -- For the second time in two weeks, the Clallam County Courthouse has been evacuated due to a bomb threat.

Spokane Police Major Crimes detectives have made another arrest in connection to the murder of Doug Carlile on December 15, 2013.

A northern Idaho man has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of an acquaintance at a trailer park.

The spring migration of gray whales is underway as more than 20,000 swim from their breeding waters off Baja, Mexico, to rich feeding grounds in Alaska's Bering Sea.

KHQ.COM - If you are a person that struggles with taking the perfect "selfie" there is a now the perfect solution to your problem.