Port Angeles News

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 .

A grand opening Saturday will mark the completion of a stretch of new sidewalk on the south side of West Railroad Avenue and celebrate the refurbished MV Coho ferry terminal.

A body found in a river near LaPush has been identified as Jason "Jake" Simons, 30, missing from his Forks home since April 5. He was identified after an autopsy was completed Tuesday in Port Angeles by Dr.

Barry A. Swegle of Port Angeles arrives on Monday, May 13, 2013 in Clallam County Superior Court for his first appearance in connection with a rampage with a logging bulldozer that damaged or destroyed four houses last Friday.

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.

Discount retailer Big Lots Stores Inc. is planning to open a store in Port Angeles this summer, six years after closing one in Sequim.

This frame grame from aerial video footage provided by KOMO-TV shows damage allegedly caused by Barry Alan Swegle, a man angry at his neighbors who went on a rampage in a bulldozer, damaging four homes, knocking one off its foundation and cutting power to thousands of people, authorities said, Friday, May 10, 2013 in Port Angeles, Wash.

The value of the Gales Addition properties that were bulldozed in a bizarre Friday rampage were estimated at more than $300,000, investigators said Monday.

Whispers from the Past will offer the opportunity to learn about historical figures of Clallam County at Ocean View Cemetery at 1 p.m. Saturday.

A Seattle man who was angry at his neighbors damaged four homes and cut off power to thousands of residents when he went on a rampage with a bulldozer Friday, according to The Associated Press.

Barry Swegle, a Washington man, wreaked havoc in the small city of Port Angeles on Friday, after his brother, Jeff, says he grew incredibly frustrated over a fence a neighbor of his had installed.

A logging contractor took neighbourly score-settling to a new level when he jumped into his bulldozer and demolished two houses, flattened a pickup truck and snapped an electricity pole, causing power cuts across a 32-kilometre radius.

Strong winds have pushed huge ice sheets ashore at a northern Minnesota lake and right up to people's doorsteps.

Sediment will be hauled from the silt-inundated Elwha Water Treatment Plant along the Milwaukee Grade access road beginning today.

Bobby J. Smith, a Port Angeles man who allegedly shot and killed his next-door neighbor in a dispute nearly two years ago, will wait three more months to get his day in court.

Candidates: turn in your paperwork. Today marks the beginning of candidate filing week for the 2013 election season, when those intending to run in Clallam County must submit their declarations of candidacy.

Port Angeles police were following up on leads over the weekend after two smash-and-grab burglaries last week, the most recent of which led to a high-speed police chase through the city early Saturday morning in which pursuing officers lost sight of the car they were following in a residential area off Mount Angeles Road.

Ahoy, from the Lido Deck of the ocean-bound Star Princess. It's 2100 hours Saturday evening as I write this - I don't recall how many bells that equals - and we're heading east out the Strait of Juan de Fuca past Port Angeles on a blustery, cool evening after a warm and sunny departure day.