Clallam County News

Clallam County makes it official today, assuming a large loan from the state that once was issued to Clallam PUD.

Clallam County should deny a request from the Quillayute Valley Park and Recreation District to forgive or defer a $225,000 loan it received in 2004, County Treasurer Selinda Barkhuis has recommended.

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 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.

The concept of "stand downs" for military veterans has been around for a few years.

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.

A Clallam County official says a body found in a river near La Push on the Washington coast has been identified as a 30-year-old Forks man missing since April 5. Relatives had reported Simons missing.

The field of candidates running for public office in Clallam County grew to 32 Tuesday as the Auditor's Office reported eight more candidate filed their election forms.

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

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.

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.

Bail of $1 million was set Monday in Clallam County Superior Court for Barry A. Swegle, who climbed aboard his bulldozer midday Friday and crashed through a section of Gales Addition in what neighbor Dan Davis said began with a dispute over a fence.

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.

A Port Angeles man is expected to make a first appearance in court today after a rampage with a piece of logging equipment.

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.

A body found in the confluence of two rivers near LaPush has not yet been identified, Ron Cameron, Clallam County Sheriff's chief criminal deputy said Sunday.

Medics treated three people for minor injuries after a wreck involving two cars and a semitrailer prompted the closure of U.S. Highway 101 for about an hour and a half late last week.

Bill Feeley let himself into his Deer Park Road home, turned a corner and bumped into an intruder.

An investigation into an overtime complaint has grown into a review of allegations that Clallam County land-use director Sheila Roark Miller used her office for personal gain and ordered the backdating of a building-permit document so it complied with the county's new Dungeness water rule.