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Jefferson County sheriff, detective spar over management of office

Sheriff David Stanko and challenger Joe Nole, a detective working for him, sparred over office management at a candidate forum. The forum… Continue reading

Price tag $45 million for Port Angeles Waterfront Center

Price tag $45 million for Port Angeles Waterfront Center

The Port Angeles Waterfront Center finally has a price tag: $45 million. “I’ve been asked repeatedly over the last 2½ years that… Continue reading

Price tag $45 million for Port Angeles Waterfront Center
Serenity House to reopen night-by-night shelter Monday in Port Angeles

Serenity House to reopen night-by-night shelter Monday in Port Angeles

Serenity House of Clallam County has hired a new shelter director, ensuring that its night-by-night shelter will open Monday before the cold… Continue reading

Serenity House to reopen night-by-night shelter Monday in Port Angeles
La Push man killed in wreck south of Forks

La Push man killed in wreck south of Forks

A 70-year-old La Push man was killed in a single-vehicle wreck on U.S. Highway 101 south of Forks at 9:40 p.m. Friday. The… Continue reading

La Push man killed in wreck south of Forks
Emerald Coast Opportunity Zone about to be in business

Emerald Coast Opportunity Zone about to be in business

A development incentive effort for low-income areas is being piloted by a singular collaboration of North Olympic Peninsula tribes, city governments and… Continue reading

Emerald Coast Opportunity Zone about to be in business
Emergency dispatch center merger on the table

Emergency dispatch center merger on the table

Two Port Angeles officials will meet with the JeffCom 9-1-1 board next week to discuss a possible merger with Peninsula Communications. City… Continue reading

Emergency dispatch center merger on the table

Port Townsend, East Jefferson Fire-Rescue boards to consider annexation for February ballot

City of Port Townsend and East Jefferson Fire Rescue officials have agreed to pursue annexation of the city into the fire district,… Continue reading

Quileute Tribe gets $44.1 million to build school on higher ground

The Quileute Tribe has received $44.1 million in federal funding to move its school to higher ground, officials said Tuesday. Tara MacLean… Continue reading

Oral testimony on Jefferson County draft shooting range law expunged

All oral testimony given on Oct. 1 about a proposed county shooting range ordinance will be expunged from the record, Jefferson County… Continue reading

Fate of massive Port Townsend tree in the air after portion damages vehicles, wires

Fate of massive Port Townsend tree in the air after portion damages vehicles, wires

A beloved Monterey cypress tree in the uptown district, said to be 150 years old, will be examined by an arborist this… Continue reading

Fate of massive Port Townsend tree in the air after portion damages vehicles, wires
Port Angeles staff to tell of plans for Lincoln Street upgrade at open house

Port Angeles staff to tell of plans for Lincoln Street upgrade at open house

The city of Port Angeles will host an open house to share preliminary concepts for safety improvements to Lincoln Street on Wednesday.… Continue reading

Port Angeles staff to tell of plans for Lincoln Street upgrade at open house
Interim port director glad to return home to Port Townsend

Interim port director glad to return home to Port Townsend

Saying that he’s now returned home, Jim Pivarnik has settled in at the helm of the Port of Port Townsend as interim… Continue reading

Interim port director glad to return home to Port Townsend
Teacher aims to add Oxford House in Port Angeles

Teacher aims to add Oxford House in Port Angeles

An elementary school teacher who has seen the effects of addiction firsthand is renovating a home so that recovering drug addicts can… Continue reading

Teacher aims to add Oxford House in Port Angeles
Port Townsend man plans to trek across United States in cause of mental health

Port Townsend man plans to trek across United States in cause of mental health

Bryan Jacobsen is searching for some answers. Most people would take a walk in the woods or a short hike to the… Continue reading

Port Townsend man plans to trek across United States in cause of mental health
In this file photo, the execution chamber at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla is shown with the witness gallery behind glass at right. Washington state’s Supreme Court has ruled that the death penalty violates its Constitution. Thursday’s ruling makes Washington the latest state to do away with capital punishment. They ordered that people currently on death row have their sentences converted to life in prison. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

State justices toss out death penalty

Washington’s Supreme Court struck down the state’s death penalty Thursday, ruling that it had been used… Continue reading

  • Oct 12, 2018
  • By Rachel La Corte The Associated Press
In this file photo, the execution chamber at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla is shown with the witness gallery behind glass at right. Washington state’s Supreme Court has ruled that the death penalty violates its Constitution. Thursday’s ruling makes Washington the latest state to do away with capital punishment. They ordered that people currently on death row have their sentences converted to life in prison. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Port Townsend Yacht Club offers marine trades scholarships

A Port Townsend Yacht Club program aims to help those looking to learn maritime skills. Applications for the club’s 2019 scholarship awards… Continue reading

Sentence given after fatal abuse: No jail time for Michelle Ward

Sentence given after fatal abuse: No jail time for Michelle Ward

A trained child care provider accused of failing to report her mother’s fatal abuse of 2½-year-old family member Isaac Ward Martinez was… Continue reading

Sentence given after fatal abuse: No jail time for Michelle Ward
Legislative seat incumbent, challenger discuss guns, taxes, Kavanaugh

Legislative seat incumbent, challenger discuss guns, taxes, Kavanaugh

Two candidates for state Legislature had different takes on measures involving guns and taxes at a general election forum, where they also… Continue reading

Legislative seat incumbent, challenger discuss guns, taxes, Kavanaugh
Sheriff’s Office to recommend assault charge against man shot near Joyce

Sheriff’s Office to recommend assault charge against man shot near Joyce

The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office continued to investigate Tuesday a shooting west of Joyce that sent one man to a Seattle hospital Monday.… Continue reading

Sheriff’s Office to recommend assault charge against man shot near Joyce
Blue Heron Middle School students pedal in a new curriculum in Port Townsend

Blue Heron Middle School students pedal in a new curriculum in Port Townsend

Blue Heron Middle School students are learning how to operate bicycles safely through a program that gets them outside to discover local… Continue reading

Blue Heron Middle School students pedal in a new curriculum in Port Townsend