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Port Townsend man charged with sex crimes

A Port Townsend man is being held in Jefferson County Jail on $100,000 bail after he was charged for investigation of sex… Continue reading

Union strike stops North Olympic Peninsula public works projects

An estimated $4.8 million in public works projects in Clallam and Jefferson counties came to a halt Tuesday in the first day of a strike… Continue reading

Four finalists named to succeed Clallam Administrator Jim Jones

Four finalists including Port of Port Angeles Commissioner Colleen McAleer have been selected to succeed longtime Clallam County Administrator Jim Jones. County… Continue reading

Higher fence to go up soon: Port Angeles suicide barrier to be ‘very difficult to climb’

Higher fence to go up soon: Port Angeles suicide barrier to be ‘very difficult to climb’

Workers will begin stretching new suicide-barrier fencing along the Eighth Street bridges by the end of this week, the project manager said.… Continue reading

Higher fence to go up soon: Port Angeles suicide barrier to be ‘very difficult to climb’
Sequim warming center seeks new space

Sequim warming center seeks new space

The Sequim Community Warming Center is in need of a new home before cold weather returns. Jean Pratschner, the warming center’s manager, said… Continue reading

Sequim warming center seeks new space
Collision kills former Port Angeles couple, injures two Sequim residents

Collision kills former Port Angeles couple, injures two Sequim residents

Family and friends are mourning the loss of two Port Angeles natives and praying for smooth recoveries for an injured Sequim couple after… Continue reading

Collision kills former Port Angeles couple, injures two Sequim residents

Port of Port Townsend seeks more applicants for leasing policy committee

Port of Port Townsend commissioners have extended the application period for a leasing policy advisory committee because they they felt not enough… Continue reading

PHOTO: New housing dedicated in Port Angeles

PHOTO: New housing dedicated in Port Angeles

The first unit completed in Phase 1 of the Peninsula Housing Authority’s redevelopment of Mount Angeles, which is called Sea Ridge, was… Continue reading

PHOTO: New housing dedicated in Port Angeles

Vehicle prowls on ODT: Ten cars burgled at trailheads; 18 vehicle break-ins in Clallam

Vehicles in parking areas along Olympic Discovery Trail from Sequim to west of Port Angeles have been broken into during a recent… Continue reading

Lead picked for Port Townsend task force: Panel to focus on finding new city manager

Lead picked for Port Townsend task force: Panel to focus on finding new city manager

Former Port Townsend City Council member Catharine Robinson will serve as lead of the city’s community task force for the replacement of… Continue reading

Lead picked for Port Townsend task force: Panel to focus on finding new city manager
State threatens challenge to coal plant proposal

State threatens challenge to coal plant proposal

Washington state plans to sue the Trump administration over its proposal to dismantle pollution rules that would… Continue reading

  • Aug 23, 2018
  • By Phuong Le The Associated Press
State threatens challenge to coal plant proposal
Wildfire smoke on Peninsula expected to begin to disperse late today

Wildfire smoke on Peninsula expected to begin to disperse late today

Wildfire smoke remained widespread on the North Olympic Peninsula on Tuesday as another plume of haze made its way into the region,… Continue reading

Wildfire smoke on Peninsula expected to begin to disperse late today

The Brinnon Group appeals of proposed resort action to be heard in different jurisdictions

Kitsap County Superior Judge Sally Olsen has ruled that the appeal of two Jefferson County decisions concerning the proposed Pleasant Harbor Master… Continue reading

Smoke doesn’t faze outdoor concerts in Port Angeles, Port Townsend

The shows will go on in Port Angeles and Port Townsend in hopes that the smoke that prompted Sequim’s cancellation of its outdoor concert Tuesday… Continue reading

Missing Sequim man, 59, found in Buckhorn Wilderness

Missing Sequim man, 59, found in Buckhorn Wilderness

The daughter of a 59-year-old hiker missing in the Buckhorn Wilderness since Monday morning found him Tuesday morning safe and sound as he… Continue reading

Missing Sequim man, 59, found in Buckhorn Wilderness
Pollution index soars as wildfire smoke sinks south

Pollution index soars as wildfire smoke sinks south

Meteorologists point to coming winds to blow away the gray

Pollution index soars as wildfire smoke sinks south
Cantwell, Franz address salmon, orcas, wildfires in Port Townsend appearance

Cantwell, Franz address salmon, orcas, wildfires in Port Townsend appearance

The environment took center stage as U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell and state Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz discussed ocean health, orcas… Continue reading

Cantwell, Franz address salmon, orcas, wildfires in Port Townsend appearance
Flowers for Tokitae: Remembering Puget Sound’s captured orcas

Flowers for Tokitae: Remembering Puget Sound’s captured orcas

Activists vow to bring the last surviving orca of the southern resident captures home.

Flowers for Tokitae: Remembering Puget Sound’s captured orcas
Cold halts Strait swimmer as hypothermia ends historic bid

Cold halts Strait swimmer as hypothermia ends historic bid

A Victoria woman had to stop her swim across the Strait of Juan de Fuca and back after almost nine hours of swimming… Continue reading

Cold halts Strait swimmer as hypothermia ends historic bid

Port Hadlock boy injured after bicycle collides with vehicle

A 10-year old boy was treated and discharged from a Seattle hospital Sunday after he turned suddenly in front of a car… Continue reading