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New maps project tsunamis hitting Port Angeles, Port Townsend

New maps project tsunamis hitting Port Angeles, Port Townsend

The state Department of Natural Resources’ latest version of its Tsunami Inundation Hazard Map posits a wall of water that is up to 21 feet… Continue reading

New maps project tsunamis hitting Port Angeles, Port Townsend
Young man threatened in Swaziland arrives in U.S.

Young man threatened in Swaziland arrives in U.S.

Walter Maphalala, 19, flew 40 hours to reach Seattle-Tacoma International Airport from Swaziland, leaving behind a life that put him in jeopardy… Continue reading

Young man threatened in Swaziland arrives in U.S.

Fragments of old Port Townsend found in Memorial Field

Archaeological materials such as pieces of tiny animal bones, broken glass and ceramic kitchenware fragments dating back to the city’s early days… Continue reading

Welcome home: Agnew quadriplegic travels in wheelchair from Idaho

Welcome home: Agnew quadriplegic travels in wheelchair from Idaho

A triumphant Ian Mackay crossed the Clallam-Jefferson County line with supporters cheering him on. Mackay on Friday was nearing the end of a… Continue reading

Welcome home: Agnew quadriplegic travels in wheelchair from Idaho
Dead humpback whale found off Sekiu, likely hit by ship

Dead humpback whale found off Sekiu, likely hit by ship

A dead male humpback whale discovered floating Thursday morning near Sekiu was towed to Neah Bay and died from being struck by… Continue reading

Dead humpback whale found off Sekiu, likely hit by ship
Organizers prepare for Overdose Awareness Walk on Friday

Organizers prepare for Overdose Awareness Walk on Friday

Port Angeles Citizen Action Network and The Answer For Youth will host the fourth annual Overdose Awareness Walk in Port Angeles on… Continue reading

Organizers prepare for Overdose Awareness Walk on Friday
Strike could delay Salish Coast Elementary School’s opening day

Strike could delay Salish Coast Elementary School’s opening day

Superintendent John Polm plans to announce on Tuesday if a construction work stoppage will delay the opening of the new Salish Coast… Continue reading

Strike could delay Salish Coast Elementary School’s opening day
Sen. John McCain, 81, dies

Sen. John McCain, 81, dies

Sen. John McCain, 81, who faced down his captors in a Vietnam prisoner of war camp and… Continue reading

  • Aug 25, 2018
Sen. John McCain, 81, dies
Port Angeles planners reject proposal to allow RVs for housing

Port Angeles planners reject proposal to allow RVs for housing

Citing a lack of code enforcement and a housing needs assessment, the Port Angeles Planning Commission has rejected a proposal that would… Continue reading

Port Angeles planners reject proposal to allow RVs for housing
Hiker ‘probably’ died of natural causes

Hiker ‘probably’ died of natural causes

Jacob Randall Gray, a 22-year-old Port Townsend bicyclist and hiker whose remains were found in Olympic National Park in early August, probably… Continue reading

Hiker ‘probably’ died of natural causes
Rowers to move boathouse to another Ediz Hook spot

Rowers to move boathouse to another Ediz Hook spot

The city of Port Angeles and McKinley Paper Co. have amended a longstanding lease to allow the Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association to… Continue reading

Rowers to move boathouse to another Ediz Hook spot

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