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Sentence of more than 18 years set for rape, assault

Sentence of more than 18 years set for rape, assault

Nikolas Reinhardt Clark was sentenced Thursday to more than 18 years in prison for raping and assaulting a woman he met on… Continue reading

Sentence of more than 18 years set for rape, assault

Rape, assault charges against Forks man dismissed

Martin C. Perez has been exonerated of rape and assault charges more than nine months after his arrest. Perez, 40, of Forks… Continue reading

Pride in the Park set for Saturday in Port Townsend

Pride in the Park set for Saturday in Port Townsend

The inaugural Pride in the Park, an event to raise awareness of LGBTQ issues and human rights, is set for 11 a.m.… Continue reading

Pride in the Park set for Saturday in Port Townsend
Race to Alaska begins today; sailors party, prepare

Race to Alaska begins today; sailors party, prepare

A fleet of sailors was making last-minute preparations Wednesday for today’s 5 a.m. start of the fourth annual Race to Alaska. A… Continue reading

Race to Alaska begins today; sailors party, prepare
Mourners plan vigils for family: Brinnon fire kills all five members

Mourners plan vigils for family: Brinnon fire kills all five members

Residents in Brinnon mourning the loss of a family of five who died in a cabin fire over the weekend are preparing to… Continue reading

Mourners plan vigils for family: Brinnon fire kills all five members
Sheriff’s Office seeks to trade in guns for different caliber

Sheriff’s Office seeks to trade in guns for different caliber

The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office is preparing to trade in its aging Glock 22 .40 caliber pistols as it transitions to using… Continue reading

Sheriff’s Office seeks to trade in guns for different caliber
Competitors gear up for Race to Alaska

Competitors gear up for Race to Alaska

The inside passage to Ketchikan, Alaska soon will be filled with dreamers set upon winning a race that rewards first place with… Continue reading

Competitors gear up for Race to Alaska
Clallam commissioner candidates discuss issues at forum

Clallam commissioner candidates discuss issues at forum

Clallam County commissioner candidates Dale Wilson, Mike Doherty and Bill Peach sparred at a primary election forum Tuesday over regulations, indigent defense… Continue reading

Clallam commissioner candidates discuss issues at forum
Winners finish Seventy48 race in under 10 hours

Winners finish Seventy48 race in under 10 hours

Under a star-filled sky and on calm seas, Epic, a kayak team from Bellingham, won the inaugural Seventy48 race by arriving at… Continue reading

Winners finish Seventy48 race in under 10 hours
Monroe family identified as victims in Brinnon cabin explosion

Monroe family identified as victims in Brinnon cabin explosion

Officials are calling the explosion that left a family of five from Monroe dead in Brinnon early Sunday morning a “tragic accident.” Jefferson… Continue reading

Monroe family identified as victims in Brinnon cabin explosion
U.S. Supreme Court tie favors state culvert replacement

U.S. Supreme Court tie favors state culvert replacement

Washington state must continue restoring salmon habitat by removing barriers that block fish migration after the U.S.… Continue reading

U.S. Supreme Court tie favors state culvert replacement
Swaziland youth’s attempt to come to U.S. rejected

Swaziland youth’s attempt to come to U.S. rejected

Efforts to bring Walter Maphalala, a 19-year-old student, from Swaziland to the Northwest have been rejected by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration… Continue reading

Swaziland youth’s attempt to come to U.S. rejected
Center for Biological Diversity threatens lawsuit over habitat protection for orcas

Center for Biological Diversity threatens lawsuit over habitat protection for orcas

A conservation group wants the federal government to move forward with protecting offshore areas along the U.S.… Continue reading

  • Jun 11, 2018
  • By Phuong Le The Associated Press
Center for Biological Diversity threatens lawsuit over habitat protection for orcas

Jefferson Healthcare breakfast to benefit hospice services

The eighth annual Hospice Foundation for Jefferson Healthcare breakfast event will feature an address by a palliative care physician along with a… Continue reading

UPDATE: Total of five people killed in explosion, fire near Brinnon

UPDATE: The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said Monday morning it was a family of five that died in the explosion in Brinnon early Sunday, including… Continue reading

Legislature gives schools more money but also more earmarks

Legislature gives schools more money but also more earmarks

Public school officials from across the North Olympic Peninsula aired their concerns about school funding during a closed-door meeting with state lawmakers in… Continue reading

Legislature gives schools more money but also more earmarks
PHOTOS: Steampunk Festival rolls out adventures in Port Townsend

PHOTOS: Steampunk Festival rolls out adventures in Port Townsend

Adventures of the imagination are flourishing in Port Townsend this weekend with the Brass Screw Confederacy’s seventh annual Steampunk Festival. A hootenanny,… Continue reading

PHOTOS: Steampunk Festival rolls out adventures in Port Townsend

Court sets $100,000 bond for man accused of fourth-degree assault

A transient man charged with fourth-degree assault with sexual motivation is being held in jail on $100,000 bond. Brian Judah Michalek, 56,… Continue reading

Float dedication kicks off inaugural Port Angeles Maritime Festival

Float dedication kicks off inaugural Port Angeles Maritime Festival

With the tall ships Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain looming in the background, local dignitaries gathered Saturday to dedicate the new mooring… Continue reading

Float dedication kicks off inaugural Port Angeles Maritime Festival
Long-time Clallam County PUD commissioner suffers stroke, resigns from post

Long-time Clallam County PUD commissioner suffers stroke, resigns from post

Longtime and soon-to-be former Clallam County Public Utility District Commissioner Hugh Haffner continues to recover from a May 10 stroke, his wife… Continue reading

Long-time Clallam County PUD commissioner suffers stroke, resigns from post