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Port Angeles man gets 280 months for child rape, molestation

Steven Chester Pope is sentenced to more than 23 years in prison and lifelong community custody.

More blasting done on Elwha River dam site

More blasting done on Elwha River dam site

Boulders, rebar could present barrier in future if not removed, park says.

More blasting done on Elwha River dam site
Port Townsend Film Festival announces special guests

Port Townsend Film Festival announces special guests

The festival, planned Sept. 23-25, will feature actress Karen Allen, actor and director Andrew Perez, director and composer Alexander Janko and director Charlie Soap.

Port Townsend Film Festival announces special guests
Port of Port Angeles commissioners formally conclude cleanup of KPly mill site

Port of Port Angeles commissioners formally conclude cleanup of KPly mill site

The cleanup of the 19-acre site at 439 Marine Drive ended up costing $7,007,738.98, about $200,000 less than expected.

Port of Port Angeles commissioners formally conclude cleanup of KPly mill site
State details conservation area expansion plans for Jefferson commissioners

State details conservation area expansion plans for Jefferson commissioners

The state Department of Natural Resources would expand Devil’s Lake Natural Resources Conservation Area and Dabob Bay Natural Area.

State details conservation area expansion plans for Jefferson commissioners

Man talked off Eighth Street bridge by Port Angeles police

The man, who had left a suicide note at Peninsula Behavioral Health, prompted officers to draw their weapons after mentioning suicide by cop.

Clallam PUD expands area of call for voluntary water savings

A PUD spokesman said the PUD will likely ask its customers to reduce water consumption until the city ends its Stage 2 alert.

Coastal cleanup welcomes volunteers Saturday

Coastal cleanup welcomes volunteers Saturday

Over 60 beaches to be combed on the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Pacific coast.

Coastal cleanup welcomes volunteers Saturday
Thirteen farms on Jefferson County Farm Tour

Thirteen farms on Jefferson County Farm Tour

The festivities kick off tonight with a Honky Tonk and Pie Party at the Chimacum Grange.

Thirteen farms on Jefferson County Farm Tour
Former Sequim teacher sentenced to 26½ years in prison for child rape, molestation

Former Sequim teacher sentenced to 26½ years in prison for child rape, molestation

Douglas J. Allison, 55, said he would seek counseling in prison and repeatedly said, “I’m sorry.”

Former Sequim teacher sentenced to 26½ years in prison for child rape, molestation
Lower Elwha Kallam tribe opens new justice center near Port Angeles

Lower Elwha Kallam tribe opens new justice center near Port Angeles

The former World War II-era bunker on Spokwes Road now houses the tribe’s law enforcement, emergency management, courts, tribal enrollment and IT departments.

Lower Elwha Kallam tribe opens new justice center near Port Angeles
North Olympic Peninsula protest targets Dakota pipeline

North Olympic Peninsula protest targets Dakota pipeline

The rally was one of many across the nation to encourage people to share their opinions of the pipeline with local, state and federal government officials.

North Olympic Peninsula protest targets Dakota pipeline
Legislative candidate decries League of Women Voters as ‘socialist’

Legislative candidate decries League of Women Voters as ‘socialist’

George Vrable later said that he might be willing to attend a league forum before the Nov. 8 general election.

Legislative candidate decries League of Women Voters as ‘socialist’
Peninsula man honored at Safeco Field for 100th birthday

Peninsula man honored at Safeco Field for 100th birthday

The World War II and Korean War veteran turned 100 on Sept. 6 in Seattle as a guest of the Seattle Mariners.

Peninsula man honored at Safeco Field for 100th birthday
Man talked off Eighth Street bridge by Port Angeles police

Man talked off Eighth Street bridge by Port Angeles police

The man, who had left a suicide note at Peninsula Behavioral Health, prompted officers to draw their weapons after mentioning suicide by cop.

Man talked off Eighth Street bridge by Port Angeles police
Gray whale bones being prepared for exhibit at Port Townsend Marine Science Center

Gray whale bones being prepared for exhibit at Port Townsend Marine Science Center

The deceased animal had been anchored underwater at Naval Magazine Indian Island, and the bones are now drying in a greenhouse.

Gray whale bones being prepared for exhibit at Port Townsend Marine Science Center

Jefferson County commissioners approve Transportation Improvement Program

The six-year program is a rolling plan that is updated annually and prioritizes the transportation projects that the county plans to complete in the coming year.

Remembrance of Sept. 11 springs up in Port Angeles around bagpipe player on anniversary of attacks

Remembrance of Sept. 11 springs up in Port Angeles around bagpipe player on anniversary of attacks

Ricky McKenzie has played his bagpipes at the city’s 9/11 memorial for the past three years, but this time an audience was waiting.

Remembrance of Sept. 11 springs up in Port Angeles around bagpipe player on anniversary of attacks

Olympic National Park: Fish continue to recolonize Elwha watershed

Biologists say adult chinook salmon, sockeye salmon, steelhead and bull trout have been spotted in the upper stretches of the river.

Port Townsend Paper converting to natural gas to fuel plant

Port Townsend Paper converting to natural gas to fuel plant

Engineering and environmental manager says the three-phase plan to switch over and cut emissions is already in motion.

Port Townsend Paper converting to natural gas to fuel plant