Sequim City Council raises salary for a city manager before hiring one

SEQUIM -- Sequim's city manager just got a raise, though he or she is yet to be hired. "We set the salary range at $100,000… Continue reading

Police dog catches wanted suspect after healing from prior injury

PORT ANGELES -- Jag is back. The Port Angeles police dog that was severely cut in an ill-fated leap over a barbed wire fence last… Continue reading

Personnel office confirms identity in Clallam treasurer embezzlement inquiry

PORT ANGELES -- Cashier Catherine Betts has been identified as the Clallam County employee under investigation of embezzling more than $1,500 from the county Treasurer's… Continue reading

Arts group focuses on creative aging

PORT TOWNSEND ­-- Dancing, sharing music, writing and reading to friends, making collages, painting, sculpting and singing together: They're life-enhancers, whatever your age. Yet art… Continue reading

Clallam adopts Dungeness flood plan

PORT ANGELES -- Years of work culminated on Tuesday with the formal adoption of a revised Dungeness River Flood Hazard Management Plan. A lengthy public… Continue reading

Extended-day model helps kindergartners; 12 students at each school can stay for full day of class

PORT ANGELES -- Although kindergartners will be in school next year about half the hours as this year, the extended-day model is a proven method… Continue reading

Four Port Angeles City Council hopefuls debate

PORT ANGELES -- Four City Council candidates discussed harbor development, commerce, open government and a few other issues at the first forum of this election… Continue reading

Interpretive signs to go up around Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- Six interpretive signs will be installed along the waterfront today, beginning at 10 a.m. The signs -- which provide information on Port… Continue reading

Missing woman from Spokane, not Sequim

A woman who drove a car onto an eastbound ferry from Bainbridge Island, then apparently abandoned the car when the ferry arrived in Seattle, had… Continue reading

No volts, warm hearth: Backwoods baker delivers the goods

COYLE -- Philip Sax was walking his dog three years ago when he stopped to talk to Pat Robinson. Learning that Robinson was starting a… Continue reading

Opstad contract extended; salary remains the same

PORT TOWNSEND -- School District Superintendent Tom Opstad's contract has been extended for three years at the same annual salary he earned for the 2008-2009… Continue reading

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Pets embedded in American lifestyle

By MEGAN K. SCOTT Associated Press Writer NEW YORK -- Susan Jacobs and her companion Kingston both like chicken and collards, chilling on the couch… Continue reading

  • Jun 24, 2009
  • By MEGAN K. SCOTT Associated Press Writer

Selection of fifth member of Port Angeles pool board today

PORT ANGELES -- The fifth member of the William Shore Memorial Pool District Board of Commissioners will be selected today. The four current commissioners --… Continue reading

Sequim police chief delivers crime report for 2008

SEQUIM -- Sequim's 19 police officers were busier than ever last year, when they arrested 406 on investigations of felonies, 786 accused of misdemeanor offenders… Continue reading

THE PAT NEAL COLUMN: Bucky the Elk, we hardly knew ye

IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news, when all the chickens came home to roost, so I may as well start this week by… Continue reading

Woman cited in 1-car wreck

MARROWSTONE ISLAND -- A Sequim woman was cited after a one-car rollover wreck that blocked state Highway 116 for about 90 minutes last weekend. Judy… Continue reading

Clallam County Treasurer’s Office employee in investigation identified

PORT ANGELES -- Cashier Catherine Betts has been identified as the Clallam County employee under investigation for first-degree theft of more than $1,500 from the… Continue reading

Boeing delays long-awaited 787 jetliner test flight again

The Associated Press EVERETT — Boeing Co. said this morning it has again delayed the first test flight of its long-awaited 787 jetliner, citing a… Continue reading

  • Jun 23, 2009
  • The Associated Press

Climate group head pitches Clallam ‘Green Team’

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County lawmakers should transform its climate change committee into a permanent "Green Team" with quarterly meetings, subcommittees and a dedicated coordinator,… Continue reading

Department of Homeland Security to lease airport-area building from Port of Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- The three Port of Port Angeles commissioners approved a lease Monday with the Department of Homeland Security for a building in the… Continue reading