PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: New legal battle challenges Obama on Guantanamo

By MIKE MELIA Associated Press Writer GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- A session of the Guantanamo war crimes court that began Sunday will likely… Continue reading

  • Jun 3, 2009
  • By MIKE MELIA Associated Press Writer

North Olympic Peninsula heats up; more warm weather expected today

North Olympic Peninsula citizens felt the heat Tuesday, but the National Weather Service said temperatures weren't officially record-breaking -- although Port Angeles had its hottest… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend commissioner elections heating up

PORT TOWNSEND -- Only one new candidate filed for office in Jefferson County on Tuesday. Bob Schuessler will run for commissioner, District 2, of the… Continue reading

12 more Clallam candidates file for election

PORT ANGELES -- A dozen candidates on Tuesday added their names to a growing list of candidates running for public office in Clallam County. So… Continue reading

Hood Canal Bridge looks finished, awaits today’s tests/VIDEO BELOW

SHINE -- Outwardly, it looks like the Hood Canal Bridge's new east half is nearly done. Tuesday afternoon, as workers installed and wired road signs… Continue reading

New pool board holding first meeting

PORT ANGELES -- The William Shore Memorial Pool District took shape Tuesday as the City Council and Clallam County commissioners approved an agreement that will… Continue reading

Sequim schools send out layoff notices

SEQUIM -- Although it's just two weeks before school lets out for the summer break, the atmosphere on Sequim's campuses isn't as giddy as usual.… Continue reading

Upper Sims Way project gets $1.6 million in stimulus funds

PORT TOWNSEND -- The city's planned face-lift of Upper Sims Way will get $1.6 million in federal stimulus money, the city manager discovered late Tuesday.… Continue reading

Update: Audit of Clallam Treasurer’s Office to begin Thursday

PORT ANGELES -- The state Auditor's Office will begin a detailed audit of Clallam County Treasurer's Office finances on Thursday with an in-person interview of… Continue reading

Victoria agency votes to build four sewage treatment plants

VICTORIA -- The regional planning agency responsible for ending the Victoria region's pumping of raw sewage through two outfalls into the Strait of Juan de… Continue reading

Update: Lethal-injection trial involving Sequim inmate closes

By CURT WOODWARD Associated Press Writer OLYMPIA — Arguments wrapped up today in a civil trial questioning the state’s lethal injection system, with lawyers for… Continue reading

  • Jun 2, 2009
  • By CURT WOODWARD Associated Press Writer

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Government firmly behind the wheel at GM

By Jim Kuhnhenn The Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama now owns General Motors, even though he insists he's taking it out only for… Continue reading

  • Jun 2, 2009
  • By Jim Kuhnhenn The Associated Press

18 candidates file for Clallam election on first day

PORT ANGELES -- Eighteen candidates have thrown their hats into the ring for the Nov. 3 Clallam County election. That leaves 33 -- about two… Continue reading

Blast from the past: Modelers put history on display with models of 1950s

PORT HADLOCK — Ask Les Walden where he was in the 1950s, and he doesn’t have to think long. "Right here, probably eating a hamburger,"… Continue reading

Burglars hit Sequim drugstore for 4th time

SEQUIM -- Would-be thieves sought to break into Frick Drug -- the 62-year-old pharmacy a few doors down from the Sequim Police Department -- on… Continue reading

Clallam County administrator discusses pool loan

PORT ANGELES -- The William Shore Memorial Pool District will face a financial dilemma at the moment of its birth on Wednesday. Jim Jones, Clallam… Continue reading

College Planning Network director files for port seat in Jefferson County

PORT TOWNSEND -- The president of a Port Townsend-based nonprofit organization that helps students find money for college has filed his candidacy for the Port… Continue reading

New border crossing requirements implemented

PORT ANGELES -- It was "just another day" at the port of entry in Port Angeles on Monday, the first day that passports or other… Continue reading

Oreo is innocent; dog to be reunited with owner

PORT ANGELES -- After careful evaluation of pictures he took with his cell phone, Jeff Thayer said Monday that Oreo is not the dog who… Continue reading

Organization plans dental clinic in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND -- Olympic Community Action Programs is working up designs for a new Port Townsend-based dental clinic to serve Jefferson County's poor, the nonprofit… Continue reading