Port Angeles man embarks to the Northwest Passage

Tommy Cook, a former Port Angeles who still calls it home, had wanted to sail around the Northwest Passage for more than a quarter century.… Continue reading

Port Townsend city’s first Kah Tai offer for potential pool site: Thumbs down

PORT TOWNSEND -- Negotiations between the city of Port Townsend and Port of Port Townsend on a land swap for the port's Kah Tai lagoon… Continue reading

Port Angeles City Council talks finances, public access in seven-hour retreat

PORT ANGELES -- To manage its finances in a tough economy, the city of Port Angeles needs to work with Clallam County government, other cities… Continue reading

Organizers vow to keep Port Townsend Film Festival going after Simpson’s death

PORT TOWNSEND -- Peter Simpson, the driving force behind the Port Townsend Film Festival and a leader in a variety of community projects, has died.… Continue reading

Quilcene fire chief remembered as caring leader

QUILCENE -- Remembered as an inspiring, gentle leader and a pillar of the Quilcene community, Fire Chief Bob Wilson died early Friday after a battle… Continue reading

‘Candidate A’: Harbor-Works still mum on director pick

PORT ANGELES -- Who is "Candidate A?" The chairman of the Harbor-Works Public Development Authority Board of Directors said Friday that the identity of the… Continue reading

First Eagle Festival flies at Neah Bay

NEAH BAY -- Visitors learned about bald eagles, snacked and shopped for artwork at the inaugural Eagle Festival on Saturday. The one-day festival offered eagle-inspired… Continue reading

City mulled pool closure in 2006, but voters turned down new aquatic center

PORT ANGELES -- In 2006, when city of Port Angeles voters rejected a $13.8 million bond to build an aquatic center with multiple pools and… Continue reading

Spending plan for new pool district includes a director at $70,000 pay plus benefits

PORT ANGELES -- The levy that would be created if voters approve the William Shore Memorial Pool tax district would generate enough to fund a… Continue reading

Clallam officials put reputations on the line with May pool election

To create the first new junior taxing district in Clallam County in 34 years, supporters of the proposed metropolitan park district that would fund operation… Continue reading

Forks council member resigns

FORKS -- The Forks City Council is seeking candidates to fill a vacant council position for the second time in the past six months. On… Continue reading

Getting started in the garden: Plant guru offers seeds of advice

PORT TOWNSEND -- It is a sunny day in early April, and Tinker Cavallero is on her knees, scooping out depressions in the dirt and… Continue reading

Group creating Port Angeles community garden

PORT ANGELES -- What do you with a big mowing headache? If you're the members of the Vineyard Church, you donate half of it --… Continue reading

Olympic National Park to get new weather tower

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- A new 30-foot weather tower will go up at Hurricane Ridge this summer. The National Park Service approved the tower this… Continue reading

UPDATED PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Obama keeping an eye on Cuba

By Ben Feller Associated Press Writer PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — President Barack Obama says America's estranged relationship with Cuba will not change overnight. It just did… Continue reading

  • Apr 18, 2009
  • By Ben Feller Associated Press Writer

UPDATED: Good morning, vegetarians : ‘Mixed’ Port Angeles family’s eating habits air on ‘Good Morning America’

PORT ANGELES — The segment on the Baccus family of Port Angeles aired today on ABC’s “Good Morning America" instead of Sunday, as previously planned.… Continue reading

Quilcene fire chief dead of cancer

QUILCENE -- Bob Wilson, Quilcene Fire District No. 2 fire chief since 1992 and Gardiner-Discovery Bay chief since 2007, has died after a battle with… Continue reading

Film Festival artistic director dead at 74

Peter Simpson, the driving force behind the Port Townsend Film Festival, has died. Simpson died of cardiac arrest at his Port Townsend home on Thursday.… Continue reading

Homicide arraignment postponed

PORT TOWNSEND -- The arraignment of Michael J. Pierce, who is accused of double homicide in the killing of Patrick and Janice Yarr of Quilcene,… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Kids Fishing Derby set in Port Angeles

HIDE THE PIXIE sticks and alert the local soda distributors. The return of the Port Angeles Kids Fishing Derby means the Lincoln Park Ponds will… Continue reading