Port of Port Angeles head offered Edmonds job

PORT ANGELES -- Bob McChesney, executive director of the Port of Port Angeles since 2004, has been offered the top job by the Port of… Continue reading

Port Townsend bakery prepares to open Sequim shop

SEQUIM -- It won't be long now before it's April in Paris here on the prairie. Pane D'Amore, a beloved artisan bakery at 617 Tyler… Continue reading

Port Townsend City Council member loses day job, moving to Idaho

PORT TOWNSEND -- Brent Butler said the economy is the main reason he has resigned from the Port Townsend City Council. Butler, who was elected… Continue reading

Update: Seal moved to Ediz Hook

SEE MONDAY'S VIDEO BELOW PORT ANGELES -- The Hollywood Beach seal has moved to quieter quarters. But she didn't go there by choice. For her… Continue reading

Cash registers stolen in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- Three cash reregisters were stolen in and around Port Angles late Sunday or early today. "They broke two windows, and it looked… Continue reading

Butler resigns from Port Townsend City Council

PORT TOWNSEND — Brent Butler has resigned from the Port Townsend City Council. Butler, who was elected in November 2007, said his final council meeting… Continue reading

Chimacum woman lauded for Puget Sound work

PORT TOWNSEND -- Anne Murphy, who joined the Port Townsend Marine Science Center as a staff member 20 years ago and rose to become its… Continue reading

District legislators not in favor of state income tax

OLYMPIA -- North Olympic Peninsula lawmakers are not embracing a proposal to enact a state income tax on the wealthy to help deal with a… Continue reading

Easter egg hunt makes big splash at William Shore Memorial Pool

PORT ANGELES -- Children of all ages were splish-splashing at the William Shore Memorial Pool in a battle to collect as many candy-filled eggs as… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles executive director offered Edmonds job

PORT ANGELES — Bob McChesney, executive director of the Port of Port Angeles, announced today that he has been offered the top job at the… Continue reading

Proposed budgets fund two ferries for Port Townsend-Keystone route

The state Legislature has included funding for two 64-car ferries to be built for the Port Townsend-Keystone route in each of the proposed July 2009-July… Continue reading

Volunteers restore East Beach County Park

NORDLAND -- East Beach County Park was endangered last summer when the Jefferson County Parks and Recreation placed yellow tape at the entrance, blocking public… Continue reading

Ex-Centrum Jazz Port Townsend artistic director Shank dies at 82

PORT TOWNSEND -- Bud Shank, former artistic director of Centrum's Jazz Port Townsend program and a renowned alto jazz saxophonist whose career spanned 60 years,… Continue reading

Port Angeles woman sings for country, stepson

PORT ANGELES -- Teresa Pierce belts out the high notes to "The Star-Spangled Banner" with the American flag draped behind her. A strong sense of… Continue reading

First wave of Census work begins Monday on North Olympic Peninsula

The first visible part of the 2010 U.S. Census will begin Monday on the North Olympic Peninsula as census workers walk house-to-house verifying addresses. A… Continue reading

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: North Korea rocket over Japan fizzled into the Pacific (updated)

The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — The rocket launched by nuclear-armed North Korea today appears to have fizzled in the Pacific Ocean, but positioned… Continue reading

  • Apr 5, 2009
  • The Associated Press

Teen mom’s trial delayed after hearing; no new trial date set

PORT ANGELES -- Lawyers agree that Lauryn Last, a 16-year-old accused of killing her newborn son, will not go to trial on the scheduled date… Continue reading

The art of Earth Day: Youth create messages for celebration

SEQUIM -- Seventy-three children will wallpaper this town with messages such as "Save the Earth, and the Earth will save you," in time for Earth… Continue reading

Couple slain before house fire mourned by hundreds; log trucks in procession

PORT TOWNSEND -- Horns blaring, a convoy of about 100 log trucks paraded Saturday afternoon from Chimacum to a memorial service at the Jefferson County… Continue reading

Deadline looms for Fort Flagler, Old Fort Townsend state parks

PORT TOWNSEND -- While Port of Port Townsend officials face a fast-approaching deadline to explain to Washington State Parks officials the port's intent in taking… Continue reading