DNA tests for mysterious floating feet spark interest for National Geographic documentary

Little is yet known about a sneaker-clad right foot found on a beach near Pysht in August, but it may be one of the stars… Continue reading

Sequim loses first state tourney game

YAKIMA -- The Sequim Wolves lost tonight to the Clarkston Bantams 67-46 in the opening round of the state 2A boys basketball tournament in Yakima.… Continue reading

Popular Port Townsend watering hole raises funds to pay taxes

PORT TOWNSEND -- Water Street Brewing and Ale House is looking at better times after an auction last weekend helped the owners move closer to… Continue reading

Airline announces stops in Port Ludlow, Port Hadlock and maybe Port Townsend during bridge closure

Kenmore Air will fly passengers between Jefferson County and Lake Union during the Hood Canal Bridge closure, the firm announced, and has planned stops in… Continue reading

Trial of woman with mental disorder begins today

PORT ANGELES -- The murder trial of Andrea Freese, a 34-year-old woman with paranoid personality disorder, is scheduled to begin at 9:15 a.m. today in… Continue reading

Port Angeles School District to cut staff, programs — but how much?

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles School District is beginning to evaluate cuts that may include slashes to the work force -- including teachers --… Continue reading

Fort Flagler placed on state parks cut list; efforts to save others today

NORDLAND -- Fort Flagler State Park volunteers were honored and appalled all in one day when they received the state's Outstanding Volunteer Group of the… Continue reading

Fort Flagler added to state’s park closure list

NORDLAND — Fort Flagler State Park volunteers were honored and appalled all in one day when they received the state’s Outstanding Volunteer Group of the… Continue reading

Sequim Police Department toughens rules on staff acquisition of old gear

SEQUIM -- Police Department personnel will be prevented from acquiring or taking surplus public property directly from the city in the wake of a five-month… Continue reading

Venture between port, ferry line would seek funds for dock repair

PORT ANGELES -- A possible public-private partnership to apply for grants to rebuild parts of the dock where the MV Coho lands was proposed by… Continue reading

Election change focus of secretary of state’s talk to Port Angeles chamber

PORT ANGELES -- Change might have been a buzz word in last November's election, but changes have been under way in the election system in… Continue reading

Single ferry likely in Port Townsend’s future, transportation boss tells business audience

PORT TOWNSEND -- State lawmakers are likely to embrace a plan that would provide only one 64-car ferry for the Port Townsend-Keystone route, the state's… Continue reading

School Board waits for Cohn’s notice, doesn’t plan unexpired contract terms

PORT ANGELES -- The School Board will probably not ask Gary Cohn for any penalty or buyout of his unexpired contract if the superintendent takes… Continue reading

UPDATE: Sequim pilot flew alone, official says as Kansas copter crash probed

The Associated Press MOUNDRIDGE, Kan. — Investigators are still looking for the cause of a helicopter crash in Kansas that killed a Washington man. Sixty-six-year-old… Continue reading

  • Mar 10, 2009
  • The Associated Press

Coast Guardsmen rescue own in choppy waters of Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND -- A Coast Guard training exercise in a choppy eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca on Monday afternoon ended with other Coast Guardsmen… Continue reading

More snow possible this afternoon along the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca coast

More snow and winter flurries are likely from about the Elwha River east as well as in the mountains and along Hood Canal this afternoon.… Continue reading

Rummage sales nets $2,000 for pool

PORT ANGELES -- Save the Pool PA raised $2,000 for the William Shore Memorial Pool on Saturday at a rummage sale at the Port Angeles… Continue reading

Longtime farmer new market director

PORT TOWNSEND -- Will O'Donnell, well known in Jefferson County's agriculture community and among artisan cheese makers, is the new director at Port Townsend Farmers… Continue reading

Police took public property, but that’s OK

SEQUIM -- A Sequim Police Department investigation has absolved city police officers of any wrongdoing for taking public property for personal use when they cleaned… Continue reading

New rule affects county banking

Clallam and Jefferson county treasurers, seriously concerned in February upon learning about a new state rule that requires banks that hold public funds to prove… Continue reading