Sequim to buy security fencing

SEQUIM -- Following a five-minute closed-door session on "national security," the City Council voted unanimously this week to spend up to $22,000 on fencing. Mayor… Continue reading

Cape Flattery-area wave-energy project halted

NEAH BAY -- A pioneering wave-energy project off the coast of the Makah reservation has been dropped after its British Columbia-based developer decided to halt… Continue reading

Centrum names new director

PORT TOWNSEND -- An arts manager for more than 25 years from Sonoma, Calif., has been hired as Centrum's new executive director. John MacElwee, who… Continue reading

The Port Angeles peanut scare that’s nowhere near town

PORT ANGELES -- The news report out of Port Angeles spread across the nation Wednesday at the speed of light. In the Chicago Tribune, New… Continue reading

Foothills subdivision raises concerns in Sequim

SEQUIM -- The Foothills subdivision would have a lovely location: Beside the Cedarbrook lavender farm -- the oldest herb farm in the state -- and… Continue reading

Deer Park Road overpass approved for U.S. 101

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County's three commissioners on Tuesday voted to initiate the Deer Park Road overpass project. The resolution, approved unanimously in the regular… Continue reading

Steilacoom II returning for Port Townsend car ferry service Thursday

PORT TOWNSEND -- Car ferry service returns to the Port Townsend-Keystone route early Thursday morning after five weeks of maintenance and repairs on the 50-car… Continue reading

Port Angeles city’s official response to dioxin report

PORT ANGELES CITY officials issued the following statement late Tuesday in response to the state Department of Ecology's preliminary report: Earlier today, the Washington State… Continue reading

State agency finds trace amounts of dioxin in Port Angeles soil samples

PORT ANGELES -- Just over half of 85 soil samples taken in and around Port Angeles by the state Department of Ecology last year detected… Continue reading

When trucks collide: Garbage, dump trucks crash near Mount Walker

QUILCENE -- A Port Hadlock garbage truck driver and a Port Townsend dump truck driver were hurt Tuesday morning in a head-on collision on a… Continue reading

City council to question Department of Ecology on sewer overflow project

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles City Council will hold a special meeting today at 2 p.m. in council chambers at City Hall, 321 E.… Continue reading

Clallam commissioners to vote on Deer Park Road overpass project

PORT ANGELES -- The three Clallam County commissioners will vote this morning on whether or not to initiate a $7.4 million overpass and full-service rest… Continue reading

Forks licensing office on chopping block along with Port Townsend’s

FORKS AND PORT TOWNSEND are among the 25 state Department of Licensing offices that Gov. Chris Gregoire plans to close as part of a government… Continue reading

Governor reveals plan to streamline budget by closing offices, cutting programs

By Brian Slodysko The Associated Press OLYMPIA -- Gov. Chris Gregoire has unveiled her plan to streamline government programs, hoping to cut more expenses as… Continue reading

  • Feb 10, 2009
  • By Brian Slodysko The Associated Press

Zoning opponents assured more time in Jefferson County shoreline flap

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County commissioners on Monday assured residents that the time to comment on a draft shoreline master program proposal would likely be… Continue reading

Timber projections worst on record

PORT TOWNSEND -- State Department of Natural Resources officials delivered dismal 2009 timber sales projections, citing a stalled housing market that has left North Olympic… Continue reading

Somebody’s got to do it, but Rayonier mill site cleanup is probably years off

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the last of a three-part series on the 75 acres owned by Rayonier Inc. on the Port Angeles waterfront. PORT ANGELES… Continue reading

River team to discuss limits, fees

SEQUIM -- Limits on water use and steep fees for new wells may be on the Dungeness Valley's horizon. The Dungeness River Management Team, an… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles boss’ contract renewed with pay raise

PORT ANGELES -- The Port of Port Angeles commissioners voted to renew Executive Director Bob McChesney's contract, adding a cost-of-living raise at their Monday meeting.… Continue reading

Young archers take aim in new Sequim class

SEQUIM -- You would think that with no shooting range in Sequim, classes of 30 or more students and no school-district money for equipment, Billy… Continue reading