A new definition for ‘homeless’ in Clallam County

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County's population of homeless people may rise in 2009 -- when the official definition of homelessness widens to include some people… Continue reading

City Council to consider airing closed-meeting Harbor-Works formation information

PORT ANGELES -- Amid criticism that the Harbor-Works Public Development Authority was created without public input or knowledge, the Port Angeles City Council will consider… Continue reading

Harbor-Works picks financial consultant, extends Haguewood contract

PORT ANGELES -- Port of Port Angeles Finance Director Bill James will work as the financial consultant for the Harbor-Works Public Development Authority. The Harbor-Works… Continue reading

Jail bail could mean brig for AWOL Marine in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- Colorado fugitive Lance Hering likely would be turned over to federal authorities if he posts bail in Clallam County, Superior Court Judge… Continue reading

Jefferson PUD urged to move quickly on power franchise

CHIMACUM -- With voter-granted authority in hand, Jefferson County Public Utility District commissioners were strongly urged to take the fast track in obtaining wholesale electrical… Continue reading

Jefferson tops state’s counties in voter turnout — 91.065%

Civic pride should be running high in Jefferson County, since ballot tallies show it to have the highest voter turnout in the Nov. 4 general… Continue reading

Chairman of Port Townsend ferry panel sees bonus if only one car ferry built

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Jefferson County Ferry Advisory Committee's chairman sees a golden opportunity if Washington State Ferries decides to build just one car ferry… Continue reading

First county government layoffs in Jefferson; more coming?

PORT TOWNSEND -- Al Scalf, Jefferson County Department of Community director, is taking a 10 percent pay cut with a four-day week, but he said… Continue reading

Planning to surrender, AWOL Marine says

PORT ANGELES -- Lance Hering, the Colorado Marine who faked his disappearance for more than two years, told police he had planned to turn himself… Continue reading

Port Angeles city to keep funding pool through March 31; voters may decide fate after then

PORT ANGELES -- The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to fund the William Shore Memorial Pool through March 31, and told city staff to work… Continue reading

Unemployment rises on Peninsula, statewide

Jobless rates on the North Olympic Peninsula increased in October, climbing past 7 percent in Clallam County and up to 5.9 percent in Jefferson County,… Continue reading

AWOL Marine being investigated in Clallam County before Corps claims their man

PORT ANGELES -- The U.S. Marine Corps appears to be in no hurry to send an AWOL fugitive with long, blond hair and a scraggly… Continue reading

Big cuts loom in Jefferson County, new administrator warns commissioners

PORT TOWNSEND -- Stopping short of saying Jefferson County could be laying off employees in the near or distant future, new County Administrator Philip Morley… Continue reading

City manager recruiter to Sequim City Council: Calm down

SEQUIM -- This town could be called "troubled," even "broken," city manager recruiter Greg Prothman told the City Council on Monday morning. By any measure,… Continue reading

Clallam County may relinquish regular tax increase

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County residents could get an itty-bitty break in their 2009 property taxes if Mike Chapman has his way. Chapman, who has… Continue reading

Deer Park Road overpass on U.S. 101 closer to reality

PORT ANGELES -- A Deer Park overpass of U.S. Highway 101 looked a bit less over the rainbow Monday. Clallam County Commissioner Mike Chapman said… Continue reading

Marine’s father: ‘I love my son’

PORT ANGELES -- Lance Hering threw a wide smile in his father's direction as the young AWOL Marine entered Clallam County Superior Court on Monday.… Continue reading

BREAKING NEWS: Port Townsend ferry back in service at 3:45 p.m.

PORT TOWNSEND — The Steilacoom II ferry was taken out of service shortly after noon today after a bearing burned out on an alternator, stranding… Continue reading

Chinese nationals in fatal wreck identified

FORKS -- The woman who was killed in a single-car wreck south of Forks on Saturday has been identified as Wen Juan Ding, a member… Continue reading

Marine accused of military desertion in Colorado arrested in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- A Boulder, Colo., marine accused of faking his own death to avoid serving for a second time in Iraq was arrested Sunday… Continue reading