Tours of Forks-area sites inspired by Twilight best-sellers fill up

FORKS — Tours of Forks highlighting spots mentioned in the teen novel Twilight are nearly full — and bookings show that the idea has international… Continue reading

BREAKING NEWS: Caldwell quitting as Port Townsend chamber manager to join PSE

PORT TOWNSEND -- Tim Caldwell has announced his resignation as general manager of the Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce, effective the end of this month.… Continue reading

‘Old,’ ‘new’ Sequim City Council members agree: Central city needs rejuvenation

SEQUIM — They're looking for vitamins for downtown. Or perhaps a fountain of youth. The Sequim City Council waded deep into the Town Center Sub-Area… Continue reading

Cammack resigns from Olympic hospital board

PORT ANGELES — Jim Cammack, president of Olympic Medical Center's board of commissioners, unexpectedly resigned from the board Monday. The retired owner of Jim's Pharmacy… Continue reading

Clallam County seeks citizen advisers

Clallam County is seeking residents willing to participate in county government by serving on groups that advise county commissioners. They include: Animal Issues Advisory Committee:… Continue reading

Delayed campground opening upsets Chamber of Commerce

QUILCENE — Federal budget cuts have delayed the opening of Fallsview Campground south of Quilcene, which a Chamber of Commerce leader sees as a threat… Continue reading

Some Sequim merchants say wine is fine, but cars choking business district

SEQUIM — Wine is working. But water is a problem, and cars are clogging up everything. So say three business people with vested interests in… Continue reading

Veteran executive to head Port Townsend Paper mill

PORT TOWNSEND — A veteran paper mill executive in the U.S. and Canada joined Port Townsend Paper Corp. on Monday as general manager and vice… Continue reading

Filing for elected offices opens today

PORT ANGELES — Filing for Clallam County elected offices opens today, with at least three candidates expected to seek a single county commissioner's seat. Incumbent… Continue reading

Lower Elwha Klallam re-elect Charles chairwoman

PORT ANGELES — Frances Charles will remain chairwoman of the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe after Saturday's election. Charles garnered 113 votes — or 57.07 percent… Continue reading

Motorcycle crash injures two, closes highway for 2 hours

Two people were injured in a motorcycle wreck Sunday afternoon about 27 miles south of Forks on U.S. Highway 101. Michael Walthrop, 42, of Ocean… Continue reading

Port Angeles Farmers Market to begin seasonal Wednesday operations June 18

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Farmers Market begins its summer weekday market beginning Wednesday, June 18, in the parking lot at the corner of… Continue reading

Port Angeles stepping up stormwater control efforts

PORT ANGELES — Complying with a federal mandate to control stormwater runoff will mean higher costs for both the city and developers. It also will… Continue reading

$190,000 gift bolsters Sequim Library

SEQUIM — A check fluttered out of the envelope, and Paula Barnes of the North Olympic Library System might have fallen out of her chair.… Continue reading

Anderson Lake open but don’t drink water or eat fish

PORT HADLOCK — Toxic blue-green algae levels have worsened at Anderson Lake, but the popular fishing hole will remain open for the time being. Just… Continue reading

Climate-change trigger? Degrading Arctic ice may release planet-warming methane

The Associated Press RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Global warming could release long-dormant stores of methane gas trapped beneath the Arctic permafrost — causing an abrupt and… Continue reading

  • May 31, 2008
  • The Associated Press

Jefferson County’s top greenhouse ‘gassers’: Pool among the worst, new Port Townsend City Hall annex among best

PORT TOWNSEND — When it comes to energy uses that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, the city of Port Townsend operates one of the best… Continue reading

Justice served: Memories shared of historic hike on Peninsula’s Pacific coast led by William O. Douglas

PORT ANGELES — Highways and dams came in waves through the 1950s and '60s, choking rivers and cutting into mountainsides. A few believed that the… Continue reading

Kennel club’s dog agility trials continue today

SEQUIM — The Hurricane Ridge Kennel Club's 2008 agility trials will continue today on the Blake family property today. The site is adjacent to Carrie… Continue reading

Two Peninsula hospitals on ‘aggressive’ list toward Medicare patients

PORT ANGELES — Two North Olympic Peninsula hospitals are looking upward happily from the bottom of the barrel. Jefferson Healthcare hospital ranks in the second… Continue reading