Plan your wedding at PDN bridal fair

PORT ANGELES — Lovebirds planning their big day — and all the essential players who bring a wedding to life — go hand-in-hand at the… Continue reading

Skills center reaches state enrollment requirement, ponders ways to stay there

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center reached the state's enrollment requirement in February after falling below the requirement last year and in… Continue reading

Tracking device offered in Sequim for disabled wanderers

SEQUIM — A white plastic wristband and a $50 antenna can provide families with peace of mind. So promised Sequim Police Officer Maris Turner as… Continue reading

Both North Olympic Peninsula sheriffs oppose bill boosting tribal police arrest authority

OLYMPIA — A bill to cross-commission tribal police to arrest non-Natives on reservations faces a hearing today in the state Senate. That’s unless Clallam Sheriff… Continue reading

Contenders for Sequim Irrigation Festival queen must speak up

SEQUIM — Not only do the four teenagers have to face one of humankind's worst fears, they also must wrestle with Cindy Bacon's tough-to-nail topics.… Continue reading

Controversial Jefferson County septic program — including higher fees — delayed for year or more

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Board of Health on Thursday delayed for at least a year the launch of a state-mandated septic system operations and… Continue reading

Downtown is hurting but ‘not dead,’ business association says

PORT ANGELES — To paraphrase Mark Twain, recent reports of the death of downtown Port Angeles are an exaggeration, according to the Port Angeles Downtown… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center looks at $1 million in budget cuts

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center has found much of the $1 million it wants to cut from its 2008 budget and bring its operating… Continue reading

Voters asked to approve new Quilcene school levy

QUILCENE — Voters living in the Quilcene School District are being asked to renew and raise a four-year maintenance and operations levy. Voter approval would… Continue reading

Downtown Port Angeles businesses suffering from confluence of construction, City Council told

PORT ANGELES — The confluence of construction projects in downtown Port Angeles has crippled business among stores this winter, a city councilman says. "Some businesses… Continue reading

Health board will consider cutting septic fees in Jefferson County

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Board of Health will consider how to make a proposed septic system program more affordable for homeowners at a… Continue reading

Moratorium placed on building ‘McMansions’ and demolition of historic homes in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — A six-month moratorium has been placed on razing historic homes in the National Landmark Historic District and on the construction of homes… Continue reading

New Sequim chamber president, protester hash it out

SEQUIM — Gil Simon, leader of a coalition seeking to overhaul the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce, had a visit from Walt Schubert, the chamber's… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center adds grant writer

PORT ANGELES — Morgan Van Dyke has joined Olympic Medical Center as the hospital's first grant writer. Her first project will be to obtain federal… Continue reading

Port Angeles city steps up role in Rayonier site

PORT ANGELES — The state's redevelopment "community vision" project is the city's first opportunity to be involved in what happens to the waterfront site that… Continue reading

Cover your mouth and wash your hands: Peak time this week or next for flu season

PORT ANGELES — This week and next will probably be the peak time of the season for influenza, Clallam-Jefferson Health Officer Tom Locke told the… Continue reading

Crescent levy on its way to passing with a 62% ‘supermajority’ it doesn’t need

JOYCE — A four-year maintenance and operations tax levy for Crescent School District was well on its way to victory Tuesday night after 680 ballots… Continue reading

Magistrate slices charges from federal whaling case

TACOMA — Five Makah whalers will face fewer charges at their federal trial in April, a U.S. magistrate ruled Tuesday. Gone is the count of… Continue reading

McCain, Obama leading in Clallam and Jefferson primaries

Partisan voters in Clallam and Jefferson counties showed Tuesday that they're not much different than their fellow voters elsewhere. Republican voters favored front-runner John McCain,… Continue reading

New chief judge assumes bench on Makah Tribal Court

NEAH BAY — The Makah Tribal Court trial of five whalers will get back on track soon under the direction of a new chief judge.… Continue reading