Former Rayonier site cleanup changes applauded

PORT ANGELES — The state Department of Ecology's revitalization of the Rayonier cleanup project was applauded by those who have followed the project during its… Continue reading

Is Keystone run too hard on small ferry?

PORT TOWNSEND — As state ferry officials learn this week whether the Steilacoom II is up to the challenge of navigating the rough waters between… Continue reading

Popular restaurant/club gets new owner

PORT ANGELES — The co-owners of Crazy Fish Baja and Beyond have found a buyer. Sometime next month, the space at 229 W. First St.… Continue reading

Slopes of Mount Walker spared from timber harvest

QUILCENE — Timber won't be harvested on Mount Walker as part of an upcoming timber sale, an Olympic National Forest Olympic National Forest supervisor said.… Continue reading

Peninsula school districts examine origin of beef in wake of state warning

Several school districts on the North Olympic Peninsula are among more than 100 districts statewide that have pulled beef from the menu in the wake… Continue reading

Audubon group opposes Kah Tai site for aquatic center

PORT TOWNSEND — A leader in the effort to locate an aquatic recreation center at the southeastern corner of Kah Tai Lagoon Nature Park was… Continue reading

Construction’s benefits multiply, economist tells industry group

BLYN — Drop a rock into a pond, and little waves will radiate from the splash point. Drop a new house into a community, and… Continue reading

First day of stricter ID rules for Port Angeles ferry passengers goes smoothly

PORT ANGELES — The first day of travel between Canada and the North Olympic Peninsula went as smoothly as it has elsewhere in the state.… Continue reading

Nurses endorse new contract with Olympic Medical Center

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center commissioners will consider ratifying on Wednesday a contract endorsed by nearly all hospital nurses. "We thought it was a… Continue reading

Rayonier mill site cleanup put on Ecology’s fast track

PORT ANGELES — Toxic cleanup at the site of the former Rayonier mill is now on a fast track. Eight years after it began, the… Continue reading

A Valentine from Jefferson County: Showdown meeting over new septic rules

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Public Health officials have rescheduled a hearing on a controversial program proposed for on-site septic system maintenance and operation program.… Continue reading

Charges filed against former fire district secretary in case of the missing money

PORT TOWNSEND — A former Jefferson Fire District No. 5 secretary has been charged with first-degree theft and forgery in connection with the misappropriation of… Continue reading

Point of View: Victoria, raw sewage and the North Olympic Peninsula

By Thomas Locke My assessment of the public health risks to residents on Washington state's North Olympic Peninsula posed by British Columbia's capital city of… Continue reading

  • Feb 1, 2008
  • By Thomas Locke

Puget Partnership charts ambitious cleanup calendar

BLYN — Imagine the good you'd harvest by harnessing all the random acts of kindness committed along the Strait of Juan de Fuca and around… Continue reading

60 attend NOAA crash course on oil spills

PORT ANGELES — Your grade-school teacher was wrong: Water and oil do mix. And water eventually will win. The problem comes with what occurs in… Continue reading

News analysis: It’s a $10 million ballot in your hand

IS $10 MILLION worth it? How about $526,000 a delegate? And the voters of Washington state asked for it. Welcome to the Feb. 19 Washington… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center, nurses reach contract accord

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center and the union that represents nurses and service workers have reached an agreement after mediation on the stalled contract.… Continue reading

Temporary ferry to Victoria begins today with new federal border ID rules in place

PORT ANGELES — No one has to have a passport yet to go between the North Olympic Peninsula and Victoria. Victoria McDonald, spokeswoman for the… Continue reading

Update: Cape Flattery rising by a foot, not by feet

SEATTLE — Neah Bay won't be the North Olympic Peninsula's answer to Mount Ararat after all, it turns out. A Peninsula Daily News error that… Continue reading

Steilacoom II to arrive in Port Townsend on Monday, but no rides yet

PORT TOWNSEND — The MV Steilacoom II is expected to be in Port Townsend waters on Monday, a Washington State Ferries official said Wednesday. But… Continue reading