Kinetic Skulpture Race karries on traditions of kweens, rubber chickens and mediocrity

PORT TOWNSEND - This weekend marks the silver anniversary of the Great Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Skulpture Race. For the 25th time, krazies will come… Continue reading

Opinions split over proposed Brinnon mega-resort

BRINNON - The proposed Pleasant Harbor Marina and golf resort, which would allow up to 890 hotel and rental units to be built at Black… Continue reading

Salmon start flying on West End: Where you can view (but not fish) them

PORT ANGELES - All the Sol Duc summer coho (silver salmon) needed was a little bit of rain. Days after the Friends of Olympic National… Continue reading

Costs of possible bond issue laid out in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND - The Port Townsend School District is considering asking district voters to approve a $30 to $33 million bond in February to fund… Continue reading

Guilty drug dealer delivered cocaine in Tupperware, informant says in court documents

PORT ANGELES - Bernard Gilbert "Pete" Barnes, who has pleaded guilty to drug and money laundering charges, made deliveries in Tupperware, according to court records.… Continue reading

Port Angeles now has its own archaeologist

PORT ANGELES - A city archaeologist is at work to survey the waterfront and create policy. Derek Beery, 35, started as the Port Angeles archaeologist… Continue reading

Port Townsend hospital to add clinic to emergency department

PORT TOWNSEND - Jefferson Healthcare hospital officials plan to open an ExpressCare clinic on Oct. 15 to treat moderate medical emergencies as part of its… Continue reading

Solar tours to show value of sun in rainy places

Let's bring one big misunderstanding out into the bright light of day. Places like Forks and Port Townsend may look dreary much of the time,… Continue reading

Where to see solar power systems on the North Olympic Peninsula

FOR MAPS OF solar tours in Jefferson and Clallam counties on Saturday, visit www.SolarWashington.org, phone Power Trip Energy Corp., in Port Townsend at 360-643-3080 or… Continue reading

Clallam will tap reserves to bridge 2008 budget gap

Now you spend it, now you don't. The $575,000 that may change Clallam County's $1.1 million budget deficit to a $30,000 surplus will be a… Continue reading

Cocaine dealer, ‘anxious to put this behind,’ pleads guilty, averts trial

PORT ANGELES - Bernard Gilbert "Pete" Barnes pleaded guilty to six felony drug and money laundering charges on Tuesday. The 54-year-old Port Angeles man changed… Continue reading

Group works to put FM station on the air in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND - Sherry Jones and Ann Katzenbach envision a day when news, information and entertainment will be broadcast via Radio Port Townsend airwaves. The… Continue reading

How whale research boat skipper rescued kayakers in rough waters off Protection Island

PROTECTION ISLAND - The waves and wind crashing against the Shelmar as he rescued two stranded kayakers weren't the worst conditions that Capt. Bob Wood… Continue reading

State gives Battelle and college no money, but a nice consolation prize

SEQUIM - They didn't get the $1 million grant they asked for, but officials at Peninsula College and Battelle's Sequim laboratories are delighted just the… Continue reading

Bringing up babies that are meant for a mission

Unlike other children, this youngster comes with a manual on how to raise him. Hank, a four-month-old yellow Labrador retriever, is learning to be a… Continue reading

Jefferson County’s fire chiefs plead for separate fire marshal position

PORT TOWNSEND - The county's fire chiefs sounded an alarm before Jefferson County commissioners Monday that the county needs a separate - not shared -… Continue reading

Port Angeles contemplates budget cuts for 2008 — will they be in parks and recreation?

PORT ANGELES - Faced with a "bare bones" 2008 budget that doesn't include such small items as carpet repairs at the fire station, the City… Continue reading

Vandal damages Port Townsend businesses

PORT TOWNSEND - A Port Townsend man was charged Monday in Jefferson County Superior Court in connection with more than $120,000 worth of vandalism to… Continue reading

Voters’ ability to pick primary candidates regardless of party goes up to highest court

By Matthew Daly, The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. - To state Secretary of State Sam Reed, Washington's long tradition of a wide-open statewide primary system… Continue reading

  • Oct 2, 2007
  • By Matthew Daly, The Associated Press

Forks celebrates logging heritage

FORKS - A week of celebration of Forks' logging heritage will continue today and run through Sunday. Fork Heritage Days began on Friday. At 9… Continue reading