Clallam County checking for mold in courthouse

PORT ANGELES - Clallam County employees in the basement of the courthouse in Port Angeles are awaiting the results of tests for mold. Samples of… Continue reading

Figure in resolved feud with Port of Port Townsend still fumes

PORT TOWNSEND - While Port of Port Townsend leaders have agreed to treat a once-evicted marine shipyard business owner like any other, Mike Hogan said… Continue reading

Flagpole dedicated to late Crescent School superintendent

JOYCE - About 200 people gathered Friday afternoon at the Crescent School campus for the dedication of a memorial flagpole to the memory of the… Continue reading

On Father’s Day, these dads are real DOPES

PORT ANGELES - The rule is: no women taller than four feet. Dads and Offspring Playing Everywhere - otherwise known as DOPES - was started… Continue reading

Parks board recommends $5-$7.50 launch fees at Ediz Hook, where it’s now free

PORT ANGELES - City residents should pay a $5 per day boat launch fee at the city's Ediz Hook dock while people from out of… Continue reading

Skate park helmet law elusive across Peninsula despite teen’s death year ago

A year has come and gone since the death of 14-year-old skateboarder Frank Russo, and the Port Angeles City Council has yet to consider a… Continue reading

Flag Day-raising fetes renovated courthouse clock tower

PORT TOWNSEND - A flag was raised, music was played, and speeches were made on Thursday as about 100 people celebrated the rehabilitation of the… Continue reading

Hope raised for site where remains found

DISCOVERY BAY - Saying she will do "anything I can," Rep. Lynn Kessler called for immediate steps Thursday to save the Beckett Point community septic… Continue reading

Longtime Port of Port Townsend Commissioner Sokol bows out of election race

PORT TOWNSEND - Longtime Port of Port Townsend Commissioner Bob Sokol pulled out of a four-way race for his seat on Thursday. He threw his… Continue reading

Olympia generous to Peninsula for recreation projects

OLYMPIA - The North Olympic Peninsula made out like, well, a bandit in the 2007 distribution of state funds for recreation and protection of wildlife… Continue reading

Peninsula College opens ‘world class’ science and technology building

PORT ANGELES - Peninsula College flung open the doors to its $22 million science and technology building Thursday. A ribbon cutting ceremony preceded an afternoon… Continue reading

Flag Day brings out colors across Peninsula

Flag Day will be celebrated in Port Townsend today with a flag raising ceremony that will also commemorate the completion of the Jefferson County Courthouse… Continue reading

8th Street detour signs to go up Monday

PORT ANGELES - Drivers can begin mapping out their new routes next week in preparation for 18-month closure of the two Eighth Street bridges later… Continue reading

Groundwater delays airport project again

PORT TOWNSEND - Groundwork for eight new aircraft hangar sites at Jefferson County International Airport have been delayed for about a month to allow the… Continue reading

Infant home again after early birth, heart surgeries

PORT ANGELES - Caydence Barnett, nicknamed Supergirl, is home. About a dozen family and friends greeted Caydence and her parents, Chris and Tiffany Barnett, on… Continue reading

Rep. Dicks appoints new PA aide

PORT ANGELES - Judith Morris has replaced Mary Schuneman as U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks' aide on the North Olympic Peninsula. Dicks, D-Belfair, named Morris to… Continue reading

West End water plan poising to take flight

JOYCE - After flying beneath most West End residents' radar for six years, a management plan for the Lyre, Hoko and nearby watersheds may touch… Continue reading

‘Soft opening’ set for PT’s Hudson Point Marina

PORT TOWNSEND - After nearly eight months of work, Port of Port Townsend officials plan a "soft opening" of Hudson Point Marina on Friday. Already,… Continue reading

Ceremony set for Jefferson County clock tower completion

PORT TOWNSEND - A flag raising ceremony is planned between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. Thursday to commemorate the completion of the rehabilitation of the… Continue reading

Clallam seeks funds for Elwha bridge

PORT ANGELES - Clallam County must choose between raising money to build the Elwha Bridge or lowering the cost of spanning the river. The second… Continue reading