Jefferson Healthcare Hospital to consider smoke-free campus

PORT TOWNSEND - A proposal to make the entire Jefferson Healthcare hospital campus smoke free will go before the hospital commissioners for consideration later this… Continue reading

Lawmakers to join talks over human remains

PORT TOWNSEND - Two North Olympic Peninsula lawmakers are expected to attend a meeting on Thursday to discuss what to do next after the discovery… Continue reading

PA schools tackling new bus routes, Eighth Street closure

PORT ANGELES - Planning the school bus routes for the next school year is complicated for the Port Angeles School District by the planned closures… Continue reading

Port Angeles Schools prepare for big moves

PORT ANGELES - Maintenance, custodial and other crews are preparing for a summer of moves throughout the Port Angeles School District. Roosevelt Middle School will… Continue reading

‘Virtual’ clinic ‘virtually’ opens, but real opening still up to four weeks away

PORT ANGELES - A "virtual" Veterans Affairs clinic opened Monday - but just a crack. A full opening is expected in three to four weeks,… Continue reading

Beckett construction site home to former Klallam village, tribal representative says

PORT TOWNSEND - A Jamestown S'Klallam tribal representative told Jefferson County officials Monday that Beckett Point was a former village site and the discovery of… Continue reading

Cable news operation to close in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES - Peninsula News Network, the locally owned cable television news channel, will close Friday after more than 15 years of news programming. Co-owner… Continue reading

Jefferson commissioners form panel on no-shooting zones

PORT TOWNSEND - The Jefferson County commissioners have created a committee which will review proposals to establish no-shooting zones in the county. The first two… Continue reading

New restaurant slated for John Wayne Marina

SEQUIM - A new restaurant offering "casual fine dining" is slated to open in August at John Wayne Marina - without food service for more… Continue reading

Plans to resume on Port Townsend ferry terminal expansion

PORT TOWNSEND - After a nearly eight-month suspension of a ferry terminal expansion project, Washington State Ferries officials are ready to resume planning work, the… Continue reading

Lieutenant governor emcees ceremonies at Neah Bay

OLYMPIA - A ceremony on Friday saluted a landmark being built at Neah Bay. Lt. Gov. Brad Owen was the master of ceremonies at a… Continue reading

‘Virtual’ VA clinic to open on a limited basis today

PORT ANGELES - In what you could call a case of virtual reality, a Veterans Administration primary care clinic will open today at 1005 Georgiana… Continue reading

Investigators to probe Quilcene air crash

QUILCENE - National Transportation and Safety Board investigators are expected to begin this week looking into what caused a plane to crash into the northesast… Continue reading

Jazz camp to be reborn at Camp David Jr.

PORT ANGELES - In 1926, a jazz musician named Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong recorded his first big hit. "Heebie Jeebies" sold 40,000 copies and popularized scat… Continue reading

Sequim man sues over alleged tainted sandwich

SEQUIM - A Sequim man has filed a lawsuit against the national fast food chain Jack in the Box, saying he bit into a breakfast… Continue reading

Warning issued for Hood Canal shellfish

Jefferson County's top public health officer is urging anyone who plans to eat shellfish captured from Hood Canal to thoroughly cook it. That's because vibrio… Continue reading

Anderson Lake closed again; toxin levels 250 times worse than last year

CHIMACUM - Anderson Lake State Park was closed Friday night after tests showed toxin levels to be 250 times higher than last year. Water samples… Continue reading

Couple who died in Mount Walker plane crash were headed to California

QUILCENE - A Lopez Island couple flying to California to visit family were killed when their small plane crashed Thursday on the northeast face of… Continue reading

Port Townsend ferry service back on schedule when second boat returns

PORT TOWNSEND - Two-boat ferry service for the Port Townsend-Keystone route resumed on Saturday after it had operated with only one ferry for more than… Continue reading

Port Townsend High School class of 1951 member finally gets his diploma

PORT TOWNSEND - William Blaurock's face, beaming under its red mortarboard, showed signs of more experience than those of his fellow Port Townsend High School… Continue reading