Cohn doesn’t get Issaquah offer; interviews in bellingham

PORT ANGLES - The Issaquah School Board did not offer its superintendent position to Port Angeles Superintendent Gary Cohn, who was one of two finalists… Continue reading

Indian Island receives first sub of 2007

PORT TOWNSEND - For the first time this year, a nuclear-powered submarine equipped to carry non-nuclear weapons docked at Naval Magazine Indian Island's munitions pier… Continue reading

Investigation looks into mysterious cause of Brinnon inferno

BRINNON - Fire investigators don't know yet what set off a conflagration that destroyed a home on U.S. Highway 101 in Brinnon on Wednesday. "At… Continue reading

Peninsula scientists, students may get grant to study killer fungus

PORT ANGELES - Can you say "kripto-cokkus GAT-tee-eye"? I knew you could. Now you're able to pronounce the name of a deadly fungus that has… Continue reading

Sequim picks five candidates to interview for schools chief

SEQUIM - The Sequim School Board will interview on Saturday five candidates for the position of superintendent - including one administrator already working in the… Continue reading

A woman’s hope under the apple trees

PORT ANGELES - When Linda Smith visited the house at 3905 Bean Road in January 1987 looking for her stepbrother, Norman Boullion, the woman there… Continue reading

Big bronze bell stolen from art park

PORT ANGELES - A heavy bronze bell, one part of a pair of twin bells, was stolen from the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center's outdoor… Continue reading

Firefighters dodge bullets, exploding propane tank but can’t save house

BRINNON - A 3,000-square-foot home in Brinnon burned to the ground Wednesday, while the resident watched in shock. No one was injured in the raging… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center, physicians reach accord

PORT ANGELES - Nearly a year after it took over Virginia Mason's Eighth Street clinic, Olympic Medical Center approved three-year contracts Wednesday with its nine… Continue reading

Port Angeles schools chief completes one job interview, goes to another today

PORT ANGELES - The Issaquah School Board was scheduled to consider late Wednesday night if it would make an offer to Gary Cohn, current superintendent… Continue reading

Port Townsend Paper’s Bankruptcy Court hearing rescheduled

PORT TOWNSEND - A hearing that would have informed unsecured creditors how much Port Townsend Paper Corp. will pay them was moved on Wednesday to… Continue reading

Commissioners tell voters to fund Superior Court judge

PORT ANGELES - If Clallam County voters want a third Superior Court judge, they'll probably have to tax themselves to pay for one. They also… Continue reading

Port Townsend Farmers Market growing

PORT TOWNSEND - Sure, the sales dollars roll in faster each year. But the management team at Port Townsend Farmers Market sees the event as… Continue reading

Port Townsend tidal power idea on hold

PORT TOWNSEND - The City Council has deadlocked on a proposed partnership to seek a $100,000 grant to design a tidal turbine power generation project… Continue reading

Hilfiger models and crew shoot at Rialto Beach

LAPUSH - A model dancing on a grand piano in the surf, a bed made of driftwood, and the stunning beauty of Rialto Beach -… Continue reading

Lack of affordable housing a crisis, say group members

PORT TOWNSEND - There is a housing crisis in Jefferson County and Port Townsend, say those who have helped build most of the area's affordable… Continue reading

Port Angeles board reaffirms Stevens name, nixes all-day kindergarten

PORT ANGELES - The Port Angeles School Board voted Monday to drop the idea of all-day kindergarten for the next school year, to keep Stevens… Continue reading

Search for corpse turns up empty

PORT ANGELES - Investigators spent nearly eight hours Monday literally digging for clues in a 21-year-old missing-person case, but found little besides dirt. Borrowing a… Continue reading

Senior softball a hit on Peninsula

SEQUIM - Warren Hunt, chairman of the Sequim Senior Softball Club, is looking for a little competition - and he also wouldn't mind finding a… Continue reading

Herbicide spraying planned in Jefferson County

Neighbors of Jefferson County timber company land are being warned that annual herbicide spraying is about to begin. Jefferson County forest landowners and managers will… Continue reading