BREAKING NEWS: Port Townsend Paper’s parent restructures debt, files for bankruptcy protection.

PT Holdings Co. Inc., the parent company of Port Townsend Paper Corp., has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for… Continue reading

American Legion encouraged to seek grant for building renovation

PORT TOWNSEND - The decrepit American Legion building is a missing link of sorts at Monroe and Water streets, one that Legion members say would… Continue reading

Coast Guard investigator will fill undersheriff’s post

A former state fish and wildlife agent who's now a Coast Guard criminal investigator will be Clallam County's new undersheriff. Sheriff Bill Benedict said Monday… Continue reading

Peninsula exceeds state average in selling smokes to youth

Youngsters can buy cigarettes illegally twice as easily in Clallam and Jefferson counties as they can - on average - in the rest of the… Continue reading

Port Angeles chamber presents 2006 awards, installs 2007 officers

PORT ANGELES - Windermere Real Estate/Port Angeles owner Terry Neske received the 2006 President's Award from the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce on Monday.… Continue reading

Red Cross looking for a new home

PORT ANGELES - When a fire or some other emergency leaves people homeless, it's often the Red Cross that offers them a haven until they… Continue reading

‘Renaissance man’ David Hero named Port Townsend Citizen of Year

PORT TOWNSEND - A longtime Port Townsend businessman and community volunteer who led the fund-raising effort to renovate old City Hall was named the 2006… Continue reading

Friends of Animals tames ex-alley cat

Alexandra, "a beautiful little Russian blue kitty," is one of the animals that Catherine Burke rescued and took to Peninsula Friends of Animals, the no-kill… Continue reading

Hargrove bill seeks more economic development funds

OLYMPIA - A bill that would increase funding for economic development projects and keep the decision making local was introduced last week by Sen. Jim… Continue reading

Sequim yearns for open space – and hopes for money to buy it

SEQUIM - Dennis Lefevre calls it "pressure." It's what's happening on the east side of Sequim, as developers bring subdivision applications. You can see it… Continue reading

She’s keeper of the 9 lives — for 14 years

PORT ANGELES - The sun hasn't risen over the horizon and the temperature barely has climbed above freezing when Catherine Burke's little SUV rolls into… Continue reading

Trans-Atlantic rowers return to place where they trained

PORT TOWNSEND - They left New York harbor on June 10 with high hopes and a determination to finish the race, no matter what the… Continue reading

Family airlfited after crash near Quilcene

SEATTLE - A Yakima family of three was airlifted to a Seattle hospital Saturday morning after their SUV ran off Coyle Road outside of Quilcene… Continue reading

Forks teen charged in elk killings

PORT ANGELES - One of three teenagers accused of opening fire on a herd of elk near Forks in December was charged last week in… Continue reading

Friends, family, co-workers remember bus driver a year after his death

PORT ANGELES - As cars whooshed by Saturday afternoon, about 30 friends, family and co-workers gathered at a spot beside U.S. Highway 101 where Steven… Continue reading

Granddaughter restores, then revisits pioneer photographs

PORT TOWNSEND - When Ann Welch was growing up, she always intrigued with the little room off the bathroom of her grandfather's house on Lawrence… Continue reading

Invisible people — the homeless –prove hard to see in Clallam County

Come join the search for invisible people. They're unseen because they're homeless. Some of us simply don't notice them; others see them but pretend they… Continue reading

Port Townsend’s ‘homeless wonder’ survives the elements

PORT TOWNSEND - Gudrun Jensen says she has slept in her rusting, leaky Volvo for much of the past eight years. Jensen, a cheerful 77-year-old… Continue reading

Wine from Dungeness Valley-grown grapes a Nouveau hit

PORT ANGELES - You could say this is the taste of life in the Dungeness Valley. It starts with citrus - grapefruit notes tickle the… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles gets oil spill response trailer

PORT ANGELES - When Gig Harbor's Harborview Marina caught fire in September 2005, critical oil spill response equipment was available to the firefighters who arrived… Continue reading