Man shoots self in excitement of televised game

CHIMACUM - The New Orleans Saints vs. Chicago Bears televised playoff game was a blast for a Chimacum man who accidentally shot himself while reacting… Continue reading

PA set to open ‘moderate risk’ waste operation today

PORT ANGELES -Clallam County residents starting today won't have to stockpile their household hazardous waste for a once-a-year collection event. They will be able to… Continue reading

Port Townsend High athletic director steps down

PORT TOWNSEND - The Port Townsend School Board approved medical leave to high school athletic director Russ Hickman at Monday's board meeting, assistant principal Tom… Continue reading

City, port issue a reminder to Legislature to fund Tse-whit-zen agreement

PORT ANGELES - Port commissioners remembered the admonition Monday morning to always say "thank you." The Port of Port Angeles board unanimously approved sending the… Continue reading

Early balloting brisk in Port Angeles, Jefferson County

Balloting for a four-year tax levy in the Port Angeles School District has started brisk, with more than 13 percent of the votes already returned… Continue reading

Farmers, Realtors join to conserve land

PORT ANGELES - Joshua Alpert wants to wish "sweet dreams" to some very strange bedfellows - Friends of the Fields and the Sequim and Port… Continue reading

Forks moving toward building senior center this year

FORKS - A new senior center is slated to begin construction in March, Mayor Nedra Reed says. The building, which will also house community functions… Continue reading

High Sequim housing prices causing students to move away, enrollments to drop

SEQUIM - Like a lot of people who've grown up here, Sequim High School student Ariana Briseno wants to get out, go to college, start… Continue reading

Peninsula ‘amazing’ for its festivals, producer tells Port Angeles chamber

PORT ANGELES - The North Olympic Peninsula has more than its share of community festivals - in fact, about 50 events make it the per… Continue reading

Victorian Festival gives Port Townsend a ‘March bump’ economically

PORT TOWNSEND - The city goes Victorian for its 11th year on March 16-18, and the Victorian Festival's promoters promise another weekend that draws upwards… Continue reading

Port Angeles funeral director finds her calling

PORT ANGELES - Only one of Jennifer Melberg's friends dares ask the question: "How's work?" The friend, Melberg said, punctuates her query with "the empathetic… Continue reading

Fashion show of trash opens recycled art exhibit

PORT TOWNSEND - They paraded in popcorn bags, wore hubcaps as hats, strutted in cigar bands and looked smashing in trash bags. And they all… Continue reading

Gateway center project bid opening today

PORT ANGELES - The bids for the Port Angeles International Gateway Transportation Center will be opened today. The bids for the $13.8 million project, which… Continue reading

Hargrove bill seeks to lessen conflict in divorce process

OLYMPIA - When a marriage ends, the process often can be nasty and the results, especially if children are involved, can have long-term consequences. So… Continue reading

Security firm looks to history to bolster legal argument

PORT TOWNSEND - Joe D'Amico, president of Security Services Northwest, is asking that several-decade-old documents be considered as proof that he can legally operate his… Continue reading

Woman dies after being hit by pickup truck

PORT ANGELES - A 76-year-old Port Angeles woman died in a Seattle hospital from injuries she suffered when a truck hit her in a crosswalk… Continue reading

Agreement delays Tarboo Bay timber harvest

QUILCENE - There will be no timber harvesting on 120 acres of steep slopes above Tarboo Bay - not for the next two years, at… Continue reading

Church settles sex abuse case for $155,000

PORT ANGELES - A $155,000 settlement has been finalized in Clallam County Superior Court in connection with an act of sexual abuse at a local… Continue reading

Clallam Transit also sees rise in 2006

PORT ANGELES - Clallam Transit System saw a 10 percent increase to 856,171 in its fixed route ridership during 2006. CTS' total boardings, which include… Continue reading

Jefferson Transit ’06 ridership highest in agency’s history

PORT TOWNSEND - Jefferson Transit ridership during 2006 rolled over the record set the previous year, as rising gas prices, tailored scheduling and a cheap… Continue reading