Port Angeles jump-starts biodiesel

PORT ANGELES - By December 2008, 2 percent of the diesel fuel sold in the state must be biodiesel under a state law passed in… Continue reading

Civic-minded couple named Marrowstone Citizens of Year

NORDLAND - When Hadlock Building Supply burned in 1995, all the employees were kept on the payroll while the new building was constructed. This commitment… Continue reading

Port Townsend nominees for top Citizen, Business Leader announced

PORT TOWNSEND - Port Townsend 2006 Citizen of the Year and Business Leader of the Year will be announced during an 11 a.m. brunch Jan.… Continue reading

Port, city ponder oil seeping into marina

PORT TOWNSEND - Oil moves slowly, but mixed with water it can travel far. So city and Port of Port Townsend officials learned after Jan.… Continue reading

Sequim mayor offers elk solution: sharpshooters, soup kitchen donations

SEQUIM - Thin the Dungeness elk herd and help the hungry. That's a suggestion - admittedly one that may rile elk lovers - from Sequim… Continue reading

State wants to rebuild trestle it once scrapped

SEQUIM - The Olympic Discovery Trail will follow a long and winding road through Sequim Bay State Park - at least until the state can… Continue reading

The new elk proposal: A fence from the Dungeness River to 7 Cedars Casino

BLYN - Herding, hazing, fencing, taxes. Those are a few elk-management alternatives, resurrected during a Tuesday meeting of the co-managers of the Dungeness herd of… Continue reading

Five tax measures on ballot in Jefferson County – but not before all voters

Voters in Jefferson County, depending on where they live, will vote on one or more of five tax measures on ballots to be distributed Wednesday… Continue reading

Man injured driving car allegedly stolen

SEQUIM - Sequim police have arrested the injured driver of a car they say had been stolen from the Sequim High School parking lot. Alexander… Continue reading

Nature takes toll on eagles’ perches

PORT ANGELES - Two trees fell last week in Port Angeles that, though no one may have heard them crash, sounded a deep sadness among… Continue reading

Port Angeles school levy group gears up as ballots go out Wednesday

PORT ANGELES - It's election time again. But unlike last November, there's just one issue - for the approximately 18,500 registered voters in the Port… Continue reading

Civil rights leader’s legacy lives on among elementary students

PORT TOWNSEND - She was born more than three decades after the death of Martin Luther King Jr., but 6-year-old Darci Davis knows why a… Continue reading

Community alliance raises cash off its backs

PORT LUDLOW - When Dee McConnell came up with the idea of holding a high-end used clothing sale as a fundraiser, neither she nor Eline… Continue reading

Safety course away from the water

A boating safety course will start Jan. 24 at Peninsula College's Port Angeles campus and run for seven Wednesday evenings. Boat handling, navigation aids, adverse… Continue reading

Sail & Power Squadron members promote sensible cruising, fishing

SEQUIM - The Sea D's started across the Strait of Juan de Fuca without a care. Accustomed as they were to the calm lakes of… Continue reading

Van De Wege chosen for assistant whip position

OLYMPIA - The 24th District's newest legislator is quickly making a name for himself in the state capital. Freshman Rep. Kevin Van De Wege, D-Sequim,… Continue reading

Workshops across the Peninsula

Olympic Community Action Programs is sponsoring three-day "Developing Your Potential" workshops to help people entering the work force identify their strengths and create job portfolios.… Continue reading

Clallam schedules yearly count of homeless people

You can't count homeless people by knocking on their doors. That's why more than 100 volunteers will fan out across Clallam County the weeks of… Continue reading

DNR asks firewood collectors to obey the rules

FORKS - An offer from the state Department of Natural Resources for residents to collect their own firewood left over from timber sales has garnered… Continue reading

Historic turn possible for old lighthouse

PORT TOWNSEND - Fort Worden State Park's manager is securing an estimate of what it would cost to move the 94-year-old Point Wilson Lighthouse and… Continue reading