Jefferson to conduct homeless census, too

PORT TOWNSEND - Jefferson County, along with the rest of the country, will participate in the annual point-in-time homeless count the week of Jan. 25.… Continue reading

Just like clockwork: Jefferson County Courthouse gets its gong back

PORT TOWNSEND - Those in and around the Jefferson County Courthouse on Friday heard a familiar sound that's been silent for more than six months.… Continue reading

Last minute contributions up Home Fund to $191,349

Wonderful news! Just as we closed the 2006 holiday campaign for the Peninsula Daily News' "hand up, not a handout" Peninsula Home Fund, four last-minute… Continue reading

Olympic Discovery Trail set to move west

It will take a few years, but Olympic Discovery Trail travelers are a little bit closer to getting from the Port Angeles waterfront to the… Continue reading

Teen accused of stabbing man pleads not guilty

PORT TOWNSEND - An 18-year-old Port Townsend man facing an assault charge in the stabbing of another man has pleaded innocent in Jefferson County Superior… Continue reading

Chimacum educator, others follow through on school-funding suit

A group of school districts and pro-education groups headed by Chimacum School District Superintendent Mike Blair filed its previously announced lawsuit Thursday against the state… Continue reading

Laptop stolen from Family Planning had no sensitive information

PORT ANGELES - A laptop computer was stolen from Clallam County Family Planning over the Christmas holiday, but the portable computer did not contain any… Continue reading

Port preparing to overhaul airport tarmacs, runway

PORT ANGELES - Aging pavement and an increasing number of larger jet aircraft are prompting a $1.24 million project to repave the passenger loading area… Continue reading

Sand trucks replace snow plows

Snow settled into ice across the North Olympic Peninsula on Thursday, and sand trucks replaced snow plows on the roads. The National Weather Service reported… Continue reading

Search for Chimacum Valley water could go 800 feet deep

CHIMACUM - With Jefferson County's water resources in a human vs. salmon tug of war, tapping a new water source might ease some political tensions.… Continue reading

Sequim police get pay raise

SEQUIM -Police Chief Robert Spinks doesn't want his station to have a revolving door. So a City Council decision this week to give police officers… Continue reading

Teen charged with escape for disappearing into woods from outhouse

FORKS - A teenager was charged with third-degree escape earlier this month for giving a juvenile probation officer the slip and vanishing into the forest.… Continue reading

Slick roads, ferry landing repair in Jefferson County

Snowfall was scant Wednesday in East Jefferson County, but the sinking temperature led to slick roads. As the snow fell, two floating dolphins at the… Continue reading

Charges against alleged teenage poachers considered

FORKS - Prosecutors are considering charges against three teens suspected of illegally shooting six elk in December and then leaving them to die. The elk,… Continue reading

Cold? State offers free firewood from some trust lands

Downed trees may be both the cause of, and part of the solution to, the weather troubles experienced by the North Olympic Peninsula this winter.… Continue reading

Doctors answer hospital with contract counteroffer

PORT ANGELES - Olympic Medical Center's family doctors Wednesday presented a contract counteroffer for continuing to practice at the former Virginia Mason clinic at 433… Continue reading

Mariners sign autographs and play in the snow

SEQUIM - Those baseball players may seem like a summer-centric lot. But you had to hand it to them when a pair of Seattle Mariners,… Continue reading

Port Angeles, Sequim may top region in latest storm’s snowfall

A snowstorm moving across the North Olympic Peninsula from west to east on Wednesday probably dropped the most snow on the central part, a National… Continue reading

Snow falls across Peninsula, much of Western Washington

By The Associated Press SEATTLE — Snow was falling early Tuesday across much of Western Washington following a windstorm that felled trees and caused thousands… Continue reading

  • Jan 10, 2007
  • By The Associated Press

Blind resident takes council to task for ‘indistinguishable’ signals

SEQUIM - Kyle Parrish said he's been telling Sequim city officials for years that downtown's chirping, cuckooing pedestrian signals don't work right. He's called the… Continue reading