PT: First degree assault charged in knifing incident

PORT TOWNSEND - An 18-year-old Port Townsend man was formally charged in Jefferson County Superior Court Tuesday with first-degree assault in connection with the stabbing… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Ukrainian sailor released for convalescence

PORT ANGELES - A Ukrainian sailor who nearly lost his leg in a shipboard accident in November was discharged from Olympic Medical Center last week… Continue reading

PT shop opens Victorian tea room

PORT TOWNSEND - Ever since Marilyn Niebauer bought Twigs, a British import shop, she has been asked the same question. "People were constantly asking if… Continue reading

Many brave cold temperatures to ring in 2007

It was a typical January day on the North Olympic Peninsula, with overcast skies, temperatures in the low 40s and the beginnings of a rain… Continue reading

Sequim: Captured bobcat gets OK for return to wild

SEQUIM - A bobcat that has been sheltered at a rescue facility since his Dec. 16 capture in Port Angeles is expected to be released… Continue reading

Peninsula: State Patrol reports no major New Year’s Eve incidents

No major traffic wrecks were reported to the State Patrol in the North Olympic Peninsula on New Year's Eve. No major traffic wrecks were reported… Continue reading

$147,964 to Peninsula Home Fund and rising!

Contributions are still coming in, but as of Thursday night, $147,964.35 from people and organizations in Jefferson and Clallam counties had been donated to the… Continue reading

Are you fuming over all that Christmas packaging foam?

PORT TOWNSEND - Wondering what to do with all the leftover Styrofoam from Christmas gift boxes but don't want to throw it away? A Port… Continue reading

Clallam gets $1 million to fight homelessness

Clallam County has received $1 million of a $1.165 million request for a state grant to put homeless people in permanent housing. "What we proposed… Continue reading

Hoh chief’s services set to begin Friday

LAPUSH - Memorial services for the late hereditary chief of the Hoh tribe will begin Friday at the A-Ka-Lat Center and continue through Saturday. Herbert… Continue reading

Jamestown S’Klallam tribe acquires Dungeness Golf Course today

SEQUIM - The Jamestown S'Klallam tribe will get the keys today to the Dungeness Golf Course - which may soon be known as the Cedars… Continue reading

Jefferson County fights gadfly who attempted commissioner recall

PORT TOWNSEND - Jefferson County is asking that a suit alleging commissioners violated the state Opens Meeting Act be dismissed and that Mats Mats resident… Continue reading

Port Townsend City Council returns to something new — and old — on Tuesday

PORT TOWNSEND - After two years away, the City Council returns Tuesday night to its 114-year-old meeting chambers, which sparkle anew following an extensive renovation… Continue reading

Second motorist in wreck dies

Phillip E. Roderick, 69, of Olympia, who was hurt in a Dec. 23 collision that fatally injured the hereditary Hoh chief, died Saturday at Harborview… Continue reading

  • Dec 31, 2006

“We opened up Lincoln Park this morning,” said Corey Delikat, a city park maintenance worker on Thursday.

Port Angeles' Lincoln Park reopens after windstorm damage cleared PORT ANGELES - Lincoln Park is open once again following an extended closure to clean up… Continue reading

It’s the same old grind for farm that mulches Christmas trees

This is a man of few words, many trees and more ideas. Steve Johnson, co-owner of the Lazy J Christmas tree farm, will see lots… Continue reading

Key highway at Discovery Bay hit by slides twice in week

DISCOVERY BAY - A mudslide Monday on state Highway 20 between Eaglemount and Anderson Lake roads, and a second one at the same location the… Continue reading

Most West End garbage goes out of the county

Most of the 9 percent of Clallam County's waste that is produced in the West End is trucked outside of the county. Garbage from Forks,… Continue reading

Mother charged with attempted murder of daughter

PORT ANGELES - A woman accused of trying to kill herself and her 10-year-old daughter with prescription drugs mixed in grape juice on Christmas Day… Continue reading

What to do with your Christmas tree in Jefferson County

Once the excitement of the holidays has passed, there's one last chore to accomplish: getting rid of the Christmas tree. Jefferson County residents have at… Continue reading

  • Dec 29, 2006