What to do with your Christmas trees in Clallam County

Clallam County residents have several ways to recycle Christmas trees. In Port Angeles, city waste collection crews will collect trees left curbside during the week… Continue reading

  • Dec 29, 2006

Family impatient over dear carcasses on property

PORT ANGELES - Heather Williams awoke the day after Christmas to the remains of a dead baby deer in her yard. She looked out her… Continue reading

Hoh Chief Klia will ‘definitely be missed’

FORKS - The hereditary chief of the Hoh tribe died Wednesday in a Seattle hospital of injuries sustained in a Saturday vehicle collision on U.S.… Continue reading

Merrill & Ring files trade claim on British Columbia log sales

PORT ANGELES - Merrill & Ring Forestry LP has filed a formal claim under the North American Free Trade Agreement asking for $25 million in… Continue reading

Snowshoeing: A walk in the park

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK - Ranger-led snowshoe walks for individuals and families at Hurricane Ridge are being offered at 2 p.m. today, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and… Continue reading

  • Dec 28, 2006

Urgent care clinic to be proposed to Jefferson Healthcare board

PORT TOWNSEND - A proposal for an urgent care fast track clinic within the emergency department at Jefferson Healthcare hospital is expected to go before… Continue reading

Hoh hereditary tribal chief in serious condition from crash

FORKS - A man hospitalized with serious injuries after a head-on collision Saturday afternoon is the hereditary chief of the Hoh tribe. Herbert Clyde Fisher,… Continue reading

Mom arrested after she, daughter nearly overdose

PORT ANGELES - A local woman is under arrest for investigation of the attempted murder of her daughter after she and a 10-year-old child ingested… Continue reading

  • Dec 27, 2006

Peninsula retailers rebound from bad-weather start to have good holiday season

Many local shop owners describe this holiday season as typical as they recover from reduced business during November storms. "We were never actually closed for… Continue reading

Port Townsend City Council to consider loan to itself tonight

PORT TOWNSEND - The City Council will consider loaning itself money from a fund that supports a water transmission line that Port Townsend Paper Corp.… Continue reading

Turning his life around with help from Peninsula Home Fund

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is another in a series of articles on the Peninsula Home Fund. Please click on the Home Fund button at left to… Continue reading

4-H Club’s connection with ‘Charlotte’s Web’

PORT TOWNSEND - The Jefferson County chapter of 4-H is providing coverage on its youth-run news Web site of the recent live-action motion picture release… Continue reading

74-year-old Christmas card still makes the family rounds

SEQUIM - These guys know how to reuse and recycle. Most important, they can track down the same old holiday card every year. Jim Pickett… Continue reading

Bet on it: Pandemic flu looms

Let's think, for a while, about the unthinkable: America's modern medical system grinds into gridlock as victims of a pandemic influenza overflow hospitals and crowd… Continue reading

Departing Jefferson County commissioner looks back

BRINNON - Pat Rodgers hopes understanding of the need for development of the Tri-Area continues and regrets voting for a settlement with the Washington Environmental… Continue reading

Judge tosses out attempted recall effort

A Mats Mats man's bid to qualify a recall attempt on two Jefferson County commissioners has been thrown out of court in Clallam County. In… Continue reading

Law and order in Clallam County courts

PORT ANGELES - It may be the badge and gun, but Gary Gorss has a calming effect on Clallam County courtrooms, often diffusing disruptions simply… Continue reading

Hurricane Ridge shuttle bus future in doubt

PORT ANGELES - The future of the "snow bus" to the Hurricane Ridge recreation area starting next month is in doubt because of a lack… Continue reading

Millions may be coming to three Jefferson County state parks, including Fort Worden

PORT TOWNSEND - The state parks director came to Fort Worden State Park on Thursday with good news: Jefferson County's three state parks could see… Continue reading

No mom and pop pot grow

deck -- Investigators believe Sequim operation largest county has seen SEQUIM - Arrests involving more than 1,000 growing marijuana plants is the biggest pot bust… Continue reading