Eat crab to your heart’s content

PORT ANGELES -- Some 12,000 people are expected to fish for crab, learn how to cook crab and just plain eat crab at the fifth… Continue reading

Kinetic is kontageous in Port Townsend this weekend

PORT TOWNSEND -- Racers, get ready to peddle, push, row or otherwise humanly power those kinetic contraptions to the finish line for the 24th annual… Continue reading

Lots to see and do across North Olympic Peninsula this weekend

Here are additional best bets for this weekend: Crab feed tonight Get a jump on all Saturday and Sunday's tourists by having dinner at the… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center eyes tandem plans to support primary care physicians

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center commissioners will adopt an "action plan" Oct. 16 to protect primary health care in Clallam County. Meeting barely a… Continue reading

Planners eye a ‘spirit of cooperation’

SEQUIM -- The stakes are high, but communication has broken down. So say the two bodies who agonize over how this part of the world… Continue reading

Solar homes on display across North Olympic Peninsula

Solar homes in Jefferson and Clallam counties will have open doors and invitations to the public to come in for a look Saturday. Eleven sites… Continue reading

U.S. 101 slated for slowdown

BLYN -- Speed limits on U.S. Highway 101 near 7 Cedars Casino could drop to 50 mph by Thanksgiving, an official with the state Department… Continue reading

Clallam: Auditor certifies Port Angeles anti-fluoridation initiatives

PORT ANGELES -- Two initiatives seeking to prevent fluoridation of Port Angeles" municipal water supply received certification Wednesday from the Clallam County auditor. They will… Continue reading

Clallam: Submarine completes tests

LAKE CRESCENT -- From under the water to up in the air and then back on the road to Seattle. That's where Ellis Adams' little… Continue reading

Jefferson: First pipeline laid to bring water to Marrowstone Island

NORDLAND -- Four years after water-challenged Marrowstone Island residents petitioned Jefferson County Public Utility District for water service, the first phase in a $4.3 million… Continue reading

Port Angeles: City to ramp up enforcement in skate park

PORT ANGELES -- On a sunny, dry Wednesday afternoon, about 30 young people lingered around the Port Angeles skate park, taking turns defying gravity in… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Missing tickets a problem for Rotary club

PORT ANGELES -- The Nor"wester Rotary Club has a problem -- a missing book of tickets for its drawing for a sporty red 1993 Mazda… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Charge against Whipple dismissed

PORT TOWNSEND -- One charge against former Chimacum High School Principal Rex Whipple was dismissed during his Jefferson County Superior Court trial Wednesday. Judge Craddock… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Millennium Internet service goes out

PORT TOWNSEND -- Millennium Digital Media's Cablespeed Internet service to the Port Townsend area was out of commission most of Wednesday, the result of equipment… Continue reading

Quileute tsunami drill goes off without a hitch

LAPUSH -- The sea and sky could not have been bluer or more tranquil -- until 10 a.m., when two horn blasts sent dozens of… Continue reading

Jefferson: Brinnon protesters going to Olympia

PORT TOWNSEND -- A scattering of North Olympic Peninsula protesters are expected to join in "The World Can't Wait" protest Thursday in Olympia, said Brinnon… Continue reading

Peninsula: Private submarine tested in Lake Crescent

LAKE CRESCENT -- Yes, there really is a submarine cruising Lake Crescent this week. The sub, built by U.S. Submarines, is among the first personal… Continue reading

Port Angeles: bite by bite, ‘Pink House’ is gone

PORT ANGELES -- It stood for about a century. Nobody knows its whole story. A year ago, the state Department of Natural Resources pronounced the… Continue reading

PORT TOWNSEND: FRUSTRATED COUNCIL TARGETS FERRY LANDING CONGESTION

PORT TOWNSEND -- Port Townsend City Council members are sending a letter to Gov. Chris Gregoire about their "frustration and disappointment" over Washington State Ferries'… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Girls” Night Out to raise money for women’s health

PORT TOWNSEND -- Women are being encouraged to go out on the town Thursday during the third annual Girls" Night Out. "It's a day of… Continue reading