Gregoire aides visit Port Angeles to talk and listen

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic National Park shouldn't grow larger, the state Department of Ecology should speed cleanup of the Rayonier mill site, and Medicare reimbursements… Continue reading

Jefferson 20/20 members earn, spend time dollars

PORT TOWNSEND -- Time really can be money in a system of trade and barter called "local currency" that uses a unit of currency called… Continue reading

Labors of love bear fruit, vegetables, grains

AGNEW -- It's obvious why they're here. Christy and Kelly Johnston love farming -- and each other. The couple's six-year-old farm is one of the… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend affirms shipyard businessman’s eviction

PORT TOWNSEND -- Many came late Wednesday night to plead with the Port of Port Townsend commissioners to give John "Mike" Hogan and his marine… Continue reading

West End Hickory Shirt/Heritage Days schedule

FORKS -- The West End community celebrates its heritage -- and a favorite form of apparel -- when it begins its annual weeklong Hickory Shirt/Heritage… Continue reading

Canada defends timber export rules

PORT ANGELES -- The government of Canada is reviewing the $25 million damage claim filed this week by Merrill & Ring but has no intention… Continue reading

City attorney set to receive campaign case

PORT ANGELES -- An electioneering complaint against Clallam County Auditor Cathleen McKeown now is expected to make its way to the Port Angeles city attorney… Continue reading

Clallam country’s top seat belt clickers

PORT ANGELES -- Of all the counties surveyed in all the states, Clallam has the highest number of people using seat belts. Statewide, about 96.3… Continue reading

Final primary election results due

Election results will be certified in Clallam and Jefferson counties on Friday. Voter turnout was about 45 percent in Clallam County and about 55 percent… Continue reading

Forks pool to go before judge

FORKS -- Backers of an operations and maintenance levy that failed in the primary election will try to have the measure on the general election… Continue reading

Off-road-vehicle park proposed near Quilcene

QUILCENE -- The prospect of a nearby off-road vehicle park has some looking forward to having fun while others anticipate a fight. The Jefferson County… Continue reading

Port Angeles reserves space on power system

PORT ANGELES -- Looking down the road, the city has reserved its priority rights on the Bonneville Power Administration's transmission system for the next 30… Continue reading

Rivers End house finds a new home

PORT ANGELES -- Talk about putting up a house. The 700-plus-square-foot structure on Lauridsen Boulevard at Fairmont Avenue will be lifted off the ground while… Continue reading

State to study Burnt Hill noise from off-road vehicles

SEQUIM -- It sounds contradictory at first. Burnt Hill, that sometime battleground for dirt bikers and homeowners south of Sequim, will be closed to off-road… Continue reading

Brother of boy who overdosed on methadone charged with delivery of the drug

PORT TOWNSEND -- The brother of a boy who died of a methadone overdose has been charged with delivering methadone a month after his brother… Continue reading

BuiltGreen group grows a checklist

PORT ANGELES -- A group of contractors, environmentalists, real estate dealers, building officials and just plain citizens celebrated the release of a BuiltGreen of Clallam… Continue reading

Joyce students to get safer route to school

JOYCE -- Construction may start as early as October on a sidewalk along state Highway 112 that will link the Crescent school complex with the… Continue reading

Port Angeles declares Stage 2 water shortage

PORT ANGELES -- The city has a declared a Stage 2 water shortage, requiring immediate voluntary reductions in water consumption. The water shortage declaration was… Continue reading

Port Angeles timber firm insists complaint not linked to U.S.-Canada softwood deal

PORT ANGELES -- When a local forestry company gave notice on Monday that it was going to take on the Canadian government over timber policies… Continue reading

Sequim tables one big subdivision, OKs another

SEQUIM -- Neighbors -- and others farther away -- call Sorrento inappropriate, even "appalling," as David Brown put it. The development, which proposes 229 dwellings… Continue reading