Skateboard helmets should be required, parks board told

PORT ANGELES -- About 40 people, including family and friends of the late Frank Russo, gathered Thursday night at City Hall to urge adoption of… Continue reading

Advocates for disabled in Port Townsend gain nonprofit status

PORT TOWNSEND -- Disability Awareness Starts Here -- DASH for short -- has acquired its federal nonprofit status. For the past year, DASH project coordinator… Continue reading

Candidate filings in Jefferson, Clallam counties slow down

Wednesday yielded only a few new candidates filing for fall elections in Jefferson and Clallam counties. In Jefferson County, John R. Hynson, a Port Townsend… Continue reading

Canoe Journey to go on, with stopovers scheduled today at Fort Flagler, Port Gamble

MARROWSTONE ISLAND -- The Inter-Tribal Canoe Journey will continue today in the wake of Wednesday's drowning of a canoeist off Dungeness Spit. The next stop… Continue reading

Memorial fund set up for man who drowned in Lake Crescent

PORT ANGELES -- A memorial fund has been set up for the family of Jesse Thanem, the concert musician and college student who drowned Monday… Continue reading

Tribal canoe capsizes; 1 killed

DUNGENESS -- High winds and five- to seven-foot swells capsized a Makah tribal canoe near the Dungeness Spit late Wednesday afternoon, killing a Canadian tribal… Continue reading

Two Port Angeles boards to discuss helmets, renaming facilities

PORT ANGELES -- Two of the city's advisory boards will meet tonight to get public input on a proposed city policy for naming or renaming… Continue reading

Candidate filing quiets down in Jefferson

Monday's busy first day of candidate filings for Jefferson County's fall elections was followed Tuesday by a quiet one during which only one candidate submitted… Continue reading

Curios from the Canoe Journey

THE INTER-TRIBAL Canoe Journey started in 1989 when Quinault tribal member Emmett Oliver organized the "Paddle to Seattle"' to commemorate the centennial of Washington state.… Continue reading

How I found my blackberry heaven

SEQUIM -- I thought I had died and gone to heaven. That's because I was in blackberry heaven. It was like a dream and a… Continue reading

More county incumbents file for elections in Clallam

Two more incumbent Clallam County office-holders filed for re-election Tuesday, and the expected Democratic challenger for the state House of Representatives filed in Olympia. Prosecuting… Continue reading

More fallout in East Jefferson fire department

PORT TOWNSEND -- An 18-year volunteer firefighter has submitted his resignation to protest the demotion of a fellow volunteer. The move by East Jefferson Fire-Rescue… Continue reading

Port Angeles man drowns in Lake Crescent

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- A young concert musician and college student drowned Monday afternoon while swimming in the Devil's Punchbowl area of Lake Crescent, authorities… Continue reading

Rough waters? No problem for canoeists who employ modern means to arrive in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- Perseverance is the pride of a puller when it comes to the Inter-Tribal Canoe Journey. However, safety trumped perseverance Tuesday as canoeists… Continue reading

Sex incident in jail prompts changes

PORT ANGELES -- Two inmates apparently conspired so they could have sex in the Clallam County jail, it was learned Tuesday. Undersheriff Rich Sill said… Continue reading

Clallam candidates who filed Monday

Elections Coordinator Patty Rosand became the second Clallam County employee to mount a campaign against an elected boss Tuesday, declaring her candidacy for the auditor's… Continue reading

Emergence of Costco could fund new city buildings, council told

SEQUIM -- Shop at Costco, improve life for Sequim's workers. That's part of the plan conceived by City Manager Bill Elliott. Sequim has outgrown its… Continue reading

Heat wave worsens toxins in already-closed lake

CHIMACUM -- It's become Dana Fickeisen's routine this summer. Every Monday, she kneels at Anderson Lake's edge to fill small bottles with samples of water… Continue reading

Jefferson candidates who filed Monday

The fall election season officially began Monday as Jefferson County candidates opened the five-day filing week. Several incumbents were among the first to file at… Continue reading

Paddle journey due to arrive in Port Angeles today

It's the beginning for some, the middle for others, but the end for none. At about 3 p.m. today on Port Angeles' Hollywood Beach, the… Continue reading