Peninsula: Lower Elwha tribe, Jefferson, PT share funds

OLYMPIA -- The Lower Elwha Klallam tribe will receive $68,536, and Jefferson County and Port Townsend will share $16,700 of the state's first Emergency Management… Continue reading

Peninsula: Search discontinued for lost hiker

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Searchers have discontinued intensive efforts to find Gilbert Gilman, a state retirement administrator who has been missing in the Staircase area… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Crash survivors continue recovery

PORT ANGELES -- Three-year-old Abheek Biswas of Beaverton, Ore., who survived a wreck that killed her father and sister, may have family arriving from South… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Convict escapes from hospital

PORT TOWNSEND -- A convicted Brinnon burglar who was being treated for alcoholism while awaiting another burglary trial slipped out of his jail clothing and… Continue reading

Jefferson: County rejects Marrowstone appeal

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Jefferson County Department of Community Development has denied a Marrowstone Island environmental group's appeal of the Public Utility District's shoreline permit… Continue reading

Peninsula: Fourth of July earthquake rattles region

SEQUIM -- Residents from Port Townsend to Port Angeles felt a small earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale Tuesday afternoon, They reported dishes rattling,… Continue reading

PENINSULA: NO CLUES IN SEARCH FOR MISSING HIKER

By KERI BRENNER OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Searchers and family members shared anguish and frustration Tuesday as an eighth day of a massive search for… Continue reading

  • Jul 5, 2006
  • KERI BRENNER

Port Angeles: Heroes amid flames in tragedy

PORT ANGELES -- Ordinary people became heroes amid the flames of Monday's fatal car crash on U.S. Highway 101 east of Port Angeles. One of… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Third fatality identified

PORT ANGELES -- Troopers have identified a man who died on Monday in a fiery crash east of Port Angeles. Robert Norman, 39, of Port… Continue reading

3 die in head-on collision on U.S. 101 near PA

PORT ANGELES -- Two men and a child were killed Monday in a two-car crash on U.S. Highway 101 near Blue Mountain Road. Passersby pulled… Continue reading

Peninsula: Underwater camera to be used in search today

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- An underwater camera will be added to the tools searchers use today as they continue looking for a 47-year-old state official… Continue reading

Port of PA seeks buyer for The Landing mall

PORT ANGELES -- The Port is seeking a buyer for The Landing mall. The Port has owned the waterfront complex -- which houses restaurants, and… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Officials to meet over submarine issue

PORT TOWNSEND -- This week's meeting with the Navy may be private, but two officials are determined to find ways to bring more information to… Continue reading

Brinnon: Deputies arrest suspect in burglary

BRINNON -- A 43-year-old man with no known address was arrested and charged with three counts of residential burglary Friday following an extensive search through… Continue reading

Clallam: Fire damage assessed near Lake Crescent

LAKE CRESCENT -- Larger trees were spared by a fire that swept across four acres of Olympic National Park at the east end of Lake… Continue reading

Peninsula: Officials bring in park pro to seek missing hiker

By VENICE BUHAIN, THE OLYMPIAN The search for a state worker and former U.S. Army paratrooper believed to be lost hiking continues today, nine days… Continue reading

  • Jul 3, 2006
  • VENICE BUHAIN, THE OLYMPIAN

PORT ANGELES: TRIBE CELEBRATES ANCIENT RITE

PORT ANGELES -- Lower Elwha Klallam Elder Johnson Charles had not visited the Olympic Hot Springs near the Elwha River since he was a child.… Continue reading

Fire claims 3 acres on Lake Crescent

LAKE CRESCENT -- An unattended campfire is the prime suspect in a wildland blaze Saturday that scorched more than 3 acres near the east end… Continue reading

Peninsula: Seniors get fresh vegggies for the summer

Jefferson and Clallam County seniors on fixed incomes can get fresh, locally-grown veggies through the summer. The bags of fresh produce from Dungeness-based Nash's Organic… Continue reading

Population on Peninsula surges to 96,000

The North Olympic Peninsula's population has climbed to 96,000, according to an estimate released by the state Office of Financial Management. This means the Peninsula… Continue reading