PORT TOWNSEND: PT PAPER WAITING FOR WORD ON PERMIT

PORT TOWNSEND -- Port Townsend Paper personnel are awaiting approval of their state Department of Ecology air operating permit. About 50 people have presented verbal… Continue reading

Sequim: Man overdue from camping trip

SEQUIM -- A search for a Sequim man overdue to return from a camping trip in the Olympic National Forest was suspended Thursday evening without… Continue reading

West End: New superintendent slated for Clallam Bay Corrections Center

CLALLAM BAY -- The state Department of Corrections is changing superintendents at Clallam Bay Corrections Center and Olympic Corrections Center. Clallam Bay Superintendent Sandra Carter… Continue reading

Jefferson: Fourth of July fireworks restricted, but still offers a blast

PORT TOWNSEND -- Unless they watch the fireworks at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend residents won't get much bang out of the Fourth of… Continue reading

Peninsula: Plenty to do before watching fireworks on Fourth

When the North Olympic Peninsula celebrates the nation's 230th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence next Tuesday, fire officials don't anticipate any shortage of fireworks.… Continue reading

Port Angeles: City’s new recycling program starts Saturday

PORT ANGELES -- No, the landfill isn't closing Saturday. That won't happen until sometime late this year. The only changes city residents will see beginning… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Urban kids visit backcountry for team training

A group of Los Angeles teenagers stepped outside a concrete jungle and into the wilderness of the Northern Olympic Peninsula this week. The nine-day adventure… Continue reading

Sequim: Groups seek public support for moving elk

SEQUIM -- People talk to Shelly Ament about love, not danger. Ament, a state Fish and Wildlife biologist, serves on the Dungeness Elk Working Team.… Continue reading

Vietnam memorial: Healing at a wall of pain

BLYN -- Here, pain heals. Steve Doty has seen it happen, in dozens of towns, beneath the thousands of names on the aluminum wall. Doty,… Continue reading

Clallam: New county administrator takes over

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County faces a $1.1 million increase in retirement payments even as it confronts a $400,000 loss in sales tax revenue --… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Healthy Families director fired

PORT ANGELES -- The executive director of Healthy Families of Clallam County said she was forced to resign without explanation last week by three of… Continue reading

Port Angeles: State Ecology changing dioxin cleanup rule

PORT ANGELES -- The state Department of Ecology is preparing to change the rules for dioxin cleanup levels after settling a lawsuit filed by Rayonier… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Organizers seek more funding for July Fourth celebration

PORT TOWNSEND -- With the anniversary of our nation's independence approaching, and a spectacular fireworks display set for sundown on July Fourth off Fort Worden… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Poison hemlock poses threat, expert says

PORT TOWNSEND -- Poison hemlock, the plant that killed Socrates when he was forced to ingest a tea made from it, grows throughout Port Townsend.… Continue reading

Port Townsend: PT woman hit in Hood Canal collision

A Port Townsend woman said Wednesday she felt "like a Mack truck hit" her after a four-car pile-up on the Hood Canal Bridge Tuesday night.… Continue reading

Clallam: Undersheriff disputes candidates service

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County Sheriff candidate Bill Benedict -- who is also a sergeant in the department -- suspects a political ploy after the… Continue reading

Clallam: Veterans Memorial wall to open at 7 Cedars Casino

BLYN -- By 8 a.m. Thursday, a 378-foot-wide wall will be unfurled, like a pair of wings, in the 7 Cedars Casino parking lot. It's… Continue reading

PENINSULA PUBLIC TRANSIT RIDERSHIP UP

PORT ANGELES - Wallet-draining gas prices have Clallam and Jefferson county bus ridership on a roll. At Clallam Transit System, year-to-date ridership is up 17.4… Continue reading

Peninsula: State official sought in Olympic National Park

HOODSPORT -- A search began Tuesday for a high-ranking official with the state Department of Retirement Systems believed missing in Olympic National Park. Gilbert Mark… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Decision on moving Choice School is off table

PORT ANGELES -- A recommendation to move Choice Community School to the Port Angeles High School campus is off the table for discussion indefinitely. The… Continue reading