Principals of targeted schools back closure, if board decides

PORT ANGELES -- The principals of Fairview and Hamilton elementary schools said Tuesday they support a recommendation made the night before to close either school… Continue reading

Sequim mayor vows to become a kinder and gentler candy man

SEQUIM -- Mayor Walt Schubert has his candy back. And he promises not to misuse it. In recent weeks, the mayor has ducked rants and… Continue reading

Sequim tentatively approves package for emergency readiness

SEQUIM -- If disaster hits the North Olympic Peninsula, help is not on the way. Not from the federal government, not from the county or… Continue reading

Shellfish hatchery frets over fish restoration plan

QUILCENE -- Representatives of Coast Seafood Co.'s Quilcene Bay shellfish hatchery want answers and assurances before a $2.5 million fish habitat restoration project gets under… Continue reading

Walker steps off 283-mile memorial for friend

PORT TOWNSEND -- Although he had traveled far since dawn, Ray Grier still had a spring in his step when he arrived in town Monday… Continue reading

A happy ending to a stolen bicycle

SEQUIM -- The bill was steep. Then one guy flattened it. A new Specialized Body Geometry seat, a headlight, disk brakes and handlebars for Joe… Continue reading

Chapman drops run for sheriff, vows to bow out of politics in 2008

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County Commissioner Mike Chapman has called off his campaign for sheriff. He won't run for re-election for commissioner in two years,… Continue reading

Departing Clallam County administrator hailed by Port Angeles chamber members

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County's in good shape, soon-to-retire County Administrator Dan Engelbertson said Monday. What he didn't say was that the situation in no… Continue reading

Ex-Chimacum High School principal to face additional sex crime charges

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County Prosecutor Juelie Dalzell has won additional charges against former Chimacum High School Principal Rex E. Whipple for allegedly videotaping a… Continue reading

Sequim woman wins poker tournament, qualifies for World Series

RENTON -- Winning a seat in the World Series of Poker Main Event -- the premier Texas Hold'em event of the year -- should be… Continue reading

Voters may have to decide which Port Townsend city services to keep

PORT TOWNSEND -- It may come down to voters deciding ultimately which city services get more funding than others. City Manager David Timmons on Monday… Continue reading

Ailing Serenity House cat getting a helping hand

PORT ANGELES -- Peninsula Friends of Animals will try to save Gato's remaining eight lives on Tuesday. They and the residents of the Single Adult… Continue reading

Dream comes true for Port Angeles mom, her children

PORT ANGELES -- It wasn't your typical house party. Then again, it isn't your typical house. A week ago, it wasn't there. About 50 people… Continue reading

Ex-teacher visits as HIV survivor

SEQUIM - Twelve years after he left town, Lew Bartholomew came back for a visit last week -- and found it hard to move. People… Continue reading

North Olympic Discovery Half-Marathon winners

13 miles, Sequim to Port Angeles 1 1:11:49, Ian Fraser, Port Townsend 2 1:16:54, Jim Savage, Bainbridge Island 3 1:19:47, Kristian Blaich, Decatur, Ga. 4… Continue reading

North Olympic Discovery Marathon winners

26.2 miles, Sequim to Port Angeles 1. 2:35:47, Preston Brashers, Renton 2 2:37:59, Sam Hennesse Really, Port Angeles 3 2:43:00, Bryan Smith, Thibodaux, La. 4… Continue reading

Renton runner wins North Olympic Discovery Marathon

PORT ANGELES -- The winner was competing in his first marathon while the runner-up was displaced from New Orleans by hurricane Katrina and the third-place… Continue reading

Retired firefighter recalls days on the line

PORT TOWNSEND -- In June 1956, Ed Lindsey passed a civil service exam and was hired to be the third paid firefighter in the city… Continue reading

Can North Olympic Peninsula be a successful wine-growing region?

PORT ANGELES -- Grape day in the morning! Kathy Charlton has secured the funding to locate Clallam County micro-climates that could sustain vineyards. Charlton, majority… Continue reading

Fugitives from Clallam captured

SEQUIM -- A Clallam County jail inmate who allegedly walked away from the Olympic Medical Center emergency room to freedom in April was arrested Thursday… Continue reading