Fire Board poised to give chief the ax?

JOYCE -- Clallam County Fire District No. 4 Chief Dave Chastain may lose his job at Wednesday's meeting of the fire district commissioners. An executive… Continue reading

Impassioned pleas on both sides of proposed no-shoot zone made to county commissioners

PORT TOWNSEND -- Impassioned opinions both for and against a no-shooting zone in the Paradise Bay area were handed to Jefferson County commissioners Monday. The… Continue reading

Port Angeles teacher gets regional honor

PORT ANGELES -- The winning attitude of Hamilton Elementary School physical education teacher Krista Winn has made her the Northwest's best. Winn was selected as… Continue reading

Rising cost of heating oil may force fee increases at Port Townsend pool

PORT TOWNSEND -- City officials are floating the idea of raising Port Townsend public pool user fees after Port Townsend School District officials proposed doubling… Continue reading

Sequim School Board says no to police headquarters in school building

SEQUIM -- The Police Department will have to keep searching for a more spacious home. In a special public hearing Monday night, the Sequim School… Continue reading

Trail would travel under new Elwha River bridge

PORT ANGELES -- You'll walk over the river by going under the bridge. Clallam County public works administrators have applied for more than $2 million… Continue reading

Clallam: – Head Start seeks more children for program

SEQUIM -- Vickie Becker has a full house. But come fall, she could have room for more. Becker is the family and community partnership coordinator… Continue reading

Jefferson: Sheriff to seek re-election

PORT HADLOCK -- Jefferson County Sheriff Mike Brasfield announced his candidacy for re-election over the weekend. "I had made the decision some time ago," said… Continue reading

Port Angeles: County Health office alleges smoking law violations

PORT ANGELES -- Peninsula College is among 11 establishments that have violated the revised Clean Indoor Air Act, according to complaints to the Clallam County… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Motorcyclist injured in crash

PORT TOWNSEND -- A 25-year-old motorcyclist sustained head injuries when he hit a guardrail on state Highway 20 Sunday morning. Injured was Scott Joseph Pulido… Continue reading

Sequim family moves into Habitat home

SEQUIM -- This is a crystallizing moment for the Phipps family. Troy and Kelli Phipps met 11 years ago, soon after Troy's family moved to… Continue reading

Sequim: Schools seek to combat ncreasing fuel costs

SEQUIM -- Come September, Sequim's public schools will adopt a unified schedule. School start and end times and bus pickup times will change at the… Continue reading

‘Justice is served,’ says mother of murdered teen

PORT ANGELES -- For the family of Melissa Leigh Carter, the 15-year-old girl who Robert Gene Covarrubias raped and strangled in December 2004, the Friday… Continue reading

‘Rob’ an enigma mysteriously drawn to Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- Nobody knew Robert Gene Covarrubias well. Some couldn't pronounce his last name. Others didn't know his last name until they read it… Continue reading

Clallam’s 2006 Community Service Award recipients announced

PORT ANGELES -- Six local heroes will be honored Thursday night with the Clallam County Community Service Award for 2006. The award honors the "dedication,… Continue reading

Peninsula cleans up during Earth Day 2006

Earth Day 2006 -- the 36th such celebration designed to put the spotlight on the planet's environment -- saw cleanup efforts on the North Olympic… Continue reading

PUD commissioners posthumously honor man who sold them his lake

EAGLEMOUNT -- Jefferson County Public Utility District commissioners spent Saturday afternoon at the recently purchased Peterson Lake following a memorial service for Bernard "Bernie" Peterson.… Continue reading

Sequim woman dies of ‘medical event’ during car crash in Kitsap County

SEQUIM -- Investigators with Washington State Patrol believe that a fatal crash involving a Sequim couple on the east side of the Hood Canal Bridge… Continue reading

Sign unveiled to count number of days between serious collisions on U.S. Highway 101

PORT ANGELES -- Officials with the Driving 101 Traffic Safety Project unveiled a reader board on Friday about four miles west of Port Angeles that… Continue reading

Carlsborg man killed in industrial accident

CARLSBORG -- A 53-year-old man was killed Thursday morning in an industrial accident outside of Sequim. Robert "Bob" Walkhoff was driving a tractor and cleaning… Continue reading