Stink dies down over PT Paper mill pond

PORT TOWNSEND -- Alice McConaughy and Kristin Marshall stood Wednesday on the edge of Port Townsend Paper Corp.'s secondary treatment pond, long the brunt of… Continue reading

Authorities suspect self-defense in Forks shooting

FORKS -- Clallam County sheriff's deputies are investigating a fatal shooting Tuesday morning that they think was an act of self-defense. One man was airlifted… Continue reading

Clock ticks on Port Townsend Paper mill to pay $7.5 million debt payment

PORT TOWNSEND -- PT Holdings Company Inc., parent company of Port Townsend Paper Corp., is facing a new and serious hurdle. It must make a… Continue reading

Details of body’s discovery part of trial testimony

PORT ANGELES -- Melissa Leigh Carter died in the area where her body was found, not brought to the cold, muddy thicket above the Waterfront… Continue reading

Eighth Street bridges to be redesigned — out of concrete

PORT ANGELES -- Steel slant-leg bridges proposed to replace the wooden Eighth Street trestles across Valley and Tumwater creeks will be redesigned as concrete spans… Continue reading

Port Angeles clinic crisis solution likely tonight

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center administrators tonight will present their blueprint for providing primary care for patients of the Virginia Mason clinic. Although negotiations… Continue reading

Residents seek amicable solution to mill odors

PORT TOWNSEND -- Residents concerned about health problems possibly associated with smelly emissions from Port Townsend Paper Corp.'s mill agreed Tuesday night to organize, research… Continue reading

Community farm, PUD differ over water issue

PORT HADLOCK -- Concerns that an educational and sustainable agriculture project could foul the Tri-Area's largest groundwater source are without merit, a representative of Sunfield… Continue reading

Crash victim was ‘scared,’ friend says

PORT ANGELES -- She was a stylish girl with her own spunk, and always had a smile for anyone who needed it. That's how Hayley… Continue reading

Murder trial will show Port Angeles” seamy side, jury warned

PORT ANGELES -- A panel of middle-aged jurors Monday entered Port Angeles' shadow world of homelessness, methamphetamine and, ultimately, a 15-year-old girl's slaying. They listened… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center lays out proposal to doctors today

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center administrators and Virginia Mason clinic doctors will meet today to discuss details of a strategy to keep the physicians… Continue reading

Port Angeles mayor cites need to change city zoning

PORT ANGELES -- The city will have to adjust its zoning eventually to meet growth demands, and the public needs to be engaged in the… Continue reading

Port Townsend poised to close, sell elementary school

PORT TOWNSEND -- Declining enrollment in the Port Townsend School District and recommendations from a study conducted by the Washington Association of School Administrators has… Continue reading

Veteran police chaplain volunteers in Sequim

SEQUIM -- Sometimes it's best to say nothing. Just stand close and be quiet. That's what Steve Brown did, on some days, during nine years… Continue reading

Author Doig talks about writing, filming Olympic Peninsula history

PORT TOWNSEND -- When Ivan Doig read an excerpt from his book, Winter Brothers, most of the audience was already familiar with it. So are… Continue reading

Driver dies in fiery crash on U.S. 101

PORT ANGELES -- A 17-year-old motorist died early Sunday when her car left U.S. Highway 101, skidded into a billboard support, snapped in two and… Continue reading

Lake Crescent Lodge hailed ‘most restful’

PORT ANGELES -- Lake Crescent Lodge has been cited as one of the three "most restful"' lodges in America's national parks. In an article in… Continue reading

Logging on Indian Island takes a distinct old-fashioned look

INDIAN ISLAND -- You won't find heavy, yellow logging machinery in the 2,100 acres of coniferous forests at Naval Magazine Indian Island. Those machines scar… Continue reading

Murder trial starts today in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- Trial starts today in Clallam County Superior Court for Robert Gene Covarrubias, who is accused of the December 2004 rape-murder of 15-year-old… Continue reading

Sequim receives donations of the best kind of public art – — – free

SEQUIM -- Lacking a formal title, they're called "the kids." They're Sequim's latest pieces of free public art, and they're grinning and squirting water into… Continue reading