Rural Development head making whirlwind tour of Peninsula

The U.S. Department of Agriculture isn't just about meat inspection, but about building rural communities, said Jon DeVaney, the state director of the federal department's… Continue reading

Woman returns $1,100 found in 10-cent book at estate sale

SEQUIM -- It was a 10-cent paperback book. One of many at an estate sale northwest of Sequim last Saturday. Carol Johnson picked it up,… Continue reading

College, senior center express interest in civic center proposal

SEQUIM -- The imagined civic center is like a new girl at the high school dance. She's mysterious, so people are curious. But suitors are… Continue reading

Commissioners OK tax hike to fund mental health services

PORT ANGELES -- Voices cracking with emotion, Clallam County commissioners on Tuesday voiced their support for a one-10th of 1 percent sales tax for mental… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center commissioners say local doctors will fill void in patient care once Virginia Mason clinic closes

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center Commissioner Gary Smith on Tuesday promised a solution "one way or the other" to the Virginia Mason clinic crisis… Continue reading

Program gearing up for Sexual Assault Awareness Month

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Jefferson County Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Program is gearing up for Sexual Assault Awareness Month throughout April, during which various events will… Continue reading

Sequim increasing water, sewer rates after refunding tax

SEQUIM -- First will come a refund, then a rate increase. Sequim residents saw a 3 percent tax on their water and sewer bills in… Continue reading

Sequim-area students visit Adventuress in Port Townsend Bay

ABOARD THE ADVENTURESS -- A breezy day in the sun on Port Townsend Bay was the setting for an educational experience, one in which Sequim-area… Continue reading

Accused murderer likely to testify on own behalf, defense says

PORT ANGELES -- Robert Gene Covarrubias likely will testify in his own defense against a charge of murdering a teen-age girl more than a year… Continue reading

Forks school district to host virtual high school statewide

FORKS -- Starting next year, students across the state can log on, learn and get a diploma through a new online high school based out… Continue reading

Port Ludlow inventor helps disabled vote in private

PORT LUDLOW -- With the advent of the Help America Vote Act in 2002, all polling locations across the nation are required to provide a… Continue reading

Sequim council, city officials think of the worst

SEQUIM -- Monday night's discussion was enough to scare the daylights out of anybody. In an emergency, be it tsunami or terrorist attack, "you are… Continue reading

Clallam: Meeting set on new tax for treatment

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County citizens can speak their minds Tuesday on a proposed sales tax to finance treatment of drug-addicted and brain-disordered people. County… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Officials to begin talks over Tse-whit-zen village

PORT ANGELES -- Local, state, federal and tribal officials will gather Tuesday in Tacoma to start negotiations over the future of the former Hood Canal… Continue reading

Sequim: – – Iraq war protest a family affair

SEQUIM -- The response has been "truly heartening," at times, said Neil Morris, 65. At other times, it's been not so positive. When he and… Continue reading

Volunteers handle small stuff for PA Police Department

PORT ANGELES -- A word to those who would illegally park in a handicap spot or throw a midnight kegger in a public park --… Continue reading

$1.07 million Sequim Prairie Reservoir Project will keep more water in Dungeness River

SEQUIM -- Fish in the Dungeness River and crops in the fields northeast of Sequim can have their water and drink it, too, thanks to… Continue reading

$2,900 in cash stolen from Neal Bay Post Office

NEAH BAY -- U.S. Postal Service inspectors are investigating the theft of $2,900 from a drawer at the Neah Bay post office on Friday afternoon.… Continue reading

Chimacum principal pleads not guilty to voyeurism charge

PORT TOWNSEND --Chimacum High School Principal Rex E. Whipple pleaded not guilty on Friday to a voyeurism charge as his attorney vowed to prove that… Continue reading

Makah water moratorium may be nearing an end

PORT ANGELES -- The Makah tribe is inching closer to solving its water issues in Neah Bay and the Tribal Council is nailing down its… Continue reading