Sequim council takes the cash instead of open space for new subdivision

SEQUIM -- We'll take the money instead of the weed patch, the City Council decided during its Monday night meeting. The council unanimously approved the… Continue reading

Soaring Port Townsend property values to be felt in tax bills mailed today

PORT TOWNSEND -- With Port Townsend properties reassessed last year for this year's property taxes, residents living within the city limit can expect to pay… Continue reading

Tanker that ran aground in Alaska due in Port Angeles today

PORT ANGELES -- A 601-foot tanker that was refloated last week after it ran aground in Alaska is due in with escort to Port Angeles… Continue reading

Two things to do on Valentine’s Day today

PORT ANGELES -- Two events today mark Valentine's Day in Port Angeles. The Port Angeles Rotary Club will hold a Valentine's dinner dance and silent… Continue reading

A career of note(s): Orchestra teacher being inducted in hall of fame

PORT ANGELES -- More than 30 years in, and Ron Jones' music career continues to crescendo. The Port Angeles High School orchestra teacher will be… Continue reading

Port Townsend: First ‘Community Read’ focus is life on the line

PORT TOWNSEND -- It is the fall of 1992, and sports writer Larry Colton has just arrived in a dusty Montana town on the border… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Rhododendron Festival selects senior royalty

PORT TOWNSEND -- In 1948, Bob Helander, then a senior at Port Townsend High School, dated a girl who was a candidate for Rhododendron Festival… Continue reading

Don’t move elk here, says Forks farmer

FORKS -- Does Clallam and Jefferson counties have any elk-friendly places left? Lawrence Gaydeski, a farmer 5 miles north of Forks, was alarmed when he… Continue reading

Eighth Street bridges bids way over budget

PORT ANGELES -- Six bids opened Friday afternoon for the Eighth Street bridges replacement project were significantly more than the city engineer's estimate and 29… Continue reading

Farmers beat elk to the Sequim-Dungeness Valley, study says

SEQUIM -- Come to sunny Sequim, tour the lavender farms and see the elk. It's an invitation that attracts thousands of tourists every year. Now,… Continue reading

Florists say a dozen roses is going for $80 this Valentine’s Day

For some, it makes the world go 'round. For others, it's just a secondhand emotion. But on Tuesday, when rosy-cheeked Cupid rears his head and… Continue reading

It’s official: All three school district levies pass on Peninsula

Voters in the Cape Flattery, Chimacum and Sequim school districts have officially approved levy proposals, according to ballot totals released Friday by the Jefferson and… Continue reading

Judge dismisses injunction against Security Services Northwest

PORT TOWNSEND -- Security Services Northwest gained a little ground Friday when motions filed by Jefferson County to stop all operations at the company's Gardiner-area… Continue reading

Man dies of suffocation at motel after bringing barbecue inside room

PORT ANGELES -- A 24-year-old man was found dead in his east Port Angeles motel room Friday morning after apparently bringing a still-smoldering barbecue into… Continue reading

Bush proposal could cost Peninsula counties millions

A Bush administration proposal to phase out a 6-year-old program that replaces tax revenue lost because of reduced logging on federal lands could cost Clallam… Continue reading

Crews clear Highway 101 following Wednesday night mudslide

LAKE SUTHERLAND -- Work crews opened a short stretch of the Olympic Peninsula's main highway Thursday morning that had been closed because of a mudslide… Continue reading

Delegation traveling to D.C. to argue against pending passport requirements

PORT ANGELES -- Community and business leaders are traveling to Washington, D.C., next week as part of a nationwide lobbying effort against stricter identification requirements… Continue reading

Investigation continuing into Wednesday bank holdup

SEQUIM -- Besides releasing a blurry photograph of a suspected bank robber on Thursday, Sequim Police are keeping mum on the status of an investigation… Continue reading

Jefferson County transitioning into enforcement of smoking ban

PORT TOWNSEND -- About two months after voter-approved Initiative 901 took effect and banned smoking inside and near public businesses, Jefferson County Public Health is… Continue reading

Port Angeles swimming pool open house held

PORT ANGELES -- The process of determining where the city's new swimming pool will be located took another lap Thursday during an open house held… Continue reading