Port Townsend’s PTTV produces 200 shows in 2005

PORT TOWNSEND -- The public access TV station that brings Jefferson County viewers everything from gay rights, feng shui, yoga and late-night adult shows to… Continue reading

Bandit vanishes after robbing Sequim bank

SEQUIM -- After exposing a pistol in a shoulder holster, a man reportedly in his 50s robbed a bank on the east side of Sequim… Continue reading

City Council agrees that Sequim elk herd must go

Third of three parts SEQUIM -- The City Council agrees with the Jamestown S'Klallam tribe: Sequim's elk herd must be removed from the area. "I… Continue reading

Courthouse clock tower plans OK”d

PORT TOWNSEND -- The city's Historic Preservation Committee has approved plans for the Jefferson County Clock Tower Restoration Project. After a presentation by Christina Wallace,… Continue reading

Hood Canal Bridge audit to be released in April

OLYMPIA -- Findings from the state's investigation of how its own Department of Transportation handled the Hood Canal Bridge graving yard debacle will be released… Continue reading

Lucas resigns as executive director of the Quileute tribe

LAPUSH -- Kyle Taylor Lucas' resignation as executive director of the Quileute tribe was a mutual parting of ways, according to tribal members and Lucas.… Continue reading

Slide blocks U.S. Highway 101 near Lake Crescent

LAKE SUTHERLAND -- Aided by a tangle of trees, a mudslide closed a stretch of U.S. Highway 101 on Wednesday night, cutting off direct access… Continue reading

Elk herd adversely affecting family farm

SEQUIM -- Gary and Janice Smith's Maple View Farm is, to their chagrin, habitat for one of the city's most beloved tourist attractions -- a… Continue reading

Lake Sutherland residents combating higher lake levels, flooding

LAKE SUTHERLAND -- Residents around this rain-risen lake are going through hell for high water. Several of them asked Clallam County commissioners on Tuesday to… Continue reading

Moving herd expensive, but might be only option

Second of three parts SEQUIM -- Wanted: People with trailers to transport elk out of Sequim. Moving a herd of about 80 animals is an… Continue reading

Weekend storms damage Port Townsend’s Pope Marine Building

PORT TOWNSEND -- High tides and stormy waters Saturday thrust logs into the underside of the historic Pope Marine Building in downtown, causing damage to… Continue reading

Highway 112 intermittently closed for repair work

SEKIU -- Storm-related damage will close state Highway 112 near the Rasmussen Creek bridge for 30 minutes to 40 minutes at a time, starting today… Continue reading

New mega-yacht gets its hull wet

PORT ANGELES -- Westport Shipyard threw 30 million dollars into the Strait of Juan de Fuca on Monday. They floated. Actually, "they" took to the… Continue reading

Port Townsend City Council asks Navy to participate in public forum on submarines

PORT TOWNSEND -- With members Laurie Medlicott and Geoff Masci voting in opposition, the City Council on Monday urged the skipper of Naval Magazine Indian… Continue reading

Where should the elk be taken?

MUCH IS STILL unknown about where Sequim's Roosevelt elk would be taken and when the move would take place. "We have a couple of areas… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Economic Development Council cuts quorum requirement

PORT TOWNSEND -- After a critical meeting was canceled for lack of a quorum last month, the Jefferson County Economic Development Council board has reduced… Continue reading

Port Townsend: It’s a wrap; Movie Makers finish “The Courthouse”

PORT TOWNSEND -- It is 8:30 a.m. Friday and the upstairs lounge of the Silverwater Cafe is already hopping. Behind the bar, the bartender is… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Seven teens hurt in crash

Seven teenagers were taken to area hospitals -- one by helicopter to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle -- following a two-car collision early Sunday at… Continue reading

Sequim: One hurt, one arrested in shooting incident

An 18-year-old Sequim man, Donald Aaron Bell, was arrested for first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm after he shot a friend in the head Friday,… Continue reading

Building center bids adieu to competitor as it cites Home Depot effects for closing of local business

SEQUIM -- While other local readerboards cheer on the Seattle Seahawks, one downtown business did a different kind of rooting for the home team. "Happy… Continue reading