Port Angeles hires first full-time firefighter in five years

By EVA TALLMADGE PORT ANGELES -- After reviewing more than 100 applications from across the nation and a rigorous selection process, the Port Angeles Fire… Continue reading

  • Jan 6, 2006
  • EVA TALLMADGE

Sequim poised to ramp up economic development, recruitment

SEQUIM -- The city has paid out almost $130,000 to the Clallam County Economic Development Council since 1992, but officials can't show much documentation of… Continue reading

Storms continue eating away at Angeles Point

PORT ANGELES -- Angeles Point is pointless today. The Strait of Juan de Fuca has washed it away and left a rounded lump of land.… Continue reading

Gebauer retiring from Gateway Peninsula Visitor Center on Jan. 31

PORT LUDLOW -- After 13 years as manager of the Olympic Peninsula Gateway Visitor Center, Jutta Gebauer plans to retire at the end of January.… Continue reading

Headley resigns from Quillayute Valley School Board

FORKS -- Quillayute Valley School Board Vice Chairman Paul Headley has resigned. Headley notified Superintendent Frank Walter of his need to resign on Jan. 1,… Continue reading

Hospital commissioners elect Engel as 2006 board president

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center commissioners on Wednesday elected longtime mental-health advocate Arlene Engel as their president for 2006. They chose retired pharmacy owner… Continue reading

Jefferson County OKs temporary stormwater permit for Fred Hill Materials” extraction area

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County has approved a stormwater permit for a temporary 10-acre expansion of Fred Hill Materials' Shine Hub sand and gravel extraction… Continue reading

Martin hires former California police chief as new Clallam undersheriff

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County's new undersheriff, Rich Sill, calls himself "the guy with a thousand questions." The queries, he says, are those he'll ask… Continue reading

Sequim council asks for prettier second phase to shopping center

SEQUIM -- Go ahead and build, but make it pretty. That's what City Council members told the developer of the Sequim Village Marketplace's next phase.… Continue reading

Jefferson: County, OlyCAP eye 20-bed homeless shelter

PORT TOWNSEND --Jefferson County is turning to Olympic Community Action Programs, or OlyCAP, to build a 20-bed men's homeless shelter by 2008 to complement a… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Council sworn; Rogers named mayor

PORT ANGELES -- Karen Rogers is Port Angeles' new mayor, City Council members decided Tuesday, and Larry Williams is deputy mayor. Rogers, 47, a self-employed… Continue reading

Port Angeles: PA man arraigned for rape of 18-month-old girl

PORT ANGELES -- A 42-year-old Port Angeles man will be arraigned in Clallam County Superior Court on Jan. 13 on three counts of first-degree rape… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Council in place, elects Welch mayor

PORT TOWNSEND -- The City Council came together Tuesday to unanimously elect Mark Welch as mayor and Michelle Sandoval as vice mayor. The votes came… Continue reading

Sequim: – Superintendent updates board on school levy proposal

SEQUIM -- Some 3,000 school children will be affected by the Feb. 7 tax levy election, according to Sequim School Superintendent Garn Christensen. Christensen updated… Continue reading

State Ferries to begin electronic ticket system on PT-Keystone run

PORT TOWNSEND --Washington State Ferries officials are floating a new electronic ticket system for the first time on the Port Townsend-Keystone run. The Port Townsend-Keystone… Continue reading

Jefferson: Rodgers won’t seek re-election as county commissioner

Jefferson County Commissioner Pat Rodgers will not seek a second term in office this fall, a decision that he said is more personal than political.… Continue reading

Peninsula: Poverty rate up for school children

The number of school-age children living in poverty is on the rise in Washington state -- and in about half of the school districts on… Continue reading

Peninsula: Residents organize gear collection for Pakistan

PORT TOWNSEND -- Two weeks ago, Joanie Beldin heard on the radio that people in Seattle were collecting outdoor gear to send to quake-ravaged Pakistan… Continue reading

Port Townsend: New Year’s brunch raises funds for hurricane relief, food bank

PORT TOWNSEND -- A community brunch on New Year's Day raised $2,547 to help rebuild a hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast town and fight hunger at home.… Continue reading

Hardy souls brave surf, wind, cold in Polar Bear Dip

PORT ANGELES -- At the count of five at 10 a.m. New Year's Day morning, the annual Port Angeles Polar Dip event washed ashore into… Continue reading