Discovery Bay: Landowner backs training center operator at hearing

PORT TOWNSEND -- The owner of a 3,700-acre Discovery Bay-area shellfish and tree farm that has been used partly for homeland security training said he… Continue reading

Dungeness: Forest Service proposes timber sales to fund restoration work

SEQUIM -- U.S. Forest Service officials are trying to round up support locally for a project that would use revenue from timber sales for restoration… Continue reading

PA standoff ends with arrest

PORT ANGELES -- Police closed roads and alleyways around a West Fifth Street residence Thursday afternoon after reports were received that a 43-year-old Port Angeles… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Fluoridation foes take case to state’s high court

PORT ANGELES -- Fluoridation opponents have asked the state Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling that said public water fluoridation is "categorically exempt"… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Pink building suitors to meet Dec. 1

PORT ANGELES -- The two groups seeking to buy the dilapidated pink waterfront building off Railroad Avenue will meet again Dec. 1 to continue their… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Election ends after 85 more ballots counted

The Jefferson County Auditor's Office tabulated 85 more ballots Wednesday, ending the general election count without significantly changing results. County Auditor Donna Eldridge reported 14,359… Continue reading

Sequim: Proposed Fred Meyer site now eyed by residential developer

SEQUIM -- Property in downtown Sequim that once was slated for a retail center is now set to be sold to a residential developer, according… Continue reading

West End: Mineral dispute brews over Shi Shi Beach

NEAH BAY -- Visitors to Shi Shi Beach call its natural splendors priceless. Not so the mineral riches that lie beneath it. Shi Shi overlies… Continue reading

Clallam: DNA tests confirm bones belonged to 1929 crash victim

LAKE CRESCENT -- One of the secrets locked deep in the cold water of Lake Crescent for more than 75 years has been conclusively revealed.… Continue reading

Mail call: Project sends blank Christmas cards to military in Iraq, Afghanistan

PORT ANGELES -- Jeana Johnson-Clayton of Port Angeles mailed her Christmas cards early. Well, they're not really hers. On Tuesday, she shipped 47 boxes filled… Continue reading

Peninsula: 17-year-old first in line for ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’ movie

PORT ANGELES -- Harry Potter has cast a spell on Carissa Bowlby, who is enduring cold November nights to be first in line to the… Continue reading

Port Angeles: OMC chief to discuss Virginia Mason solutions

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center CEO Mike Glenn promised Wednesday to initiate "discussion-starter possible solutions" to the Virginia Mason clinic crisis and to introduce… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Hearing opens in Discovery Bay noise, training center dispute

PORT TOWNSEND -- Security Services Northwest's owner and president Joe D'Amico testified Wednesday that he erred when he constructed new buildings at Fort Discovery Training… Continue reading

Clallam: Commissioners honor stop-smoking counselor, proclaim Smokeout Day

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County commissioners honored a stop-smoking counselor Tuesday and proclaimed Thursday to be Great American Smokeout Day, living up to a tobacco-prevention… Continue reading

Clallam:Tharinger says cancer is in remission

Clallam County Commissioner Steve Tharinger is in remission from the lymphoma for which he has been treated since October 2004. The Dungeness Democrat shared the… Continue reading

Jefferson:More maintenance planned for Hood Canal Bridge

Bridge inspectors will continue maintenance testing of the Hood Canal Bridge draw span on state Highway 104 Thursday. The bridge will be closed between 12:01… Continue reading

Peninsula: Peninsula College spends $330,000 for emergency fix in Forks

FORKS -- What started as a leak turned into a $330,000 emergency fix of the Forks extension site for Peninsula College. When Matt Graves, the… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Car prowls up 200 percent in three-month period

PORT ANGELES -- Lock your car's doors. That's the best advice Police Chief Tom Riepe can offer in light of a more than 200 percent… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Violent crime increases in first six months of 2005

PORT ANGELES -- Violent crime in Port Angeles increased about 14 percent during the first half of 2005 compared to 2004, but property crime dropped… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Port gets A3 bond rating from Moody”s

PORT TOWNSEND -- Port of Port Townsend leaders are marking a milestone in the port's 71-year history with an A3 bond rating. "It's the highest… Continue reading