Defendants in Port Townsend stabbing case plead not guilty

PORT TOWNSEND -- Three men and a woman held in connection with the stabbing of a 26-year-old man during a fight over $20 have pleaded… Continue reading

Four Port Angeles City Council incumbents send mailer as election slate

PORT ANGELES -- They say they have worked well together and supported each other's positions during the past four years. Now the four City Council… Continue reading

Halloween couture: Pillaging Vikings, pirates and sexy witches in vogue this spooky season

Ghosties and ghoulies may be passé this Halloween, but long-legged beasties are in vogue if you count Vikings. At Premier Party Rentals, 1409 E. First… Continue reading

Halloween events on the North Olympic Peninsula

Halloween events today and Monday across the North Olympic Peninsula: Port Townsend * Costume parade from Adams Street to Polk Street at 4 p.m. Monday.… Continue reading

Marrowstone residents fighting saltwater intrusion, tapped-out wells while awaiting water system

NORDLAND -- The plight of Kelly and Gloria Hays is fact stranger than fiction. Yet, it is a plight that is becoming commonplace on the… Continue reading

Navy reports fuel spill in Port Townsend Bay

PORT TOWNSEND -- About 200 gallons of marine diesel fuel spilled into Port Townsend Bay while an engineering officer was transferring fuel from one tank… Continue reading

Ballot returns approach 18 percent in Jefferson County

The Jefferson County Auditor's Office has received 3,827 mail-in ballots as of Thursday from the 21,286 ballots sent out on Oct. 19. The current return… Continue reading

General election ballot returns at 14.49 percent in Clallam County

Clallam County Auditor Cathleen McKeown said that ballot returns in the Nov. 8 general election as of Thursday were at 14.49 percent, with 6,333 of… Continue reading

Last-minute, anonymous anti-merger signs irk fire chief

PORT TOWNSEND -- An anonymous 11th-hour concern that a Nov. 8 ballot proposal to merge Jefferson County fire districts Nos. 1 and 6 could mean… Continue reading

Loose dogs in back of pickup trucks rile animal activists

PORT ANGELES -- Animal advocates are urging North Olympic Peninsula police to enforce laws that prohibit carrying animals unsafely in motor vehicles. Their main target… Continue reading

New group discusses how to improve Port Angeles Skate Park

PORT ANGELES -- The first meeting of a proposed "Friends of the Skate Park" group Thursday night drew about 25 people to the Vern Burton… Continue reading

Unwanted Sequim rest area might be pulled if gas tax repeal initiative is passed

SEQUIM -- There might be better uses for $2.5 million in road money than building an unwanted rest stop on Sequim's east side, one local… Continue reading

Wal-Mart confirms Supercenter plans at old Kmart site east of Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- It's official: Wal-Mart will build a Supercenter on the site of the old Kmart store east of town. Months of speculation about… Continue reading

ZIP code snafu affects Jefferson County ballots

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Jefferson County Auditor's Office has contacted about 24 Port Townsend voters, telling them that if they receive more than one ballot,… Continue reading

Brinnon: 75 acres of Dosewallips River flood plain rehabilitated

BRINNON -- Jefferson County Natural Resources officials have completed a project that clears 75 acres of Dosewallips River flood plain, restoring it to its natural… Continue reading

Forks: Football coach relieved of duties for pushing student

FORKS -- Todd Fraker, a coach of the Forks High School varsity football team for the past 10 years, has been relieved of his coaching… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Doctors respond to Virginia Mason clinic closing

PORT ANGELES -- Doctors as well as patients fear a possible implosion of the Virginia Mason clinic, Olympic Medical Center commissioners learned Wednesday. Longtime family… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Pink building suitors to meet next week

PORT ANGELES -- The two groups that want to buy the dilapidated "pink building" on the Port Angeles waterfront for the asking price of $1… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Woman hurt, Coast Guardsmen arrested in bar brawl

PORT ANGELES -- A late-night fight after last call over the weekend left a 23-year-old Sequim woman with two black eyes and three chipped teeth… Continue reading

Sequim: Another resignation on Planning Commission

SEQUIM -- Vacancies on the Sequim Planning Commission just keep coming. The city received commission member Scott Adler's resignation letter Oct. 24, the fourth recent… Continue reading