Sequim Middle School holds practice drill

SEQUIM -- Sequim Middle School held a practice drill Friday using a scenario that a call had been received reporting a bomb had been planted… Continue reading

State parks visitation down since parking fee instituted

NORDLAND -- Like so many business owners dependent on visitor traffic, Tom Rose wants to see an end to the $5 parking fee at Fort… Continue reading

Appeals hearing tonight on Port Angeles Farmers Market

Appeals of the downtown Port Angeles Farmers Market's conditional use permit to use one block of Laurel Street on Saturdays will be heard by the… Continue reading

Clallam Bay Corrections Center marks 20th anniversary

CLALLAM BAY -- Dick Woodward of Sekiu had an idea for economic development inspired by protests and brought to fruition with flowers. The logging industry… Continue reading

Excise tax foes bringing in outsiders to ring doorbells

SEQUIM -- If a real estate agent rings your doorbell Saturday, it won't be to sell your home. He or she wants to sell you… Continue reading

Legislators ax language that would have allowed more tanker traffic in Strait

WASHINGTON -- Somewhere, "Maggie"' is smiling. The late Sen. Warren Magnuson's 1977 limit on the number of oil tankers in Puget Sound was preserved Thursday… Continue reading

Second whaling hearing brings Makah, activists face to face

PORT ANGELES -- Makah whalers met anti-whaling activists Thursday with surprising tolerance during the second scoping meeting concerning the tribe's request to resume whaling. There… Continue reading

WSU Extension Service starts Shore Stewards program in Jefferson County

DISCOVERY BAY -- Washington State University's Extension Service has launched a new program to educate residents about what they can do to better protect the… Continue reading

50 attend whaling scoping meeting in Neah Bay

NEAH BAY -- One man pushed the nutritional value of whale meat. One woman applauded the positive economic impact anti-whaling protestors will have when they… Continue reading

Lack of quorum delays hearing on Cedar Ridge

SEQUIM -- Dozens of people filed into the Sequim Planning Commission's meeting Tuesday night, but many of them didn't get to comment on the project… Continue reading

Navy planning to use Indian Island for submarine maintenance

INDIAN ISLAND -- Naval officials plan to convert Indian Island Naval Magazine's ammunition wharf into a maintenance site for nuclear-powered submarines. Those subs, which would… Continue reading

Sequim church collecting backpack supplies for hurricane evacuees

SEQUIM -- King's Way Foursquare Church will be sending a team to New Orleans and Mississippi from Oct. 19 to Nov. 2. Through Wal-Mart, the… Continue reading

Sequim Planning Commission OKs rezoning 133.6 acres at meeting that turns into growth debate

SEQUIM -- Planning Commission members recommended a zoning change for 133.6 acres Tuesday, but the meeting ended up being about more than how much housing… Continue reading

Supertankers in the Strait? Magnuson Amendment under attack in Congress

PORT ANGELES -- The Magnuson Amendment prohibiting the largest supertankers in Puget Sound is facing a test in the U.S. House of Representatives. If the… Continue reading

Burn ban lifted in Clallam County

The Clallam County Fire Marshal's Office has lifted the burn ban effective midnight Tuesday. The decision, Fire Marshal Leon Smith said, was based on the… Continue reading

Mad Hatters Tea raises funds for mammograms

SEQUIM -- There were feathers and flowers, fun fur and faux fowl, fall leaves and frogs. And in the case of Claudia Eklund, a fish.… Continue reading

Memorial Trail stretch nearing completion in Jefferson County

PORT TOWNSEND -- A meandering new stretch of Larry Scott Memorial Trail has been cut near Cape George Road and is nearing completion, a county… Continue reading

Port Angeles selects new city manager from within

PORT ANGELES -- The City Council didn't have to look far to find a new city manager. Mark Madsen, the city's economic and community development… Continue reading

Quileute tribe closes access to Second Beach in dispute with Olympic National Park

LAPUSH -- A boundary dispute between the Quileute tribe and Olympic National Park has led the tribe to close access to Second Beach and to… Continue reading

Reception to honor Kier as he leaves Port Ludlow fire department

PORT LUDLOW -- After eight years, Port Ludlow Fire Chief Wayne Kier officially leaves the department Oct. 31 for an assistant fire chief position with… Continue reading