National Park readies for winter with shorter hours, campground closures

Olympic National Park is getting ready for winter, as hours will be changed at its visitor and information centers, and campgrounds and roads will be… Continue reading

Port Angeles, Port Townsend food banks seeing more people, but donations down because of hurricanes

Food bank operators in Port Angeles and Port Townsend are seeing an increased demand for their charity services. At the same time, they say cash… Continue reading

Recount in Port Townsend City Council race set for today

PORT TOWNSEND --Seven votes separating two Port Townsend City Council candidates is enough for a state-mandated recount. The recount, which will occur today, will decide… Continue reading

Virginia Mason to sell Port Angeles clinic

PORT ANGELES -- Virginia Mason, owner of a Port Angeles medical clinic that has served 19,000 people over the past two years, is planning to… Continue reading

Family Portrait idea clicks with Port Townsend residents

PORT TOWNSEND -- Mike Kenna was sitting in his office 20 years ago at Uptown Printery Communications, thinking how he could promote Port Townsend. By… Continue reading

Fish and Wildlife mulls buying land for elk

FORKS -- Plans by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife to purchase a 21-acre plot for elk grazing has some Forks residents hot under… Continue reading

Port Angeles parks and recreation director resigns

PORT ANGELES -- Allan Goff, the city's deputy director of recreation since February, resigned Friday to devote more time to private business interests. City Public… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend bustling with activity

PORT TOWNSEND -- The sign on the door at Townsend Bay Marine could be a sign of the times at the Port of Port Townsend's… Continue reading

Roosevelt students slate spaghetti feed fundraiser for hurricane victims

PORT ANGELES -- Roosevelt Middle School seventh-grade teachers and students will hold a spaghetti feed fundraiser to assist hurricane relief efforts from 5 p.m. to… Continue reading

Sequim business owner helps save pets displaced by Hurricane Katrina

SEQUIM -- Like many business owners, Hope Stime set up a donation point at her business, the Park Place Market in Sequim, to benefit the… Continue reading

Tse-whit-zen lecture in Seattle tonight

PORT ANGELES -- Leaders of the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe will be in Seattle tonight to lead a lecture about the ancestral village of Tse-whit-zen.… Continue reading

Views of Washington coast seafloor available online

The first live video broadcast from the undersea wonderland 200 miles off the Washington coast is available today. Dotted with spires that spew inky plumes… Continue reading

Caldwell holds seven-vote lead over McQuillen after new count

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County elections workers counted another 42 votes on Tuesday, which widened Port Townsend City Council candidate Patsy Caldwell's second-place lead in… Continue reading

Forks mayor blasts judge’s timber decision

FORKS -- A King County judge's decision Tuesday throwing out the 10-year sustainable harvest calculation by the state Department of Natural Resources could jeopardize the… Continue reading

Port Angeles man spends days simply waving “hi””

PORT ANGELES -- Darrell Robert Anderson is a waver. He waves. At 68, that's what he does. Almost every day of the week from about… Continue reading

Traffic at top of Sequim discussion

SEQUIM -- Unsafe driving on city streets, what's being done about a new City Hall and the Olympic Discovery Trail were topics discussed at a… Continue reading

We “did a lousy job” communicating on WRIA 17, Ecology official says

PORT HADLOCK -- Following two poundings this month over a maligned and misunderstood proposal to manage water use in East Jefferson County, Department of Ecology… Continue reading

Convention of ghost hunters to converge on Port Townsend next month

PORT TOWNSEND -- Those who fill the Palace Hotel's rooms the weekend of Nov. 11-13 are looking to get spooked in what may be one… Continue reading

Reunion unites half-brothers who never knew each other

PORT ANGELES -- Jim Maynard received an unexpected phone call two months ago that transformed his sense of self and family. Steve Draper, a man… Continue reading

Second Sequim planning commissioner to quit

SEQUIM -- A second vacancy has opened on the Sequim Planning Commission, and the city will seek applicants until Oct. 14 to fill out the… Continue reading