Port Angeles man charged with three counts of vehicular homicide

PORT ANGELES -- A 48-year-old man was charged Thursday with three counts of vehicular homicide in connection with a car collision earlier this month that… Continue reading

Port Townsend ferry cancellations due to tides

The year's final round of tidal interruptions to Port Townsend-Keystone ferry service continues through this weekend. Scheduled runs from Port Townsend at 6:30 a.m. and… Continue reading

Big Fine Daddies to rock the Port Townsend dock tonight

The Big Fine Daddies will rock the Port Townsend waterfront tonight, another in a series of free summer Concerts on the Dock. The Big Fine… Continue reading

Kier resigns as Port Ludlow fire chief

PORT LUDLOW -- Jefferson County Fire District No. 3 commissioners, with many words of support and appreciation, unanimously accepted Port Ludlow Fire Chief Wayne Kier… Continue reading

Legal action looming against training center, Jefferson County official says

PORT TOWNSEND -- New legal action is expected to be taken against a Discovery Bay-based homeland security training operation early next week. Jefferson County Department… Continue reading

Police arrest man involved in triple-fatality crash on U.S. Highway 101

PORT ANGELES -- The man law enforcement officials believe caused a collision on U.S. Highway 101 earlier this month that killed three Port Angeles men… Continue reading

Port Angeles continues electricity rate hike hearing to Sept. 6

PORT ANGELES -- Tuesday's public hearing on a proposed 9.8 percent electricity rate increase was continued until the City Council's Sept. 6 meeting. The new… Continue reading

Resolution may be forthcoming in graving yard controversy

PORT ANGELES -- A solution to the impasse over Tse-whit-zen, site of the former Hood Canal Bridge graving yard, could come soon through the efforts… Continue reading

Jefferson County considering next move in training center controversy

PORT TOWNSEND - Jefferson County officials are huddling with legal counsel and the outcome of those meetings could determine the future of a Discovery Bay-based… Continue reading

Landowner rejects $175,000 offer from Jefferson Transit

PORT TOWNSEND -- The owner of 10 acres on which Jefferson Transit officials want to build a new transit center has rejected a $175,000 offer… Continue reading

New executive director avoids controversy that preceded her arrival

SEQUIM -- Caroline Grace James' first day on the job as Olympic Theatre Arts' new executive director began with the seeds of what could've been… Continue reading

New sawmill taking applications in three weeks

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles Hardwood LLC sawmill under construction at Eclipse Industrial Park will begin taking employment applications Sept. 6, said Gary Cantrell,… Continue reading

Peninsula College kicks off dental program in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- For the first time ever and thanks to a partnership with Olympic Community Action Programs and Pierce College, Peninsula College is offering… Continue reading

Port Townsend man arrested naked aboard boat in Sequim Bay

SEQUIM -- A Port Townsend man was taken into custody by Sequim police Tuesday afternoon after a Coast Guard helicopter crew found him standing on… Continue reading

Unemployment drops in Jefferson County, stays even in Clallam

Jefferson County's unemployment rate dropped below 5 percent last month, the state Employment Security Department reported Wednesday. That compares with 5.2 percent joblessness in June… Continue reading

Clallam PUD considers operating Indian Island electric system in Jefferson County

PORT HADLOCK -- Naval Magazine Indian Island, the Navy's only installation on the North Olympic Peninsula, might be getting its electricity from Clallam County in… Continue reading

Drought presentation coming to Port Angeles

A meeting to discuss the drought in Washington and what's being done about it -- both on the North Olympic Peninsula and statewide -- will… Continue reading

Shooting noise still reported from training center on Discovery Bay

DISCOVERY BAY -- In spite of a Jefferson County order shutting down their homeland security operations Thursday, Discovery Bay residents complained that Security Services Northwest… Continue reading

Users plead to keep Clallam paratransit service as is

PORT ANGELES -- A visually impaired woman urged Clallam Transit System commissioners Monday to raise paratransit fares rather than reduce the service she called "a… Continue reading

West End officials tout array of plans to boost economy, culture

PORT ANGELES -- Sure, Forks and other West End communities took a big economic hit in the 1980s when logging practices were curtailed. But things… Continue reading