Schoenfeldt challenging Beil for Port of Port Angeles seat

PORT ANGELES -- Longtime Port advisory committee member George Schoenfeldt announced Tuesday that he will run in November for the District 2 Port commissioner seat… Continue reading

Sequim City Council OKs two new developments

SEQUIM -- The City Council approved plans for a large subdivision and rezoned property on another project Monday, clearing the way for the developments to… Continue reading

Biomass task force seeking funds for study

An ad hoc Biomass Power Plant Task Force wants to fund a feasibility study for a cogeneration plant in the West End that burns mill… Continue reading

Clallam County commissioner’s cancer enters second stage

Clallam County Commissioner Steve Tharinger's battle with lymphoma has entered a second stage as he prepares for a stem cell transplant in August. The transplant… Continue reading

Clallam-wide burn ban starts Friday

A Clallam County-wide burn ban goes into effect Friday and will continue through September. Rob Robertsen, county director of community development and fire marshal, said… Continue reading

Foot ferry to operate when Hood Canal Bridge closed

PORT TOWNSEND -- City officials and Aqua Express have reached an agreement to provide weekend high-speed ferry service between Port Townsend and Seattle while the… Continue reading

Motel guest’s fatal fall ruled an accident

PORT ANGELES -- The death of Mark Hara, a Moses Lake resident who fell from a third-floor motel window early Saturday, is being treated as… Continue reading

Olympic Theatre Arts hires new executive director

SEQUIM -- The Olympic Theatre Arts organization has hired a new executive director, filling a post that was open because of a controversial decision by… Continue reading

Port OKs second hangar lease at Port Angeles airport

PORT ANGELES -- A second hangar development at William R. Fairchild International Airport will provide space for six more airplane owners, the Port commissioners were… Continue reading

Port Townsend City Council meetings now televised

Community television station PTTV launched live broadcasts of weekly Port Townsend City Council meetings Monday via public access Channel 48 on Millennium Cable. The show… Continue reading

Sequim School Board appoints Johnson to vacancy

SEQUIM -- School Board members appointed Walter Johnson to the vacant District 5 seat Monday night, placing him in the office he unsuccessfully sought at… Continue reading

Tall ships visit Port Angeles, Port Townsend in impromptu mini-festivals

PORT ANGELES -- Betsy Carter missed the Victoria Tall Ships Festival over the weekend. "I could do without the crowds of people," Carter said, explaining… Continue reading

Jefferson: Model club’s kits arrive in Iraq

PORT HADLOCK -- In May, members of the North Olympic Peninsula Modelers Society sent several large boxes of model kits, paints, books and magazines to… Continue reading

Peninsula: “Safe, sane” fireworks OK”d for July 4th

PORT ANGELES -- Children in Clallam County will be able to have their sparklers this Fourth of July. The Clallam County Fire Chiefs Association has… Continue reading

Peninsula: Sea monster film shooting locally, using Peninsula actors

PORT ANGELES -- Ever had that feeling when you're swimming in a body of water and your feet can no longer touch bottom that there's… Continue reading

Port Angeles: – Collaborations, growth mark Peninsula College year

PORT ANGELES -- A total of 379 degrees were handed out at Saturday's commencement ceremony at Peninsula College. And now that the regular school year… Continue reading

Tribal Canoe Journey captains discuss final details

PORT ANGELES -- All-day activities for youths will occupy the young crews of the tribal Canoe Journey once they reach the Lower Elwha Klallam tribal… Continue reading

Bomb scare forces evacuation of Forks hospital unit; large fireworks mortars removed from car in parking lot –

FORKS -- Long-term care unit patients at Forks Community Hospital were evacuated from their rooms for about five hours Friday afternoon after a woman walked… Continue reading

Men linked to Forks gun theft transferred to federal courts

TACOMA -- Federal prosecutors have charged six Forks men with a series of crimes related to a burglary at a hardware store in which 16… Continue reading

Owner of anti-terrorism training center working to muffle sound rattling Discovery Bay

GARDINER -- Joe D'Amico carries a decibel meter to measure the sound level of gunfire as he walks behind a row of camouflage-clad trainees firing… Continue reading