Olympic Theatre Arts trustees counter critics of executive director’s ouster

SEQUIM -- Olympic Theatre Arts trustees on Thursday countered criticism of the board's decision to find a new executive director, describing what they called a… Continue reading

Port Townsend Customs office could be curtailed

PORT TOWNSEND -- Port of Port Townsend officials fear visitors from north of the border must avoid Jefferson County if federal authorities cut Customs services… Continue reading

Realtor pleads guilty to money laundering; cocaine charges dropped in plea agreement

PORT ANGELES -- While maintaining his innocence, a prominent real estate agent who had been linked to a large cocaine ring has pleaded guilty to… Continue reading

Three Port Angeles school administrators resign

PORT ANGELES -- On top of an estimated 35 teachers that the Port Angeles School District anticipates hiring by the start of the next school… Continue reading

Elk hold up runway lighting at Quillayute Airport

FORKS -- Since taking over a former naval auxiliary air station seven miles west of Forks in 1999, city officials have held ambitious development plans… Continue reading

Hood Canal Bridge closure dates changed in August

The state Transportation Department has changed the closure dates for the Hood Canal Bridge this summer to one weekend and one weekday period in August.… Continue reading

Jefferson County commissioner returns to Seattle hospital

Jefferson County Commissioner David Sullivan, injured in a 40-foot bluff fall May 1, has returned to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle where he will undergo… Continue reading

Olympic Theatre Arts group faces internal dispute over ouster of executive director

SEQUIM -- Olympic Theatre Arts will not renew the contract of executive director Cj Augustine, setting the stage for an internal backlash over the direction… Continue reading

Port Ludlow residents hear options for acute care

PORT LUDLOW -- Frank Mitchell was getting ready to go out on his 22-foot sailboat March 31 when he felt a pain his chest. Luckily… Continue reading

Public given update on Port Angeles’ Eighth Street bridges replacement

PORT ANGELES -- Completely closing one Eighth Street bridge at a time will reduce the construction time frame from 56 weeks per bridge to 24… Continue reading

Workers return to K Ply mill after fire keeps firefighters till wee hours

PORT ANGELES -- Workers at the K Ply plywood mill returned to work Wednesday evening, a day after a stubborn fire kept firefighters on the… Continue reading

Court hearing June 3 to decide Rowan future

PORT ANGELES -- Prosecutors and the attorney for Bruce Rowan, the former ER doctor found not guilty of murdering his wife for reasons of insanity… Continue reading

Cross-Strait power line meeting draws more than 50

PORT ANGELES -- Environmental impacts and noise from underground drilling were two concerns raised at a presentation Tuesday on a proposed high-voltage transmission line underneath… Continue reading

Eighth Street bridges to be topic of open house today at City Hall

PORT ANGELES -- Residents can see and hear the city's plans for the replacing the Eighth Street bridges and provide any final comments at an… Continue reading

Jefferson County will do some logging to raise funds for clock tower restoration

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County leaders want to cut some trees down to help keep the county courthouse's clock tower up. That's why county commissioners… Continue reading

PA School Board member makes resignation official

PORT ANGELES -- Port Angeles School District board member Jessica Schreiber submitted her resignation at Monday night's School Board meeting. The move makes concrete a… Continue reading

Plywood mill evacuated after fire breaks out

PORT ANGELES -- More than 20 firefighters from the Port Angeles Fire Department and Clallam County Fire District No. 2 battled a blaze at the… Continue reading

Sequim sales tax revenues maintain steady rise

SEQUIM -- A surge in Sequim's sales tax revenue that started last summer -- months before the openings of Wal-Mart and The Home Depot --… Continue reading

Theater owner agrees to clean up boarded-up site in Forks

FORKS -- The owner of the aged Olympic Theatre agreed to pressure-wash the façade of his building -- among other sprucing up measures -- after… Continue reading

Cat who escaped Sequim apartment fire still missing

SEQUIM -- Priscilla, the longhair cat which escaped from a burning apartment complex in Sequim, is still missing, despite several reports that she is hanging… Continue reading