Many older buildings aren’t required to update for fire safety

SEQUIM -- An apartment complex destroyed by fire last week hadn't been upgraded to current fire codes over the years or even inspected for fire… Continue reading

Port Angeles City Hall free to annex west-side industrial area, including future sawmill

The Clallam County Boundary Review Board voted 4-0 Thursday night to halt its proposed review of the city of Port Angeles' proposed annexation of west-side… Continue reading

Port Angeles school levy yes vote rises to nearly 72 percent

More ballots in the Port Angeles School District levy election were counted Thursday, raising the affirmative vote to 71.92 percent. And the voter turnout of… Continue reading

Providing public documents core duty of government, panelists say at Port Angeles forum

PORT ANGELES -- Providing public records is one of government's core duties and one of the three practical controls on government along with elections and… Continue reading

Gregoire signs bill including $2.3 million for Jefferson County

Three Jefferson County agencies will reap the benefits of $2.3 million after Gov. Christine Gregoire signed the state's construction budget. Fort Worden State Park, Jumping… Continue reading

Home-school children participate in marine data collecting

PORT TOWNSEND -- A sleek, high-tech Mary Beth leaves Port Townsend Boat Haven on a sunny Wednesday afternoon with nine alternative-school students aboard. Bucking in… Continue reading

No news is good news, says property owner awaiting Wal-Mart’s response

PORT ANGELES -- It's hurry-up-and-wait for news on the former Kmart shopping center east of Port Angeles -- and the wait may not be a… Continue reading

Police looking for dollars to keep OPNET alive

A chunk of the money used to pay for a drug enforcement network aimed at catching big fish in the narcotics trade will dry up… Continue reading

Port Angeles buying $900,000 platform fire truck

PORT ANGELES -- When the Grey Wolf River Apartments in Sequim caught fire on May 11, the Port Townsend Fire Department sent its 16-year-old platform… Continue reading

Port Angeles orchestras bring New York concert home

The Port Angeles High School orchestras will reprise their Easter Sunday concert at New York's Carnegie Hall for a North Olympic Peninsula audience tonight. Under… Continue reading

Port Angeles School District will hire back pink-slipped certified staff

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles School District, fresh off a landslide victory with its two-year maintenance and operations levy, is preparing to void pink… Continue reading

Sequim students preparing for national history competition in Maryland

SEQUIM -- Seven students from Sequim will travel to the East Coast in June to compete in the History Day national competition, pitting their extensively… Continue reading

Man pleads guilty to murdering woman on Hoh reservation

TACOMA -- A man accused of strangling a tribal member to death on the Hoh Reservation in December 2003 has pleaded guilty to second degree… Continue reading

OlyPen back in business — and so are its computer customers

SEQUIM -- The North Olympic Peninsula's largest Internet service provider returned online Tuesday, although e-mail service was "a little bit spotty" in the words of… Continue reading

One final hearing on WIRA 18 plan scheduled June 17

PORT ANGELES -- A controversial water-management plan for Clallam County may face a final public hearing June 17, county commissioners decided Tuesday. The Elwha-Dungeness Watershed… Continue reading

Port Angeles adds funding to low-income dental clinic remodeling project

PORT ANGELES -- The remodeling of the Armory Mall downtown for a low-income dental services clinic and training program can proceed after the City Council… Continue reading

Port Angeles school levy landslide

PORT ANGELES -- More than 71 percent of Port Angeles School District voters approved a two-year maintenance and operations levy in a stunning show of… Continue reading

Port Townsend approves plan that could lead to one fire agency from PT to Chimacum

PORT TOWNSEND -- City Council members have approved a consolidation agreement that in effect could create a firefighting agency stretching from Port Townsend to Chimacum.… Continue reading

Sequim fire brings out firefighters’ concerns over the next one

SEQUIM -- The fire that destroyed an apartment complex in downtown Sequim last week highlighted two concerns local fire officials have with emergency responses in… Continue reading

Business community weighs in on Port Townsend chain store ordinance

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County officials and business leaders on Monday questioned the benefits of an interim city ordinance regulating chain stores. The business point… Continue reading