More than 57 percent of ballots already returned in Port Angeles School District levy election ending today

PORT ANGELES -- If you're a procrastinator or just the forgetful type, may this serve as a friendly reminder: It's Election Day in the Port… Continue reading

Port Townsend City Council deadlocks on chain store regulations; ordinance goes to Planning Commission

PORT TOWNSEND -- Following a two-hour theatrical showdown Monday night, the City Council deadlocked 3-3 on a resolution supporting the city's chain store ordinance. The… Continue reading

PUD will study water conservation rates for businesses

PORT ANGELES -- Conservation water rates for businesses as well as residential customers will be studied as Clallam County Public Utility District considers increasing its… Continue reading

Undersea junk raised in Hood Canal

SHINE -- Jefferson became the seventh seaside county to join a growing effort to clean up fish-killing crab pots and gillnets on bay bottoms of… Continue reading

Clallam boasts both teams representing state in national air rifle competition

Only two teams from Washington state will be represented at national air rifle marksmanship competitions this year. And both are based on the North Olympic… Continue reading

Clallam Transit eyes reductions in paratransit service

FORKS -- Clallam Transit System's Board of Directors will schedule hearings on proposed reductions in paratransit service when they meet at 1 p.m. today in… Continue reading

Health Board sets hearing on food code

FORKS -- The Clallam County Board of Health will hold a public hearing on the draft of the county's new Food Safety Code when it… Continue reading

Project to raise derelict fishing gear off Jefferson County starts today

SHINE -- A project that has pulled thousands of pounds of fish-killing derelict crab and shrimp pots and fishnets from Clallam County's marine waterways comes… Continue reading

Waterfront tour sails back to the past

PORT TOWNSEND -- With a brisk breeze blowing down the bay, the RV Mary Beth set sail Sunday on a voyage of discovery -- into… Continue reading

Another county official on the mend

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County Administrator John Fischbach underwent knee replacement surgery last week and is expected to take three to six weeks to recover… Continue reading

Body found southwest of Lake Ozette identified

LAPUSH -- A body found on the beach southwest of Lake Ozette last week has been identified as that of a Westport-area fisherman who disappeared… Continue reading

County reverses self, calls for four environmental report on proposed gravel mining expansion

PORT TOWNSEND -- A surprise turnaround by county planners late last week will result in a fourth environmental-impact study of Fred Hill Material's proposed Shine-area… Continue reading

Crescent School students teach suicide-prevention to other Peninsula students from a position of knowledge

JOYCE -- Except for reports she would occasionally watch on the television news, the pain of teen suicide had never hit close to home for… Continue reading

Fewer flights but more planes mean more seats for Port Angeles-Boeing Field passengers, Kenmore says

PORT ANGELES -- The week-old consolidation of airlines at William R. Fairchild International Airport will result in more available seats for passengers flying to Seattle's… Continue reading

Injured Jefferson County commissioner returns home after nearly two weeks in hospital

CAPE GEORGE -- Jefferson County Commissioner David Sullivan returned home Saturday after nearly two weeks at Seattle's Harborview Medical Center, recovering from injuries and back… Continue reading

U.S. 101 widening funds not part of 9.5-cent gasoline tax increase

The only money in the state Department of Transportation's latest budget for widening two-lane U.S. Highway 101 between Shore Road and Kitchen-Dick Road east of… Continue reading

Burned Sequim apartment to be razed; tenants get one last entry today

SEQUIM -- Routed tenants of the Grey Wolf River Apartments will have their final chance today to go back into their units to salvage and… Continue reading

Here kitty, kitty

HAVE YOU SEEN Priscilla? The medium longhair tortoiseshell cat who lived in the Grey Wolf River Apartments in Sequim apparently managed to escape Wednesday's fire,… Continue reading

Old City Hall renovation woe might not be as costly as originally feared

PORT TOWNSEND -- City Manager David Timmons was breathing easier Thursday after learning that repairs on a recently discovered deteriorated inner brick City Hall wall… Continue reading

Sequim VFW centerpiece for outpouring of donations for burned-out apartment tenants

SEQUIM -- Dale Fezer walked into the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4760 building early Thursday morning and heard the telephone ringing. It never stopped.… Continue reading