Port Townsend-Seattle ferry service possible, private carrier tells Chamber of Commerce

PORT TOWNSEND -- Establishing a public-private partnership for passenger ferry service between Port Townsend and Seattle is the way to sail because it limits the… Continue reading

Sequim trio seeking to establish independent teen center

SEQUIM -- One afternoon, Gerrod Jacobson and Mike Countryman, both 16, were doing what a lot of Sequim teenagers do -- walk around the town… Continue reading

U.S. 101 widening project in budget, Kessler confirms

Widening two-lane U.S. Highway 101 between Port Angeles and Sequim is in the new state transportation budget after all. Rep. Lynn Kessler, D-Hoquiam, confirmed Monday… Continue reading

Dosewallips River valley returned to salmon

BRINNON -- Before the summer visitors came the loggers. Before the loggers came the homesteaders. Before the homesteaders were the Native Americans, and before them… Continue reading

Port Angeles peace makers to be awarded

PORT ANGELES -- When faced with a bad situation, a lot of people like to cut and run. Not Laura O'Neal. As the executive director… Continue reading

Preparations for summer Canoe Journey hosting of 8,000 under way

PORT ANGELES -- From beading necklaces to cutting yards, from building sweat lodges to harvesting shellfish, from making drums to pumping septic tanks. Preparations for… Continue reading

Salt Creek property preserved in Clallam County

JOYCE -- A five-acre Salt Creek property west of Port Angeles owned by Coleman Byrnes and Sue Nattinger has been placed in a conservation easement… Continue reading

Surplus building under consideration

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center commissioners will meet Wednesday to declare a commercial office building surplus. The meeting starts at 6 p.m. in Linkletter… Continue reading

Thai cooking classes to benefit village school

LAKE LELAND -- When she was growing up, Pen Wongchana would stand behind her father as he was cooking and say, "Fast, fast, fast, Daddy,… Continue reading

Big U.S. 101 project was removed from final transportation budget

Widening the only two-lane stretch of U.S. Highway 101 between Sequim and Port Angeles was removed from the state transportation budget at the last minute.… Continue reading

Crowds flock to Port Townsend Farmers Market opener

PORT TOWNSEND -- Embraced by the irresistible aroma of fresh cinnamon rolls, life music and smiling residents sporting food baskets and flower wreaths, the Port… Continue reading

Developer’s vision combines airplanes and alfalfa — and $300,000 lots

SEQUIM -- What do tractors and airplanes, alfalfa and aviation gas, a view of eagles and an eagle's eye view have in common? Discovery Trail… Continue reading

Diesel leak fixed at Clallam Bay prison

CLALLAM BAY -- A leaky underground diesel pipe was being repaired Friday by a team of Clallam Bay Corrections Center technicians, said Sandra Carter, superintendent… Continue reading

Hurricane Ridge Road goes 24 hours starting today

The Olympic National Park Visitor Center south of Port Angeles begins its spring schedule today, staying open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. seven days… Continue reading

Peninsula airport shuttle service grounded by state agency over insurance snafu

A North Olympic Peninsula shuttle service to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is using an alternate carrier after a state agency ordered the company to stop. Pennco… Continue reading

Peninsula Junior Rodeo continues today at Clallam County Fairgrounds

The action is fast and furious for the 2005 Peninsula Junior Rodeo this weekend at the Clallam County Fairgrounds in Port Angeles. Today's sanction rodeo… Continue reading

Schools don’t ask immigration status

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1982 that the Constitution's 14th Amendment prohibits states from denying a free public education to undocumented children regardless of… Continue reading

Appeals of Port Angeles annexation bid might be waning

PORT ANGELES -- One of three appeals to the city's westward annexation might be invalidated because it lacks sufficient number of property owners to back… Continue reading

Boiler room youth coffeehouse boils over at longtime location for final time this weekend

PORT TOWNSEND -- After eight years on Lawrence Street, the youth coffeehouse project known as The Boiler Room is moving out Saturday. To mark the… Continue reading

County gives blessing to extension of Sequim sewer lines east and west from city

A Sequim city proposal to extend sewer lines west and east of its limits has won Clallam County commissioners' approval -- with some strings. Commissioners… Continue reading