Running team garners $53,000 for Olympic Medical Center

Olympic Medical Center Foundation will present Olympic Medical Center with more than $53,000 raised by 40 volunteers at the hospital district's board of directors' meeting… Continue reading

Sen. Hargrove optimistic about treatment overhaul bill

OLYMPIA -- An ambitious effort to overhaul the state's mental health and substance abuse treatment that could save as much as $20 billion over 20… Continue reading

Still sweethearts: Brinnon couple celebrate 70th anniversary of Valentine wedding today

BRINNON -- She wore a blue dress. He wore a blue suit. The ceremony took place in the Lutheran minister's house. The wedding supper was… Continue reading

Ballots go out this week for one-year Brinnon school levy attempt

BRINNON -- School officials are seeking voter approval of a one-year tax levy in an election ending March 8. Jefferson County election officials will mail… Continue reading

Homeless census turns up 1,050 in Clallam County

Last month's point-in-time census of homeless people counted 1,050 individuals living without homes in Clallam County. That figure is 29 percent greater than the number… Continue reading

Legislators wary of Monday’s graving yard meeting in Port Angeles

OLYMPIA -- The 24th District's three legislators are wary of Monday's open house and Transportation Commission meeting in Port Angeles, but they are continuing other… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center $2 million over budget with Sequim project

Construction estimates for Olympic Medical Center's new Sequim satellite campus are $2 million over budget -- an 8.75 percent increase a half-year after hospital commissioners… Continue reading

Olympics snowpack at 23 percent of normal — but is it right to panic?

The Olympic Mountains' winter snowpack is money in the bank. When snowpacks are low, as they are right now all around the Northwest, the bank… Continue reading

Port Angeles levy campaign chairman looks back at ineffective campaign

PORT ANGELES -- Placing two separate school tax levies before Port Angeles School District voters in last week's election may have been a mistake, says… Continue reading

Port Townsend city councilwoman among new owners of Windermere agency

PORT TOWNSEND -- Michelle Sandoval, a local real estate agent and Port Townsend City Council member, has purchased the Windermere Real Estate agency in Port… Continue reading

Port Townsend, Jefferson County keep eye on low snowpack

Low mountain snowpack now could put a drain on Jefferson County utilities this summer. In East Jefferson County, that means the threat of higher power… Continue reading

Three company officials tour West End to scout possible mill, co-generation plant sites

Three officials from a Montana-based company were "just looking" at sites in the North Olympic Peninsula last week as possible locations to build one of… Continue reading

Coastline near Clallam Bay-Sekiu offer visitors great views but not a lot of people

CLALLAM BAY -- During the sunny summer months, throngs of tourists from throughout the nation and world flock to the northwest coastline along the Strait… Continue reading

Emergency breakwater work proceeds in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND -- Moving quickly to beat stormy weather, work is set next week to repair about 300 feet of the severely wave-damaged breakwater protecting… Continue reading

For Valentine’s Day, take your sweetie to a graving yard hearing

PORT ANGELES -- If you're tired of the candy, roses and restaurant routine for Valentine's Day, take your true love to the meeting on the… Continue reading

Friends organize a flurry of fund-raising activities to help pay for medical bills of Sequim man undergoing marrow transplant

SEQUIM -- Friends of Gary Scott, a 59-year-old husband and father of five who is about to undergo a bone marrow transplant, are organizing benefit… Continue reading

Man jumps onto Port Townsend ferry, spurs bomb search

PORT TOWNSEND -- An apparently intoxicated Rockport man climbed a fence and jumped onto the state ferry MV Klickitat early Thursday morning, prompting a bomb… Continue reading

Peninsula tourism marketers think midweek closings of Hood Canal Bridge best

A group of North Olympic Peninsula tourism marketers recommends to state officials that midweek Hood Canal Bridge work closures are better this summer to avoid… Continue reading

Port Angeles party to fete Marine back from deadly fighting in Fallujah

PORT ANGELES -- When the photographer's shutter clicked, Thomas Ryder had his fingers over his ears, blocking out the noise of an explosion that would… Continue reading

Quillayute Valley school levy wins

FORKS -- Quillayute Valley School District's maintenance and operations replacement levy was approved by more than 63 percent of voters, updated election results showed Thursday… Continue reading