Affordable-housing project for elderly gets green light in Sequim

SEQUIM -- The City Council has sent a loud-and-clear signal about its commitment to affordable housing for senior citizens. And sometime soon, the Port Townsend… Continue reading

Business group to weigh in on discussions over fate of Port Angeles graving yard project

The Port Angeles Business Association will become the latest local organization to enter the Hood Canal graving yard issue when it meets Tuesday morning. The… Continue reading

Congressman intervenes to gain freedom for Sequim immigrant

SEQUIM -- The people clamored, and Norm Dicks listened. Deluged with thousands of e-mails, letters and phone calls for nearly two months, pleading with the… Continue reading

Port Townsend artist chosen for Sequim Lavender Festival poster

PORT TOWNSEND -- An artist whose primitive-style paintings celebrate rural and small-town life has been chosen to produce the 2005 Sequim Lavender Festival poster "I'm… Continue reading

Sidewalk frolic in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- The salmon are running at the southeast corner of Front and Oak streets downtown. The Port Angeles Downtown Association's Art on the… Continue reading

What it was like in federal detention center

SEQUIM -- For the first three weeks of his confinement, Oliver Strong had nothing to read, nobody to talk to and no relief from the… Continue reading

Food Co-op in Port Townsend grows 85% in three years

PORT TOWNSEND -- With sales of more than $8 million this year, the Food Co-op defies the notion that such establishments were founded by hippies… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe named as PDN Employee of the Year in 2004; other top employees recognized

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Keith Thorpe has been selected as the Peninsula Daily News" Employee of the Year for 2004. Thorpe, a photographer and creator of… Continue reading

Mom and four children lived in tents in the forest

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is another in a series of articles on the Peninsula Home Fund. Please click on the Home fund button at left to… Continue reading

Mother of slain woman unsuccessful in confronting accused killer

PORT ANGELES -- The man accused of killing his girlfriend in a brutal beating last week was formally charged Friday with second-degree murder. In a… Continue reading

Port Angeles-born LEVX system proposed for busy Poulsbo-Bainbridge corridor

The 14-mile corridor along state Highway 305 between Poulsbo and the Washington State Ferries terminal on Bainbridge Island is heavily congested and is only projected… Continue reading

Port Ludlow fire chief hears from supportive audience after admitting that mistakes were made in big condo fire

PORT LUDLOW -- Fire Chief Wayne Kier admitted that mistakes were made while fighting a Dec. 2 arson fire that destroyed a condominium fourplex, but… Continue reading

Some contact between Transportation and tribe, but mum’s the word

Parties to the Hood Canal Bridge graving yard controversy talked to each other this weekend -- but not to outside observers about what consensus, if… Continue reading

Transportation officials explore options to walk away from Port Angeles graving yard site

OLYMPIA -- State transportation officials may have to fracture a contract to mend the Hood Canal Bridge. Stopping work on a graving yard to build… Continue reading

Unionists plan to campaign, rally to keep graving yard project going in Port Angeles

Construction union members Saturday were readying fliers, petitions and signs of support with which to blanket Clallam, Jefferson and Kitsap counties with their message: Keep… Continue reading

Encampment for homeless in Chimacum proposed

PORT TOWNSEND -- City Councilwoman Freida Fenn is pitching an idea to allow temporary camping for the homeless at Chimacum Park. Fenn asked the Jefferson… Continue reading

Four Sequim police chief candidates meet officials, civic leaders

SEQUIM -- Nancy Reeder loves the Alaska city she's called home during her 25 years in the military and in the police department. But part… Continue reading

Future of graving yard site? A big question

OLYMPIA -- From the air, the Port Angeles graving yard site looks like a rectangle, not a 22.5-acre question mark. What can be done with… Continue reading

Lawsuit over Shine pit overlay decision filed in Jefferson County Superior Court

PORT TOWNSEND -- Hood Canal Coalition and six other environmental organizations have filed a lawsuit against Jefferson County and Fred Hill Materials Inc., asking a… Continue reading

Man held on $1 million bail for investigation of girlfriend’s brutal death

A man arrested for his girlfriend's violent death will return to court this afternoon to face possible murder charges in the slaying of Amber Rae… Continue reading