Clallam: Commissioners to view “rural” designations as they visit growth plans today

Define "rural." That's rural as in "rural areas/lands," "rural character," "rural development" and "rural governmental services." This isn't a vocabulary exercise. The terms are cornerstones… Continue reading

Jefferson County commissioners poised to adopt $40.9 million budget

With fears of a state tax initiative "budget train wreck" threat behind them, Jefferson County commissioners are less than a week from adopting a proposed… Continue reading

Olympic National Park: Dive team which probed Lake Crescent crash site noted for work at Pearl Harbor memorial

Sixty-three years ago today, the USS Arizona came to rest on the floor of Hawaii's Pearl Harbor in an event that officially entered the United… Continue reading

Olympic National Park: Three skeletal remnants taken from Lake Crescent for DNA testing

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Divers on Monday recovered two human femurs and a partial skull near the wreckage from a 75-year-old car crash in the… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Former city economic development director worried over diminishing harborfront industrial lands

By Michelle Payne PORT ANGELES -- Harborfront land slated for the Hood Canal Bridge graving yard has sustained the community for centuries. And it would… Continue reading

  • Dec 7, 2004
  • MICHELLE PAYNE

Port Townsend: County administrator glad to be here after dealing with floods, heavy snows and Mr. T

PORT TOWNSEND -- When you look at what County Administrator John Fischbach faced as city manager in Fort Collins, Colo., Jefferson County so far looks… Continue reading

Fire razes house south of Forks

Fire destroyed the West Jefferson County home of a man who loaded up and lighted his wood stove near Forks, left it to visit Port… Continue reading

Human remains due to be raised from Lake Crescent watery grave today

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Divers hope to bring to the surface of Lake Crescent today human remains that could be those of a couple who… Continue reading

Student-run enterprises blooming under Gates grant program

QUILCENE -- Using three-dimensional geographic software to map residences for the fire department. Selling seafood to markets all over the world. Starting a custom sewing… Continue reading

Watch out for bitter squash, health official warns

PORT TOWNSEND -- Health officials have alerted consumers to a green and white pumpkinlike squash that might make them ill. Two people from the Port… Continue reading

“Tis the season for fires

The Friday morning fire that destroyed a house between Sequim and Port Angeles is one of several building blazes that firefighters on the North Olympic… Continue reading

Forks Festival of Trees

FORKS -- The 10th annual Festival of Trees -- "A Story Book Christmas"' -- will be held at Bank of America, 481 Forks Ave., today.… Continue reading

Lake Crescent: Divers find another human bone

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Divers mapping human remains near a 75-year-old car crash in Lake Crescent on Saturday have uncovered what they think is a… Continue reading

Port Angeles: “Pure luck” keeps resident away from home that burns

Misty McCrorie calls it "pure luck" that the mother of her close friends was at McCrorie's home Thursday night, rather than her own. Before most… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Downtown association seeks public hearing on reorganization plan

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles Downtown Association has become the latest business group to question the city's proposed internal reorganization plan that includes folding… Continue reading

Port Angeles: YMCA proposes pool partnership with City Hall

PORT ANGELES -- While the city staff continues seeking a central location for a new indoor swimming pool, Clallam County Family YMCA has proposed partnering… Continue reading

Port Ludlow: Investigators pinpoint origin of $1 million condo fire to garaged car

PORT LUDLOW -- Federal and local fire investigators have pinpointed a car garaged beneath an Admiralty Condominiums fourplex as the source of a $1 million… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Farmers market participants told theirs is most successful on Peninsula

PORT TOWNSEND -- Sales at the uptown farmers market lead all farmers markets across the North Olympic Peninsula and beyond, a WSU Extension official reports.… Continue reading

Slightly choppy seas can’t deter deter annual visit of Santa Claus in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND -- Despite having to take a substitute boat, Santa Claus arrived right on time Saturday night to the relief of hundreds of children… Continue reading

“Then I heard a POW”

A carrier for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer first spotted Thursday morning's fire and called 9-1-1. Simultaneously, some of the residents of Admiralty Condominiums in Port Ludlow… Continue reading