Clallam: Courthouse power failure cuts calls to assessor over new property revaluations

A circuit breaker that "boiled" made some taxpayers' tempers simmer Thursday when it shut down telephones and computers at the Clallam County Courthouse. The electricity… Continue reading

Olympic National Park: Divers plan to bring up human remains from bottom of Lake Crescent

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Divers plan to plunge into the chilly waters of Lake Crescent this weekend to retrieve human remains found earlier this year… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Where to take that old phone book

New Dex Media Inc. phone books distributed for Qwest are arriving in Clallam County this week, and the Nippon Paper Industries USA Co. Ltd. mill… Continue reading

Port Hadlock: Jeffcom loses its ‘voice,” but not ability to dispatch firefighters to Port Ludlow fire

PORT HADLOCK -- A temporary communication glitch early Thursday did not interfere with the response time or number of firefighters dispatched to a Port Ludlow… Continue reading

Port Ludlow: Flaming car with open doors sparks $1 million fire

PORT LUDLOW -- Fire in a car with its doors left open might be the cause of a spectacular blaze that destroyed a building and… Continue reading

Sequim: Family ordered deported may get to leave on own terms

SEQUIM -- Oliver and Penny Strong, along with their five children, have all but run out of avenues of appeal to avoid being deported to… Continue reading

Shining star to deliver Santa to Port Townsend on Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND -- Thanks to a guiding star, Santa Claus will arrive at 4:30 as scheduled Saturday afternoon. But instead of sailing across Port Townsend… Continue reading

Your guide to North Olympic Peninsula holiday activities this weekend

The holiday season continues to arrive in communities across the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend. An array of free public events -- including a tree… Continue reading

Clallam: County workers get locks shorn for United Way

PORT ANGELES -- The buzz of an electric razor echoed throughout the Clallam County Courthouse lobby Wednesday as two elected officials and two county employees… Continue reading

Jefferson County’s 9-1-1 dispatchers get new facilities

PORT HADLOCK -- The voices that guide law officers and firefighters to emergency scenes changed their home this week. Remaining in the same building but… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Cleanup of contamination still priority at Rayonier site, business group told

PORT ANGELES -- This week's Port Angeles Business Association meeting was supposed to feature an update on cleanup efforts at the site of the former… Continue reading

Port Angeles: School Board to seek levy for computers, other high-tech items

PORT ANGELES -- Voters in the Port Angeles School District will be asked Feb. 8 to support a technology levy for the first time. The… Continue reading

Port Angeles: State officials, Lower Elwha meet again over graving yard issues

PORT ANGELES -- State officials and Lower Elwha Klallam leaders say several more meetings are needed to iron out differences over constructing a concrete dry… Continue reading

Sequim: Double murderer found in Florida back in Washington state today

Convicted double murderer John V. Carothers, who was apprehended in Florida last month after fleeing parole in Seattle, will return to Washington state today. The… Continue reading

Two Peninsula healthcare agencies share in big settlement

Two North Olympic Peninsula agencies are sharing in a $695,000 settlement between the state Attorney General's Office and Medco Health Solutions Inc. The PAARC Clinic,… Continue reading

Clallam property reassessment notices distributed

She's made her list and checked it twice. Clallam County Assessor Linda Owings-Rosenburgh mailed reassessment notices Tuesday to about 60 percent of the county's property… Continue reading

Peninsula Home Fund helps woman fleeing domestic violence

QUILCENE -- "We had three hours to pack up anything we could carry and get out of there." Susan Archer's description of her abrupt departure… Continue reading

Port Townsend City Hall project now comes down to: Show me the money

PORT TOWNSEND -- After resolving the issue to restore or not to restore City Hall, City Council members must now decide on how to pay… Continue reading

Sequim: Eight-screen cineplex proposed

SEQUIM -- The number of silver screens on the North Olympic Peninsula could almost double if an eight-screen movie-theater complex proposed on the eastern edge… Continue reading

West End: Forks graduate named superintendent of Coronado National Memorial

A 1985 graduate of Forks High School has been selected by the National Park Service to be superintendent of Coronado National Memorial in Hereford, Ariz.… Continue reading