Port of Port Angeles commissioner undergoes double bypass surgery

Port of Port Angeles Commissioner Bill Hannan of Sequim is recovering at Providence Medical Center in Seattle following double bypass surgery on Monday. The surgery… Continue reading

Representatives of whaling tribe from Russia visit Makah

NEAH BAY -- Makah tribal members are hoping a cultural exchange with a delegation of Chukchi tribal members from Russia will be the first of… Continue reading

Sequim: Employees of new Wal-Mart scurry for today’s grand opening

SEQUIM -- Sixteen hours before kickoff, employees of the new Wal-Mart, perfecting merchandise racks and attending to the smallest of details, were alternately fatigued and… Continue reading

Sequim: Options exhausted, U.S. says, so couple must be deported

SEQUIM -- A South African couple fighting to keep their family in the United States have exhausted their options in the judicial system, a spokesman… Continue reading

West End: Sappho cafe and store fire apparently accidental

SAPPHO -- Sam Gaydeski watched his children grow up inside his family's Sappho Junction store. In the mornings, an hour into his day behind the… Continue reading

15,000 without power for up to five hours in eastern Clallam County

Engineers from Clallam County Public Utility District are looking into the cause of a malfunction that cut electrical power to thousands of customers Monday. About… Continue reading

Gregoire in Port Angeles, impressed with Magna Force technology

PORT ANGELES -- Democratic gubernatorial candidate Christine Gregoire rode above the rails of Magna Force's LEVX magnetic-levitation system, then praised it Monday at the company's… Continue reading

Gregoire lauds Jefferson County leaders for keeping Fort Worden free

PORT TOWNSEND -- Democratic candidate for governor Christine Gregoire voiced praise and support for efforts to keep Fort Worden State Park's parking free to visitors.… Continue reading

Homeowners may try to buy land to keep out sawmill; Washington Alder president: no comment

PORT ANGELES -- Dry Creek area residents are forming a property development company to try buying the 113-acre former Critchfield property slated for a Washington… Continue reading

Locke, in final visit to Port Angeles as governor, makes impromptu visit to graving yard

PORT ANGELES -- Gov. Gary Locke spent his 10th and final visit to Clallam County as the state's chief executive Monday by visiting some of… Continue reading

Mystery fire destroys Sappho Junction cafe and store

"It was just a ghost town," said Sue Price. "Now there's nothing left for the ghosts." Price spoke of the logging hamlet of Sappho and… Continue reading

New Wal-Mart opens in Sequim on Wednesday

SEQUIM -- Many thought it may never arrive. Some hoped it wouldn't. But the long-awaited grand opening of Sequim's new Wal-Mart store is scheduled to… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Multicultural task force meets on Wednesday

PORT ANGELES -- The city's Community Multicultural Task Force meets for the first time in almost a year on Wednesday. The meeting, open to the… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Where were you in ’82? “Officer and Gentleman” reunion next month

PORT TOWNSEND -- No matter whether you were an officer, a gentleman or a gofer, You're invited to a reunion Nov. 21. Local cast and… Continue reading

Sequim: Historic and cultural aspect of comprehensive plan may be history?

SEQUIM -- While the City Council and Planning Commission combine efforts toward a required update of the city's comprehensive plan, one of its provisions may… Continue reading

Locke, Gregoire both schedule Peninsula stops on Monday

The departing Democratic governor and the Democrat who would like to replace them will visit the North Olympic Peninsula on Monday -- but not together.… Continue reading

Port Angeles units among Coast Guard contingent working small oil spill in San Juans

FRIDAY HARBOR -- A small fuel spill was reported Saturday in the San Juan Islands, and Coast Guard units from Port Angeles and elsewhere were… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Fort Worden parking subsidy under fire

PORT TOWNSEND -- While both the city and Jefferson County struggle to balance their budgets in the face of looming deficits next year, local lawmakers… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Revenues from Fort Worden underpaid, city says

PORT TOWNSEND -- City officials say they suspect that state parks officials systematically underpaid the city its portion of lodging tax revenues during the past… Continue reading

Sequim: Longtime senior center leader takes new job in Chimacum

SEQUIM -- After 11 years at the Sequim Senior Services Center, George Woodruff has resigned as director to take a position in Chimacum. Woodruff, a… Continue reading