Wooden Boat Festival under way

PORT TOWNSEND -- More than 25,000 people are expected to visit east Jefferson County during the 28th annual Wooden Boat Festival that begins a three-day… Continue reading

Jefferson: County begins update process for comprehensive plan

PORT HADLOCK -- It's a monumental task put to those who run cities and counties across the state. Jefferson County officials are taking the challenge… Continue reading

Peninsula: Timber interests unhappy with lower 10-year harvest level

The state Natural Resource Board's decision to set the 10-year sustainable harvest for state trust lands at an average of 597 million board feet annually… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Garbage, landfill rates go up 5 percent next year

PORT ANGELES -- The city's landfill fees and monthly garbage collection charges will increase by 5 percent in 2005, the City Council decided in a… Continue reading

Tall ship helps launch Wooden Boat Festival in PT

PORT TOWNSEND -- Wooden boats from untold numbers of ports of call are beginning to arrive in Port Townsend for the 28th annual Wooden Boat… Continue reading

West End: Owner of Kalakala says he”ll meet deadline to move vessel

PORT ANGELES -- The state Department of Natural Resources and the Makah tribe are pressuring him to move the old Kalakala ferry out of Neah… Continue reading

West End: Tribal biologist says he did necropsy on dead porpoise

SEKIU -- A local marine mammal biologist performed the necropsy on a Dall's porpoise that a Port Angeles couple found, headless, on a beach Tuesday.… Continue reading

Clallam: Appeal unlikely in critical areas clash

A prominent North Olympic Peninsula environmental group that has battled Clallam County's critical areas ordinance in Superior Court over the past four years is unlikely… Continue reading

Clallam: Tsunami workshops begin today

Beginning today, Clallam County, state and federal officials present a series of free workshops this week about what to do in the event of a… Continue reading

Clallam: West End project to cut off Highway 112 for six weeks

CLALLAM BAY -- If motorists get caught in the roadblock at the state Highway 112 Jim Creek project today through the next six weeks, it… Continue reading

Jefferson: Humpback whales spotted off Port Townsend

With tails the size of your living room slapping the water as they dived, a pair of humpback whales visited the Strait of Juan de… Continue reading

PT TO CONSIDER ILLEGAL-CAMPING ORDINANCE

PORT TOWNSEND -- As the sun broke through the clouds Monday afternoon, three men sat by their tent. It looked like the perfect campsite --… Continue reading

2 survive crash of small plane outside Port Angeles

FRESHWATER BAY -- Two men in search of a Sequim dentist missing off the Pacific Coast walked away from a plane crash Sunday afternoon, shaken… Continue reading

Clallam: Watershed plan available for review

Clallam County commissioners will conduct a public hearing on the Elwha-Dungeness Watershed Plan at 10 a.m. Sept. 21 at the county courthouse, 223 E. Fourth… Continue reading

Clallam: Watershed plan open for public review

PORT ANGELES -- It addresses Clallam County's water conflicts between people and fish, a growing issue in an area with a growing population. County leaders,… Continue reading

Peninsula: Labor Day holiday openings listed

Today's holiday celebrating Labor Day will provide a three-day weekend for many North Olympic Peninsula workers. All Washington state, Clallam and Jefferson county offices and… Continue reading

Peninsula: Retirees off to aid victims of Hurricane Frances

PORT TOWNSEND -- While many workers are sleeping in on Labor Day, George Williams is getting up early to catch the shuttle to Sea-Tac airport.… Continue reading

LaPush: No clues in finding dentist missing off coast

LAPUSH -- A dentist from Sequim who disappeared after taking his boat out fishing last week remained missing Saturday, four days after he was last… Continue reading

Mannequin head from ill-fated rocket launch off Queets takes on new life – — – in a parody video

"We can rebuild her . . ." the narrative boldly states. If you recognize that as a gender-modified line from the introduction to the 1970s… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center commissioners select Smith to fill board vacancy

Port Angeles School District's new information technology director is also the newest Olympic Medical Center commissioner. Gary R. Smith, 61 and the hospital's former chief… Continue reading