Port Angeles: Fluoride, garbage rates considered by City Council tonight

The Port Angeles City Council will publicly deliberate tonight on whether to seek more environmental studies on the proposed fluoridation of municipal water. The meeting… Continue reading

Sequim: City schedules community meetings on new traffic circle

Two meetings on driving the new Sequim traffic circle -- or "roundabout"' -- on Washington Street at River Road will be held Thursday. The meetings… Continue reading

Submersible video shows Hood Canal Bridge cable broken 350 feet under water; divers may go down today

SHINE -- Video footage collected by a submersible device 350 feet below the surface of Hood Canal appears to show a 3-inch-diameter steel cable broken… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Literacy Council tutors open lines of communication in Jefferson County

When Chom Pray came to Port Townsend from Korea 34 years ago, she could only say a few words in English -- hi, goodbye, thank… Continue reading

Valley Creek bridge traffic to be restricted

PORT ANGELES -- Biennial inspection of the Eighth Street bridge over Valley Creek will begin today and last through Wednesday. Traffic will be restricted to… Continue reading

Carlsborg: Granddaughter of woman killed in Highway 101 collision injured in separate crash

CARLSBORG -- A week to the day after a woman lost her life in a two-vehicle collision on U.S. Highway 101 at Mill Road, her… Continue reading

Forks: Manhunt started for prisoner who walked away from Olympic Corrections Center

FORKS -- Inmate recovery teams conducted a manhunt Saturday in search of a prisoner who walked away from Olympic Corrections Center. Jose Manuel Osegura Osegura,… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Archeological workers ramp up efforts to complete dig at graving yard site

PORT ANGELES -- The 35 archaeologists and 35 Lower Elwha Klallam tribal workers removing human remains and Native American artifacts from the Hood Canal Bridge… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Judge deliberating on key point in lawsuit against Kalakala

PORT ANGELES -- A Clallam County Superior Court judge is considering whether to allow the state to join the Makah tribe's lawsuit to remove the… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Coast Guard’s ‘iron men’ of World War II era swap stories of days on wood-hull cutters

PORT TOWNSEND -- Where the 87-foot Coast Guard cutter Osprey now sits in the Boat Haven, there once were three 83-foot wooden-hulled cutters. Ralph Gallant… Continue reading

Sequim: Farm animal rescuers need love too; Critterhaven near end of financial rope

SEQUIM -- Graham is a duck with a bad foot, but good taste in music: He fancies high-class French tunes. Willy "Bo-Bo" is also physically… Continue reading

Body of Mississippi man found near Lake Aldwell following SUV rollover; Peninsula’s 19th road fatality of 2004

A Mississippi man was found dead Thursday afternoon near where his SUV apparently missed a curve on Lake Aldwell Road and crashed over an embankment.… Continue reading

Forks: Tillicum Park event a feast for the palate and other senses

FORKS -- The West End has a good reason to chow down this weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, Forks hosts the annual Feast of Forks… Continue reading

From AC/DC to Zombie Nation, Port Angeles resident rides an encyclopedic love of music into work at the Athens Summer Games

You might say that Brad Lilley's life these days is a five-ring circus. Some days the Port Angeles resident is a radio disc jockey and… Continue reading

Indian Island: Military exercise planned around Port Townsend Bay this weekend

INDIAN ISLAND -- Military units converge on Jefferson County this weekend in an exercise to defend a small fictitious southwest Pacific island nation from a… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Alder sawmill slated for 113-acre Port property

PORT ANGELES -- A $23 million sawmill employing 95 people with a $5 million annual payroll is slated for 113 acres of Port of Port… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Conference center developer prepares to defend project to skeptical city officials

PORT ANGELES -- Hotel/conference center developer Randal Jay Ehm is preparing what could be the final defense of his waterfront mega-project when he visits next… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Peninsula backers of new state parks pleased with commission’s support of plans

PORT ANGELES -- Supporters of developing Hoko River State Park and a site on the Miller Peninsula say they are pleased the Washington State Parks… Continue reading

Sequim: Only two people attend community forum on school budget

SEQUIM -- Directors of the Sequim School District Board began work Thursday night on crafting a budget to carry the district through the 2004-2005 school… Continue reading

Submersible device used to peer under Hood Canal Bridge to inspect broken cable

SHINE -- State Department of Transportation workers used a remote-control submersible during slack tide Thursday afternoon in an effort to find out why a cable… Continue reading