Sequim: Irrigation Festival parade provides lots of enthusiasm

SEQUIM -- Dogs in T-shirts. Old-time cars from the 1920s. Marching bands from high schools and middle schools around northwest Washington. Fancy floats that glimmered… Continue reading

The winners!

The following entries to the 2004 Sequim Irrigation Festival Grand Parade were awarded prizes in their respective categories: Grand Sweepstakes: Tacoma and Pierce County Daffodil… Continue reading

Peninsula: Officials think spiking gas prices won”t idle short-trip tourism

Tourism officials in Clallam and Jefferson counties are counting on a tourist season as good, if not better, than other years when gasoline prices were… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Custodian accused of high school voyeurism fired by School Board

The Port Angeles School District has fired a 54-year-old custodian accused of voyeurism on the high school campus. Gary Alan Boyd of Port Angeles allegedly… Continue reading

Port Townsend: No galley service when ferries double on Keystone run

PORT TOWNSEND -- When a second ferry goes into service on the Port Townsend-Keystone run Sunday, hungry riders will have two choices -- eat before… Continue reading

Sequim: Citizens group has until Monday to appeal to state court over shopping center project

SEQUIM -- Developers of a proposed regional shopping center with a Home Depot on the city's west side are waiting to see if a citizens… Continue reading

Sequim: Judge again refuses citizens group on Wal-Mart

Citizens group Sequim First was dealt another blow by Thurston County Superior Court Judge Thomas McPhee in its attempt to stall construction of a Wal-Mart… Continue reading

Sequim: Woman killed in highway crash was enormously generous to others, friends recall

SEQUIM -- When Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church secretary Beth Reinertsen needed to take time off Tuesday to visit a critically ill friend in Bremerton, parishioner… Continue reading

Under-$2 gasoline is now history across North Olympic Peninsula — why?

If rising gasoline prices leave you fuming and wondering why, the answer is a little more complex than the old supply-and-demand theory. That's only part… Continue reading

Deadline is Friday for PDN grant applications

The deadline is 5 p.m. Friday for charitable, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations in Jefferson and Clallam counties to submit applications for $25,000 in 2004 grants from… Continue reading

Discovery Bay: Sequim woman dies in crash that spills diesel fuel on U.S. 101

DISCOVERY BAY -- A Sequim woman was killed and her husband injured Wednesday when their car and a semi-truck collided in a crash that blocked… Continue reading

Jefferson: What’s in a name? Hospital board adopts ‘healthcare’ brand — but not before image is discussed

Jefferson General Hospital and ancillary services provided by the public hospital district will carry the new name of Jefferson Healthcare but retain their individual names.… Continue reading

Joyce: Community gathering in wake of student’s classroom suicide seeks positive message

JOYCE -- Sixteen teenagers stood in a quiet line in front of an audience, most dressed in jeans and sweatshirts, with their faces set in… Continue reading

Peninsula: Crackdown to start on aggressive, impaired, unbuckled driving

Extra law enforcement patrols will intensify their lookout for speeders, aggressive drivers, people who are unbuckled, and impaired drivers on the North Olympic Peninsula and… Continue reading

Peninsula: Wednesday’s crash yields 14th road fatality this year

Wednesday's fatal crash in Discovery Bay was the 14th death on North Olympic Peninsula highways and roads this year. Since Jan. 1, collisions have killed… Continue reading

Port Angeles: School Board stays on course toward closing Monroe

PORT ANGELES -- School Board members decided late Wednesday night to stay on course toward closing Monroe Elementary School in June. After a two-hour study… Continue reading

Sequim/Joyce: Ballots for school levy elections returned

Clallam County election officials say 40.56 percent of ballots have been returned in Sequim School District's maintenance and operations replacement levy election. About 25.56 percent… Continue reading

California company moving to Port Angeles

A computer Web-building company is moving its operations from the Los Angeles area to Port Angeles. Residential Media Associates Inc., which specializes in developing Web… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Either/or choices face School Board at special meeting tonight

PORT ANGELES -- If Monroe Elementary School isn't closed in June, the Port Angeles School District will be forced to make budget cuts throughout the… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Landscaped welcome sign with waterfall endorsed by City Council

PORT ANGELES -- A highway welcome sign, complete with a waterfall and the greeting "Where the Mountains Greet the Sea," was unanimously endorsed by the… Continue reading