Dungeness: New recommendations focus on pollutants that put damper on shellfish harvests

DUNGENESS -- A study of Dungeness Bay pollution recommends stepping up efforts to lead toward reopening the onetime clean and shellfish-rich bay north of Sequim… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Monroe parents planning to picket in support of keeping school open

PORT ANGELES -- Monroe Elementary School parents say they will attend a public hearing Tuesday to voice their opinion that the school should not be… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Prospective reservists find that practices makes perfect

PORT ANGELES -- With their guns drawn, three police officers approached a door propped open by a broom handle. They slowly entered the dark warehouse.… Continue reading

Port Ludlow: County, property owners in legal tussle over harbor buoys

PORT LUDLOW -- Three property owners on Inner Harbor are claiming that the county lacks jurisdiction to order removal of their boat mooring buoys. And… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Restaurateur says he’s in waiting game for contract to serve on state ferry

PORT TOWNSEND -- Washington State Ferries rejected a landmark hotel and restaurant's proposal to serve food on the Port Townsend-Keystone route, but the restaurant's owner… Continue reading

Sequim: Condition of only survivor in double-shooting, suicide improves

SEQUIM -- The condition of the survivor in Wednesday's double-shooting and suicide east of Sequim has been upgraded to serious. A spokeswoman at Seattle's Harborview… Continue reading

Sequim: Young swimmers left high and dry after contract for use of public swimming pool ends

SEQUIM -- Sarah Moores is a 14-year-old with a busy schedule at Sequim Middle School, a part-time job at her grandma's deli, and a circle… Continue reading

Carlsborg: Friends, family of ‘loving couple’ shocked at shooting

CARLSBORG -- One day after horrific shootings ended two lives and left one hanging in the balance, friends and family of Noelle Staneart and Shane… Continue reading

Clallam: District Court adds procedure to help defendants with mental problems

People with mental health issues don't always respond to the traditional judicial system. That's the driving force behind a new mental health calendar established this… Continue reading

Diamond Point: Estranged husband admits shooting wife, then commits suicide

DIAMOND POINT -- A 15-hour murder investigation came to a violent end early Thursday when a Diamond Point man sought in the shooting death of… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Full skeleton uncovered on graving yard site

PORT ANGELES -- A man who lived hundreds of years ago along the shores of the Strait of Juan de Fuca was found carefully wrapped… Continue reading

Port Angeles: More delay on graving yard until DOT contracts with archaeologist

PORT ANGELES -- Archaeological excavation at the graving yard -- flagged last month to begin by now -- cannot start until state officials contract with… Continue reading

Port Townsend: City Hall annex comments sought

The city of Port Townsend is accepting public comments on possible environmental impacts of constructing a 12,000-square-foot City Hall annex building. The $4.75 million project… Continue reading

Victims funds set up in wake of Sequim shootings

Two accounts have been set up at First Federal Savings and Loan Association to assist the victims of Wednesday's shooting. Contributions may be made at… Continue reading

Clallam Bay: Young men killed in wreck, construction accident mourned at school

CLALLAM BAY -- The thunderous roar of applause, cheers and feet stomping on wooden bleachers filled the Clallam Bay School gym Wednesday afternoon in honor… Continue reading

Indian Island: Army exercise resembles Iraq set-up … ‘just substitute the trees with sand’

INDIAN ISLAND -- About 500 U.S. Army active duty, reserve and National Guard soldiers are camping out on the beach as part of an exercise… Continue reading

Neah Bay: Puget Sound-area tribe donates $26,000 for Makah van

NEAH BAY -- The Makah Senior Citizens Program has received $26,000 from the Muckleshoot tribe to purchase a new 15-passenger van to provide transportation for… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Parking patrol just the ticket for four police volunteers

PORT TOWNSEND -- That 15 minute parking sign isn't a suggestion, especially with four of the city's finest patrolling the downtown streets enforcing parking rules.… Continue reading

Quilcene: Father of boy killed in crash tests for high blood-alcohol level

POULSBO -- The father of a Quilcene Elementary School student killed in a van crash early Tuesday morning reportedly had a blood-alcohol level more than… Continue reading

Indian Island: Naval installation playing host to Army exercise

PORT HADLOCK -- Indian Island is again playing host to an Army exercise, bringing convoys to Jefferson County roads. Navy officials say the road traffic… Continue reading