Port Townsend: Students compete, collect ton of food for food bank

PORT TOWNSEND -- If 610 high school students collect 2,000 pounds of food plus cash donations of $1,500, and every $1 donated equals six pounds… Continue reading

Sequim: Final round of pre-trial hearings on shopping center challenge

SEQUIM -- The last round of pre-trial hearings concluded Wednesday in a land-use appeal challenging the construction of a regional shopping center near West Washington… Continue reading

Clallam Bay: Woman airlifted to hospital following car crash

Emergency crews worked for about two hours Tuesday afternoon to rescue a young woman from her car after it struck two trees along state Highway… Continue reading

Peninsula: Food banks feel the pull at Thanksgiving

Volunteers at the Sequim Food Bank were planning a last-minute Thanksgiving delivery on Tuesday to make sure a family living in a tent in the… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Killer will appeal his 84.5-year sentence

PORT HADLOCK -- Less than a week after being sentenced to nearly 85 years in prison, the killer of Port Hadlock towing company owner Frank… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Teens plead innocent in Aldrich’s fire case

The two teenagers charged with inadvertently causing the fire that burned the historic Aldrich's grocery to the ground Aug. 4 have both pleaded innocent to… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Will fees really hurt Fort Worden tourism?

PORT TOWNSEND -- Tourism officials offer differing opinions on the effect of parking fees that are likely to be imposed at Fort Worden State Park… Continue reading

Crews divide time between Hood Canal Bridge, Port Angeles graving dock

PORT ANGELES -- Installation of a stormwater drainage system at the state Department of Transportation's graving yard resumed Monday. Work stopped at the 22-acre site… Continue reading

Jefferson: Commissioners won”t help subsidize Fort Worden parking for visitors

PORT TOWNSEND -- A last-minute plan that again would have let visitors park for free at Fort Worden State Park next year was defeated by… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Daishowa/Nippon tax refund will cost city up to $71,000 a year in 2004-06

PORT ANGELES -- The city will lose as much as $71,000 in property taxes in each of the next three years as the result of… Continue reading

Sequim: City, couple may end long-running squabble

SEQUIM -- The city will not immediately appeal a ruling handed down in early November by the state Court of Appeals which dealt with an… Continue reading

Hurricane Ridge: Sudden snow ends day at the park

Olympic National Park rangers asked motorists visiting Hurricane Ridge early Sunday afternoon to leave when a snowstorm kicked up heavy winds and near white-out conditions.… Continue reading

Inflatable Kalakala? Historical ferry’s new owner floats ideas to raise renovation dollars

A full-size, air-inflated replica of the MV Kalakala could be making promotional voyages to the Port Angeles or Port Townsend waterfronts -- if local officials… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Airline subsidy from federal government unlikely

Port Angeles has no chance of gaining a federal air subsidy that could help cover an airline's costs of service between Fairchild and Seattle-Tacoma international… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Chance encounter leads to Japanese-American exchange –

PORT TOWNSEND -- In October of last year, Sue Gillard, Shary Irwin and Norma Wieman traveled to Japan as part of a local delegation to… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Mayor to promote plan today to cover Fort Worden parking fees

PORT TOWNSEND -- Mayor Kees Kolff and Nora Porter with the Fort Worden Advisory Committee's parking fee subcommittee go before Jefferson County commissioners this morning… Continue reading

West End: Rocketeers may try second launch Friday

Two Forks aerospace engineers scuttled the launch of their second three-stage rocket from the western Olympic Peninsula on Saturday because of poor weather conditions. Eric… Continue reading

Clallam: Figures in alleged drug ring face additional counts

PORT ANGELES -- Prosecutors have filed more charges against Bernard "Pete" Barnes and others accused of taking part in an organized cocaine distribution network. Barnes,… Continue reading

Clallam: Last-minute Ketchum donations to Forde, Robertsen campaigns revealed

The businessman whose contribution to a candidate for Clallam County prosecuting attorney stirred a political firestorm in the 2002 election, waited until the last minute… Continue reading

Jefferson: Thousands raised for county, Port campaigns

Raising the biggest campaign funding war chest doesn"t guarantee victory at the polls. The recent Port of Port Townsend election proves the point. Incumbent Bob… Continue reading