Port Angeles: City, county leaders try to unclog “stalemate” over Hood Canal Bridge graving yard project

Port Angeles leaders and a state lawmaker are trying to break the admitted "stalemate" over negotiations to restart the Hood Canal Bridge graving yard project.… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Centrum names interim director

PORT TOWNSEND -- Thatcher Bailey was appointed Tuesday as interim director of Centrum Tuesday as the board of directors of state's flagship arts organization looked… Continue reading

Campaigns over for Jefferson County, Port Townsend candidates

The campaigns are done. Now it's up to the voters to decide. That's the feeling expressed by the six people seeking three major elected offices… Continue reading

Clallam County charter amendments on ballot

Clallam County voters could approve any or all of eight proposed Home Rule Charter amendments on today's ballot. The Home Rule Charter contains laws and… Continue reading

Port Angeles, Sequim to decide council races today

Candidates for three Port Angeles City Council seats and two Sequim council posts have ended their campaigns and await tonight's election results. In the Port… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Fluoride supporters to present $24,000 to City Council

PORT ANGELES -- Fluoridation supporters will present a $24,000 check to the City Council tonight to help fund fluoridation of the city's water system. "We've… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Ferry’s steering problem halts service to Whidbey Island

PORT TOWNSEND -- A steering problem kept the ferry Klickitat tied up for half the day Monday, eliminating the state Highway 20 link between the… Continue reading

Sequim: City Council to take first look at 2004 budget

SEQUIM -- City Council members will get their first look at a proposed operating budget for 2004 at their study session Wednesday morning. The budget,… Continue reading

Three Clallam school districts have contested board elections today

Three school districts in Clallam County -- including the two largest -- are electing members of their school boards in elections ending today. Three seats… Continue reading

Voters get the last word today

Clallam County voters have until tonight to choose the county's first elected Department of Community Development director, name a county commissioner and even decide if… Continue reading

Graving yard talks at “stalemate”; meeting to be held Wednesday

PORT ANGELES -- Plans to break a "stalemate" at the Hood Canal graving yard site will be discussed this week in a meeting among tribal,… Continue reading

Sequim museum director to resign

SEQUIM -- After two years as executive director of the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Museum and Arts Center, Deborah Rambo is leaving to pursue a career in… Continue reading

Studded tires OK, but the road departments would rather you not use them

Use of studded tires on state highways became legal for the winter on Saturday. Their use remains legal through March 31. But the state Department… Continue reading

Port Angeles: $1.3 million verdict in death of mother, three children

PORT ANGELES -- A Clallam County Superior Court jury has found the state mostly responsible in the deaths of a Joyce woman and her three… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Father forges ahead after losing family

PORT ANGELES -- Jeff Smith carries his wife's gold wedding band in his wallet, along with photos of his three children taken weeks before they… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Sex offender still at large

PORT ANGELES -- State Department of Corrections officers are still seeking a convicted Level 2 sex offender who disappeared from the department's supervision about two… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Week on a barge for a good cause

PORT ANGELES --Spending a week in November on a barge anchored in Port Angeles Harbor may not appeal to most people. But starting Nov. 18,… Continue reading

Port Ludlow: Fishing vessel leaks, but no cause for alarm, Coast Guard says

PORT LUDLOW -- A slow stream of diesel fuel leaking from a sunken fishing vessel at the entrance to Hood Canal isn't worrying environmental officials.… Continue reading

Sequim: City picks up department head’s airfare to Japan for sister city visit

SEQUIM -- It's a trendy program embraced by cities across the nation and is believed by many to enhance international understanding among people around the… Continue reading

Clallam: Less than 28 percent of ballots returned so far

The Clallam County Auditor's Office by Thursday received 11,075 of 40,196 ballots mailed out to voters for Tuesday's general election. That amounts to 27.55 percent… Continue reading