Port Townsend: AIDS walk garners $4,000

PORT TOWNSEND -- One hundred people hit the streets of Port Townsend Saturday for AIDS Walk 2003, raising $4,000 to support people and their families… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Author takes close-up view of close calls

PORT TOWNSEND -- From his desk in an office in his uptown home, Brett Nunn can look across at the peaks of the Olympic Mountains,… Continue reading

Elwha learning more about past through findings at graving yard site

PORT ANGELES -- As an archeological assessment of the graving yard site is conducted, Lower Elwha Klallam tribal members will learn more about a former… Continue reading

Joyce: Shooting range proposal under fire from tribe

PORT ANGELES -- The Lower Elwha Klallam tribe has come out against a proposed shooting park site along Sadie Creek, southwest of Joyce. "We urge… Continue reading

Nature threatens Hood Canal Bridge east half more than age

SHINE -- The eastern half of the Hood Canal Bridge won't fall apart before its scheduled replacement in mid-2006. The draw span may not always… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Conference center/hotel developer eyes December for building permit

PORT ANGELES -- Developer Randal Ehm said Thursday he hopes to obtain financing for his Oak Street hotel and conference center in two months and… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Aldrich’s owners take first step in rebuilding grocery

PORT TOWNSEND -- The owners of Aldrich's grocery in uptown have completed the first step in rebuilding the store. Aldrich's owners David Hamilton and Jonathan… Continue reading

Quilcene: Four jailed after raids by Olympic Peninsula anti-narcotics team

QUILCENE -- Four people were jailed Wednesday on drug charges stemming from raids conducted by the Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team. Officers in the enforcement… Continue reading

Tribe, state reach pact on graving site

PORT ANGELES -- Lower Elwha Klallam tribal and state officials reached a preliminary agreement Thursday to begin archeological assessments that could lead to resumption of… Continue reading

Clallam: Mail-in ballot returns lagging behind 2002 totals

Ballot returns in the all-mail Clallam County primary election are lagging slightly behind last year's totals, according to Auditor Cathy McKeown. On Wednesday 869 ballots… Continue reading

Peninsula: Gas prices inching lower

Gasoline prices are beginning to drop across the North Olympic Peninsula, fulfilling predictions of a decline once the Labor Day weekend was over. A few… Continue reading

Peninsula: Remembrances on second anniversary of 9/11 attacks to be held today

The public remembrances are fewer today than on the first anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attacks. But on the second anniversary, people continue to remember… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Leaders concerned about delays in graving yard project

PORT ANGELES -- Community leaders say they are worried about the future of the state Department of Transportation's graving yard. "The events are quite disturbing… Continue reading

Sequim: City hosts open house on massive downtown construction project

SEQUIM -- Residents and business owners curious about how a massive downtown revitalization project will effect their lives and livelihoods had an opportunity to ask… Continue reading

State awaits archeology plan, may consider new Hood Canal Bridge schedule

PORT ANGELES -- The $30,000-a-day work stoppage at the graving yard could force replacement of the aging eastern half of the Canal Bridge to be… Continue reading

The Jefferson County Auditor’s Office has received 3,713 ballots, or about 47 percent of the total mailed ballots

Of the 18,222 registered voters in the county, 7,922 people were mailed absentee ballots for this election. The others still vote at the polls on… Continue reading

West End: LaPush senior center construction to continue with protections for Native remains

LAPUSH -- Quileute tribal elders decided construction on the long-awaited senior center should continue with provisions to protect any additional Native American remains found during… Continue reading

Clallam: County budget $500,000 in red; some layoffs seen in 2004

PORT ANGELES -- Balancing the 2004 county budget will likely require employee layoffs, but the county administrator predicts fewer employees will lose their jobs than… Continue reading

Clallam: Deadline Friday for sheriff applications

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County commissioners will accept applications through Friday for the interim county sheriff's position to be filled when Sheriff Joe Hawe retires… Continue reading

Jefferson: Two county planning commissioners target of citizens group fighting airport noise overlay

PORT TOWNSEND -- A citizens group opposing a proposed airport noise overlay is requesting that two Jefferson County planning commissioners recuse themselves from the matter.… Continue reading