Jefferson: Data sought on Marrowstone water system

NORDLAND -- Jefferson County Public Utility District No. 1 officials will seek more input from Marrowstone Island residents about installation of a $3 million water… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Group devises potential parking solution

PORT ANGELES -- The city's parking advisory committee on Thursday proposed three solutions to replace downtown parking lost when the International Gateway Transportation Center is… Continue reading

Port Angeles: New parking rules forwarded to City Council

PORT ANGELES -- A proposal to eliminate minimum parking requirements for city businesses will be the subject of a City Council public hearing after the… Continue reading

Port Hadlock: Disabled man attacked at home

PORT HADLOCK -- A 45-year-old disabled man was hospitalized in serious condition Thursday after being beaten in his home. The injured man, whose name was… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Regatta to kick off sailing season

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Wooden Boat Foundation is gearing up for its 12th annual Shipwrights' Regatta. This year, the race celebrating shipwrights is slated for… Continue reading

Sequim: Dungeness Bay may close to shellfishing

BY JIM MANDERS SEQUIM -- Continued pollution may soon prompt the closure of all commercial and recreational shellfishing in Dungeness Bay. Although the decision on… Continue reading

Olympic National Park: “Star party” tonight

To celebrate a piece of pillow basalt from Olympic National Park orbiting Earth on the space shuttle Columbia, officials will host a "Rock in Space"'… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Graving yard channel faces fish-habitat hurdle

PORT ANGELES -- A state fisheries biologist says a hydraulics permit for the proposed state Department of Transportation graving yard hinges on replacing fish habitat… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Graving yard gets shoreline permit

PORT ANGELES -- The city Planning Commission approved a shoreline substantial development permit Wednesday night for the proposed state Department of Transportation graving yard. The… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend spurns any money to Fort Worden parking cause

Port of Port Townsend officials said Wednesday they cannot justify spending $2,000 to offset parking fees at Fort Worden State Park. Commissioners agreed there would… Continue reading

Port security training offered

Coast Guard Group Port Angeles is sponsoring port security training for North Olympic Peninsula officials and business operators. The Jan. 28 training session is open… Continue reading

Port Townsend to acquire 40 lots from resident

PORT TOWNSEND -- In the next 30 days, the city will acquire 200,000 square feet of land, preserving some of it as wetland and some… Continue reading

Sequim backs off full-time city attorney idea

SEQUIM -- The City Council put the idea of hiring a full-time city attorney on the back burner Wednesday during a work session. "It would… Continue reading

Value of property in Port Angeles School District drops

PORT ANGELES -- A revised assessment of all property within School District boundaries will mean slightly higher property taxes for residents and businesses this year.… Continue reading

Business group questions Port of Port Angeles’ handling of Santa Maria shipbuilding bid

Port Angeles Business Association members on Tuesday debated the way Santa Maria Shipping LLC was handled after the company requested waterfront acreage for a shipbuilding… Continue reading

Family in Orcas plane crash reportedly had attended church services in Sequim

SEQUIM -- The family aboard a private airplane that crashed into the water near Orcas Island on Saturday night was returning from church services in… Continue reading

Jefferson: No Fort Worden parking fee offset money coming directly from the county

PORT TOWNSEND -- Any county money needed to help keep Fort Worden State Park free of parking fees should come through the Economic Development Council,… Continue reading

Marrowstone: Citizens of the Year announced

A husband and wife are the 2002 Marrowstone Island Citizens of the Year. Nan and Owen Mulkey have lived on the island for more than… Continue reading

Olympic National Park: “Star party” on Thursday

To celebrate a piece of pillow basalt from Olympic National Park orbiting Earth on the space shuttle Columbia, officials will host a "Rock in Space"'… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Gateway parking solutions touted

PORT ANGELES -- Progress is being made to solve the loss of parking that would result from the Gateway project, Port Angeles Business Association members… Continue reading