Peninsula Home Fund aids family caring for ill father

EDITOR's NOTE: This is another in a series of articles on the Peninsula Home Fund. Please access a donation form by clicking on the Home… Continue reading

Port Townsend: City Council to take comment tonight on distribution center plan

PORT TOWNSEND -- The City Council will convene in a special session this evening to take public comment on a proposed 20,000-square-foot distribution center just… Continue reading

Sequim: Council sets down design guidelines for big stores

SEQUIM -- An ad hoc committee studying design standards for retail buildings with more than 25,000 square feet of space received guidelines from individual City… Continue reading

Clallam: Port renews Boddy’s pact for 2003, eyes new search

PORT ANGELES -- Port commissioners unanimously agreed Monday to renew Executive Director Clyde Boddy's contract for 2003 with the same terms as before -- including… Continue reading

Jefferson: County boosts property tax by 1 percent

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County commissioners on Monday joined the ranks of several other government agencies across the North Olympic Peninsula by increasing property taxes… Continue reading

Jefferson: County commissioners OK gravel overlay zone

PORT TOWNSEND -- Fred Hill Materials Inc. will be granted a 690-acre mineral overlay zone near Shine, which clears the way for an application for… Continue reading

Jefferson: Fort Worden History Project captures fort’s past

PORT TOWNSEND -- What started out as a dream came to fruition over the weekend at Fort Worden State Park. "I wish everyone who worked… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Tanker settlement helps boost stream restoration project

PORT ANGELES -- A Port Angeles creek restoration project is benefiting from an oil spill nearly two years ago by the Alaska Tanker Co. of… Continue reading

Sequim: Transient, 21, arrested in connection with hit-run crash

SEQUIM -- A 21-year-old transient has been arrested and charged with felony hit-and-run driving in connection with a Nov. 25 Sequim-area crash that left a… Continue reading

Talks to start within a week on Port Angeles graving yard project

PORT ANGELES -- State transportation and Port of Port Angeles officials expect to begin negotiations within a week on 24 acres of waterfront property for… Continue reading

CLALLAM: BENEFIT CONCERT HELPS NEEDY THROUGH FOOD BANK

PORT ANGELES -- The food bank's third annual fund-raising concert Sunday helped make a difference, generating $400.50 and 14 bags of food to help the… Continue reading

Peninsula: PT research boat helps track humpback whales

PORT TOWNSEND -- Every spring, Fred Sharpe heads north from Port Townsend Bay, where he rendevous with Slinky, Rubber Lips and other old friends in… Continue reading

Peninsula: State parks panel begins user fee talks this week

The state Parks and Recreation Commission will consider an implementation plan and policy changes for collecting $5 parking permit fees at most state parks, including… Continue reading

Forks: First Twinkle Light Holiday Parade deemed a success

Forks' first foray into holding a holiday parade of light was deemed a brilliant success and the sign of more holiday parades to come. The… Continue reading

Jefferson: Decision expected from county commissioners on gravel mineral overlay zone Monday

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County commissioners are expected to decide Monday on Fred Hill Materials Inc.'s request for a gravel-mining mineral overlay on its Shine… Continue reading

Peninsula Home Fund aids young mother and child

EDITOR's NOTE - This is another in a series of articles on the Peninsula Home Fund. Click on the Home Fund button at left to… Continue reading

Port Angeles: School district studying increased budget cut scenario

PORT ANGELES -- School district officials are preparing for the potential impact of expected state funding cuts. Superintendent Gary Cohn said an eight-member committee consisting… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Santa Claus arrives on a boat amid Victorian splendor

PORT TOWNSEND -- Santa Claus traditionally is seen as a figure who sits comfortably in an sleigh pulled by eight flying reindeer. But nobody seemed… Continue reading

Sequim: Observance stirs memories of Pearl Harbor attack

SEQUIM -- The men who survived the surprise attack on U.S. military forces at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, all have their own stories… Continue reading

Clallam Bay: “Lemon snowflakes” win cookie bakeoff

CLALLAM BAY -- Kristy Sutton's "lemon snowflakes" won the Clallam Bay Post Office's 2002 Great Cookie Bakeoff on Thursday. The holiday cookies were picked as… Continue reading