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Off-duty Port Angeles police officer helps rescue hiker on Mount St. Helens

Off-duty Port Angeles police officer helps rescue hiker on Mount St. Helens

One of Port Angeles’ newest police officers cut her plans to summit Mount St. Helens short over the weekend to help an… Continue reading

Off-duty Port Angeles police officer helps rescue hiker on Mount St. Helens
SPORTS: Civic Field work gains steam

SPORTS: Civic Field work gains steam

If you’ve driven around Civic Field the past couple of weeks, you will have noticed two things — a lot of work… Continue reading

SPORTS: Civic Field work gains steam

Victoria apartment building could be barged to Port Townsend

An apartment complex that had been scheduled for demolition in Victoria is expected to be moved across the Strait of Juan de… Continue reading

Researcher: Fukushima Daiichi radiation levels low off West Coast

Radiation from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster appears to have peaked off the West Coast of North America and has been… Continue reading

Port Angeles agrees to sand cap in harbor; pilot project aims to restore marine habitat

The city will chip in $15,400 for a pilot project to restore a patch of marine habitat along Ediz Hook by capping… Continue reading

OMC welcomes visitors at new Medical Office Building with tours, health fair

OMC welcomes visitors at new Medical Office Building with tours, health fair

Olympic Medical Center’s new $20.6 million Medical Office Building was christened Saturday with dignitaries offering thanks to the community and scores of… Continue reading

OMC welcomes visitors at new Medical Office Building with tours, health fair
Ramona Ward

Joint trial mulled in 2-year-old’s death in Forks

A mother and daughter, both Quileute tribal members, may be tried together in the death of 2½-year-old boy who died Nov. 11,… Continue reading

Ramona Ward

No-shooting hearing set in May for Ocean Grove neighborhood

A request made two years ago that the county create two no-shooting areas in the Ocean Grove neighborhood east of Beckett Point… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend to seek jetty, airport funding

The Port of Port Townsend will seek grant funding to restore the Point Hudson jetty and pave the runway at Jefferson County… Continue reading

Peninsula-wide climate rally, march set in Port Angeles

A People’s Climate March involving participants from Clallam and Jefferson counties is expected to draw at least 200 people to Port Angeles… Continue reading

Coastal Cleanup Saturday to scrub up beaches

Coastal Cleanup Saturday to scrub up beaches

During the past 10 years, the annual Washington Coast Cleanup, scheduled this year for Saturday, has collected a long list of heroes. Among them is… Continue reading

Coastal Cleanup Saturday to scrub up beaches

PSP prompts closure of area to shellfish harvesting

The state Department of Health has closed the area between the Lyre River to Dungeness Bay to recreational shellfish harvesting because of high levels of… Continue reading

State proposes removing Sequim shooting range from hazardous sites list

The state Department of Ecology has proposed removing the Sunnydell Dryke Shooting Range from its hazardous sites list, saying extensive cleanup work has… Continue reading

Computer security, privacy topics of Port Angeles talk

How safe is it to use your credit card online? How do criminals and fraudsters get into your computer systems? What is… Continue reading

Tribes sue Coast Guard over tanker traffic’s risk to orcas

The Tulalip and Suquamish tribes are suing the Coast Guard, alleging a failure to protect endangered orcas from the risk… Continue reading

Court of Appeals supports hatchery fish in Elwha River in decision

Court of Appeals supports hatchery fish in Elwha River in decision

Hatchery fish can continue playing their disputed role in the largest dam removal and salmonid recovery project in U.S. history, a federal… Continue reading

Court of Appeals supports hatchery fish in Elwha River in decision
Gov. Inslee lowers bar to clear prostitution convictions

Gov. Inslee lowers bar to clear prostitution convictions

A bill that would allow victims of sex trafficking to clear a prostitution conviction even if they’ve… Continue reading

  • Apr 27, 2017
  • By Wire Service
Gov. Inslee lowers bar to clear prostitution convictions
Volunteers can scour Peninsula beaches at cleanups Saturday

Volunteers can scour Peninsula beaches at cleanups Saturday

Some 1,200 volunteers had signed up by Wednesday to help clear trash from about 50 beaches on the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the… Continue reading

Volunteers can scour Peninsula beaches at cleanups Saturday
Access to Hurricane Ridge set for Friday, weather permitting

Access to Hurricane Ridge set for Friday, weather permitting

After a monthlong hiatus, Hurricane Ridge Road and its chalet-like visitor center will be reopened Friday, weather and road conditions permitting, acting… Continue reading

Access to Hurricane Ridge set for Friday, weather permitting
Boat three years in the making to be launched Friday in Port Townsend

Boat three years in the making to be launched Friday in Port Townsend

The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding’s Sea Beast, a 36-foot wooden boat that took more than three years to build, will make… Continue reading

Boat three years in the making to be launched Friday in Port Townsend