Debate draws packed house to Port Townsend tavern

PORT TOWNSEND ¬­-- For just more than 90 minutes on Wednesday night, the Water Street Brewing Co. restaurant and bar played host to a very… Continue reading

Focus on terrorists first, Rep. Dicks urges Border Patrol

PORT ANGELES -- Concentrate on catching terrorists and smugglers, U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks said he's told the Border Patrol. "Those are the things they should… Continue reading

Joke’s over — Port Townsend to fill in Tidal Bowl

PORT TOWNSEND -- Tell the stories, laugh at the jokes and use the puns while they last, because come spring time, you will not have… Continue reading

Local voters watch, then rate presidential debate

PORT ANGELES -- The presidential hopefuls smirked and sniped, put words in each other's mouths, corrected and interrupted. But the 25 people gathered at the… Continue reading

Tourism summit in Blyn focuses on bridging the gap when Hood Canal Bridge is out for six weeks in 2009

BLYN -- It was a day rich with ideas for close-to-home adventures at the Olympic Peninsula Tourism Summit at the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribal Center. From… Continue reading

Port Townsend mayor: Step up for pool

PORT TOWNSEND ¬­-- Who will be to blame if the only public swimming pool in Jefferson County closes? Port Townsend Mayor Michelle Sandoval says the… Continue reading

PSE contributions to anti-PUD campaign jump in Jefferson County

PORT TOWNSEND -- Puget Sound Energy contributions have jumped to more than $237,000 in the power company's high-voltage campaign to sway voters from putting electric-service… Continue reading

Rep. Kessler recovering after car wreck

Lawmaker suffers back, neck pain OLYMPIA -- State Rep. Lynn Kessler walked away from an automobile collision last week with minor whiplash pain, her aides… Continue reading

Seattle fifth-graders climb Peninsula peak for lessons, view

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- "Everyone take one last gander," Olympic Park Institute educator Emily Carraux told a group of nine Seattle fifth-grade students Tuesday. "Say… Continue reading

State to nix Gardiner passing lane project

GARDINER ¬­-- The brakes appear to have been slammed on a $3 million project to widen a stretch of U.S. Highway 101 for a truck-climbing… Continue reading

Two brothers killed in four months; motorcycle wreck claims one; hunting accident takes second

Tragedy struck the Cook family twice in four months. Timothy Neal Cook, 36, died in a hunting incident Sunday near Chelan about 3¬½ months after… Continue reading

Woman in fatal head-on crash had outstanding warrant, revoked license

Engre Louise Brown of Sequim had a warrant out for her arrest, was driving with a revoked license and had repeatedly been cited for driving… Continue reading

Hunter killed in accident

CHELAN -- A 36-year-old Port Angeles man has died in what authorities in Chelan County say was a freak hunting accident. Timothy Neal Cook was… Continue reading

Plant power on the rise at Sequim Bay lab

SEQUIM - Look out to the open ocean and envision an energy powerhouse, a field of riches beyond measure. No, this isn't about offshore oil… Continue reading

Port of PA eyes 4.9% rate hike in new year

PORT ANGELES -- The Port of Port Angeles will look at raising most of its rates in 2009 according to the inflation rate -- about… Continue reading

PUD moves on with sewers for Carlsborg

PORT ANGELES -- The Clallam County Public Utility District took the next step Monday toward providing Carlsborg with a sewer system. District commissioners approved Phase… Continue reading

Schools may help fund Port Townsend pool through December

PORT TOWNSEND — The School Board will likely help cover the bill for operating Port Townsend’s public swimming pool, but first board members want a… Continue reading

Cross-Strait cable almost ready to go

A proposed 550-megawatt transmission line that connect the power grids on the Olympic Peninsula and Vancouver Island has received the approval of the U.S. Army… Continue reading

Fostering the Victorian Festival

PORT TOWNSEND -- Like a character out of Dickens, the Port Townsend Victorian Festival spent its first years of life on the street begging for… Continue reading

Port Townsend burn area blooming

PORT TOWNSEND -- Hidden in plain sight between the fourth, fifth and sixth holes of the Port Townsend Municipal Golf Course is a the oldest… Continue reading