Passenger ferry service restored to Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The MV Snohomish passenger ferry began voyages on the Port Townsend-Keystone route on Sunday after undergoing emergency repairs on Saturday The Puget… Continue reading

Port Angeles City Council mulls whether to elect new mayor

PORT ANGELES — Will the Port Angeles City Council vote for continuity and re-elect Karen Rogers to a second two-year term as mayor? Or will… Continue reading

Port Townsend City Council discusses ferry options

PORT TOWNSEND — The City Council determined at a special meeting on Sunday that a city representative along with a yet-to-be-hired professional lobbyist will be… Continue reading

Students invite Port Townsend City Council to Global Awareness Day

PORT TOWNSEND — Students at Port Townsend High School care about what the global future brings. It's their future, after all. "I'm concerned with global… Continue reading

Big Brinnon resort zoning decision expected Monday

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County commissioners are expected to make a decision Monday on a highly scrutinized proposal to develop a 251-acre Brinnon-Pleasant Harbor resort… Continue reading

Port Angeles Pearl Harbor vet’s memories to be on tape in museum archive

PORT ANGELES — Lee Embree's memories of shooting the first aerial photographs of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, which became the opening salvo… Continue reading

Port Townsend City Council meets in unusual Sunday session today in advance of Legislature

PORT TOWNSEND — The City Council today is expected to adopt a strategic plan, which will describe its best hope for a solution to the… Continue reading

Several Peninsula issues on legislative agenda during session starting Monday

OLYMPIA — Providing a permanent solution for the Port Townsend-Keystone ferry route will be one of the hot topics for our 24th District lawmakers during… Continue reading

State foot ferry on, off, then on Port Townsend route

PORT TOWNSEND — The MV Snohomish passenger ferry is expected to be back on the Port Townsend-Keystone route today after undergoing emergency repairs on Saturday.… Continue reading

Which way grows downtown Sequim?

SEQUIM — Many of the people wrestling with issues of Sequim's core won't be around to see the result. That's because the plan's focus is… Continue reading

Driver in 2004 head-on collision gets three months in jail

PORT ANGELES — Gary Alan Gilbeck, 35, has been sentenced to three months jail time in connection with a fatal head-on collision on U.S. Highway… Continue reading

Visitor center near Hood Canal Bridge to add museum pieces

PORT LUDLOW — Olympic Peninsula Gateway Visitor Center is about to take a step back in time and a step forward in providing tourist information.… Continue reading

Clallam Bay prison lockdown expected to end Monday

CLALLAM BAY — Clallam Bay Corrections Center is easing back into normal operations after a lockdown which began last Monday and which isn't expected to… Continue reading

Old creosote-covered pilings being removed from Port Angeles Harbor

PORT ANGELES — An estimated 140 creosote-coated logs are being removed from Port Angeles Harbor at the end of Oak Street. The A-frame dock on… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend financially stable, so time for strategic plan, executive director tells board

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port of Port Townsend needs a strategic plan, Port Executive Director Larry Crockett said as he offered commissioners a list of… Continue reading

State foot ferry back in service Saturday, to leave from state ferry terminal, not Hudson Point

PORT TOWNSEND — The Snohomish passenger ferry will begin operating Saturday morning on a regular schedule out of the Port Townsend ferry terminal. Susan Harris,… Continue reading

U.S. spikes Lower Elwha tribe’s plan to build casino west of Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The Lower Elwha Klallam tribe's long-term bid to build a small casino west of town has been set back by the U.S.… Continue reading

Lockdown continues at Clallam Bay prison

CLALLAM BAY — Clallam Bay Corrections Center remained on lockdown Wednesday, as officials investigate the cause of four fights on Sunday and Monday. It has… Continue reading

No-shooting zone proposal cut in half

PARADISE BAY — Jefferson County commissioners are expected to schedule a hearing within the next three weeks on a proposed no-shooting zone that is less… Continue reading

Noted Clallam County jurist Bill Knebes to retire

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Superior Court Commissioner Bill Knebes literally wrote the book on family law, or least a part of it. But it's… Continue reading