Brenda Hanrahan

Forks School Board to take up convicted boy’s athletic eligibility

FORKS -- School officials will decide Friday whether they will allow a student previously convicted of animal cruelty, theft and sexual assault to play baseball… Continue reading

New school dedicated in Neah Bay

NEAH BAY -- Luke and Ada Markishtum Middle School was dedicated Saturday following seven years of planning, fund raising and a lengthy construction process. State… Continue reading

Travel magazine features driving on the Peninsula

The North Olympic Peninsula is featured in the March 2003 issue of National Geographic Traveler. The cover of the magazine features the phrase "Road Trip!… Continue reading

Another use for duct tape – — – formal fashions

PORT ANGELES -- Two high school students are proving duct tape can be used for just about anything. Best friends Jessica Gustafson and Jeremiah McGuffey,… Continue reading

Cancer survivor brings relay to West End

FORKS -- When Paul Headley finished the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life survivors' lap almost two years ago in Port Angeles, he began dreaming… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Roosevelt Middle School principal to be honored during telecast

PORT ANGELES -- Roosevelt Middle School Principal Brad Boudreau will be honored during a one-hour telecast on KCTS Television on Feb. 27 for his contributions… Continue reading

Explore Olympic National Park on snowshoes

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Snowshoeing at Hurricane Ridge offers winter visitors to Olympic National Park an enjoyable way to explore the magic of snow. Although… Continue reading

Port Angeles schools levy passing

PORT ANGELES -- School officials cheered Tuesday as preliminary levy election results were read -- the replacement tax was passing 64 percent to 36 percent.… Continue reading

Ballots due today in school levy elections

Mail-in ballots for replacement maintenance and operations levies for the Quillayute Valley, Port Angeles and Crescent school districts are due today. To be counted, ballots… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Olympic National Park plans tribute to astronaut McCool

PORT ANGELES -- Astronaut William "Willie" C. McCool was a backcountry camper who so loved Olympic National Park that he took a piece of it… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Park building begins this spring

PORT ANGELES -- Construction of a new Olympic National Park resources building is set to begin this spring. The single-story office and laboratory building will… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Park building begins this spring

PORT ANGELES -- Construction of a new Olympic National Park resources building is set to begin this spring. The single-story office and laboratory building will… Continue reading

Clallam: Shelter near Sol Duc Falls damaged by tree

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- The Canyon Creek Shelter, commonly referred to as the Sol Duc Falls shelter, was damaged this month when a tree fell… Continue reading

Port Angeles: School Board extends superintendent’s contract

PORT ANGELES -- The School Board extended Superintendent Gary Cohn's employment contract by a year during a meeting Monday. Cohn's three-year contract will now run… Continue reading

Clallam: Route to Olympic Hot Springs closed

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic National Park officials have closed the route to Olympic Hot Springs following a trail washout that stranded 10 hikers and a… Continue reading

Port Angeles: School Board to discuss tax levy rate

PORT ANGELES -- The news hit like a bombshell last week: A lawsuit settlement could shift up to $1 million in taxes to homeowners and… Continue reading

Clallam: Tentative settlement shifts tax burden

PORT ANGELES -- A settlement in a lawsuit could shift up to $1 million in taxes to homeowners and businesses in the Port Angeles School… 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

Piece of Peninsula in orbit aboard space shuttle Columbia

A small chunk of Olympic National Park is orbiting Earth today aboard the space shuttle Columbia. The Columbia lifted off Thursday morning from Kennedy Space… Continue reading

Olympic National Park’s No. 2 suddenly No. 1

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Just two months after Sue McGill assumed Olympic National Park's No. 2 post, she'll become No. 1 -- at least temporarily.… Continue reading