Brenda Hanrahan

Port Angeles: Travel Channel may feature area

PORT ANGELES -- Businesses and governmental agencies may spend more than $2,000 per minute for international exposure on the Travel Channel program "Discover America." North… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Peninsula College vice president named to head Centralia College

James M. Walton, Peninsula College's work-force education vice president, was named president of Centralia College on Monday. Walton, who has been at Peninsula College for… Continue reading

Northwest Coast: Cape Flattery to cut teaching positions

CLALLAM BAY -- Cape Flattery School District will be laying off teachers to off set a projected $100,000 budget shortfall for fiscal 2002-2003. District officials… Continue reading

Forks: Laid-off teachers ponder what to do next

FORKS -- A day after layoffs were announced, teachers say they are still processing the School Board's decision. Some of the teachers are beginning to… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Whidbey pilots tell students about Afghan duty

PORT ANGELES -- Three representatives from Whidbey Island Naval Air Station who served aboard the USS Enterprise during Operation Enduring Freedom spoke Wednesday to freshmen… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Schools officials say teacher layoffs are unlikely

PORT ANGELES -- After months of debate on proposed budget cuts, Port Angeles School District officials now say they may not have to lay off… Continue reading

Peninsula: State funding lost, agency hoping private funds can save youth program

A Peninsula program geared to help young men and women build trust, improve communication skills and develop problem solving abilities may be lost as a… Continue reading

Clallam: Funds move business “incubator” closer to reality

Clallam County economic development officials have secured $1.055 million for a business "incubator" program after more than two years of work. Detailed planning for the… Continue reading

Jefferson: Economic council studying formal “incubator”

'Jefferson County Economic Development Council officials say they are studying weather a business "incubator"' program would work in the county. "We are in the very… Continue reading

Lyndi Poats crowned Joyce Daze queen

JOYCE -- A 17-year-old Crescent High School student was crowned Joyce Daze queen during a coronation Wednesday night. Lyndi Poats was selected from among three… Continue reading

Peninsula: School districts gearing up for state standards testing

Most school districts on the North Olympic Peninsula say they feel prepared and confident that their charges will do well on the upcoming Washington Assessment… Continue reading

Sekiu: Protesters react to Makah whaling announcement

SEKIU -- About 40 anti-whaling demonstrators shook signs and shouted and waved at motorists on Saturday. A lone Makah tribal member, Sonny Turner, turned out… Continue reading

Peninsula: Children celebrate with fun, educational activities

On Saturday, the Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles becomes a children's paradise as the 12th annual Kids Fest swings into action. Parents, grandparents… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Woman finds brother after 28

PORT ANGELES -- A simple keystroke on a computer has changed a local woman's life forever. More than 28 years after her family was separated… Continue reading

LaPush: Quileute tribe to open $4.6 million center with public celebration

LAPUSH -- The Quileute tribe will celebrate the grand opening of a new community center later this month with a traditional totem pole raising and… Continue reading

Forks: Quillayute School District facing layoffs

FORKS -- A projected $800,000 budget shortfall due in part to continued declining student enrollment means layoffs for the Quillayute Valley School District next year.… Continue reading

Clallam: Officials approve junk vehicle ordinance

Clallam County commissioners unanimously approved a junk vehicle ordinance Tuesday after two years of debate and numerous revisions. "It is a good compromise," Clallam County… Continue reading

Forks: Family remembers crash victim

FORKS -- The family of a woman killed in a one-vehicle crash Friday described her as a loving mother and grandmother. Nellie Anna (Wright) Bolduc,… Continue reading

West End: Forks man in fatal crash convicted before of vehicular homicide

FORKS -- A 39-year-old man will be arraigned Friday for vehicular homicide in the death of his 60-year-old wife. Franklin Jay Bolduc of Forks appeared… Continue reading

Peninsula: Sen. Murray to visit Port Angeles, Sequim, Port Townsend

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray will visit the North Olympic Peninsula on Tuesday to discuss transportation, security and health care issues. Murray is also planning an… Continue reading