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Port Angeles: Another bid filed to block conference center

PORT ANGELES — Another bid to stop the proposed Oak Street hotel and conference center was filed Wednesday…

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Port Angeles: 2003 city budget hikes pool fees, but not cost of pool passes

PORT ANGELES — Most swimmers at the William Shore Memorial Pool will pay a little more in 2003,…

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Port Angeles: Ergonomics program misunderstood, state manager says

PORT ANGELES — An ergonomics program being implemented by the state Department of Labor and Industries has been…

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Port Angeles: Serenity House hosts annual Thanksgiving feast

PORT ANGELES — The staff took the day off Thursday as more than 30 volunteers prepared, served and…

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Jefferson: Three hospitalized after car plummets into creek

PORT TOWNSEND — A local couple was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle early Thursday morning after…

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Port Angeles: Fatality closes U.S. 101, causes huge traffic backup

PORT ANGELES — A local woman was killed Wednesday afternoon when she was struck by a car while…

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Cantwell vows to seek increased Medicare reimbursements

PORT ANGELES — Sen. Maria Cantwell pledged Tuesday to seek increased Medicare reimbursements for hospitals, but said health…

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Port Angeles: Port board concerned stormwater issue could hold up major projects

PORT ANGELES — Port and city officials must work out stormwater-disposal issues quickly to prevent holding up two…

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Developer confident on Port Angeles hotel/conference center

PORT ANGELES — Developer Randal Jay Ehm is confident his Oak Street hotel and conference center project will…

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Port Angeles: State quickly begins pursuing permits for graving yard

The state Department of Transportation has begun pursuing the environmental permits necessary to build a multimillion-dollar facility in…

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Port Angeles: Area elated as state selects Port for graving yard facility

PORT ANGELES — A loud and collective “That’s great!” greeted the announcement Tuesday that Port Angeles was selected…

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Port Angeles: Port will provide land for graving – — – with conditions

PORT ANGELES — If the state wants to build a “graving dock yard” at the Port of Port…

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Pursuit of justice: Law enforcement agencies grapple with decision to chase

Editor’s Note: This is the second of two parts on North Olympic Peninsula law enforcement pursuits and policies.…

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Peninsula: Police pursuits not limited to open highway

JOYCE — National statistics show about one-third of police chases result in crashes and one in five ends…

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Port Angeles: City may scale back animal control

PORT ANGELES — Faced with flat revenues and increasing costs, city officials are proposing to follow Clallam County’s…

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Pursuit of Justice: High-speed chases test law enforcement officials

A staple of any cops-and-robbers movie is the spectacular car chase scene, with its blaring sirens, screeching tires,…

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West End: First buoy placed in wave energy project

NEAH BAY — AquaEnergy Group Ltd. has moored its first buoy in an experimental wave energy system being…

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Clallam: Doherty wins re-election as county commissioner; other finals in

PORT ANGELES — Incumbent Clallam County Commissioner Mike Doherty has won re-election to a new four-year term, edging…

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Port Angeles: Port sets property tax rate

PORT ANGELES — The Port will collect an estimated $1,039,937 in property tax in 2003, enough to pay…

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Four fishermen escape rapidly rising Elwha River

PORT ANGELES — Four fishermen escaped a rapidly rising Elwha River on Tuesday afternoon, two by wading out…