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Saturday rains dampen Clallam County Fair attendance

Clallam County Fair wrapped up its annual four-day stint Sunday without a hitch, but officials are saying Saturday’s…

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Peninsula: Buck faces interior secretary, urges review of federal funds for Hoh River land buys

PORT ANGELES — State Rep. Jim Buck, meeting face to face with the secretary of the interior, wants…

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Port Angeles: ‘Mickey’s twin’ — this Mouseketeer shares the same birthdate with the famous Disney mouse

PORT ANGELES — She may not be the leader of the club that’s made for you and me,…

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Clallam: Transit chief announces retirement

PORT ANGELES — Dan Di Guilio, who for nine years as general manager has led Clallam Transit System…

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Battle brews over private ground shuttle to new Kingston foot ferry

The North Olympic Peninsula’s two private transportation companies may be steering toward a battle for part or all…

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Forks: Want to buy some rocket wreckage? Log onto eBay

FORKS — It fell far short of outer space. Now it’s selling in cyberspace. As part of their…

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Clallam: County treasurer announces retirement at end of year

Ruth Gerdon, Clallam County’s elected treasurer since 1989, will retire Dec. 31, a decision that comes as a…

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Forks: National publicity brings acclaim — and possibly investors’ bucks — to rocketeers building a new Rubicon

FORKS — Rubicon 1 may be shattered, but Sunday’s explosive rocket mishap put Space Transport Corp. in the…

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Forks: Community will help ‘space dudes’ try another Rubicon

FORKS — If this timber- and tourism-driven community were a college, Phillip Storm and Eric Meier would be…

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Queets: Rubicon 1 explodes, breaks apart into ocean

QUEETS — It was all over in a thunderous blast, a great ball of fire and an eerie…

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Carlsborg: Woman killed in U.S. 101 collision; 18th on North Olympic Peninsula roads this year

CARLSBORG — A collision Friday night on U.S. 101 claimed the year’s 18th victim on North Olympic Peninsula…

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Olympic National Park: Dicks vows to press Congress for more money for visitor services

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks toured Olympic National Park’s visitor centers in Forks and the…

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Port Angeles: Sequim man rescues three fishermen from burning boat in middle of Strait

PORT ANGELES — A good Samaritan from Sequim and Coast Guard Group Port Angeles personnel rescued three Tacoma-area…

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Olympic National Park: Rep. Dicks to focus on park budget, Forks visitor center during Thursday visit

U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks will officially visit Olympic National Park’s Hoh Rain Forest, where many of the park’s…

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Clallam: Video cameras to be installed at courthouse entrances

Clallam County commissioners on Tuesday accepted an agreement with Kitsap County for a homeland security grant that will…

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Clallam: County discusses buying ‘command vehicle’ for emergency communications

Clallam County officials are discussing acquiring a “command vehicle” that would give state, county, city and tribal law…

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Port Angeles: Consultant may be hired as first step toward U.S. 101 corridor sewer line

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County leaders on Monday moved toward hiring a consultant to study running an eastward…

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Port Angeles: Unnamed creek’s naming seen as legacy for tree farm

PORT ANGELES — Toni and Norm Wade’s love for the Chickamin Stick Tree Farm is so strong, they…

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Peninsula fire jurisdictions boost burn bans because of dry weather

Washington Department of Natural Resources, Clallam County, Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park on Wednesday boosted fire…

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Clallam: Cameras, other homeland security measures due at courthouse

Increasing signs of homeland security will turn up at Clallam County Courthouse by spring 2005 when video cameras…