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Clallam County checking for mold in courthouse

PORT ANGELES - Clallam County employees in the basement of the courthouse in Port Angeles are awaiting the results of tests for mold. Samples of… Continue reading

Sequim man sues over alleged tainted sandwich

SEQUIM - A Sequim man has filed a lawsuit against the national fast food chain Jack in the Box, saying he bit into a breakfast… Continue reading

Man gets 22 months in prison for high school vandal spree

PORT ANGELES - One of three people arrested in a March vandalism and arson spree at the Port Angeles High School pleaded guilty to four… Continue reading

Jailhouse financing is growing issue

FORKS - Forks Mayor Needra Reed has her arms open, willing to welcome criminals from all of Clallam County into her city's jail to relieve… Continue reading

Nippon finishes major plant upgrade

PORT ANGELES - Nippon Paper Inc. has completed a major rebuild of one of it's paper presses, a 16-day and $8.6 million project that company… Continue reading

Coast Guard pilot, crew reach pinnacle of rescues with highest-altitude feat

PORT ANGELES — The Coast Guard’s rescue Sunday evening of a 64-year old climber from The Brothers peak in the Olympic Mountains was not only… Continue reading

Ten Forward Internet customers lose e-mail access, gain new domain name

PORT ANGELES - About 800 customers of Ten Forward, a Port Angeles-based Internet service provider, lost e-mail access over Memorial Day weekend and have since… Continue reading

Man dead in lake credited with saving companion

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK - A Port Angeles man who died in Lake Mills on Memorial Day saved his friend's life, said Olympic National Park officials.… Continue reading

Makah seeking renewed international quota for whale hunt

The Makah are confident that international permission for the tribe to hunt gray whales will be renewed during the annual International Whaling Commission meeting in… Continue reading

Peninsula port agency may join bigger agencies in cutting ship emissions

On the North Olympic Peninsula - which fronts the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the tanker ship highway to bigger ports - there is only… Continue reading

Thousands watch sights at Juan De Fuca Festival of the Arts

PORT ANGELES - Thousands had turned out for the 14th annual Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts by Saturday, according to the festival's director.… Continue reading

Chain saw parts used as makeshift splint for broken leg

FORKS - A prison inmate is healing well after he was brought to the local hospital with a broken leg splinted with chain saw parts.… Continue reading

Sequim police break disabled man’s arm during arrest

SEQUIM - Sequim police fractured the already damaged left arm of a man they said resisted arrest on Friday. Sequim Police Chief Robert Spinks said… Continue reading

State planning a ‘milestone’ timber harvest

The state Department of Natural Resources plans a milestone harvest of more than 100 million board feet of timber on the Olympic Peninsula - including… Continue reading

Easiest exit blocked for man killed in fire

FORKS - A man who died in a mobile home fire Tuesday morning did not have a fire detector and the quickest exit from the… Continue reading

Man dead in Forks mobile home fire

FORKS - A man died in a Tuesday-morning fire that engulfed a double-wide, two bedroom mobile home just a few blocks outside the Forks city… Continue reading

Crashes put motorcyclists on defensive

PORT ANGELES - Motorcyclists on the North Olympic Peninsula said they take defensive riding very seriously, to the point they consider themselves invisible on the… Continue reading

Esprit conference returns to Port Angeles for 18th year

PORT ANGELES - Esprit 2007 - promoted as "The Pacific Northwest's Premier Transgender Convention" - begins today at the waterfront Red Lion Hotel. Dedicated to… Continue reading

State Patrol confirms driver in fatal crash

PORT ANGELES - The State Patrol confirmed Wednesday that a woman who voluntarily contacted troopers after reading about a fatal motorcycle crash the day before… Continue reading

Driver comes forward in wake of deadly motorcycle crash

PORT ANGELES - A woman who believes she may have been driving the Toyota involved in the fatal collision Monday that killed Donald Niel Davison… Continue reading