Raul Vasquez

Port Angeles School District seeks two levies on Feb. 8 ballot

PORT ANGELES -- Port Angeles School District tax levy ballots, scheduled to be mailed to voters on Wednesday, will feature a series of innovations. For… Continue reading

Quillayute Valley schools asking voters to keep M&O levy going

FORKS -- A good deal of money is riding on the Quillayute Valley School District levy election -- more, in fact, than the $570,000 the… Continue reading

Skills Center officials are optimistic they can reach minimum enrollment

PORT ANGELES -- The North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center needs a big boost to its full-time student enrollment in the second semester to reach its… Continue reading

Forks chamber hears about mentoring program in schools

FORKS -- Mentoring a young person takes effort. But the undertaking can change the life of someone who needs a little guidance from a helping… Continue reading

Port Angeles students begin drives to raise funds for tsunami relief

PORT ANGELES -- Students at two schools are ready to join the worldwide mobilization to aid victims of the deadly tsunami and its aftermath in… Continue reading

Forks boy awaits new liver

FORKS -- Fritz and Teri Fletcher's 10-year-old son, Austin, needs a liver transplant -- and soon. That was the news the Forks-based Fletcher family received… Continue reading

Extreme surfing at LaPush Pummel and Surf Frolic, snow or shine

LAPUSH -- The threat of snow and 30 degree-temperatures don't usually make for ideal surfing conditions. But the annual LaPush Pummel and Surf Frolic, scheduled… Continue reading

North Olympic Peninsula innkeepers find odd array of things that guests leave behind

Marilyn Lester never understood why someone had an electric meat grinder in their hotel room. The housekeeping manager at the Red Lion Hotel in Port… Continue reading

Wanted: Valentine Cards for soldiers in Iraq

PORT ANGELES -- Jeana Johnson-Clayton has a plan to help soldiers fighting overseas connect with their loved ones during what is traditionally one of the… Continue reading

Old seafood building on equally old pier extending from The Landing has clouded future

PORT ANGELES -- What to do with the rotting building at the end of an equally aged pier jutting out from The Landing mall? That… Continue reading