Raul Vasquez

Two weeks before the masts: Tall ships to arrive in Port Angeles, sail to Port Townsend

Blazing cannonades and skirmishing pirates will add flavor to the arrival of three tall ships when they sail into Port Angeles on June 16. The… Continue reading

U.S. Highway 101 collision blocks road for more than two hours

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Two vehicles collided on U.S. Highway 101 along Lake Crescent on Tuesday morning, Olympic National Park officials said. No serious injuries… Continue reading

Best attendance ever at Juan de Fuca Festival, director assures

PORT ANGELES -- Best attendance ever? Anna Manildi thinks so. The executive director of the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts assured Monday that… Continue reading

Forks student won’t get credit for nursing course

FORKS -- It was a good deal, Danielle Headley thought. The Forks High School student would take a certified nursing assistant's course offered by the… Continue reading

“I hope to be back,” embattled Forks High principal says

FORKS -- It's been far from a happy spring for Steve Quick and his family. But the Forks High School principal says he isn't quitting.… Continue reading

Numbers change little in official Port Angeles school levy results

PORT ANGELES -- No surprises surfaced when final official results for the mid-May Port Angeles School District maintenance and operations levy were released Friday. Of… Continue reading

Three Port Angeles school administrators resign

PORT ANGELES -- On top of an estimated 35 teachers that the Port Angeles School District anticipates hiring by the start of the next school… Continue reading

Elk hold up runway lighting at Quillayute Airport

FORKS -- Since taking over a former naval auxiliary air station seven miles west of Forks in 1999, city officials have held ambitious development plans… Continue reading

PA School Board member makes resignation official

PORT ANGELES -- Port Angeles School District board member Jessica Schreiber submitted her resignation at Monday night's School Board meeting. The move makes concrete a… Continue reading

Theater owner agrees to clean up boarded-up site in Forks

FORKS -- The owner of the aged Olympic Theatre agreed to pressure-wash the façade of his building -- among other sprucing up measures -- after… Continue reading

Owner of old Forks cinema says he will proceed cautiously before planning future for boarded-up site

FORKS -- A hub of social life for nearly 50 years, a long-abandoned and aging movie theater near the center of town is drawing attention… Continue reading

Forks School Board member to quit – — – maybe –

FORKS -- While Quillayute Valley School Board member Paul Headley turned in his letter of resignation during last week's board meeting as he vowed, that… Continue reading

Port Angeles School District will hire back pink-slipped certified staff

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles School District, fresh off a landslide victory with its two-year maintenance and operations levy, is preparing to void pink… Continue reading

Port Angeles school levy landslide

PORT ANGELES -- More than 71 percent of Port Angeles School District voters approved a two-year maintenance and operations levy in a stunning show of… Continue reading

More than 57 percent of ballots already returned in Port Angeles School District levy election ending today

PORT ANGELES -- If you're a procrastinator or just the forgetful type, may this serve as a friendly reminder: It's Election Day in the Port… Continue reading

Clallam boasts both teams representing state in national air rifle competition

Only two teams from Washington state will be represented at national air rifle marksmanship competitions this year. And both are based on the North Olympic… Continue reading

Crescent School students teach suicide-prevention to other Peninsula students from a position of knowledge

JOYCE -- Except for reports she would occasionally watch on the television news, the pain of teen suicide had never hit close to home for… Continue reading

Burned Sequim apartment to be razed; tenants get one last entry today

SEQUIM -- Routed tenants of the Grey Wolf River Apartments will have their final chance today to go back into their units to salvage and… Continue reading

Sequim VFW centerpiece for outpouring of donations for burned-out apartment tenants

SEQUIM -- Dale Fezer walked into the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4760 building early Thursday morning and heard the telephone ringing. It never stopped.… Continue reading

True love at any age — even bride and groom at 94 and 84

PORT ANGELES -- Paul Baker looks deep into the eyes of his bride-to-be and blows a soft kiss in her direction. "Look at me like… Continue reading