Raul Vasquez

Future Builders learning on the job

PORT ANGELES -- Sawdust swirls as building materials are whipped into shape by a construction crew building a new home Thursday on West 10th Street… Continue reading

If you like Easter egg hunts, read this

Big eggs. Small eggs. Plastic eggs. "Gold" eggs. Real eggs. It's going be downright eggy this weekend across the North Olympic Peninsula. To celebrate one… Continue reading

Port Angeles High’s symphony orchestra playing at Carnegie Hall for Easter

PORT ANGELES -- Dozens of Port Angeles High School students left for New York City on Thursday to participate in what Principal Scott Harker calls… Continue reading

Teaching the magic of nature to Clallam’s second-graders

PORT ANGELES -- The latest stop on the Clallam County Master Gardeners' 2005 North Olympic Peninsula tour of second-grade classrooms brought the green to Franklin… Continue reading

Forks scholarship auction raises more than $55,000

FORKS -- Marcia Bingham, the volunteer coordinator for this weekend's Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction, feels "loopy but triumphant." After putting in long hours to pull… Continue reading

PA School Board orders superintendent to notify dozens of employees of potential layoffs if levy defeated

PORT ANGELES -- Several dozen Port Angeles School District employees -- including teachers, bus drivers and counselors -- will be notified by May 15 that… Continue reading

Pressure mounts on class of 2008, the first required to pass WASL test

PORT ANGELES -- Sure, Port Angeles High School's freshman class still has its share of slackers -- students who don't put forth much academic effort.… Continue reading

Sequim teen found guilty of attempted murder

PORT ANGELES -- A 14-year-old Sequim teenager, charged with three counts of first-degree attempted murder against his former football coaches, was ruled guilty by a… Continue reading

Forks a strong contender for new mill

FORKS -- U.S. Bioenergy Corp.'s top official confirmed Friday that the company is strongly considering building one of its patented, self-sustaining mills in the Forks… Continue reading

Coho salmon taking big losses from drying streams

CLALLAM BAY -- The dry winter season seems to be taking an early toll on wildlife on the West End. Since February, residents and fish… Continue reading

Forks scholarship auction goes to World Wide Web; live broadcast over Internet site replaces defunct television coverage

FORKS -- The Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction is going global. For the first time, the annual auction that since 1964 has raised hundreds of thousands… Continue reading

Elegant tall ships will stop at Port Angeles on June 27, travel east toward Port Townsend and beyond next day

The tall ships are coming! The tall ships are coming! And some will do battle in Port Angeles Harbor! About 30 of the elegant vessels… Continue reading

Big projects planned for Peninsula College

PORT ANGELES -- Big projects are cooking at Peninsula College. College President Thomas Keegan updated the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce on three multimillion-dollar campus… Continue reading

Port Angeles district faces long list of cuts if levy fails

PORT ANGELES -- Slash all athletics and music programs. Cease almost all busing for students to and from schools. Shutter Choice Community School. These are… Continue reading

Forks Community Hospital receives $850,000 grant

FORKS -- By its administrator's own admission, Forks Community Hospital has a "teeny" operating room. But that's going to change. On Friday, Forks Community Hospital… Continue reading

Port Angeles School Board to see list of potential deep budget cuts

PORT ANGELES -- If the Port Angeles School District's maintenance and operations levy bid is again turned away by voters in May, school officials say… Continue reading

Makah officials ask Cantwell, other officials to waive marine mammal act for whaling, but no bill on table

NEAH BAY -- U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell has been asked to consider federal legislation to let the Makah tribe waive Marine Mammal Protection Act considerations… Continue reading

Habitat for Humanity’s homebuilding program spreading to Forks

FORKS -- The Forks branch of Habitat for Humanity is looking for a family that qualifies to buy a no-interest home -- the first new… Continue reading

Port Angeles School District faces uphill battle on WASL tests

PORT ANGELES -- Almost half of the current Port Angeles High School ninth grade -- 45 percent -- failed to pass the Washington Assessment of… Continue reading

Forks shopping center expanding

FORKS -- Bert W. Paul says he wants Forks to become the North Olympic Peninsula's West End shopping destination. And it's not just talk. Starting… Continue reading