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West End: Park management plan discussion set

FORKS — West End residents can get a crash course Wednesday on how Olympic National Park’s draft general…

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Port Angeles: Interviews held to fill vacancy

PORT ANGELES — There’s no decision yet as to who will fill the shoes of former Port Angeles…

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Port Angeles: School closure decision may be delayed

PORT ANGELES — Choice Community School officials may get a little more time in preparing a defense against…

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How Olympic National Park plans to increase its acreage

It’s been almost 20 years since Congress designated 95 percent of Olympic National Park as wilderness. Now the…

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Park Service retirees irked over Olympic cutbacks

Olympic National Park isn’t immune to all the red ink in Washington, D.C. The park, like others across…

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Choice School principal opposes move back to main high school campus

PORT ANGELES — There’s one common thread in the different school-closure options sitting before the Port Angeles School…

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Principals of targeted schools back closure, if board decides

PORT ANGELES — The principals of Fairview and Hamilton elementary schools said Tuesday they support a recommendation made…

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High-tech locator gear helps hikers, but change of clothes is still best advice

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Sending out an SOS to the world has taken on new meaning in the…

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Tribes practice for July Canoe Journey

NEAH BAY — Preparations for the 2006 Tribal Canoe Journey are off to a chilly but safe start.…

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Tiny wood boats show mysteries of Strait’s flows

One boat, two boat, three boat, four: Residents across the North Olympic Peninsula are discovering a number of…

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Inventor gains patent for aerosol can improvement

JOYCE — Almost everybody has fiddled around with a plastic coffee stirrer from time to time. Bill Roden…

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Lawmakers step up in land flap between Quileute, national park

LAPUSH — Land swap negotiations between Olympic National Park and the Quileute tribe just got a little push…

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Port Angeles student set to travel world

PORT ANGELES — Anything can happen in eight months, especially if a person is traveling to six different…

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Hiker rescued after three days in serious condition at Seattle hospital

SEATTLE — After three harrowing days of being severely injured and stranded in the Olympic National Park wilderness…

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Quileute to honor elders and bring youth together

LAPUSH — Generations will merge this week as the Quileute tribe honors its elders. The theme of the…

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New online school pact to bring revenue to Forks schools

FORKS — The Quillayute Valley School District has a pebble in its sling for fighting goliath enrollment declines…

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Layoffs in Quillayute Valley School District

FORKS — Two elementary teachers and a special education assistant for the Quillayute Valley School District will be…

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Two-nation oil spill drill on North Olympic Peninsula

The trickiest part of responding to an oil spill on the Strait of Juan de Fuca is maneuvering…

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Port Angeles School District ponders loss of fourth executive since January

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County’s gain is the Port Angeles School District’s loss. The news that Jim Jones,…

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Port Angeles teacher named physical fitness teacher of the year by national group

PORT ANGELES — Hamilton Elementary School’s Krista Winn isn’t just the best physical education teacher in the Northwest.…