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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 management plan will affect them. The city… Continue reading

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 City Councilwoman Lauren Erickson. After three-hours of… Continue reading

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 a proposed move to the Port Angeles… Continue reading

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 park, in its preferred draft of a… Continue reading

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 the nation, has cut back on emergency… Continue reading

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 Board. Every option includes returning the newly… Continue reading

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 the night before to close either school… Continue reading

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 digital age. Stranded hikers who once sent… Continue reading

Tribes practice for July Canoe Journey

NEAH BAY -- Preparations for the 2006 Tribal Canoe Journey are off to a chilly but safe start. About 50 skippers and pullers from the… Continue reading

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 tiny wooden boats washing ashore. The boats… Continue reading

Inventor gains patent for aerosol can improvement

JOYCE -- Almost everybody has fiddled around with a plastic coffee stirrer from time to time. Bill Roden of Joyce has taken it to the… Continue reading

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 from the Olympic Peninsula's state representatives. The… Continue reading

Port Angeles student set to travel world

PORT ANGELES -- Anything can happen in eight months, especially if a person is traveling to six different countries by himself. Spencer James, a 2004… Continue reading

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 before her rescue Monday, Dana Crane remains… Continue reading

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 week is "Reflections of Our Past for… Continue reading

Layoffs in Quillayute Valley School District

FORKS -- Two elementary teachers and a special education assistant for the Quillayute Valley School District will be laid off next year. With only three… Continue reading

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 that threaten its finances. The pebble is… Continue reading

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 around the international border. The response personnel… Continue reading

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, the school district's chief financial officer of… Continue reading

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. She's the best in the nation. Winn… Continue reading