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Soggy day slows but can’t stop first May Day Bike Fest in Port Townsend

Soggy day slows but can’t stop first May Day Bike Fest in Port Townsend

A handful of riders came out Monday despite the rain to kick off National Bike Month with a ride around Port Townsend’s… Continue reading

Soggy day slows but can’t stop first May Day Bike Fest in Port Townsend

EYE ON OLYMPIA: Bill attempts to break deadlock

The state Legislature officially started a special session last Monday but there hasn’t been much of the expected negotiations about funding public education… Continue reading

Peninsula-wide climate march draws more than 400

Peninsula-wide climate march draws more than 400

A crowd of more than 400 marched for climate action on the North Olympic Peninsula on Saturday, joining others who participated in… Continue reading

Peninsula-wide climate march draws more than 400
Loyalty Day: Crowd gathers in Brinnon to express patriotism

Loyalty Day: Crowd gathers in Brinnon to express patriotism

Roughly 150 people and more than 70 Brinnon and Quilcene children gathered along a street in Brinnon to see a parade and small… Continue reading

Loyalty Day: Crowd gathers in Brinnon to express patriotism

Sequim wins regional travel contest while Port Townsend comes in fourth

Sequim won the title of Best Northwestern Small Town while Port Townsend took fourth place in the USA Today 10 Best Readers’ Choice… Continue reading

Lower Elwha Klallam tribe plans hotel in downtown Port Angeles

Lower Elwha Klallam tribe plans hotel in downtown Port Angeles

The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe is negotiating with city officials to purchase central downtown property at 111 E. Front St. for a… Continue reading

Lower Elwha Klallam tribe plans hotel in downtown Port Angeles

Victoria apartment building could be barged to Port Townsend

An apartment complex that had been scheduled for demolition in Victoria is expected to be moved across the Strait of Juan de… Continue reading

Researcher: Fukushima Daiichi radiation levels low off West Coast

Radiation from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster appears to have peaked off the West Coast of North America and has been… Continue reading

Port Angeles agrees to sand cap in harbor; pilot project aims to restore marine habitat

The city will chip in $15,400 for a pilot project to restore a patch of marine habitat along Ediz Hook by capping… Continue reading

OMC welcomes visitors at new Medical Office Building with tours, health fair

OMC welcomes visitors at new Medical Office Building with tours, health fair

Olympic Medical Center’s new $20.6 million Medical Office Building was christened Saturday with dignitaries offering thanks to the community and scores of… Continue reading

OMC welcomes visitors at new Medical Office Building with tours, health fair
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Joint trial mulled in 2-year-old’s death in Forks

A mother and daughter, both Quileute tribal members, may be tried together in the death of 2½-year-old boy who died Nov. 11,… Continue reading

Ramona Ward

No-shooting hearing set in May for Ocean Grove neighborhood

A request made two years ago that the county create two no-shooting areas in the Ocean Grove neighborhood east of Beckett Point… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend to seek jetty, airport funding

The Port of Port Townsend will seek grant funding to restore the Point Hudson jetty and pave the runway at Jefferson County… Continue reading

Peninsula-wide climate rally, march set in Port Angeles

A People’s Climate March involving participants from Clallam and Jefferson counties is expected to draw at least 200 people to Port Angeles… Continue reading

Volunteers can scour Peninsula beaches at cleanups Saturday

Volunteers can scour Peninsula beaches at cleanups Saturday

Some 1,200 volunteers had signed up by Wednesday to help clear trash from about 50 beaches on the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the… Continue reading

Volunteers can scour Peninsula beaches at cleanups Saturday
Access to Hurricane Ridge set for Friday, weather permitting

Access to Hurricane Ridge set for Friday, weather permitting

After a monthlong hiatus, Hurricane Ridge Road and its chalet-like visitor center will be reopened Friday, weather and road conditions permitting, acting… Continue reading

Access to Hurricane Ridge set for Friday, weather permitting
Boat three years in the making to be launched Friday in Port Townsend

Boat three years in the making to be launched Friday in Port Townsend

The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding’s Sea Beast, a 36-foot wooden boat that took more than three years to build, will make… Continue reading

Boat three years in the making to be launched Friday in Port Townsend
Port of Port Angeles sees possible indirect effect on local timber exports from proposed tariff

Port of Port Angeles sees possible indirect effect on local timber exports from proposed tariff

Port of Port Angeles officials are concerned President Donald J. Trump’s proposed 20 percent tariff on Canadian soft lumber imports into the… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles sees possible indirect effect on local timber exports from proposed tariff

Lake Sutherland man arrested after high-speed chase near Forks

A Lake Sutherland man has been arrested for investigation of leading police on a high-speed pursuit near Forks, Clallam County Superior Court… Continue reading

Jefferson commissioners approve $150,000 lawsuit settlement

The Jefferson County Commissioners have approved a $150,000 settlement after a roughly four-year legal battle over the county’s internet access logs. According… Continue reading