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Two Thanksgiving feasts planned today on Peninsula, while rest reserved for Turkey Day

Free community Thanksgiving feasts are planned today in Port Angeles and Port Townsend. Others are planned for Thursday. Today, the Salvation Army in Port Angeles… Continue reading

Bigger budget planned in Port Townsend in 2017

The 2017 budget for the Port Townsend general fund is proposed to be $8,283,495, up 10.5 percent from last year’s adopted budget… Continue reading

Olympic Discovery Trail segment reinstated to Clallam County’s six-year transportation plan

Clallam County officials have assuaged concerns of Olympic Discovery Trail advocates by reinstating several trail projects to the six-year transportation plan. Nine… Continue reading

Port Angeles Fine Arts Center takes on new executive director

Port Angeles Fine Arts Center takes on new executive director

The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center has hired Jessica Elliott as its new executive director. A relative newcomer to Port Angeles, Elliott… Continue reading

Port Angeles Fine Arts Center takes on new executive director
Food bank to hand out turkeys, produce on Wednesday

Food bank to hand out turkeys, produce on Wednesday

For the seventh consecutive year, Arrow Lumber &Hardware of Port Townsend has donated 400 turkeys to the Jefferson County Food Bank in… Continue reading

Food bank to hand out turkeys, produce on Wednesday
Commissioner Mark Ozias

Clallam commissioners expected to host herbicide hearing in January

Clallam County commissioners expect to take action on a controversial plan to use herbicides as one of several methods to control noxious… Continue reading

Commissioner Mark Ozias
Standing Rock caravan leaves from Port Townsend

Standing Rock caravan leaves from Port Townsend

It is Standing Rock or bust for the 30 or so members of the Standing with Standing Rock Thanksgiving Caravan, which is… Continue reading

Standing Rock caravan leaves from Port Townsend
Sequim artist switches hands, finds new goals after stroke

Sequim artist switches hands, finds new goals after stroke

Following a tragic event and a simple act of kindness, Linda Stadtmiller, 68, knew she couldn’t give up her passion. For more than… Continue reading

Sequim artist switches hands, finds new goals after stroke

Port Townsend council to mull budget that reflects growth

The Port Townsend City Council will consider adopting a 2017 budget that reflects continued growth in the city when it meets tonight.… Continue reading

Lower Dungeness River levee project open house scheduled

Clallam County will host an open house for the lower Dungeness River levee setback project Tuesday, Nov. 29. The community event will… Continue reading

Bicyclists crank up for food bank donations

Bicyclists crank up for food bank donations

With the pop of a bike tube, a dozen bicyclists took off from the ReCyclery in Port Townsend on Saturday to collect… Continue reading

Bicyclists crank up for food bank donations
King tide possible wave of the future, according to group

King tide possible wave of the future, according to group

Naturally occurring king tides, which are unusually high tides, can be a harbinger of normal tides to come, said a member of… Continue reading

King tide possible wave of the future, according to group

Trust lands advisory panel says ‘no’ to reconveyance to Clallam County

The Clallam County Trust Lands Advisory Committee has reaffirmed its position on the reconveyance of state-managed forest trust lands: don’t try it.… Continue reading

Growler airfield open house set in Port Townsend

Growler airfield open house set in Port Townsend

Area residents are invited to attend five open house meetings — with one in Port Townsend — set for early December concerning… Continue reading

Growler airfield open house set in Port Townsend
Time to gobble up community Thanksgiving feasts across the Peninsula

Time to gobble up community Thanksgiving feasts across the Peninsula

Community feasts will celebrate Thanksgiving across the North Olympic Peninsula this week. Some will be a little early. And, in a break with tradition, the… Continue reading

Time to gobble up community Thanksgiving feasts across the Peninsula
Navy records plan for sonar, explosives training in area waters

Navy records plan for sonar, explosives training in area waters

The U.S. Navy has announced its decision for use of sonar and explosives for training and testing in the Puget Sound, Strait of… Continue reading

Navy records plan for sonar, explosives training in area waters

Port Townsend council to conduct another meeting on proposed pot buffer zone changes

Port Townsend City Council has approved on a first reading an ordinance that would shrink marijuana buffer zones around certain protected areas.… Continue reading

Clallam commissioners set budget hearings; $1.5 million in spending reductions unspecified

Clallam commissioners set budget hearings; $1.5 million in spending reductions unspecified

Clallam County commissioners have scheduled a pair of public hearings on the 2017 budget. The draft budget contains a $1.5 million line… Continue reading

Clallam commissioners set budget hearings; $1.5 million in spending reductions unspecified
Crowd gathers in Port Angeles for Standing Rock fight

Crowd gathers in Port Angeles for Standing Rock fight

Lower Elwha Klallam tribal members sang as a crowd of some 150 people opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline gathered at The Gateway… Continue reading

Crowd gathers in Port Angeles for Standing Rock fight
Forks woman charged in toddler’s death

Forks woman charged in toddler’s death

A Forks woman was charged Wednesday with homicide by abuse and second-degree murder for the death of a 2-year-old boy. Ramona Jean… Continue reading

Forks woman charged in toddler’s death