Students learn benefits of composting, recycling through class worm project

PORT TOWNSEND -- Do worms like pizza? To students in Dorothy Stengel's class, this is not an esoteric question. It is a matter of life… Continue reading

Swine flu protocols in place

With just three cases of swine flu now recorded on the North Olympic Peninsula, local health officials remain far from considering any closures of events,… Continue reading

Waste audit checks trash at markets

SEQUIM -- Mark Ozias is being audited so thoroughly that he has to go through his garbage -- and he's downright happy about it. Ozias,… Continue reading

Forks pool seat still empty, and special district might be disbanded

PORT ANGELES -- Like the pool it oversees, the Quillayute Valley Park and Recreation District is running dry. No candidates stepped forward in the special… Continue reading

Victoria maps plan to stop raw effluent into Strait across from North Olympic Peninsula

By Phuong Le The Associated Press VICTORIA -- After years of bad headlines -- including a campaign by "Mr. Floatie" -- Victoria plans to stop… Continue reading

  • Jun 14, 2009
  • By Phuong Le The Associated Press

Graduate makes a U-turn into the future

SEQUIM -- Jordan Bush's high school career was "one long, slow and sometimes painful U-turn," his friend and counselor Mitzi Sanders said last week. He… Continue reading

Jefferson sheriff, prosecutor move closer in new joint effort

PORT HADLOCK -- Jefferson County's Sheriff's Office and Prosecuting Attorney's office have begun working a bit closer together in a new joint community policing effort.… Continue reading

Class of ’42 salutatorian receives high school diploma 67 years late

CLALLAM BAY -- The salutatorian of Clallam Bay High School's class of 1942 finally has received his high school diploma. Friday evening, 85-year-old Taky Kimura… Continue reading

Coast Guard joins Port Angeles spruce-up effort

PORT ANGELES -- Eight Coast Guard members joined the town's spruce-up project last week by painting the south side of the Harbortowne Mall and removing… Continue reading

‘Plantus compulsitis’: College arboretum dedicated to late professor

PORT ANGELES -- The dedication of Peninsula College's arboretum to the memory of Edward L. Tisch was a fitting tribute to both his work and… Continue reading

‘Completely failed’: Tribes pressure government over Mystery Bay shellfish pollution

NORDLAND -- The Jamestown S'Klallam and Port Gamble S'Klallam tribes say that federal, state and county government representatives involved in the protection of Marrowstone Island's… Continue reading

Former Clallam sheriff’s staffer charged in 2006 theft

PORT ANGELES -- A former Clallam County Sheriff's Department evidence technician accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the evidence room in 2006 faces first-degree… Continue reading

Port Angeles sprint boat race course on hold

PORT ANGELES -- Construction of the Peninsula's first sprint boat race track in Port Angeles is on hiatus while the proponents' plans are under review… Continue reading

Treasurer’s employee remains on leave as probe into missing funds continues

PORT ANGELES -- An unidentified Clallam County Treasurer's Office employee remains on administrative leave as a criminal investigation continues into the first-degree theft of at… Continue reading

Trail to extend from Peninsula coast to Montana

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press Writer NORTHPORT — When the national scenic trails system was created four decades ago, the goal was to build… Continue reading

  • Jun 13, 2009
  • By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press Writer

‘I have grown up really fast’: Quilcene graduating senior once was homeless

QUILCENE -- If you had asked Megan Anderson in her sophomore year of high school if she would graduate with her class, she says the… Continue reading

Drag racing series puts pedal to metal in Forks this weekend

FORKS -- Drag racers, start your engines. West End Thunder will blast off from the starting line this weekend with its one-eighth-mile drag racing series… Continue reading

Dream Playground picnic area to open with grand opening, picnic today

PORT ANGELES -- This year's community picnic at Erickson Park also will be the fulfillment of a dream. The seventh annual picnic today will double… Continue reading

Anundson pulls out of Sequim City Council race

SEQUIM -- City Council candidate Bob Anundson has pulled out of the race for Position 3, the seat to be vacated by longtime member Paul… Continue reading

First Peninsula College bachelor’s degrees to be awarded Saturday

PORT ANGELES -- The first 14 people to earn bachelor's degrees at Peninsula College will be among the 330 students who receive diplomas from the… Continue reading