Eighth Street bridges open to vehicles this afternoon

PORT ANGELES -- The multimillion-dollar Eighth Street bridges open today to reconnect the city's east and west sides after 1¬½ years of detours and inconvenience.… Continue reading

WSU’s Jefferson Extension facing deep cutbacks

PORT HADLOCK -- Washington State University's Extension Center faces deep cutbacks in state funding that could curtail its programs offered in Jefferson County. Katherine Baril,… Continue reading

Ex-Gov. Locke may be Obama’s commerce secretary

The Associated Press WASHINGTON — A senior administration official says that President Barack Obama's likely third pick for commerce secretary is former Washington Gov. Gary… Continue reading

  • Feb 23, 2009
  • The Associated Press

More use syringes in Jefferson in 2008, but fewer turn them in for exchange

PORT TOWNSEND -- The number of drug addicts using Jefferson County's syringe program grew to 70 in 2008, but the number of syringes exchanged declined… Continue reading

Port’s pitch touts Port Angeles as perfect place for NOAA base

PORT ANGELES -- In its pitch to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Port of Port Angeles says the deepwater harbor and the community… Continue reading

The ethics of assisted suicide

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of a two-part series on the decision made or facing hospitals and health care providers before the Death with… Continue reading

New Port Townsend ferry at digital design phase

PORT TOWNSEND ¬­-- Todd Pacific Shipyards, Washington State Ferries and their design firms are six weeks into producing an electronic mock-up of the Port Townsend-Keystone… Continue reading

Peninsula health-care locales preparing to assist with suicide under new initiative law

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part series on the decision made or facing hospitals and health care providers before the Death with… Continue reading

Tuesday fire probably an accident, Fire Department says

PORT ANGELES -- A fire that destroyed the workplaces of Kaman Industrial Technologies and Jesse Bay Cabinetry on Tuesday night originated in the Kaman office… Continue reading

At long last: Port Angeles to be whole again with new bridges

PORT ANGELES -- After 1¬½ years of disruption of a major arterial through town, some four months of delays, and $24.6 million, the two bridges… Continue reading

2009 Sequim Irrigation Festival queen selected

Holly Hudson, 17, receives the queen's crown from 2008 Queen Jennifer Lancheros at the climax of the 114th annual Sequim Irrigation Festival's pageant Saturday night.… Continue reading

Jefferson hospital officials travel to workshop in Atlanta

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson Healthcare commissioners said that their trip to Atlanta was exactly what they needed. But this was no vacation. For nine hours… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center to go digital with its records

PORT ANGELES -- If all goes as planned, Olympic Medical Center will "go live" with electronic medical records by the end of this year. The… Continue reading

Jefferson PUD eyes Port Townsend city water

The Jefferson County Public Utility District wants to buy some of the city of Port Townsend's water, but city officials aren't sure they want to… Continue reading

Link today between sound, survival compares orcas, elephants

PORT TOWNSEND -- How do whales and elephants use sound? And how important is sound to their survival? Researcher Jason Wood will present information about… Continue reading

Where songs take wing: Walk in the woods reveals sights and voices of birds

1Any Wednesday, you can embark on a free field trip into the woods, over the Dungeness River and up the Olympic Discovery Trail with one… Continue reading

New Eighth Street bridges will open Tuesday

PORT ANGELES — The city of Port Angeles will open the two Eighth Street bridges on Tuesday. Eighth Street spanning Tumwater Creek and Valley Creek… Continue reading

Gregoire considering third term as governor

By CURT WOODWARD The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Gov. Chris Gregoire, newly elected to a second four-year term, is considering a rare third run at… Continue reading

  • Feb 20, 2009
  • By CURT WOODWARD The Associated Press

Business holds bake sale to help save Port Angeles pool

PORT ANGELES -- Port Angeles Power Equipment's owners and employees put their cooking skills on the line last week for the William Shore Memorial Pool.… Continue reading

Tribe opens renovated bar and grill at golf course

DUNGENESS -- A high-tech tour of the Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course, a bagpiper who pipes off into the sunset and free cake are to… Continue reading