Travel, parking curbs in parts of Port Angeles today

PORT ANGELES — Travel to today's memorial service for fallen U.S. Forest Service Officer Kristine Fairbanks at Civic Field will be difficult, and no parking… Continue reading

‘Very powerful’ ceremony planned for slain Forest Service officer

PORT ANGELES — People who didn't know Forest Service Officer Kristine Fairbanks might feel like they did after attending a memorial service for her Monday.… Continue reading

Backpack blown up after bomb threat — no bomb materials found

PORT ANGELES — Courtenay Raymond, 28, was arrested on investigation of threatening to bomb The Other Side bar early Saturday morning. No bomb materials were… Continue reading

Different agencies, different tasks

The Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement both operate under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which contains a confusing array… Continue reading

Fellow officers keep vigil for Fairbanks

PORT ANGELES — When a friend is suddenly taken, and the loss is a hard punch to the chest, it might seem easier to dive… Continue reading

Immigration and Customs Enforcement team sought one suspect in restaurant last month

PORT ANGELES — An Immigration and Customs Enforcement team took an immigration fugitive into custody last month from the India Oven restaurant, said an ICE… Continue reading

KPly mill future remains clouded

PORT ANGELES — The fate of the shuttered plywood mill on Marine Drive remained undecided last week after a former KPly worker presented a business… Continue reading

Officer’s K-9 partner to attend her memorial

RADAR, KRISTINE FAIRBANKS' K-9 partner, will be among the 50 to 100 K-9 officers and their handlers expected at Monday's memorial service. Radar was locked… Continue reading

Peninsula suffers double-digit increases in home foreclosures

Mortgage woes continue to afflict Northern Olympic Peninsula homeowners as Clallam and Jefferson counties see double-digit increases in foreclosed homes over the last year. According… Continue reading

Procession will close some Port Angeles streets, U.S. 101 into town

Those traveling west on U.S. Highway 101 to Monday's 1 p.m. memorial for fallen U.S. Forest Service Officer Kristine Fairbanks would do well to arrive… Continue reading

Stunned Port Townsend Film Festival to hold public forum today on life and work of Paul Newman

PORT TOWNSEND — Organizers of the Port Townsend Film Festival, stunned by the news Saturday that veteran actor Paul Newman had died, are paying tribute… Continue reading

OlyCAP gets $800,000 check from federal agency

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County, Port Townsend and state elected leaders joined Olympic Community Action Program and U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development officials on… Continue reading

Peninsula College in national magazine

PORT ANGELES — When prospective college students flip through the two college editions of US News & World Report, they will see a full-page ad… Continue reading

Slaying of Forest Service officer has distant reach

It may have happened in the county next door, but the death of Forest Service Officer Kristine Fairbanks has hit home for Jefferson County law… Continue reading

Fairbanks warned hikers of dangers

Forest Service Officer Kristine Fairbanks warned a Port Angeles man of the dangers in Olympic National Forest, he recalled Thursday. Elston Hill e-mailed the Peninsula… Continue reading

Former Port Angeles police chief recovering from head injury

PORT ANGELES — Former Port Angeles Police Chief Tom Riepe is recovering from a head injury after he fell earlier this week, said Dan McKeen,… Continue reading

Jefferson County Democratic Party endorses PUD power

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Democrats have overwhelmingly voted to endorse Proposition 1, which would grant Jefferson County Public Utility District the authority to provide… Continue reading

Lower Elwha hope to re-create ancestral Tse-whit-zen village

PORT ANGELES — Deep inside a Cold War-era building where bare lights shine on a stained concrete floor, a tomb stands empty. Sturdily built wooden… Continue reading

Port Angeles prepares for 5,000 at memorial for slain officer

PORT ANGELES — Free shuttle service will transport mourners Monday from three Port Angeles parking lots to Civic Field, the site of a public memorial… Continue reading

Those targeted for Port Angeles city cuts left wondering

PORT ANGELES — Funding cuts given the nod by the City Council on Wednesday slice resources for organizations already pinched by a tight economy, said… Continue reading