Fifty people expected to protest outside forum on Friday

PORT ANGELES -- About 50 people are expected to line the Waterfront Trail outside the Red Lion Hotel on Friday to protest health care reform… Continue reading

Variety of speakers — including Rep. Dicks — at limited health care forum in Port Angeles on Friday

PORT ANGELES -- An invitation-only health care forum set Friday by the Clallam County Democratic Party Central Committee will include speakers from local hospitals and… Continue reading

Quilcene Marina to be dredged; incentives extended to more boat owners

PORT TOWNSEND -- Port of Port Townsend leaders on Wednesday committed to dredging Quilcene Marina and extended storage discounts to more boat owners at Boat… Continue reading

Former undersheriff publishes police thriller

PORT TOWNSEND -- Tim Perry says his retirement just simply didn't take. "When I last retired from the Sheriff's Office, I told my wife this… Continue reading

Home sales up slightly in second quarter in Clallam, down in Jefferson

The Washington Center for Real Estate Research said that sales of existing homes grew slightly in Clallam County while prices dropped during the second quarter… Continue reading

‘Where art and nature thrive’: Art show to offer ‘teaching moments’

SEQUIM -- One way to fully see our fellow creatures, Ken Campbell believes, is to re-create them in wood. Campbell used to count thousands of… Continue reading

Military fighter planes to fly over, around Port Angeles early Thursday

PORT ANGELES -- Port Angeles will get a flyby from military aircraft Thursday as part of a two-day regional training exercise in anticipation of the… Continue reading

Free admission to Olympic National Park this weekend

Entrance fees at national parks across the country, including Olympic, will be waived this weekend, Aug. 15-16. Entrance fees will be waived at the 147… Continue reading

Another congressman’s town hall meeting in baseball stadium

The Associated Press EVERETT — Anticipating a large crowd, U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen moved his town hall meeting on health care reform tonight from a… Continue reading

  • Aug 12, 2009
  • The Associated Press

Area honeybee population drop continues

PORT ANGELES -- North Olympic Peninsula beekeepers are not sure what is causing colony collapse disorder. They just know that populations have declined in the… Continue reading

Citizens group assembled — sort of — for Sequim Speaks

SEQUIM -- At long last, the Sequim City Council has appointed some -- but not quite all -- members of a new citizens' advisory group.… Continue reading

Clallam clears final jump on road project

PORT ANGELES -- Paperwork to finish the Mount Pleasant Road widening and resurfacing project has been signed, sealed and delivered. The three Clallam County commissioners… Continue reading

Cloris Leachman will be key celebrity at this year’s Port Townsend Film Festival

PORT TOWNSEND -- Oscar and Emmy winner Cloris Leachman will be the celebrity guest at this year's 10th annual Port Townsend Film Festival, festival organizers… Continue reading

Dicks nixes health care town hall on North Olympic Peninsula, opting for small meeting instead

PORT ANGELES -- The threat of disruptive demonstrations against President Barack Obama's proposed health care plan has nixed any chance Rep. Norm Dicks will hold… Continue reading

Drug stores in program to take back old medicines

PORT ANGELES -- Those unused prescription drugs that are taking up space in medicine cabinets across the North Olympic Peninsula can now be dropped off… Continue reading

Loss of hydroplane race may hurt Port Angeles businesses

PORT ANGELES -- Local commerce and the waters of Port Angeles Harbor will both be calmer than expected during the weekend of Sept. 26-27 because… Continue reading

Port Angeles school enrollment falls by 135

PORT ANGELES -- Enrollment is down 135 students in the Port Angeles School District for the 2009-10 school year. Using a baseline figure that doesn't… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles could still appeal NOAA decision

PORT ANGELES -- The Port of Port Angeles could still appeal the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's decision to relocate its research fleet from Seattle… Continue reading

Port seeks Sequim’s support in $400,000 grant application

SEQUIM -- In hopes of uplifting the last passenger airline on the North Olympic Peninsula -- and giving three towns a push -- the Port… Continue reading

Port Townsend getting ready for first Film Festival without Simpson

PORT TOWNSEND -- Terry Tennesen is quick to admit that everything around him still belongs to Peter Simpson. Tennesen, director for the Port Townsend Film… Continue reading