Indian Island named in lawsuit against Navy

PORT TOWNSEND —Naval Magazine Indian Island is named in a lawsuit as one of the locations where alleged violations of environmental protection laws have occurred.… Continue reading

Oak Street lot up for sale; hotel management company in negotiations to purchase

PORT ANGELES — Part or all of a waterfront lot on Oak and Front street could be sold to a hotel owner. Owner Harry Dorssers… Continue reading

Port Angeles City Council will hold forum, but getting interim manager comes first, it says

PORT ANGELES — The public will get a forum — but it won't be a free-for-all, the Port Angeles City Council decided Tuesday. On Friday,… Continue reading

Sequim City Council hires retired city manager as interim recruitment adviser

SEQUIM — For $5,700, plus $60 a night for lodging, the City Council has hired retired city manager Lee Walton to seek a new chief… Continue reading

Supporters of PUD electrical service say they don’t believe PSE study

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Public Utility District leaders and advocates for local electric service were surprised but undeterred by Puget Sound Energy's $77.2 million… Continue reading

Couple, their dog escape fire that razes house

PORT ANGELES — A fire possibly started from a barbecue grill on a porch destroyed a house early Monday. The house, 1218 W. 11th St.,… Continue reading

Deer Park Road overpass at U.S. 101 closer to reality

PORT ANGELES — Federal funds soon may start to flow for a Deer Park Road overpass via the present Port Angeles Gun Club or through… Continue reading

East Jefferson voters to decide on electricity future: PSE or PUD

PORT TOWNSEND — Do you want the Jefferson County Public Utility District to bring you electricity instead of Puget Sound Energy? This will be the… Continue reading

Forks School Board to decide tonight on whether to put bond measures on ballot

FORKS — The Quillayute Valley School District will decide tonight whether to put a bond before voters in November. The bond would be to complete… Continue reading

Jefferson County removes curbs on pit-to-pier impact statement work

PORT TOWNSEND — With a company representative defiantly saying Fred Hill Materials Inc. would not negotiate, Jefferson County commissioners on Monday rescinded their 60-day notice… Continue reading

Port Angeles City Council to discuss holding public forum — as requested by community members

PORT ANGELES — At a special meeting today, the Port Angeles City Council will discuss whether to hold a public forum requested by a group… Continue reading

Port Townsend seeing double? No, it’s just Steilacoom II‘s sister ferry

PORT TOWNSEND – The Steilacoom II and her older ferry sister, Christine Anderson, might have left some thinking they were seeing double at the Port… Continue reading

Someone else might build Sequim’s new City Hall, police station

SEQUIM — After eight years of searches, disappointments and "anguishing" — as interim City Manager Robert Spinks put it — Sequim has stepped in a… Continue reading

Additional dollars needed for additional repairs on high school track

PORT ANGELES — An additional $85,000 of repairs is required before the Port Angeles High School track can be resurfaced. The project was approved in… Continue reading

Brinnon senior nutrition program on through August

BRINNON — Rejuvenated support of the community's senior nutrition program has led to it gaining another reprieve through August. The Olympic Community Action Programs' executive… Continue reading

Car cruise dampened, but not riders’ spirits

PORT TOWNSEND — What was supposed to be the Mystery Classic Car Cruise turned out to be the "Misty" car cruise instead. But the destination … Continue reading

Much Peninsula road maintenance put on hold over crude oil shortage

Work to prevent roads from deteriorating is on hold in Clallam and Jefferson counties for the rest of the year due to a supply shortage… Continue reading

Repaving projects suffer from scarce funds, too

Jefferson and Clallam counties have fallen behind in road maintenance for the last couple of years, say officials, pointing to both the soaring price of… Continue reading

Wilder captures third in Northwest tournament

SILVERDALE — The Wilder Senior baseball team captured third place at the Pacific Northwest Regional championships Sunday. Wilder, co-champion of the state tournament, lost 10-3… Continue reading

Did city manager overreact? Five council members take issue with his memos

PORT ANGELES — A majority of Port Angeles City Council members disputed departing City Manager Mark Madsen's sharply worded memos about "actions and attitudes of… Continue reading