Crowd tells sheriff loud and clear: No noise ordinance

PORT ANGELES — An overflow crowd of more than 120 people had one thunderous message for Clallam County commissioners Tuesday: Don't adopt a proposed public… Continue reading

Indian Island to host tri-nation training

INDIAN ISLAND — About 60 members of the Navy's bomb squad, the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 11, will train today through July 29 at… Continue reading

Port Angeles City Council gets an earful from community members — but says little

PORT ANGELES — More than a dozen pointing fingers, at least seven suspects, but still no smoking gun. Fifteen Port Angeles residents or business owners… Continue reading

Sequim City Council takes first step toward sales tax increase attempt

SEQUIM — A new citywide taxing district has squeaked by in a 3-2 vote by the City Council. Ken Hays, Erik Erichsen and Mayor Laura… Continue reading

Woman scratched by rabid bat receives treatment

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A Seattle-area woman is undergoing preventative rabies treatment after she was scratched by a rabid bat near the Ozette Campground last… Continue reading

Dog’s car death leads to warning

SEQUIM — A Pekingese was reported dead at 3:45 p.m. Sunday after being left in a car for an unknown period of time, Sequim code… Continue reading

Indian Island ‘does not pose risk’ to Jefferson County, skipper says

PORT TOWNSEND — Naval Magazine Indian Island, which has long received, stored and issued ordnance to the Navy and Marines, is designed not to be… Continue reading

New environmental outlook sees foresters as good guys, Hargrove tells chamber

PORT ANGELES — A new carbon consciousness could put foresters in league with environmental activists, state Sen. Jim Hargrove said Monday. The turnabout could make… Continue reading

One year later, victim of deadly RV crash to be memorialized in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The memories are still vivid. A motor home with family members from Missouri hurtling down Mount Angeles Drive after an outing in… Continue reading

Planned Port Townsend Film Festival celebrity guest cancels for a better gig

PORT TOWNSEND — September's Port Townsend Film Festival is looking for another special guest star after the leading lady for the 2008 role backed out.… Continue reading

Public comment period in wake of city manager’s resignation to lead off Port Angeles City Council meeting

PORT ANGELES — The City Council will devote the first portion of its 6 p.m. meeting today to public comment, presumably in the wake of… Continue reading

Rate Limiting Step headlines Sequim outdoor concert tonight

SEQUIM — Rate Limiting Step, a three-man band from Port Angeles, will perform its blend of classic and contemporary rock at tonight's Music in the… Continue reading

Residents ready to make a racket about noise law

PORT ANGELES — Lee Hunt wants to put a buzz in Bill Benedict's ear over the sheriff's proposed noise ordinance — the angry buzz of… Continue reading

Show Winter Games-goers ‘our’ Olympics in 2010, tourism leader asks Jefferson County commissioners

PORT TOWNSEND — Traffic across Hood Canal Bridge shows marked declines since 1999, and the president of the Olympic Peninsula's oldest tourism organization says British… Continue reading

Babe Ruth team wins state championship

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles 15-year-old Junior Babe Ruth team rolled through the state tournament like it was the Boston Red Sox and the… Continue reading

Clallam PUD, other districts to discuss power options

SHELTON — Commissioners and staff members from Clallam County Public Utility District and two other districts will discuss how to keep a lid on rates… Continue reading

Dungeness-farmed produce goes online

SEQUIM — Forty-seven households are hungry. Not just for any old food. They want fresh, local eggs, poultry and produce, or else they wouldn't have… Continue reading

More riding Peninsula transit buses as gas prices rise

PORT ANGELES — Clallam Transit ridership is at a record high, and the agency is working to handle increased demand for both bus and vanpool… Continue reading

Peninsula band in free Sequim concert Tuesday night

SEQUIM — Tuesday's installment of Sequim's Music in the Park concert series will feature a North Olympic Peninsula band playing contemporary and classic rock music.… Continue reading

Puget Sound church lends helping hands in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — They arrived a week ago Sunday, a crew of 72 people, including an architect, an engineer, contractors, roofers, electricians and landscapers. They… Continue reading