Tracking funds in Clallam election

EDITOR'S NOTE - This is the second of two parts on 2007 campaign financing in Clallam County. The first article, on money in the race… Continue reading

‘I’m still a kid yet’: Last of the full-blooded Jamestown S’Klallam, 80, remains a ‘local hero’

SEQUIM - Lyle Prince, 80, is the last full-blooded Jamestown S'Klallam tribal member. He's the great-grandson of Jamestown S'Klallam Chief Chetzemoka, the leader of the… Continue reading

Fishing boat goes adrift in heavy wind, takes on water

NORDLAND - An unmanned 70-foot fishing boat that went adrift in Mystery Bay during a Thursday windstorm was secured on Saturday afternoon and surrounded by… Continue reading

Hospital race leads all Jefferson County campaigns in fundraising

Retired pathologist Marc Mauney has the advantage of more doctors' endorsements and 10 times more money in his battle against Robert Bentley for an open… Continue reading

Tharinger, Forde combine for nearly $50,000 in fundraising for Clallam commissioner

Incumbent Steve Tharinger and challenger Bob Forde have raised a combined $48,909.96 in their quest for the District 1 position of the Clallam County Board… Continue reading

Homecoming dance to have a twist — two police officers with Breathalyzers

PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend High School students considering drinking alcoholic beverages before the homecoming dance Oct. 27 are being warned to think twice. And… Continue reading

Navy will respond to Port Townsend, Jefferson County over Indian Island, Dicks says

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks says a Navy response to Port Townsend and Jefferson County officials about an environmental-impact study they want on… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center considers tripling emergency department

PORT ANGELES — Even as Olympic Medical Center officials warn of a cutback in capital spending in 2008, they are considering tripling the hospital emergency… Continue reading

Signs and equipment arrive Monday for downtown water main project in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Warning signs will begin going up and construction equipment and materials will start arriving Monday for the city’s downtown water main and… Continue reading

Big wind gets short of breath — storm doesn’t live up to expectations

It huffed. And it puffed. But it didn't blow anyone's house down - or many trees, power lines or utility poles, either. Thursday's much-ballyhooed storm… Continue reading

Jefferson Planning Commission recommends turning down gun range – but not before three-commissioner walkout

CHIMACUM - A majority of Jefferson County planning commissioners will recommend that the county commissioners shoot down Security Services Northwest's proposal to rezone 40 acres… Continue reading

PDN Voter Guides for Clallam, Jefferson counties debut today

YOU'LL GET THE chance to vote on whether to end the "supermajority" in school tax levy elections. Port Angeles voters will consider a School Board… Continue reading

Point man in Jefferson County lakes’ toxin testing resigns

PORT TOWNSEND - After 2½ years as Jefferson County environmental health director, Mike McNickle is taking a promotion in Oregon. His last day at work… Continue reading

Sequim City Council candidate conduct vigorous debate over growth, other issues

SEQUIM - What a difference several thousand new houses make. In a vigorous debate, eight Sequim City Council candidates looked into the city's future, and… Continue reading

State eager to focus on Rayonier site cleanup, Ecology official says

PORT ANGELES - Events such as Thursday's "community vision" meeting on the former Rayonier mill property exemplify the state wanting to clean up the site… Continue reading

Builders campaign to undo charter change they sought

A group of Clallam County builders has reversed its 2002-03 campaign to make the county's development director an elected position. Five years later, it wants… Continue reading

High winds forecast for North Olympic Peninsula today

Clallam and Jefferson public utility crews stood by as a high-wind warning was issued for the Washington state coast for later today. "We are aware… Continue reading

Missing Port Townsend man in Tennessee

PORT TOWNSEND - Kendon Paegelow was awakened at 5 a.m. Wednesday by good news, he said. On the other end of the telephone was his… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles trying to be more efficient, director says in discussing firings of two longtime managers

PORT ANGELES - Monday's termination of two longtime port employees was part of a larger effort to streamline the agency and focus its efforts on… Continue reading

Port Townsend chamber aims to move visitor center

PORT TOWNSEND - Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce leaders are gearing up to relocate a visitor information center building to Jefferson Transit's Haines Place Park… Continue reading