Jefferson County closes Lake Leland over toxic bacteria; homeowners warned

QUILCENE - Jefferson County public health officials closed Lake Leland to all forms of water recreation on Friday because of a high level of toxic… Continue reading

Lawsuit over cats ‘groundless,’ veterinarian says

PORT ANGELES - One of the two veterinarians named in a lawsuit of a woman whose 31 cats were seized said on Friday that she… Continue reading

Port Angeles begins public part of Rayonier vision process

PORT ANGELES - City officials have heard stakeholders' ideas for redeveloping the site of the former Rayonier pulp mill after it is cleaned of toxic… Continue reading

Victoria mayor says Coho may stay put

PORT ANGELES - Victoria Mayor Alan Lowe said Friday that opponents of moving the MV Coho ferry terminal - along with those opposed to another… Continue reading

Sequim school candidates debate calculators, Cheez Whiz

SEQUIM - Cheez Whiz and a law against calculators in classrooms were just two points of contention earlier this week during a debate between Sequim… Continue reading

Makah elders rally on eve of federal court appearance

PORT ANGELES - Two Makah women with protest signs outside the Port Angeles office of U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks on Thursday said that the federal… Continue reading

Man from standoff handed 25 months in prison

PORT ANGELES - Nathan Alden Inman, 23, was sentenced to more than two years in prison after pleading guilty in Clallam County Superior Court to… Continue reading

Police search for a man missing from boat

PORT TOWNSEND - Police are searching for a Port Townsend man who was last seen at the Port of Port Townsend Boat Haven on Oct.… Continue reading

Preserve park at Dungeness, neighbors ask

DUNGENESS - Leave it alone for the locals. Most persons commenting at a meeting this week on plans for the Dungeness Recreation Area want it… Continue reading

Whaling opponents allege federal conflicts of interest

JOYCE - A group of whaling opponents says the federal agency that conducted a probe into an unauthorized Sept. 8 whale hunt has close ties… Continue reading

Woman whose cats were seized files lawsuit for millions of dollars

PORT ANGELES - A Port Angeles woman filed a lawsuit on Thursday after 31 cats were seized from her mobile home on Wednesday. At the… Continue reading

Authorities seize dozens of cats from mobile home; others found dead

PORT ANGELES - Port Angeles police and the Clallam County Humane Society seized 31 cats and found at least three more dead in a single-wide… Continue reading

Detour spurs Pine Street pavement repairs

PORT ANGELES - One of the Eighth Street bridges detour routes, the Pine Street Extension at U.S. Highway 101, will be closed for a weekend… Continue reading

Excavation for mystery oil on Port Angeles beach tonight

PORT ANGELES - Construction crews will begin digging out soil contaminated with hazardous oil from a Port Angeles beach tonight. The crews, working under the… Continue reading

From MV Coho to Winter Olympics: Port Angeles, Victoria city councils to hold joint meeting

PORT ANGELES - A full agenda that includes the future of the MV Coho ferry landing in Victoria, the provincial capital's sewage treatment plans and… Continue reading

Port Townsend Boat Haven moorage rates to rise 4% on New Year’s

PORT TOWNSEND - Opting to seek more comments from Boat Haven moorage tenants and Port of Port Townsend taxpayers, the port commissioners on Wednesday chose… Continue reading

Man killed in West End car wreck had troubled past

FORKS - Sunday night, the night that Stephen G. Pettibone died, he had been released from the Forks jail after serving a 29-day sentence to… Continue reading

Past its archaeological scare, Beckett enclave nears its new septic system

DISCOVERY BAY - The contractor building a $2.8 million Beckett Point community septic system and drainfield expects to finish the project by the end of… Continue reading

Pit-pier foes buoyed by Navy ‘concerns’ over Hood Canal project

PORT TOWNSEND - A representative of the Hood Canal Coalition, an environmental organization that opposes a proposed Fred Hill Materials pit-to-pier project on Hood Canal,… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles chief gets 4.8 percent salary hike

PORT ANGELES - Bob McChesney, the Port of Port Angeles executive director, has received a 4.8 percent salary increase to $120,000. The port's three-person board… Continue reading