Jefferson, Clallam commissioners set rare co-meeting Monday — here’s the agenda

PORT ANGELES - Water quality and salmon recovery head the agenda for Monday's meeting among Clallam and Jefferson counties' commissioners. The session - with 11… Continue reading

Navy seeks to expand Northwest Training Range activities

HOOD CANAL - The Navy is eying Hood Canal, Puget Sound and the Washington coast for a significant expansion of testing and training exercises, including… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ Valley Creek bridge set to close for good Monday morning

PORT ANGELES - The Valley Creek bridge will be closed on Monday morning for the Eighth Street bridges replacement project, said Jim Mahlum, the city's… Continue reading

Tacoma shipbuilder offers to build a new Port Townsend ferry on the fast track

PORT TOWNSEND - In three months, J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. of Tacoma could have union workers cutting steel for a new ferry to serve the… Continue reading

Perry to retire as Jefferson County undersheriff next year

PORT HADLOCK — Jefferson County Undersheriff Tim Perry announced his retirement on Thursday, effective Feb. 28, citing a recent back injury. Taking his place will… Continue reading

Lincoln Park to close for tree removal starting Monday

PORT ANGELES — All of Lincoln Park, including the baseball fields, will be closed beginning Monday for five days for the removal of trees. The… Continue reading

Foes lock in on proposed law enforcement shooting range move

CHIMACUM - After several people spoke on Wednesday against Security Services Northwest's proposal to rezone 40 acres in the hills of Gardiner so as to… Continue reading

Peninsula weighs in as Canada’s dollar reaches parity with greenback

For the first time since November 1976, Canada's dollar is virtually equal to the greenback. At about 8 a.m. PDT Thursday, the Canadian dollar rose… Continue reading

Production company to scout North Olympic Peninsula as movie location

FORKS - A group from Summit Entertainment production studio will consider Forks and Port Angeles locales for filming a movie based on the vampire novel,… Continue reading

Sequim strongman died of heart ailment, coroner confirms

Toxicology results have not changed the determination of the cause of death of Jesse Marunde, Sequim's strongman, who died on July 25 at the age… Continue reading

Tournament to benefit Marunde family, teen club

SEQUIM - Robin and Ryan Wickersham met at Dicky Bird's Tavern in Blyn, and spent many sunny days on the nearby softball field. After close… Continue reading

Two deputy prosecutors fired over behavior issues

PORT ANGELES - Two prosecutors in the Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney's Office were terminated on Monday after two weeks on administrative leave, County Prosecuting Attorney… Continue reading

Canadian dollar equals U.S. dollar for first time in 30 years

The Associated Press TORONTO — The Canadian dollar reached parity with the U.S. dollar today for the first time since November 1976. Known as the… Continue reading

  • Sep 20, 2007
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Man lost and found in Olympic National Park

PORT ANGELES - Less than an hour after the Olympic National Park announced it was searching for a hiker, he was spotted by rescuers in… Continue reading

Port Townsend petition drive Friday to urge better disabled access to 1893 post office building

PORT TOWNSEND - For disabled Port Townsend resident Bonnie Bolster, being served at the rear loading dock of Port Townsend's post office is like being… Continue reading

Public meeting in Forks on reintroduction of the fisher sparsely attended

FORKS - Fishers could be reintroduced to Olympic National Park as early as this winter, said a biologist at a public hearing this week. The… Continue reading

Residents shred procrastination along with documents

SEQUIM - They came, loaded with their decades-old checkbooks, phone bills and bank statements. "I've got it all . . . back to the mid-1980s,"… Continue reading

Truck on Port Angeles bridge project snares line, cuts power to mill

PORT ANGELES - Power was knocked out to Nippon Paper Industries USA's plant on Ediz Hook for six hours on Wednesday after a dump truck… Continue reading

Union backs pit-to-pier project with yard sign campaign

PORT TOWNSEND - Yard signs proclaiming "We Need Jobs" and "We Need A Healthy Environment" have sprung up in East Jefferson County, an International Union… Continue reading

3 down and only 1 to go: PT route will halt if final ferry fails, system leader says

PORT TOWNSEND - Service would cease on the Port Townsend-Keystone route if the MV Klickitat ferry breaks down, Washington State Ferries' top executive said. "As… Continue reading