Access to Second Beach reopened, park to reopen trails and beach officially soon

LAPUSH - Visitors have been traipsing down to Second Beach this week after the Quileute tribe reopened on Sunday the parking lot and trailhead that… Continue reading

Contractors line up for airport hangar projects

PORT TOWNSEND - With groundwork to begin in about two weeks for eight new hangar sites at Jefferson County International Airport, Port of Port Townsend… Continue reading

Elk team wanders around fences, wonders about costs

SEQUIM - These 56 animals continue to grab a lot of attention and government-agency time. The Dungeness herd of Roosevelt elk have escaped a proposal… Continue reading

News for the needy publishes first issue

PORT ANGELES - Ha! Ha! is no joke. An acronym for "homeless accountability and homeless action," it's also the name of a 16-page newsletter published… Continue reading

Audience clamors for news on clunkers

PORT ANGELES - Clallam County Community Development Director John H. Miller came to talk about shifting sands, but his audience wanted to hear about removing… Continue reading

German students explore Port Angeles culture

PORT ANGELES - Sixteen German students are visiting Port Angeles for the next several weeks in the German American Partnership Program's second - and last… Continue reading

Lavender fields forever: Web cam to capture soothing sights of Sequim

SEQUIM - They're ramping up the lulling. Lavender, a lighthouse, lovely young ladies - Sequim has them all plus other soothing sights, says this year's… Continue reading

Sequim is Peninsula’s safest place, police chief says

SEQUIM - Police Chief Robert Spinks says he lives and works in the safest place on the Peninsula. He also said the quality of life… Continue reading

Sheriff’s Office gets several adoption requests for rescued animals — but not yet

PORT TOWNSEND - Of the 80 abused animals rescued from a property near Four Corners Road on Monday, 20 dogs are being sheltered at Jefferson… Continue reading

Subs on way to Indian Island, commander says

PORT TOWNSEND - Nuclear-powered submarines could be docked for short periods of time at Naval Magazine Indian Island across the bay from Port Townsend by… Continue reading

Clallam PUD considers updating discount programs

PORT ANGELES - Clallam County Public Utility District is considering the first changes to its low-income senior and disabled discount program in 13 years. But… Continue reading

Deputies rescue 80 neglected animals

PORT HADLOCK -Jefferson County Sheriff's Office personnel rescued about 80 neglected animals from a single property near Four Corners Road after serving a search warrant… Continue reading

Port Angeles schools chief finalist for Issaquah position

PORT ANGELES - Gary Cohn, superintendent of the Port Angeles School District, is one of two finalists for superintendent of the Issaquah School District in… Continue reading

Port Angeles waterfront development ‘idea’ would have mix of retail, condos

PORT ANGELES - Construction could begin as early as this summer for a mixed residential and retail development at Oak and Front streets that would… Continue reading

Environmental issues focus of events in Port Townsend, Port Angeles

You drive your car, fertilize your lawn, dispose of your trash. Many daily activities go unnoticed but the impacts can be significant to the environment.… Continue reading

Jefferson County poised to decide wetlands buffers

PORT TOWNSEND - It will be up to the Jefferson County Planning Commission to decide if compliance with wetland buffer zone boundaries should be voluntary… Continue reading

State starts to set Clallam water rules

State water planners have started the process that will decide if the Elwha and Dungeness rivers are half-empty or half-full for both salmon and humans.… Continue reading

Theater of the assured? Sequim troupe looks upward for remodeling help

SEQUIM - The timing is apt, if nerve-wracking. Olympic Theatre Arts, the community theater group whose playhouse was shut down Feb. 28, is preparing to… Continue reading

Giant horsepower fuels dream of farming the old-fashioned way

SEQUIM - These horses and these dreams took more than six years to get here. When you lay eyes on the stallion Starcastle Titan and… Continue reading

No lecture today; speaker in collision

PORT TOWNSEND - A lecture scheduled at the Rose Theatre today has been canceled. Lori Andrews, who was scheduled as the final lecturer in the… Continue reading