Water main break floods Port Angeles streets, including portion of U.S. 101

PORT ANGELES - An eight-inch water main along Front Street broke at about 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, and flooded Front and Lincoln streets and Railroad Avenue.… Continue reading

Childhood friends reunite for hometown concert this week

PORT TOWNSEND - When he was 4 years old, Mateo Denali was at Learning Playcare preschool in Port Townsend when the teacher brought in a… Continue reading

Clallam PUD seeks to improve customer service, phones during extreme storms

PORT ANGELES - Clallam County Public Utility District hopes to have improved power outage reporting and repair dispatching systems in place before the next storm… Continue reading

Clallam sheriff considers law-enforcement sales tax

PORT ANGELES - Clallam County taxpayers' nickels and dimes could become the silver bullets in the fight against crimes, Sheriff Bill Benedict said Monday. Benedict,… Continue reading

DNR will manage timber at shooting range

PORT ANGELES - The Department of Natural Resources will continue to manage timber on land it will convey to Clallam County for a shooting range… Continue reading

Helicopters part of drill in Sequim today

SEQUIM - The U.S. Army's Weapons of Mass Destruction Team plans a drill and training mission today on Sequim High School's fields off Fir Street… Continue reading

Port Townsend Paper clears another hurdle in reorganization

PORT TOWNSEND - The Port Townsend Paper Corp. and its affiliates have received approval of what's essentially a $50 million loan to help pay their… Continue reading

Formerly deadly Anderson Lake due to reopen later this month

CHIMACUM - Anderson Lake State Park will open on April 28 for the beginning of trout-fishing season after tests found it clear of bacteria that… Continue reading

Port Angeles boosters selling bricks to pave way to auditorium

PORT ANGELES - The Port Angeles High School Dance Team Boosters want to pave the way to the auditorium. The club is selling personalized bricks… Continue reading

Port Angeles School District aide off to new job in California

PORT ANGELES - Scott Brodhun, director of facilities, maintenance, athletics and technology for the Port Angeles School District, will leave the district for new position… Continue reading

TV commercials touting Port Angeles, environs start airing in Seattle today

PORT ANGELES - A series of seven television commercials featuring local events is set to begin airing on Seattle stations today. Port Angeles Television Productions… Continue reading

Bank robber pleads guilty; ‘it was a horrible mistake’

PORT TOWNSEND - Daniel Lee Semingson pleaded guilty to robbing the Port Townsend branch of the Washington Mutual bank and was sentenced on Friday. Semingson,… Continue reading

Birdwatchers come from near, far to observe Peninsula’s feathered fauna

DUNGENESS -- They heard it was an "ideal paradise." So Lane and Nancy Lasater came. They saw. They conquered the North Olympic Peninsula's big attractions:… Continue reading

Blasting conducted on Elwha River after quarry protesters shooed off

PORT ANGELES - About 20 people gathered Friday and Saturday morning on Olympic Hot Springs Road to protest exploratory mining under way on about 40… Continue reading

Sunday Showcase: Investigation into West End girl’s 1981 disappearance reopened

No one knows what happened to Carla Owens 26 years ago. On June 30, 1981, the 14-year-old girl, who was living with her family across… Continue reading

Sustainable living fair held at Peninsula College

PORT ANGELES - Organizers of Saturday's sustainable living fair at Peninsula College practiced what they preached, keeping track of the event's ecological footprint. Clean-up volunteers… Continue reading

Governor’s husband reads aloud for kids, fetes departing library director

PORT ANGELES - Mike Gregoire, Washington state Gov. Chris Gregoire's husband, wanted to share the truth. "The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs" that… Continue reading

Plans for Hood Canal Bridge closure period in 2009 include ‘medical bus’

PORT TOWNSEND - State Department of Transportation officials have an alternative transportation plan rolling so that North Olympic Peninsula residents can get around Hood Canal… Continue reading

Quarry can operate as long as it’s under three acres

PORT ANGELES - The owners planning a rock quarry off of Olympic Hot Springs Road do not need a permit unless the quarry expands to… Continue reading

These events this weekend are for the birds

SEQUIM - As people on the North Olympic Peninsula turn their eyes skyward this weekend, Jim Karr hopes they'll also gain a fresh view of… Continue reading