180-foot phone tower proposed for Quilcene

QUILCENE - Verizon Wireless cellular reception in Quilcene is spotty, at best, but that may change in about six months. The cell phone company has… Continue reading

Doctors close to hospital contracts

PORT ANGELES - Primary care clinic physicians moved from "optimistic" to "confident" about a contract with Olympic Medical Center on Wednesday. "I think we're close… Continue reading

Friends of Fields hopes to protect Dungeness Valley dairy

DUNGENESS - People were ready, hungry and willing. They breakfasted on farm-fresh eggs, ham and homemade bread, wrote checks and shelled out bills - all… Continue reading

Joyce students to conduct anti-suicide ‘Walk and Talk’

JOYCE - Crescent School sophomore Whitley Barnes doesn't want anyone else to go through it. In March 2004, her best friend killed himself at the… Continue reading

Port Townsend city councilman’s resignation effective today

PORT TOWNSEND - Scott Walker has resigned from the City Council, effective today. He cited personal and business reasons, but said he planned to stay… Continue reading

Quick fix for Port Townsend ferry puts drivers, riders back on the water

PORT TOWNSEND - For truck drivers such as Jason Turner and Dean Youngquist, the Port Townsend-Keystone ferry run means avoiding the traffic turmoil of Interstate… Continue reading

Commissioners will discuss bringing Pledge of Allegiance back

PORT TOWNSEND - Following an impromptu Pledge of Allegiance led by an audience member during Monday's Jefferson County commissioners' meeting, Commissioner David Sullivan said Tuesday… Continue reading

Developer of housing project mixes farmland preservation with airport

SEQUIM - Decades from now, Dave LeRoux just might be known as one of Sequim's latter-day pioneers. In the midst of the Dungeness Valley development… Continue reading

First cost of vandalism to school district: $5,000

At a minimum, the Port Angeles School District is out $5,000 to recover from the vandalism done at Port Angeles High School Saturday morning. That… Continue reading

Rescue tug rescues sinking fishing boat — at dock

NEAH BAY - The Coast Guard and the Neah Bay rescue tug Gladiator pumped water out of a 70-foot fishing vessel that was sinking at… Continue reading

Two more arrested in Port Angeles High School rampage

PORT ANGELES - Police have arrested two more teens - one a juvenile - in the wake of fires, broken windows and smashed computers at… Continue reading

‘What part of being under arrest don’t you understand?’

SEQUIM - Just outside Costco Wholesale's door on Thursday, a retired Sequim police chief, noticed some odd behavior. A man, having just left the warehouse,… Continue reading

Cape Flattery school bond election ends today

Ballots in the Cape Flattery School District's all-mail bond issue election must be postmarked today or taken to the Clallam County Courthouse by 8 p.m.… Continue reading

Commissioners challenged on Pledge of Allegiance

PORT TOWNSEND - The debate over reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to open government meetings reached the Jefferson County commissioners on Monday. During the public… Continue reading

Hull crack idles Port Townsend-Whidbey Island ferry service indefinitely

PORT TOWNSEND - The North Olympic Peninsula's ferry link to the northern Interstate 5 corridor was severed Monday afternoon by a crack discovered in the… Continue reading

Man, 18, arrested in Port Angeles High School vandalism investigation

PORT ANGELES - An 18-year-old man was arrested Monday and two juveniles were sought in connection with last Saturday's vandalism rampage at Port Angeles High… Continue reading

Port Angeles gets $1.9 million state loan for stormwater project

PORT ANGELES - The city has received a $1.9 million, low-interest state loan to help fix one of its sites where sewers overflow during heavy… Continue reading

Parts of Peninsula under flood watch following burst of tropical air

Tropical air from Hawaii brought more than the usual moisture to parts of the North Olympic Peninsula over the weekend, causing flooding danger and a… Continue reading

Port Townsend’s Whittaker worried about climbers’ reliance on electronic beacons

PORT TOWNSEND - There's danger aplenty on Oregon's Mount Hood, including avalanches and crevasses that can swallow a climber and leave no trace. In the… Continue reading

Some Queets access due back in summer, Olympic National Park officials say

Interim access to the upper Queets River valley in the southwestern portion of Olympic National Park is expected to be restored this summer through connecting… Continue reading