Field kit coming to Streamkeepers

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County's volunteer Streamkeepers will receive a new field kit -- four bags of equipment worth more than $7,000 -- from the… Continue reading

Major Sequim Bay trail gap filled

SEQUIM -- Clallam County will pay a higher price to take a lower road across Melvin Baker's land. County commissioners Tuesday approved spending $60,000 for… Continue reading

Port Townsend city manager issues severe warning on 2007 budget

PORT TOWNSEND -- City Council members face tough decisions this year as they face declining revenues City Manager David Timmons warns. "Bottom line, we have… Continue reading

Sheriff candidate won”t be disciplined

PORT ANGELES -- An election season row between Clallam County sheriff candidates who are also employer and employee simmered down Tuesday, but one candidate is… Continue reading

Stolen silver certificates show up in PT shops

PORT TOWNSEND -- At a glance, a 1957 one dollar silver certificate looks just like a dollar bill. Perhaps that's why a burglar took 100… Continue reading

Tri-Area sewer cost estimate falls, but hookup still in thousands of dollars

PORT TOWNSEND -- Tri-Area residents and business owners heard Tuesday that they can expect to pay thousands of dollars for a sewer system, but that… Continue reading

Big turnout for animal sheltering conference in Sequim

SEQUIM -- One key aspect of rescuing humans after a catastrophe is to rescue their pets. So learned a larger-than-expected crowd of volunteers in the… Continue reading

Clallam County offers internships to student nurses

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County will offer public health internships to University of Washington nursing students under an agreement that county commissioners approved Monday. Iva… Continue reading

County lifts lien on land swept of junk

Clallam County commissioners forgave a $43,500 lien against an East End property Monday but eliminated a health-hazardous eyesore in the bargain. The lot at 212… Continue reading

Jefferson commissioners extend subcommittee forging critical-areas law

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County commissioners on Monday extended the life of the Critical Areas Ordinance Subcommittee to continue its study of the current controversial… Continue reading

Forks business selling off Enron building contents

By LEILA SUMMERS FORKS -- A Forks-based business has received the bid to sell office equipment from the Enron building in Houston, Texas. Kitty Sperry,… Continue reading

  • Oct 9, 2006
  • LEILA SUMMERS

Kinetic participants, fans go for the glory again

PORT TOWNSEND -- This year's 24th annual Great Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Skulpture Race was no less mediocre from previous races. It was done for… Continue reading

Ordinance would quiet Clallam County clamor

PORT ANGELES -- The Clallam County sheriff wants y'all to quiet down, y'heah? Y'heah? I said, Y'HEAH? That's better. The sheriff's new anti-commotion ordinance, which… Continue reading

Peninsula sites show the power of solar energy

You"ve got to be fired up to allow a Saturday-full of strangers to traipse through your yard and inspect your home. That would describe Pat… Continue reading

All things crab at festival this weekend

By LEILA SUMMERS PORT ANGELES -- Nine-year-old Noah Niswanger peered over the lip of the giant tank and watched the crabs shuffle along the bottom.… Continue reading

  • Oct 8, 2006
  • LEILA SUMMERS

Lawsuit claims size limitation on political signs unconstitutional

PORT TOWNSEND -- Mike Belenski of Mats Mats says Jefferson County's regulations on the size limitations of political signs is unconstitutional and he wants a… Continue reading

Marina renovation about to begin in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND -- There's one obvious sign that a $3.5 million marina renovation project is about to begin at Hudson Point: Few boats are moored… Continue reading

Peninsula’s wet city — Forks — wins temperature contest over Sequim

FORKS -- She doesn't yet know when, but Forks Mayor Nedra Reed has got her gun and she plans to use it. "It's a girly… Continue reading

Romance in the air at Crab Fest — she said yes!

PORT ANGELES -- Michelle McBride thought she won a cheesy ceramic crab. Instead, the hospital laboratory technician got a dozen roses and a fiance. Before… Continue reading

Sheriff plans to discipline election foe for comments at candidate forum

SEQUIM -- Clallam County Sheriff Joe Martin has moved to officially discipline a deputy sergeant running against him for talking about a pending lawsuit during… Continue reading