PT council may ask voters to increase property taxes

PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend residents will likely vote on a property tax hike in August, and, if approved, the increased taxes — probably just… Continue reading

Sequim pays $152,318 to ousted city manager

SEQUIM — He was fired last week, and this week Sequim City Manager Bill Elliott accepted a $152,318.52 settlement offer in exchange for his promise… Continue reading

Thieves make off with cash, receipts — and a safe

PORT TOWNSEND — Police are asking people to check their bank records after credit card receipts were stolen in a burglary last week at a… Continue reading

‘Presidents’ of yesterday visit Peninsula of today

PORT ANGELES — A somewhat perplexed President George Washington contemplated the name of the state. "I remember it only as the Northwest Territory," he told… Continue reading

Barter group forming in PA, Sequim

PORT ANGELES — Say you have a leaky faucet, a bathtub that refuses to drain — but no money to pour into a plumber's pocket.… Continue reading

Mystery bay shellfish threat examined

  NORDLAND — Jake Johnson stands on a long dock overlooking his family's Mystery Bay shoreline, which is heavily laden with palm-sized oysters, many of… Continue reading

Peninsula business counselor wins state award

  PORT TOWNSEND — Kathleen Purdy has advised more than 1,000 clients in Jefferson and Clallam since 1995 for the state Small Business Development Council.… Continue reading

Hurricane Ridge Road repaving starts this week

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK —  Chip-sealing the lower five miles of Hurricane Ridge Road will begin Monday, from the road's intersection with Mount Angeles Road to… Continue reading

KPly workers OK’d for unemployment program

PORT ANGELES — About 80 of the 132 laid-off KPly employees gathered at Peninsula College last week to hear about training and income benefits available… Continue reading

OMC sets special meeting on tax levy

PORT ANGELES — It's all but official: Olympic Medical Center will consider seeking a tax increase to boost its flagging finances. Hospital commissioners will hold… Continue reading

PA Harbor cleanup meeting set

PORT ANGELES — The public will get a chance Tuesday to tell state Department of Ecology officials what they think about the first step in… Continue reading

PT boating season opens with a parade

PORT TOWNSEND — How do you declare that boating season is officially open? You invite everyone in town who has access to a boat to… Continue reading

Whaling would have little effect on environment, U.S. says

SEATTLE — The Makah tribe's proposed return to legal whale hunting would have little effect on the environment — including on the targeted gray whales… Continue reading

Conference lifts chamber manager on passenger ferry

SEATTLE — Tim Caldwell, general manager of the Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce, came away from a Thursday passenger ferry forum energized, saying it was… Continue reading

Irrigation Festival expected to be boon for Sequim

SEQUIM — Business owners hope for a break in the cloudy economic sky over this boomtown — called the Blue Hole by pilots passing over… Continue reading

Jefferson Transit driver proves he’s second to one in the nation

PORT TOWNSEND — Those who ride Jefferson Transit with Lloyd Eisenman at the wheel might feel safer knowing that they are cruising with the second-best… Continue reading

OMC breaks into the black but challenges remain

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center emerged from the first quarter of 2008 with a positive operating margin of 2.1 percent, hospital commissioners learned Wednesday.… Continue reading

PA to review leasing out city building

PORT ANGELES — Two City Council subcommittees will review whether the city should lease the former On The Boardwalk restaurant building prior to completion of… Continue reading

PT school site considered for future affordable housing

PORT TOWNSEND — The idea of using the Mountain View Elementary School campus for affordable housing reaped the most interest of the possibilities for the… Continue reading

Carlsborg crematory gets initial OK

CARLSBORG — A crematory whose owner expects to incinerate 30 to 50 bodies each month received the stamp of approval Wednesday from Clallam County Hearings… Continue reading