Japanese culture prevails at Sequim sister city event

A Japanese cultural event welcomed visitors to the Guy Cole Convention Center at Carrie Blake Park on Sunday to exchange traditions and friendship organized by… Continue reading

Progress floats for Port Townsend electronic ferry ticket test

PORT TOWNSEND -- The proving ground for electronic ferry system ticketing -- Port Townsend's ferry terminal -- made some technological advances late last week when… Continue reading

Racing rubber ducks yield big prizes

PORT ANGELES -- Step on up for some yellow journalism. When it's time to cover the Duck Derby, there's no other choice of colors. Gary… Continue reading

Rubber duck racing coming to Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND -- A rubber duck race to raise money for student athletics in Port Townsend will be held June 4. Tickets are on sale… Continue reading

Back to normal at Clallam Bay as lockdown ends

CLALLAM BAY -- Inmates at Clallam Bay Corrections Center began returning to work, education and religious programs Friday after a three-day lockdown and comprehensive search… Continue reading

Panel suggests moving Sequim elk herd to Jefferson County

BLYN -- From the list that has fueled months of discussion, one elk plan has risen to the top. A team of state, tribal and… Continue reading

Port Angeles council begins Eighth Street bridges redesign process

PORT ANGELES -- The long process has begun to reconfigure the Eighth Street bridges from a steel design to a prestressed one to save millions… Continue reading

Report details chain of events behind graving yard debacle

OLYMPIA -- You could have cut the irony with a stone-bladed knife, but it might have snapped off at the hilt. Lower Elwha Klallam cultural… Continue reading

Sequim future in the balance

SEQUIM -- Susan Strand, 65, and Andrew Shogren, 41, are at different stages of life. One is semiretired; the other has two small children. But… Continue reading

Lawmakers step up in land flap between Quileute, national park

LAPUSH -- Land swap negotiations between Olympic National Park and the Quileute tribe just got a little push from the Olympic Peninsula's state representatives. The… Continue reading

Peninsula tourism boosters hopeful after Senate votes passport rule delay

The U.S. Senate has voted to delay a requirement for passports or other federal identification to cross the Canadian border until mid-2009. That doesn't mean… Continue reading

Port Angeles student set to travel world

PORT ANGELES -- Anything can happen in eight months, especially if a person is traveling to six different countries by himself. Spencer James, a 2004… Continue reading

Proposed gay proclamation splits Jefferson County commissioners

PORT TOWNSEND -- A gay-rights proclamation scheduled to go before the Jefferson County commissioners on Monday has one commissioner calling the proposal "divisive" and saying… Continue reading

Sequim Open Aire Market opens season Saturday

SEQUIM -- When Mary Horst first flew in a small plane over Sequim, the place looked blessedly green. She and her husband, Herman, had lived… Continue reading

Clallam Bay prison lockdown continues

CLALLAM BAY -- A lockdown at Clallam Bay Corrections Center continued Wednesday and will likely continue into today. Following a bloody inmate-on-inmate assault Tuesday, staff… Continue reading

Esprit Gala returns to Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- Elika Sicire decided that the time was right for her to make a change. "I've been a man for 63 years," the… Continue reading

Four former applicants to seek latest Port Angeles council vacancy

PORT ANGELES -- Four of seven unsuccessful applicants for a City Council vacancy in February say they will apply for the latest opening announced Tuesday.… Continue reading

Jefferson County pressed to hold forum about Navy base

PORT TOWNSEND -- Although the Navy has officially rejected requests by County Commissioner Phil Johnson to hold a public forum on expansion of Naval Magazine… Continue reading

Needle swaps rise among meth users on North Olympic Peninsula

Intravenous drug users in Clallam County prefer to shoot methamphetamine almost 2-to-1 over heroin. In Jefferson County, it's about half and half. Either way you… Continue reading

Port Angeles fluoridation may begin today

PORT ANGELES -- Technical issues with a telephone line out to Port Angeles' new fluoridation building appear to be resolved and fluoridation of the city's… Continue reading