City Council does an about-face on bicycle helmet law repeal

PORT TOWNSEND -- With Mayor Mark Welch swinging the City Council vote 4-3 Monday night against rescinding a controversial bicycle helmet requirement, the council instead… Continue reading

Fire razes landmark Quilcene Hotel

QUILCENE -- Fire destroyed the 89-year-old Quilcene Hotel on Monday despite the efforts of crews from five fire departments to save the landmark structure. It… Continue reading

Fluoridation in Port Angeles delayed until Wednesday

PORT ANGELES -- A telephone line problem has delayed the start of fluoridating the city's water supply until probably Wednesday. "Everything is ready to go… Continue reading

Port Townsend Paper executives optimistic during company conference call

PORT TOWNSEND -- Port Townsend Paper Corp.'s president voiced optimism in the company's future Monday, with virtually all of the company's boxmaking product lines "trending… Continue reading

Sides in Burnt Hill issue increasingly frustrated

SEQUIM -- Maybe the name of that place south of Sequim should change from Burnt Hill to Mounting Frustration. When the Department of Natural Resources'… Continue reading

Clallam health/human services director happy to be on Peninsula

PORT ANGELES -- Iva Burks is a native Northwesterner who says she accidentally was born in New York state. Clallam County is where her heart… Continue reading

Graving yard report due Tuesday in Olympia

OLYMPIA -- Seventeen months in the making, state Transportation Secretary Doug MacDonald's report on the Hood Canal Bridge graving yard fiasco will debut Tuesday. While… Continue reading

Law-enforcers to hold memorial today

PORT ANGELES -- Local law enforcement agencies will mark the observance of National Police Week with a memorial today at the Clallam County Courthouse flagpoles.… Continue reading

Motorcyclist dies in bizarre crash

SEQUIM -- A wheel that came loose from a black Chevrolet truck led to the death of a motorcyclist Sunday on U.S. Highway 101. Troopers… Continue reading

Raging Grannies take traditional view of Mother’s Day

PORT TOWNSEND -- While mothers across the country were served breakfasts in bed Sunday or received beautiful bouquets of flowers from their children, the Port… Continue reading

Slide blocks Olympic Discovery Trail

PORT ANGELES -- A landslide early Sunday afternoon blocked the Olympic Discovery Trail between Morse Creek and the site of the former Rayonier pulp mill.… Continue reading

Fluoridation begins Monday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- More than three years after a campaign to fluoridate the city's water supply was begun, fluoridation is set begin Monday. Between 0.7… Continue reading

Gales Addition fire not arson, investigators conclude

PORT ANGELES -- The blaze that leveled a Gales Addition double-wide mobile home last week was not intentionally set, the Clallam County Sheriff's Department announced.… Continue reading

Olympics snowpack back to normal and holding

One glance up at the Olympic Mountains will confirm what the latest Washington Water Supply Outlook report says: There's a lot of snow up there.… Continue reading

Port Townsend Paper parent posts quarterly loss, braces for more news Monday

PORT TOWNSEND -- PT Holdings Co. Inc., parent of Port Townsend Paper Corp., has posted a net loss of $6.3 million in the first quarter… Continue reading

Quileute to honor elders and bring youth together

LAPUSH -- Generations will merge this week as the Quileute tribe honors its elders. The theme of the week is "Reflections of Our Past for… Continue reading

Top Jefferson County residents to be lauded with ‘Heart’ award

PORT TOWNSEND -- Five community heroes will be honored May 23 with the Jefferson County Heart of Service Award for 2006. The recipients are: *… Continue reading

200 turn out for meeting on cleaner waterways

PORT TOWNSEND -- With threats to Hood Canal, the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound mounting like waves on several fronts, the Puget… Continue reading

Driver’s pay dispute curtails Brinnon school busing

BRINNON -- A substitute teacher who doubles as a backup bus driver has walked off the job in a pay dispute with Brinnon School District,… Continue reading

Guilty plea entered by Sequim driver in crash that killed man

By NOEL S. BRADY BELLEVUE -- A 21-year-old Sequim man has pleaded guilty for getting drunk and causing a grisly traffic collision here that killed… Continue reading

  • May 12, 2006
  • NOEL S. BRADY