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

Meth lab hazards outlined to Neah Bay conference

NEAH BAY -- Strangely enough, the safest chemical that can be found in a house doubling as an illegal drug lab is methamphetamine. That highlights… Continue reading

Navy brass says no to bid for forum on Indian Island

PORT TOWNSEND -- A top Navy official has rejected a proposal by two Democratic Jefferson County commissioners to conduct a public forum over operations at… Continue reading

Tribes tell of fish decline to state oceans panel

PORT ANGELES -- For most folks, fish mean food. For some, they mean money. For Northwest Native Americans who are "people of the water," fish… Continue reading

Fire that levels mobile home near Port Angeles flares again

PORT ANGELES -- A fire that leveled a double-wide mobile home east of Port Angeles on Tuesday night flared up briefly Wednesday afternoon. No one… Continue reading

Hood Canal Bridge audit due next month

OLYMPIA -- The oft-delayed preliminary audit of the state Department of Transportation's Hood Canal Bridge graving yard project is due for public release June 2… Continue reading