Work on Indian Island submarine dock continues

PORT HADLOCK -- Conversion of the Naval Magazine Indian Island ammunition wharf for maintenance of Navy submarines is expected to be completed this summer, the… Continue reading

City discusses curbing beer at Sequim festivals

SEQUIM -- Three mornings before the Irrigation Festival Arts & Crafts Show, Police Chief Robert Spinks put a damper on future parties. During its Wednesday… Continue reading

Crews hampered by lack of roads in Crescent Beach wildfire

JOYCE -- A controlled burn north of Joyce turned into the season's first uncontrolled wildfire Wednesday afternoon. It wasn't large -- the fire burned about… Continue reading

Hospital commissioners hail clinic transition

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center administrators Wednesday celebrated keeping their promise to provide primary care at the former Virginia Mason clinics. "We had a… Continue reading

Moms look to improving Pope Marine Park playground, and dream of a new one

PORT TOWNSEND -- Erica Delma and Molly Fahrenschon have high hopes for the day when a new and improved Pope Marine Park attracts more families… Continue reading

Port Angeles eyes new skateboard ordinance

PORT ANGELES -- A revised skateboard ordinance reviewed Tuesday night by the City Council would prohibit skateboards, roller skates, inline skates and bicycles on downtown… Continue reading

Port Angeles teacher named physical fitness teacher of the year by national group

PORT ANGELES -- Hamilton Elementary School's Krista Winn isn't just the best physical education teacher in the Northwest. She's the best in the nation. Winn… Continue reading

Beaver Valley man to seek GOP nomination for county commissioner

PORT TOWNSEND -- Robert Pontius of Beaver Valley has filed as a Republican candidate for Jefferson County commissioner in District 3. Pontius, who registered as… Continue reading

Big cruise ships visits Port Angeles on Thursday

PORT ANGELES -- The ms Ryndam, likely to be the largest passenger ship to visit the harbor this year, will pull up to the Port… Continue reading

Burgett leaving as Clallam PUD head

PORT ANGELES --Clallam County Public Utility District General Manager Shelley Burgett is resigning effective June 2 to become comptroller for Snohomish County Public Utility District,… Continue reading

Canadian maneuvers? Global warming? Many theories offered on cause of odd booms

PORT ANGELES -- It was the boom heard 'round the Peninsula, whatever it was. And folks are still talking about it, or them, almost a… Continue reading

Dungeness Valley dairy farmer sells herd; only 2 dairies left

SEQUIM -- Dan Smith is a gruff guy. He doesn't flinch when a cold wind blows across his fields. But this week, he came close… Continue reading

Trial continues in former inmate’s civil suit against Jefferson County, jail superintendent

TACOMA -- An infection that led to the amputation of a Jefferson County jail inmate's little finger was rare and hardly seen, a Seattle infection… Continue reading

$750,000 grant to help elderly care

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County is riding the leading edge of aging with a $750,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. County commissioners this… Continue reading

Ex-Virginia Mason clinic starts under OMC watch

PORT ANGELES -- Like the train hurtling toward the heroine tied to the tracks, the Virginia Mason clinic crisis has come closer and closer for… Continue reading

Hundreds march on West End, 10 walk in Sequim during nationwide “Day Without Immigrants”

A nationwide demonstration on May Day to show the economic clout of immigrants touched the North Olympic Peninsula on Monday. An estimated 600 to 700… Continue reading

Port Townsend council sets wheels in motion to repeal helmet law

PORT TOWNSEND -- A split City Council approved the first reading on Monday night of an ordinance repealing the city's short-lived mandatory bicycle helmet law.… Continue reading

Rayonier lawsuit settled; cleanup plan delayed three months

PORT ANGELES -- The state Department of Ecology and Rayonier Inc. have settled a lawsuit over interpretation of dioxin cleanup standards at the company's former… Continue reading

School Board hears plea for P.E. options

SEQUIM -- Fourteen-year-old Alli Cutting has a lot of stress to look forward to. She's in eighth grade, but she already knows how demanding high… Continue reading

Criteria for removing children from meth-addicted parents to change in 2007

It's a run-of-the-mill day when a doctor or neighbor tells Mike Heard that a North Olympic Peninsula resident is addicted to meth, and that the… Continue reading