Boy, 14, convicted of molesting girl receives suspended sentence

PORT ANGELES -- A 14-year-old boy convicted in February of molesting a 6-year-old girl at a Port Angeles church's Sunday service daycare received a suspended… Continue reading

New garbage rates and choices begin July 1

PORT ANGELES -- It's in the can. The city will enter a new era of garbage collection and disposal beginning July 1. Port Angeles will… Continue reading

Olympic Bus Lines restarts service to Port Townsend today

PORT TOWNSEND -- Olympic Bus Lines rolls back into Port Townsend today to fill the transportation void left when Pennco Transportation shut down operations almost… Continue reading

OMC OKs contracts with nine Virginia Mason clinic physicians for eight-month solution –

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center approved eight-month personal service contracts Wednesday with nine Virginia Mason primary care physicians. The agreements totaled $660,867 -- salaries… Continue reading

Port Angeles councilman recovering from kidney removal surgery

PORT ANGELES -- Longtime councilman and former mayor Gary Braun has missed the last two City Council meetings and may miss a third in May.… Continue reading

RainFest 2006 is a quilting affair –

FORKS -- Snips, strips and string. RainFest 2006 in Forks is stitched together in quilting. It's not a mistake that the design on this year's… Continue reading

Barnes trial postponed until October

PORT ANGELES -- The trial of a Port Angeles man accused of high-level drug dealing has been postponed until October, putting it right before Election… Continue reading

Brasfield to testify next week in lawsuit against Jefferson County jail; trial resumes today

TACOMA -- Jefferson County Sheriff Mike Brasfield is expected to take the stand next week in a federal civil lawsuit against Jefferson County and jail… Continue reading

D”Amico denies shooting occurring at Security Services site

PORT TOWNSEND -- The president of embattled Security Services Northwest vowed to abide by the county's stop work order, which forbids shooting on the site,… Continue reading

Defense experts question evidence in Covarrubias trial; defendant takes stand today

PORT ANGELES -- In the world of science, where repeatable proof is the standard, there is not definitive evidence that Melissa Leigh Carter was strangled… Continue reading

Mats Mats Bay considered again for graving yard

MATS MATS BAY -- The Mats Mats rock quarry is one of two sites being evaluated for a graving yard to construct state Highway 520… Continue reading

Projections show Jefferson County headed toward deficit spending

PORT TOWNSEND --Budget projections for Jefferson County's general fund, which finances most of the county's mandated services, show the county will run out of financial… Continue reading

Sequim Early Learning Center closure adds to preschool crunch

SEQUIM -- Preschools are precious here. And come summer, openings for young children are likely to become even fewer. The nonprofit Sequim Early Learning Center… Continue reading

Accused Chimacum principal will receive $20,000 in salary since arrest if School Board approves

CHIMACUM -- Rex Whipple, the Chimacum High School principal facing an August trial in Superior Court on allegations he secretly shot videos of a 15-year-old… Continue reading

California animal group complains to federal agency about game farm; operator says group is “off base””

SEQUIM -- A California animal protection group says that visitors to the Olympic Game Farm last year were in an unsafe environment. But a member… Continue reading

County posts homeland-security training center with signs prohibiting use

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County building and law-enforcement officials have stepped up their enforcement of the stop-work order issued last year on Security Services Northwest's… Continue reading

Covarrubias defense opens by suggesting another man killed Melissa Carter

PORT ANGELES -- Lawyers for Robert Gene Covarrubias opened his defense Monday by calling a man they said should be suspected of killing Melissa Leigh… Continue reading

Interim Port Angeles High School principal made permanent

PORT ANGELES -- After two years, Scott Harker's interim position as principal of Port Angeles High School has been made permanent. Harker, 44, replaced Michelle… Continue reading

Jefferson: Citizens may not need petition to end shooting near homes

PORT HADLOCK -- Jefferson County officials are looking into options to establish a no-shooting zone in the Tri-Area that would not require a petition with… Continue reading

Jefferson: Easter celebration, eggs weather the weather

PORT TOWNSEND -- Anyone who thinks American kids aren't in good physical shape has never been to an Easter Egg hunt. "We showed up a… Continue reading