Gardiner: Community to decide future of rural cemetery

GARDINER -- It lies just above U.S. Highway 101, an oval-shaped hillside of grass punctuated by gray headstones and smooth brass rectangles. The names carved… Continue reading

Jefferson: Open house at maritime center

PORT HADLOCK -- The Wooden Boat Foundation and the Northwest Maritime Center will host a community open house from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday.… Continue reading

Oil spill scare in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- A state Department of Ecology investigator was on his way from Olympia on Sunday night to search for the source of a… Continue reading

Sequim: Hot rods out of Irrigation Festival parade

SEQUIM -- In the run-up to the 111th Irrigation Festival, the hot-rod car parade has already taken a couple of laps around the figurative debate… Continue reading

Jefferson County, Security Services attorneys spar before Kitsap County judge

PORT ORCHARD -- An attorney representing Gardiner-based Security Services Northwest pleaded Friday in Kitsap County Superior Court for a stay of the Jefferson County Hearing… Continue reading

Missouri rock band adopts LaPush for group’s name

For people on the North Olympic Peninsula, LaPush is known as the home of the Quileute tribe and some of the most breathtaking coastline in… Continue reading

Port eyes 30 percent John Wayne Marina rate hike

SEQUIM -- The average permanent monthly moorage rate at John Wayne Marina could increase by 30 percent starting July 1 under a proposal to be… Continue reading

Port prepares to finalize Oak Street deal

PORT ANGELES -- The Port of Port Angeles' purchase-and-sale agreement with European developer Harry Dorssers for the Oak Street property is ready to be approved… Continue reading

Warming temperatures could diminish Olympic Mountains snowpack, study suggests

If you look up into the Olympic Mountains 40 years from now, you might see less snow. And in the heat of summer, rivers that… Continue reading

Warrant expanded for second ‘possible suspect’ in teen’s slaying

PORT ANGELES -- Authorities are seeking a man whose whereabouts are unknown as a "possible suspect" in the 2004 rape-killing of 15-year-old Melissa Mae Carter.… Continue reading

Mayor defends Headrick appointment: City Council picked person who could ‘best meet the challenge’

PORT ANGELES -- Mayor Karen Rogers joined three other City Council members Thursday in re-endorsing former Mayor Richard Headrick's Tuesday night appointment to the council… Continue reading

New farmers market manager sees 2006 as transition year

PORT TOWNSEND -- Libby Urner, Port Townsend Farmers Market's new manager, says she wants to keep with the program for now, especially in light of… Continue reading

Peninsula’s state legislators happy with accomplishments

OLYMPIA -- Sine die. It's an adverb meaning "without a day specified for a future meeting." But to the 147 state legislators in Olympia, including… Continue reading

Study says West End could support two bioenergy plants

FORKS -- Cleaner air, lower energy bills and job retention are all benefits of having a bioenergy plant in the West End. Developing such a… Continue reading

Sunfield Farm starting Community Supported Agriculture program

PORT HADLOCK -- A new Community Supported Agriculture program will sprout this spring at Sunfield Farm, allowing residents to buy shares of organic vegetables grown… Continue reading

Weekend expo concentrates on ‘green’ building techniques

SEQUIM -- First, let your mind go. Imagine your dream home. Then see how it could take shape among the booths at the 2006 Building,… Continue reading

Beebe honored for donating casino winnings to Rotary Club efforts

SEQUIM -- Alice Beebe makes the most of penny and nickel slots. Those are all she plays when she goes to casinos, be they the… Continue reading

Brinnon-area residents protest proposed Dosewallips State Park expansion

BRINNON -- Embittered land owners attended a public meeting Tuesday to express their displeasure with the possible expansion plan for the 425-acre Dosewallips State Park.… Continue reading

Council defends Headrick selection; critics say appointment denies will of voters

PORT ANGELES -- Three of the four City Council members who voted Tuesday to return former Mayor Richard Headrick to the council defended their pick… Continue reading

Hatler wins Conservation District supervisor seat

PORT ANGELES -- Sequim environmentalist Don Hatler won the three-man race for Clallam Conservation District supervisor Tuesday by an almost 4-to-1 margin. Hatler unseated incumbent… Continue reading