Port Townsend: Hearing opens in Discovery Bay noise, training center dispute

PORT TOWNSEND -- Security Services Northwest's owner and president Joe D'Amico testified Wednesday that he erred when he constructed new buildings at Fort Discovery Training… Continue reading

Clallam: Commissioners honor stop-smoking counselor, proclaim Smokeout Day

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County commissioners honored a stop-smoking counselor Tuesday and proclaimed Thursday to be Great American Smokeout Day, living up to a tobacco-prevention… Continue reading

Clallam:Tharinger says cancer is in remission

Clallam County Commissioner Steve Tharinger is in remission from the lymphoma for which he has been treated since October 2004. The Dungeness Democrat shared the… Continue reading

Jefferson:More maintenance planned for Hood Canal Bridge

Bridge inspectors will continue maintenance testing of the Hood Canal Bridge draw span on state Highway 104 Thursday. The bridge will be closed between 12:01… Continue reading

Peninsula: Peninsula College spends $330,000 for emergency fix in Forks

FORKS -- What started as a leak turned into a $330,000 emergency fix of the Forks extension site for Peninsula College. When Matt Graves, the… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Car prowls up 200 percent in three-month period

PORT ANGELES -- Lock your car's doors. That's the best advice Police Chief Tom Riepe can offer in light of a more than 200 percent… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Violent crime increases in first six months of 2005

PORT ANGELES -- Violent crime in Port Angeles increased about 14 percent during the first half of 2005 compared to 2004, but property crime dropped… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Port gets A3 bond rating from Moody”s

PORT TOWNSEND -- Port of Port Townsend leaders are marking a milestone in the port's 71-year history with an A3 bond rating. "It's the highest… Continue reading

Spirited search: Ghost hunters spend weekend in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND -- Sitting in a room in The Palace Hotel on Saturday night, Stephanie Davisson, 44, of Des Moines and two other people placed… Continue reading

Clallam: United Way director steps down

PORT ANGELES -- The executive director of United Way of Clallam County has quit, leaving the agency at a pivotal point in its $1 million… Continue reading

Jefferson: Commissioners OK $834,911 bid for courthouse improvement

PORT TOWNSEND -- Before the Jefferson County Courthouse receives any restoration work, the grounds around the 113-year-old, Romanesque-style block structure will see a string of… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Judge clears land condemnation for Gateway Center

PORT ANGELES -- Property condemnation for the Port Angeles International Gateway Transportation Center can proceed after a visiting Jefferson County judge ruled that the project… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Port property tax levy up slightly

PORT ANGELES -- The Port of Port Angeles will collect more than $34,000 extra in property taxes in 2006 because of new construction within its… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Vocational mill training high on school priority list

PORT TOWNSEND -- School District leaders are working with Port Townsend Paper Corp. to start a manufacturing technology class at Port Townsend High School that… Continue reading

Sequim: Council Oks contentious 236-home Cedar Ridge subdivision

SEQUIM -- With little discussion and no fireworks, City Council members approved a large subdivision project Monday that had been the focus of long and… Continue reading

Mobility system helps park ranger protect wild areas

By Eva TAllmadge PORT ANGELES -- For only the second time in more than 10 years of working at Olympic National Park headquarters, Resource Education… Continue reading

  • Nov 14, 2005
  • EVA TALLMADGE

Peninsula: For many, election day goes on

Mail-in ballots have changed Election Day into Election Week for close races across the state, including Clallam County. Officials last counted ballots on Thursday, then… Continue reading

Peninsula: Jamestown S”Klallam chairman tapped for national honor

BLYN -- W. Ron Allen, chairman of the Jamestown S"Klallam tribe, will receive the $25,000 Buffett Award for Indigenous Leadership. Allen, 57, will be honored… Continue reading

Clallam: Lower Elwha clinic talking to Virginia Mason doctors

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center isn't the only health care provider that could ride to the rescue of Virginia Mason patients. The Lower Elwha… Continue reading

Jefferson: – Summit examines Jefferson County’s economy: Better-trained workforce, more industrial land needed

PORT TOWNSEND -- Annual average wages and salaries at 57.1 percent of the state average. A workforce that manufacturers say lacks the skills and training… Continue reading