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

Port Angeles: Castaways house band bassist seriously injured in car-motorcycle collision

PORT ANGELES -- A car-motorcycle crash Friday morning resulted in the motorcyclist being airlifted to a Seattle hospital. Gordon Bowlby, 54, of Port Angeles was… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Scores attend Olympic Medical Center hearing on future of Virginia Mason clinic

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center commissioners received a mixed message -- a tangled one, really -- from more than 100 people who attended Saturday's… Continue reading

Port Townsend: – Rubert resigns from County Clerks office after election loss

PORT TOWNSEND -- Tammi Rubert, who ran unsuccessfully against appointed Superior Court Clerk Ruth Gordon in the September Democratic primary, submitted her two weeks notice… Continue reading

Sequim: Council to consider $15.6 million budget

SEQUIM -- Construction and commercial activity are boosting the city of Sequim's revenues, but population growth and the resulting demands on city services are eating… Continue reading

Clallam: Lead shifts in school board election

PORT ANGELES -- Port Angeles School Board challenger Patti Happe took a 51-vote lead over incumbent Lynn Geren on Thursday after 2,958 more ballots were… Continue reading