Clallam ballot returns at 31.26 percent

Clallam County Auditor Cathleen McKeown said that ballot returns as of Thursday were at 31.26 percent with 13,727 of 43,918 ballots returned. Voters in Clallam… Continue reading

Doctor accuses OMC of purchasing imaging equipment to compete with him

PORT ANGELES -- Financial figures took a back seat to arguments Wednesday when Olympic Medical Center's budget hearing broke down into a quarrel over private… Continue reading

New windows due at Jefferson Healthcare in January

By Andrew Weeks PORT TOWNSEND -- A long-awaited $2.2 million facelift project kicks off at Jefferson Healthcare hospital with the installation of new windows in… Continue reading

  • Nov 4, 2005
  • ANDREW WEEKS

Restraining order sought against Saturday farmers market in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- Business owners who are challenging the downtown Saturday Port Angeles Farmers Market's conditional use permit now want to shut down the operation… Continue reading

Bald is beautiful: Co-workers shave heads in solidarity with cancer patient

PORT ANGELES -- Most people who have a full head of hair take it for granted. When Betty Graf, 51, a receptionist at Pacific Office… Continue reading

CarFit to be held at Port Ludlow Beach Club to help seniors control their vehicles better

PORT LUDLOW -- A special program to help senior citizens fit behind the wheels of their cars better and more safely makes its second appearance… Continue reading

Clock ticking on courthouse tower rehab in Jefferson County

By Andrew Weeks PORT TOWNSEND -- After more than 100 years, the Jefferson County Courthouse clock tower will receive a facelift when a $2.4 million… Continue reading

  • Nov 3, 2005
  • ANDREW WEEKS

Hood Canal Bridge drawspan to be tested early next Thursday

Early-morning travelers on Thursday, Nov. 10, might want to avoid state Highway 104 and the Hood Canal Bridge. Maintenance work will require drawspan openings and… Continue reading

Logjam at state mental hospital affecting Peninsula justice system

There are four men in the Clallam County jail waiting for a bed at Western State Hospital, the state's mental health facility serving the west… Continue reading

OMC won’t buy Virginia Mason’s Port Angeles properties outright, board members say

PORT ANGELES -- Although other options may remain, Olympic Medical Center won't buy the local Virginia Mason Clinic outright and run it in its present… Continue reading

Kessler says Ecology interpreting 1995 law’s intent correctly for Jefferson County farmers

PORT TOWNSEND -- A North Olympic Peninsula legislator is questioning whether the state Department of Ecology is correctly interpreting the original intent of 1995 legislation… Continue reading

Port Angeles OKs first development agreement with county east of city

PORT ANGELES -- The first of several agreements with Clallam County to coordinate development east of the city limits was unanimously approved by the City… Continue reading

Up to 3,200 Clallam ballots in question during Nov. 8 general election

BY Andrew Weeks Thousands of ballots in next week's general election in Clallam County are being held up because they were returned in the mail… Continue reading

  • Nov 2, 2005
  • ANDREW WEEKS

Write-in candidate making noise in SARC race

SEQUIM -- Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center commissioners decided last year not to renew a contract with the local Boys and Girls Club that allowed a… Continue reading

Clallam PUD balks at running Indian Island electricity system

The Clallam County Public Utility District has withdrawn its proposal to buy and operate Naval Magazine Indian Island's electric distribution system after the U.S. Navy… Continue reading

Group fed up with property tax assessments organizing

A group of people concerned about rising property assessments has planned a meeting later this month to receive property tax information -- and perhaps form… Continue reading

Jefferson County ballot turnout tops 25%

The Jefferson County Auditor's Office as of Monday received 5,469 completed mail-in ballots of the 21,286 distributed in October. That's a 25.69 percent return for… Continue reading

Lofty goals for ending homelessness in Clallam

PORT ANGELES -- Cut homelessness in half in Clallam County by 2015? It can be done -- it will be done -- say social service… Continue reading

Peninsula gasoline prices falling

By Andrew Weeks Only a month ago, Chevron gas station dealer Bob Lovell was selling gasoline at more than $3 a gallon for regular self-serve.… Continue reading

  • Nov 1, 2005
  • ANDREW WEEKS

Significant snow coats Hurricane Ridge, Cascade recreation areas

The current series of storms has brought the first lasting snow of the season to Hurricane Ridge in the Olympics and to recreation areas in… Continue reading