Chamber of Commerce can’t come up with just one Citizen of the Year — so it names two

PORT HADLOCK - The area of Port Hadlock, Chimacum and Irondale - called the Tri-Area - has its 2007 citizen of the year - well,… Continue reading

County officials edgy after threats, bring 75% of deputy force to courthouse

PORT TOWNSEND - Jefferson County Sheriff's Office posted six deputies at the courthouse Monday after two separate threats were reported, a sheriff's official said. "That… Continue reading

Downtown Port Angeles ‘painted’ as precursor to big water main, sidewalk project

PORT ANGELES - Those paint markings that have shown up on some of the downtown sidewalks don't mean the start of a $3 million sidewalk… Continue reading

OMC plans open house at newly expanded, renamed cancer center

SEQUIM - Olympic Medical Center will hold an open house in its newly expanded cancer center from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday. The facility,… Continue reading

Sequim High School graduates to walk outside amid unlimited audience

SEQUIM - It's to be one of Sequim's bigger bashes, so the football field has been deemed the venue. Due to much phone-calling, at least… Continue reading

Sequim’s growth up or out? Forum discuss city’s future

SEQUIM - High-rises, how tall to build City Hall and how to pay for the city's growth: Such were the topics that made for a… Continue reading

Boys & Girls Club loses boss but gains $200,000

SEQUIM - The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula, in their ongoing saga of personnel and fundraising, have won some and lost one.… Continue reading

Jefferson County officials beef up security at courthouse meeting

PORT TOWNSEND - Taking a Chimacum farmer's threat seriously, Jefferson County's administrator called three sheriff's deputies to the county commissioners' meeting Monday to ensure order.… Continue reading

Order from the court: Can Clallam judges tell commissioners to fund judiciary?

Clallam County commissioners turned down a District Court judge's request for another clerk Monday, preferring to wait until voters decide on a proposed sales tax… Continue reading

Peninsula lawmakers pleased with busy Olympia session

OLYMPIA - One of the state's busier legislative sessions has wrapped up, and the 24th District's legislators say they were pleased with what they and… Continue reading

Schools Superintendent Cohn to stay in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES - Schools Superintendent Gary Cohn has withdrawn his application for superintendent of the Bellingham School District, saying he will stay in Port Angeles… Continue reading

Artist’s vision shapes church landscape

PORT TOWNSEND - Knowing he was dying of ALS, metal artist Russell Jaqua spent the final months of his life preparing a gift for his… Continue reading

Highway to be named in honor of Korean War vets

PORT ANGELES - Gerald Rettela of Port Angeles set out to have a tangible memorial for the veterans of the Korean War. In January he… Continue reading

Partnership seeks to protect farmland

PORT TOWNSEND - Food-producing farmland is gradually slipping away in Jefferson County, a phenomenon exacerbated by growing development pressures, say conservation groups. Added to that… Continue reading

State of Sound, Strait topic of Tuesday presentation

PORT ANGELES - The health of Puget Sound and nearby waters, including the Strait of Juan de Fuca along Clallam and Jefferson counties, will be… Continue reading

Couple in their 80s chase man who allegedly stole purse

PORT ANGELES - After she was knocked to the ground and dragged a few feet before her purse was wrenched from her grasp in a… Continue reading

Earth Day volunteers clean up and find new ways to get around

Today, on the 37th edition of Earth Day, people all over the North Olympic Peninsula are out cleaning up, both in town and out in… Continue reading

New Forks visitor center director on the job

FORKS - When Mike Gurling retired from Olympic National Park and accepted the job as director of the Forks Chamber of Commerce visitor center, he… Continue reading

Ron Allen, a Native American leader who builds tribe, county — and respect

BLYN - This isn't a conversation. It's a headlong leap onto a bullet train. Ron Allen is the engineer, hurtling back and forth between the… Continue reading

Two arrested during protest of submarine at Indian Island

PORT HADLOCK - Two Jefferson County residents were arrested Saturday outside the entrance gates of Naval Magazine Indian Island as 16 people brandished cardboard signs… Continue reading