Jefferson County considering next move in training center controversy

PORT TOWNSEND - Jefferson County officials are huddling with legal counsel and the outcome of those meetings could determine the future of a Discovery Bay-based… Continue reading

Landowner rejects $175,000 offer from Jefferson Transit

PORT TOWNSEND -- The owner of 10 acres on which Jefferson Transit officials want to build a new transit center has rejected a $175,000 offer… Continue reading

New executive director avoids controversy that preceded her arrival

SEQUIM -- Caroline Grace James' first day on the job as Olympic Theatre Arts' new executive director began with the seeds of what could've been… Continue reading

New sawmill taking applications in three weeks

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles Hardwood LLC sawmill under construction at Eclipse Industrial Park will begin taking employment applications Sept. 6, said Gary Cantrell,… Continue reading

Peninsula College kicks off dental program in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- For the first time ever and thanks to a partnership with Olympic Community Action Programs and Pierce College, Peninsula College is offering… Continue reading

Port Townsend man arrested naked aboard boat in Sequim Bay

SEQUIM -- A Port Townsend man was taken into custody by Sequim police Tuesday afternoon after a Coast Guard helicopter crew found him standing on… Continue reading

Unemployment drops in Jefferson County, stays even in Clallam

Jefferson County's unemployment rate dropped below 5 percent last month, the state Employment Security Department reported Wednesday. That compares with 5.2 percent joblessness in June… Continue reading

Clallam PUD considers operating Indian Island electric system in Jefferson County

PORT HADLOCK -- Naval Magazine Indian Island, the Navy's only installation on the North Olympic Peninsula, might be getting its electricity from Clallam County in… Continue reading

Drought presentation coming to Port Angeles

A meeting to discuss the drought in Washington and what's being done about it -- both on the North Olympic Peninsula and statewide -- will… Continue reading

Shooting noise still reported from training center on Discovery Bay

DISCOVERY BAY -- In spite of a Jefferson County order shutting down their homeland security operations Thursday, Discovery Bay residents complained that Security Services Northwest… Continue reading

Users plead to keep Clallam paratransit service as is

PORT ANGELES -- A visually impaired woman urged Clallam Transit System commissioners Monday to raise paratransit fares rather than reduce the service she called "a… Continue reading

West End officials tout array of plans to boost economy, culture

PORT ANGELES -- Sure, Forks and other West End communities took a big economic hit in the 1980s when logging practices were curtailed. But things… Continue reading

Classic rockers move Jefferson County Fair

PORT TOWNSEND -- In 1965, the Kingsmen were the No. 1 touring band in the United States. Forty years later, the Northwest garage band made… Continue reading

Port Angeles officials still feel left out in graving yard issues

PORT ANGELES -- The Lower Elwha Klallam tribe's lawsuit over burials at Tse-whit-zen shouldn't aggravate its relations with Port Angeles political leaders, two City Council… Continue reading

Port Townsend-Seattle foot ferry successful even when bridge is open

PORT TOWNSEND -- The state ought to close the Hood Canal Bridge more often, say foot-ferry passengers who rode to Seattle on Sunday -- even… Continue reading

Seqium man in medical marijuana limbo wants his case settled

SEQUIM -- The last few months have not been kind to Brian Rickard, and the time he spent in the hospital for multiple surgeries in… Continue reading

Unmarked State Patrol cars catch devilish drivers

PORT ANGELES -- John Ryan can move like a ghost through traffic on U.S. Highway 101, lurking in your rearview mirror completely undetected. He's like… Continue reading

History comes alive at Jefferson County Fair

PORT TOWNSEND -- Mountain men and Sacagawea walked the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, dotted with teepees and lodges, as the fair opened Friday, drawing large crowds.… Continue reading

Hood Canal Bridge reopened more than a day early

SHINE -- It's open! The North Olympic Peninsula's main link to the Puget Sound area opened between 10 p.m. and midnight Saturday, more than a… Continue reading

Lower Elwha Klallam sue to have graving yard site remain as burial ground

OLYMPIA -- The former Hood Canal Bridge graving yard in Port Angeles would be forever a burial ground if the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe succeeds… Continue reading