Two to vie for medical center board post

PORT ANGELES -- Cindy Witham will challenge Dr. Jorgen Quistgaard for a seat on the Olympic Medical Center Board of Commissioners. Quistgaard is the incumbent.… Continue reading

Vandals damage outside pieces at fine arts center

PORT ANGELES --Vandals have taken liberties with three exterior art installations around the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd., in recent weeks.… Continue reading

Weed killers try to expand elk feeding grounds

SEQUIM -- Wayne Fitzwater wipes his brow with his forearm -- his hands are wrapped in latex gloves soaked in herbicide -- and sighs as… Continue reading

Airport lighting and ramp work under way

PORT ANGELES -- Repaving of the passenger loading area began this week at William R. Fairchild International Airport and is expected to last through Aug.… Continue reading

Canoe journey preparations intensifying

PORT ANGELES -- Sounds of sawing, sanding, digging and mowing rode the breeze Tuesday at the Lower Elwha Klallam Reservation as tribal members made final… Continue reading

County commissioners seek legal opinion on proposed real estate excise tax

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County commissioners will seek legal advice on four questions about a proposed real estate excise tax that would preserve Clallam County… Continue reading

Final clue in film festival contest

The final clue in the Port Townsend Film Festival "Guess the Guest"' contest has been released for the Sept. 23-25 event. Hidden within four weekly… Continue reading

Port Townsend waterfront will rock Thursday night; Port Angeles pier concert tonight

co-sponsors the free summer Concert on the Pier at Port Angeles City Pier. The Port Angeles outdoor concerts are from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.… Continue reading

Retail sales keeping county afloat, administrator says; Costco move to Sequim would hurt revenues

PORT ANGELES -- A debt-free Clallam County, buoyed by retail sales taxes, stayed afloat in black ink during the first six months of 2005. County… Continue reading

19 file on opening day of candidacy week in Jefferson County

First-day candidate filings for local offices in Jefferson County found 19 hopefuls signing up at the County Auditor's Office for 44 positions in the Sept.… Continue reading

Deputy assessor seeks to fill remaining assessor term in first day of Clallam candidate filings

Clallam County Deputy Assessor Mike Hopf filed Monday as a candidate in the Sept. 20 primary for the office vacated by last week's death of… Continue reading

Jefferson commissioners turn down Port Ludlow request for ferry money

Jefferson County commissioners on Monday turned down a Port Ludlow Chamber of Commerce request for money to operate a passenger ferry during August's second Hood… Continue reading

Off-duty Sequim police officer dies in motorcycle crash

SEQUIM -- A Sequim police officer was identified late Sunday night as the person killed in an off-duty, head-on motorcycle crash between Forks and Clallam… Continue reading

Port offers up to $6,000 for downtown Port Angeles officer

PORT ANGELES -- The Port of Port Angeles will pay $2,000 annually for three years to the city's downtown resource officer program if the remaining… Continue reading

Port Townsend discusses tax on event admission fees

PORT TOWNSEND -- Tasked with a question of where to find more revenue to balance the city budget, the City Council turned to a proposed… Continue reading

Port Townsend street repaving under way

Port Townsend city officials have closed a stretch of 12th Street between Kuhn Street and East Sims Way for daytime roadwork that began Monday. The… Continue reading

Sequim city, Clallam County officials tug over sewer, water issues

Sequim city councilmen pushed, Clallam County commissioners pulled, but Sequim's proposed $21 million regional sewer project remained unresolved Monday. Jim Bay, Sequim public works director,… Continue reading

Clallam County: Sequim council, Clallam commissioners to meet

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County commissioners will meet with Sequim City Council members in a joint session at 1 p.m. today. The conference will start… Continue reading

Jefferson County Relay for Life benefit exceeds goal

PORT TOWNSEND -- For the third year in a row, the Jefferson County Relay for Life has exceeded its fund-raising goal for the American Cancer… Continue reading

Peninsula: ONP to construct new plant facility at Robin Hill park

In coordination with Clallam County, Olympic National Park will construct a new plant propagation facility within Robin Hill County Park. Construction of the new facility,… Continue reading