American arrested with small pipe bomb off ferry released on $1,000 bail

VICTORIA -- The American tourist who was arrested in Victoria on Tuesday after border agents discovered a small pipe bomb in the glove box of… Continue reading

Discovery Bay gun range distributing support petitions; bomb squads train at site

GARDINER -- While residents around Discovery Bay are petitioning Jefferson County leaders to end gunfire at Fort Discovery Training Center, Security Services Northwest's president is… Continue reading

Family files suit over son’s injuries from fall at Port Angeles marina

PORT ANGELES -- A Port Angeles family has filed two lawsuits aimed at the Port of Port Angeles, Port Angeles Marine and San Juan Excursions… Continue reading

Lavender an example of successful value-added agricultural products in Dungeness Valley

SEQUIM -- The "lavender legend" goes like this: In early 1995, while four women were returning from Forks, one of them divulged that she had… Continue reading

Potter mania hits Peninsula

PORT TOWNSEND -- Harry Potter fans in Port Townsend will have an opportunity to hear the first four chapters of the new sixth book, Harry… Continue reading

Rothschild House open Saturday for open house

An open house celebration will be held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Rothschild House at the corner of Taylor and Franklin streets,… Continue reading

State Patrol motorcycle team on Peninsula during first two days of Sequim Lavender Festival

SEQUIM -- Anticipating an influx of tourists on North Olympic Peninsula roads this weekend, the Washington State Patrol will dispatch a motorcycle patrol detachment from… Continue reading

Aldrich’s Market rising from the ashes of devastating Port Townsend fire

PORT TOWNSEND -- Heads turned with excitement and anticipation all week. Curious pedestrians and braking motorists peeked through the store entrance as Aldrich's Market employees… Continue reading

Firm to visit Port Angeles to investigate graving yard situation

PORT ANGELES -- Members of a Wisconsin-based consulting firm will visit Port Angeles and Olympia in August to investigate what went wrong with the Hood… Continue reading

Point Hudson Marina project delayed at least a year

QUILCENE -- Construction of a Point Hudson Marina moorage and facilities improvement project must wait at least a year because Port of Port Townsend officials… Continue reading

Visitors already arriving ahead of weekend Lavender Festival

SEQUIM -- Although the Sequim Lavender Festival doesn't officially start until 11 a.m. Friday, visitors have already started showing up at local lavender farms and… Continue reading

Donations, energy flowing into new Boiler Room venture

PORT TOWNSEND -- With donations of more than $25,000 in the pot, the Boiler Room is looking forward to taking ownership of its new home… Continue reading

Man takes apparent mailbox bomb to post office

PORT ANGELES -- A man who found what looked like a small explosive device about the size of a coffee cup in his mailbox tried… Continue reading

Port Angeles, Port Townsend school boards pass nutrition, fitness policy

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles and Port Townsend school boards unanimously approved new nutrition and fitness policies at their respective meetings Monday. At Port… Continue reading

Principal resigns from Forks High

PORT ANGELES -- Steve Quick, Forks High School's principal for the past two school years, resigned on Monday. Quick, who since the spring has been… Continue reading

Pro-excise tax signatures delivered to commissioners

PORT ANGELES -- Support for a tax to preserve farmland sprung up like a field of weeds Tuesday when Clallam County commissioners received more than… Continue reading

Tickets go on sale for Port Townsend-Seattle ferry runs during Hood Canal Bridge closure

PORT TOWNSEND -- Tickets went on sale Tuesday for Aqua Express' Port Townsend-Seattle weekend passenger ferry sailings, being offered during the Aug. 11-15 Hood Canal… Continue reading

“Stop work” order issued on Discovery Bay counterterrorism complex

GARDINER -- Security Services Northwest's gunfire has led Jefferson County officials to issue a "stop work" order on unlicensed structures at the homeland security counterassault… Continue reading

Clallam PUD moves ahead on Morse Creek water plant

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County Public Utility District water customers east of here should have a new water treatment plant on Morse Creek sometime in… Continue reading

Fluoridation appeal hearing set for Oct. 7

PORT ANGELES -- The legal challenge of the city's proposed water fluoridation project is set for an Oct. 7 showdown in Port Townsend before Jefferson… Continue reading