Second Hood Canal Bridge closure period confirmed

SHINE -- The second of two closures of the Hood Canal Bridge was confirmed on Monday to run from Sunday night, Aug. 21, to Thursday… Continue reading

Sequim near allowing bicyclists to use skatepark

SEQUIM -- The City Council signaled support Monday for letting bicycles share the ramps and jumps at the Sequim skatepark with skateboarders. But council members… Continue reading

Sequim to sell two school district parcels to buy another for bus maintenance, storage

SEQUIM -- School Board members decided Monday to sell two parcels of school district land to raise money to buy property for a new vehicle… Continue reading

Tiny bugs mired in middle of stream-cleanup funding

PORT ANGELES -- Itty-bitty bugs have become the mayflies in the ointment, so to speak, in a stream-cleanup funding dispute between Clallam County and the… Continue reading

Jefferson: PT man dies in crash on Highway 20

A 24-year-old Port Townsend man was pronounced dead at the scene of a rollover accident on state Highway 20 near Highway 19 in Jefferson County… Continue reading

Plaintive mews of kittens, cats steal hearts during adopt-a-thon

PORT ANGELES -- OK, everybody, on the count of three: One, two, three -- Awwwww! There's not much else you can say when a wee… Continue reading

Port Angeles: City eyes code enforcement officer

PORT ANGELES -- A proposed revision of the city's public nuisance ordinance also will include a code enforcement officer, said City Manager Mike Quinn. He… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Police probe string of car-window smashing

PORT ANGELES -- Police are investigating a rash of car-window smashings that occurred early Sunday morning on the city's east side. The vandalism was preceded… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Open house to celebrate Rothschild restoration

PORT TOWNSEND -- An open house celebration at the Rothschild House from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday will feature family descendent Dorette Rothschild Lemon.… Continue reading

Sequim: Lavender farm’s closing goes public

SEQUIM -- The notice printed last week announcing that Sequim Valley Lavender has "ceased operations" surprised many in the lavender community -- not because of… Continue reading

$5,000 closer to a downtown cop in Port Angeles

THE PORT ANGELES Chamber of Commerce board has committed $5,000 toward funding a police officer whose "beat"' is downtown Port Angeles. Chamber President Dan Gase… Continue reading

California man dies in three-car collision on Highway 101

GARDINER -- A California man became the North Olympic Peninsula's fifth car crash fatality on U.S. Highway 101 this year when his car crossed the… Continue reading

Graving yard pullout legal, says state attorney general

PORT ANGELES - Did the state Department of Transportation have the legal authority to terminate Port Angeles' graving yard project in December? It appears so.… Continue reading

Gregoire gives bioenergy task force $50,000

PORT ANGELES -- Defying the slow machinations of bureaucratic procedure, Gov. Christine Gregoire presented members of the Bioenergy Task Force with a $50,000 check Friday… Continue reading

Gregoire urges Port Angeles citizens to decide fate of failed graving yard

PORT ANGELES -- The future of Clallam County in helping to build parts for the Hood Canal Bridge is unsure and uses for the Tse-whit-zen… Continue reading

Jefferson County EDC directors clash over funding

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County Economic Development Council directors openly clashed Friday over government funding and the support needed to help keep the job-creating agency… Continue reading

Junk food to be strictly regulated at Peninsula schools

Soda pop and greasy pizzas will soon be expelled from school campuses on the North Olympic Peninsula. A state law passed in spring 2004 is… Continue reading

Barnes officially charged with arson, drug delivery

PORT ANGELES -- A Port Angeles man who is awaiting trial for cocaine trafficking and organized crime was charged Thursday in Clallam County Superior Court… Continue reading

Commissioners identify 2006 budget priorities

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County commissioners know what their priorities are. They rate law and justice, public health, enhancing natural resources, investment in community infrastructure… Continue reading

Jefferson commissioners override previous board’s recreation policy on subsidies

CHIMACUM -- All Jefferson County families should have the opportunity to fully participate in county recreation programs, regardless of income, says a new policy approved… Continue reading