The hype over “420”

How three little numbers came to mean so much to so many remains a question wrapped up in mystery and hype. But it's a fact… Continue reading

Arguments this week on whether convict’s sentence should be shortened

PORT ANGELES -- A judge will hear arguments this week on whether a man convicted of severely beating another man should get a shorter sentence.… Continue reading

Inventor spends 25 hours floating in chilly water, emerges ‘warm, toasty’

SEQUIM -- After spending more than 24 hours in the chilly waters of Sequim Bay, the inventor of a new kind of coldwater survival suit… Continue reading

Lower Elwha plan clinic expansion complete with trails, restaurant, amphitheater

PORT ANGELES -- You start by expanding your health clinic six fold. Next build a 48,000-square foot Wellness Center and crown it with a restaurant… Continue reading

New school finds home in heart of historic Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND -- A new private school that plans to be an integral part of the community has found a home exactly where its founders… Continue reading

Proposed forest resource plan ready for comments

OLYMPIA -- The draft environmental-impact statement on 26 new policies that will replace the 1992 Forest Resource Plan for forested lands managed by the state… Continue reading

Toddler undergoing fourth round of chemotherapy before age 2

PORT ANGELES -- The first months of little Alexander De Leon's life haven't been easy. Not even 2 years old yet, the Port Angeles toddler… Continue reading

Traffic narrows in downtown Port Angeles starting today

Repainting of the red and yellow curbs in the downtown Port Angeles area and replacement of worn traffic legends and centerline markers will occur over… Continue reading

Accused killer involved in jail fistfight

PORT ANGELES -- Even inside jail segregation, the man accused of strangling 15-year-old Melissa Leigh Carter isn't safe. In a Clallam County Superior Court hearing… Continue reading

Boy who threatened to kill football coaches will be jailed until 21st birthday

PORT ANGELES -- The 14-year-old Sequim boy who plotted to kill three high school football coaches will be incarcerated until his 21st birthday. Following prosecutors'… Continue reading

Hearing Friday for man accused of beating girlfriend to death

PORT ANGELES -- The hearing for a murder suspect to enter a plea in the beating death of his girlfriend has been continued until this… Continue reading

Inventor testing his survival suit the hard way: 25 hours in Sequim Bay

SEQUIM -- The water temperature at John Wayne Marina measured a chilly 48 degrees Saturday morning. That's too cold for swimming, or even a quick… Continue reading

Port Hadlock millworker wins verdict in suit over asbestos

A Seattle jury has delivered a $242,500 verdict in favor of a 75-year-old Port Hadlock man who lost part of a lung as the result… Continue reading

Port Ludlow woman to memorialize husband who died of Agent Orange-related cancer in nation’s capital

PORT LUDLOW -- Carol Brannan, left a Port Ludlow widow last year when her husband of 36 years died of Agent Orange-related cancer, will be… Continue reading

Sequim clinic wins Make a Difference award

SEQUIM -- A charitable clinic serving uninsured and under-insured people used a simple activity and a simple idea last year to raise both money and… Continue reading

Too small, Forks hospital says

Forks Community Hospital is one of about 2 percent of hospitals nationwide that are not participating in a new Web site that measures quality of… Continue reading

Two Peninsula hospitals in comparison on national Web site

If you go to a hospital with a heart attack, will you be given aspirin? When you leave the hospital after heart failure, will you… Continue reading

Young mother dies in wreck near Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- One person was killed and three others were injured in a single-car crash early Saturday morning on Laird Road. The driver of… Continue reading

Data show Olympic watersheds abnormally dry

Belly up to the water cooler, boys, the rivers will rise again! 'Twon't be this spring, though, and certainly not this summer. There's snow in… Continue reading

Driver convicted of vehicular homicide stemming from 2004 fatality on U.S. 101

The driver of a car that killed a Carlsborg woman in one of a spate of fatal collisions on U.S. Highway 101 last year was… Continue reading