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

Former Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy pleads guilty to attempted arms smuggling

A former Jefferson County sheriff's deputy from Quilcene this week admitted to smuggling 85 guns and four grenade launchers from Vietnam to San Francisco in… Continue reading

Growth pushing Sequim toward own elk assessment

SEQUIM -- Pressured by rapid development, city leaders have decided to fly solo on an assessment of potential habitat for the Dungeness elk herd and… Continue reading

Model makers cut military history down to size

PORT TOWNSEND -- Echoes of the past resound at Fort Worden State Park. The mammoth gun emplacements overlooking Admiralty Inlet and the Strait of Juan… Continue reading

Port Angeles girl recovering after head-on collision

PORT ANGELES -- She's walking, talking and in good spirits. That's how family members and friends describe Ashlyn Dinius, the 9-year-old Hamilton Elementary School student… Continue reading

Prime time for whale watching in LaPush

LAPUSH -- It's happening now. Gray whales, which make one of the longest migrations of all mammals averaging more than 10,000 miles round trip, are… Continue reading

Army helicopter lands at Port Angeles, Sequim high schools in bid to interest recruits

"We need people." That's how 2nd Lt. Ray Leonard, pilot of an Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, summed up the state of his… Continue reading

Clallam PUD manager retiring in June

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County Public Utility District General Manager Dennis Bickford will retire at the end of June after nearly three years with the… Continue reading

Court filing outlines extent of Ressam’s cooperation

Ahmed Ressam, the Algerian captured in Port Angeles and later convicted of plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport on the eve of the millennium,… Continue reading

Figure in alleged cocaine ring accepts reduced plea, will testify against others

PORT ANGELES -- Another of the 11 people arrested in what authorities have deemed a local drug ring has pleaded guilty to delivering cocaine. Sam… Continue reading

North Olympic Peninsula grows by 1.6 percent in year, Census estimate says

The North Olympic Peninsula grew by 1.6 percent between July 2003 and July 2004, according to U.S. Census Bureau county population estimates released today. Both… Continue reading

Open house Friday will send off departing Port Townsend police chief

Port Townsend Police Chief Kristen Anderson will receive a public "sendoff"' sponsored by the officers and staff of her department Friday from 3 p.m. to… Continue reading

Ousted teacher settles with Sequim district

SEQUIM -- Former Sequim High School teacher David Trapp -- who was dismissed from the classroom for what was described as "harassing and bullying" behavior… Continue reading

Port Angeles-based ferry owner seeks expansion to Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND -- Saying the time is right for expanding foot-ferry service, the owner of the Port Angeles-based Victoria Express is talking about expanding his… Continue reading