PA chamber to hear from Elwha leader

PORT ANGELES -- Frances G. Charles, chairwoman of the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe, will be the featured speaker at this week's Port Angeles Chamber of… Continue reading

Port Townsend Marine Science Center opens $100,000 Discovery Lab

PORT TOWNSEND -- Nearly 100 enthusiasts filled the Port Townsend Marine Science Center dock to celebrate the opening of its new Discovery Lab on Saturday.… Continue reading

Port Townsend’s big construction projects for fire station, City Hall on schedule

PORT TOWNSEND -- The city's two big construction projects -- City Hall renovation and fire station construction -- are on schedule and within the estimated… Continue reading

Another conference call today on latest developments in Gateway condemnation suit

PORT ANGELES -- A court hearing on Clallam Transit System's property condemnation petition for the Port Angeles International Gateway Transportation Center has been postponed again.… Continue reading

Another vehicle burns; police investigating whether there’s a Wednesday night firebug

PORT ANGELES -- Another mysterious Wednesday night fire has struck the city, this time in a vehicle on the west side. A pickup truck was… Continue reading

Chimacum teams off to Wenatchee to show what they know

CHIMACUM -- Three teams from Chimacum Schools' Pi Program are traveling to Wenatchee today to compete in the Washington State Destination ImagiNation competition. Formerly Odyssey… Continue reading

Clallam’s top citizens to be lauded today

PORT ANGELES -- Rose Crumb is the founder and executive director of Hospice of Clallam County, a nonprofit group that provides service to terminally ill… Continue reading

Legal debate swirls around whether public comment appropriate in big gravel mining permit

PORT TOWNSEND -- Legal debate intensified Thursday whether public comment should be allowed before the Jefferson County commissioners regarding Fred Hill Materials Inc.'s proposed gravel… Continue reading

Volunteers documenting Jefferson County’s wealth of historical buildings

PORT TOWNSEND -- Whether it's the Rose Theatre or a crooked 100-year-old barn, the Jefferson County Historical Society wants to document it. The society has… Continue reading

Wal-Mart confirms it’s looking at former Kmart site in Port Angeles for new store

PORT ANGELES -- Wal-Mart on Thursday confirmed it is considering building a new store on the site of the former Kmart store on U.S. Highway… Continue reading

Appellate court rejects Port Hadlock killer’s bid for reduced prison sentence

TACOMA -- The state Court of Appeals has rejected convicted murderer Ryan Neil Sorensen's appeal in the slaying two years ago of his former father-in-law… Continue reading

Greenhouse complex proposed for Clallam County park could nurture flora after Elwha River dams removed

Olympic National Park hopes to grow 1.4 million plants and 1.7 million shrubs at Clallam County's Robin Hill Farm Park to recover land now under… Continue reading

Jefferson County officials preparing for state board review of Tri-Area urban growth area bid

PORT LUDLOW -- Jefferson County officials and legal representatives are gearing up for an April 18 state Growth Management Hearings Board hearing that could lead… Continue reading

Peninsula tourism industry takes wait and see attitude toward 2008 passport requirement

North Olympic Peninsula businesses dependent on tourism to and from Victoria are taking a wait-and-see attitude toward a new Bush administration proposal to require passports… Continue reading

Tighter long-term parking rules in works for Sequim city streets

SEQUIM -- Public parking could be limited to 30 days and the city would have more authority to haul off abandoned vehicles under new rules… Continue reading

Wal-Mart “seriously thinking”” about old Kmart property in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- The site of the old Kmart store could be home to a new Wal-Mart soon, according to the company that owns the… Continue reading

Alpaca aficionado finds a fiber niche in Sequim

SEQUIM -- Nora Brodie saw her first live alpaca in 2002 while taking a bus tour in Friday Harbor. She was entranced. She made the… Continue reading

Forks High School principal, vice principal defended — and panned — at contentious School Board meeting

FORKS -- More than 200 parents, students and residents flocked to Forks High School's auditorium Tuesday night to watch the Quillayute Valley School Board attempt… Continue reading

Jefferson County commissioner stung by not reporting $1 million real estate sale to disclosure panel

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County Commissioner Pat Rodgers admitted Tuesday he erred when he failed to report a $1 million property sale in his 2002… Continue reading

Rayonier mill cleanup uplands report could be out by end of June

PORT ANGELES -- An uplands remedial investigation report for cleaning up the site of the former Rayonier Inc. pulp mill should be ready by the… Continue reading