Transit commissioners weigh proposals to change paratransit services

SEQUIM -- Clallam Transit System commissioners say they'll move slowly on recommendations to cut paratransit services for disabled people to keep the system small and… Continue reading

Cops and kids set sail on – Adventuress – for poetry workshop

PORT TOWNSEND -- On the sailing ship, there are lines that secure the vessel to the dock. Other lines are used to raise the sails… Continue reading

Physician recruitment program seeks to avoid medical crisis in Sequim, elsewhere, City Council told

SEQUIM -- Since identifying a looming physician shortage four years ago, Olympic Medical Center has recruited or helped retain 35 doctors in a wide range… Continue reading

Port Townsend Main Street program makes history of its own

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Main Street program, Washington's first historic downtown revitalization project now mimicked by cities nationwide, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. On a… Continue reading

Port Townsend team places third

A team from Port Townsend High School took third place Sunday from among 20 from high schools throughout Washington at the 2005 statewide YMCA Youth… Continue reading

Therapists to unite in pro bono effort for mental health

A new day may be breaking -- just the crack of dawn, perhaps, but light nonetheless -- for people who suffer mental health and chemical… Continue reading

Concert moved

THE SEQUIM CITY BAND's first concert of the season scheduled for today has been moved because of water damage in the Sequim High School auditorium,… Continue reading

Forks a strong contender for new mill

FORKS -- U.S. Bioenergy Corp.'s top official confirmed Friday that the company is strongly considering building one of its patented, self-sustaining mills in the Forks… Continue reading

GOP headquarters in Port Angeles vandalized

PORT ANGELES -- Authorities and Republican Party leaders are investigating -- and wondering why -- pieces of concrete were thrown through the window of party… Continue reading

High-speed chase ends with man jumping in lake

QUILCENE -- A high-speed chase ended with a splash for a Quilcene-area man. The 30-year-old fled from authorities in his 1991 Mazda Protege, reaching speeds… Continue reading

Jefferson Land Trust digs its roots into county’s open space and habitat protection

PORT TOWNSEND - With ambitious 2005 goals that include bumping its membership from 400 to 500, Jefferson Land Trust is a conservation organization with a… Continue reading

Peninsula’s three hospitals discussing combined efforts for doctor recruiting, other healthcare issues

Public hospital administrators from Port Angeles, Port Townsend and Forks may join forces to recruit physicians, improve cardiac and cancer care and share healthcare costs.… Continue reading

Port Townsend turns back the hands of time

PORT TOWNSEND -- Despite occasional rain and cold windy weather, the ninth annual Victorian Festival filled a century-old historical Port Townsend downtown with colorful crowds… Continue reading

Student rips pipe; water streams through Sequim High School auditorium area

SEQUIM -- A rambunctious student broke a sprinkler system pipe at Sequim High School on Friday morning, sending a cascade of water through part of… Continue reading

Woman who mailed threatening letters to police gets 10 months

SEQUIM -- A woman who sent threatening letters to the Sequim Police Department and an officer's home, saying he would "die soon," was sentenced in… Continue reading

Young inmate who hanged self left a suicide note eight days earlier

PORT ANGELES -- Eight days before he killed himself inside his detention center cell, Joshua Petty wrote a suicide note. He addressed it to his… Continue reading

Coho salmon taking big losses from drying streams

CLALLAM BAY -- The dry winter season seems to be taking an early toll on wildlife on the West End. Since February, residents and fish… Continue reading

Forks scholarship auction goes to World Wide Web; live broadcast over Internet site replaces defunct television coverage

FORKS -- The Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction is going global. For the first time, the annual auction that since 1964 has raised hundreds of thousands… Continue reading

Lynden administrator selected as new Port Townsend schools superintendent

PORT TOWNSEND -- The assistant superintendent of a school district near the Canadian border is the next Port Townsend School District superintendent. With a unanimous… Continue reading

Major subdivisions in elk habitat area to go before Sequim Planning Commission

SEQUIM -- Public hearings on two large subdivisions -- both within the Roosevelt elk habitat area on Sequim's east side -- are on the city… Continue reading