Olympics snowpack at 23 percent of normal — but is it right to panic?

The Olympic Mountains' winter snowpack is money in the bank. When snowpacks are low, as they are right now all around the Northwest, the bank… Continue reading

Port Angeles levy campaign chairman looks back at ineffective campaign

PORT ANGELES -- Placing two separate school tax levies before Port Angeles School District voters in last week's election may have been a mistake, says… Continue reading

Port Townsend city councilwoman among new owners of Windermere agency

PORT TOWNSEND -- Michelle Sandoval, a local real estate agent and Port Townsend City Council member, has purchased the Windermere Real Estate agency in Port… Continue reading

Port Townsend, Jefferson County keep eye on low snowpack

Low mountain snowpack now could put a drain on Jefferson County utilities this summer. In East Jefferson County, that means the threat of higher power… Continue reading

Three company officials tour West End to scout possible mill, co-generation plant sites

Three officials from a Montana-based company were "just looking" at sites in the North Olympic Peninsula last week as possible locations to build one of… Continue reading

Coastline near Clallam Bay-Sekiu offer visitors great views but not a lot of people

CLALLAM BAY -- During the sunny summer months, throngs of tourists from throughout the nation and world flock to the northwest coastline along the Strait… Continue reading

Emergency breakwater work proceeds in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND -- Moving quickly to beat stormy weather, work is set next week to repair about 300 feet of the severely wave-damaged breakwater protecting… Continue reading

For Valentine’s Day, take your sweetie to a graving yard hearing

PORT ANGELES -- If you're tired of the candy, roses and restaurant routine for Valentine's Day, take your true love to the meeting on the… Continue reading

Friends organize a flurry of fund-raising activities to help pay for medical bills of Sequim man undergoing marrow transplant

SEQUIM -- Friends of Gary Scott, a 59-year-old husband and father of five who is about to undergo a bone marrow transplant, are organizing benefit… Continue reading

Man jumps onto Port Townsend ferry, spurs bomb search

PORT TOWNSEND -- An apparently intoxicated Rockport man climbed a fence and jumped onto the state ferry MV Klickitat early Thursday morning, prompting a bomb… Continue reading

Peninsula tourism marketers think midweek closings of Hood Canal Bridge best

A group of North Olympic Peninsula tourism marketers recommends to state officials that midweek Hood Canal Bridge work closures are better this summer to avoid… Continue reading

Port Angeles party to fete Marine back from deadly fighting in Fallujah

PORT ANGELES -- When the photographer's shutter clicked, Thomas Ryder had his fingers over his ears, blocking out the noise of an explosion that would… Continue reading

Quillayute Valley school levy wins

FORKS -- Quillayute Valley School District's maintenance and operations replacement levy was approved by more than 63 percent of voters, updated election results showed Thursday… Continue reading

Rowan to be allowed to live away from mental hospital

PORT ANGELES -- Bruce Rowan, the former emergency room doctor who brutally killed his wife and was committed to a state mental hospital, is being… Continue reading

Baumann named new Clallam United Way executive director

PORT ANGELES -- Cheryl Baumann, director of Clallam County Pro Bono Lawyers, has been named executive director of United Way of Clallam County starting next… Continue reading

Break seen soon in case involving teen found dead on Port Angeles waterfront

PORT ANGELES -- Police say they expect a break soon in the death of Melissa Leigh Carter, the teenager who was strangled and left in… Continue reading

Brinnon man charged with theft of watercraft; alleged companion feared drowned

PORT TOWNSEND -- A Brinnon man who swam to shore Tuesday after losing control of a recreational watercraft near McDonald Cove was charged Wednesday with… Continue reading

Gateway Center bid documents almost ready

PORT ANGELES -- Bid documents for the Port Angeles International Gateway Transportation Center project could be ready this month, Clallam Transit System General Manager Terry… Continue reading

Mom faces charge of attempted murder for allegedly setting fire in family’s Sequim motel room

SEQUIM -- A woman accused of setting fire to a motel room in which her family was staying was charged Wednesday with three counts of… Continue reading

Port Angeles school levies have little hope, but Quillayute levy has a shot at passing

Both school tax levies put to voters by the Port Angeles School District have only a long shot chance of approval. Quillayute Valley School District's… Continue reading