Port Angeles City Council rejects bid to put fluoridation on advisory ballot

Fluoridating the Port Angeles city water supply won't be going to a public vote. The City Council decided 5-2 Tuesday night against a proposal to… Continue reading

Port Townsend Paper appoints new auditing firm

PORT TOWNSEND -- The parent firm of Jefferson County's largest private employer, Port Townsend Paper Corp., has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as its new independent audit… Continue reading

Repairs of Port Townsend Boat Haven jetty placed on fast-track

PORT TOWNSEND -- Fearing that powerful storm waves could breach the Boat Haven's already-damaged breakwater, Port of Port Townsend officials declared an emergency to expedite… Continue reading

Clallam PUD will study costs of Port Angeles’ western annexation

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County Public Utility District staff will study the costs of the city of Port Angeles to take over portions of the… Continue reading

Director expands scope of Centrum’s writers conference

PORT TOWNSEND -- For 30 years, people have come to Fort Worden State Park to disengage from the world and refine their creative spirit at… Continue reading

Finalists announced for Sequim Citizen of Year award

SEQUIM -- Dave Blake, Emily Westcott, and Bob and Evelyn Hough were named finalists Monday for the 2004 Sequim Citizen of the Year award presented… Continue reading

Full-service summer expected at Olympic National Park

Olympic National Park will not shutter any of its visitor centers during peak summer months this year because Congress has allocated more funds, park Superintendent… Continue reading

Lower Elwha Klallam tribe to “educate” in Olympia this week

PORT ANGELES --Lower Elwha Klallam tribal members hope to "educate" legislators and possibly even Gov. Christine Gregoire about the tribe's side of the Hood Canal… Continue reading

Realtors tussle with county commissioners over Dungeness watershead plan

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County commissioners Monday accused Sequim-area Realtors of trying to pack a meeting on the Elwha Dungeness Watershed Plan with panicky property… Continue reading

Anonymous donor starts fund to help Elwha tribe host Paddle Journey

A retired teacher has opened a fund to help the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe host the 2005 Paddle Journey to Port Angeles -- and replace… Continue reading

Fire razes house in Quilcene

QUILCENE -- An early morning fire Sunday engulfed a two story Quilcene residence, destroying the home of a family. Emergency crews arrived at the burning… Continue reading

Lower Elwha Klallam tribe may meet with governor in Olympia this week

PORT ANGELES -- Lower Elwha Klallam tribal officials will meet Wednesday with local legislators -- and perhaps Gov. Christine Gregoire -- over the failed Hood… Continue reading

More terns likely in Dungeness refuge as Columbia River colony diminishes

SEQUIM -- A plan to disperse part of the world's largest colony of Caspian terns will likely bring more of the fish-eating birds from the… Continue reading

North Olympic Peninsula legislators plan to donate their pay raises

OLYMPIA -- Charities on the North Olympic Peninsula once again will benefit if the Washington Citizens Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials grants pay raises… Continue reading

Port Townsend Citizen of the Year, Business Leader of the Year named

PORT TOWNSEND -- A retired school principal still active in youth affairs was named 2004 Citizen of the Year on Sunday, and the couple who… Continue reading

“Of course we believe in contracts,” says Lower Elwha chairwoman

Port Angeles Mayor Richard Headrick "should know better" than to suggest the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe does not abide by contracts, including any that apply… Continue reading

Brinnon students get a taste of their local history — from a trunk

BRINNON -- It's a museum in a trunk, and it arrived at Brinnon school last week to tell the story of the region's loggers. The… Continue reading

Forks swimming pool on track

FORKS -- Barb Gronseth says almost everyone who catches a glimpse of the West End's new pool, now under construction, has an opinion of it.… Continue reading

Graving yard agreement lists no deadlines

An edited version of the March 17 Port Angeles graving yard agreement -- not called a contract but a "memorandum of agreement,"' a "site treatment… Continue reading

How many times have you become homeless over the past three years?

How many times have you become homeless over the past three years? What situations have caused you to become homeless? Where did you stay last… Continue reading