North Olympic Peninsula readers collect 4,000 blank cards for troops overseas

SEQUIM -- A drive to collect blank Valentine's Day cards for soldiers serving overseas netted more than 4,000 cards, which have been shipped to Iraq… Continue reading

Port Angeles to review proposal requiring costly passes for swim club to use city pool

PORT ANGELES -- A proposal to require Port Angeles Swim Club members to buy annual passes has been bounced back to the city's parks and… Continue reading

SARC plans for new weight room

SEQUIM -- A new weight room is in the works for the Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center, with the center's board members looking favorably on a… Continue reading

Spot census of homeless in Clallam, Jefferson planned next week

Kathy Wahto wishes she could refer every homeless person to safe housing on the spot when volunteers set out next week to take a tally… Continue reading

New passenger ferry offers loads of creature comforts

ABOARD THE AQUA EXPRESS -- You realize it's not your typical foot ferry when the $3 gin-and-tonic bar special is announced on the day's final… Continue reading

No chance to restart Port Angeles graving yard, state Transportation Commission told

OLYMPIA --Transportation Secretary Doug MacDonald told the state's top transportation panel Wednesday that restarting the graving yard project in Port Angeles without the Lower Elwha… Continue reading

Port Townsend family grieves over death of baby, 19

PORT TOWNSEND -- While a Seattle juvenile court judge wrestles with what to do with a 13-year-old baby-sitter held in connection with the death of… Continue reading

Sequim school phone system breaks down

The Sequim School District's phone system broke down Wednesday, forcing school officials to rely on a makeshift network of two-way radios, mobile phones and fax… Continue reading

Single tree causes widespread power outage across West End

A single fallen tree cut power to thousands of homes across the West End on Wednesday, Clallam County Public Utility District officials said. "In the… Continue reading

Small quake under Strait of Juan de Fuca

A "micro earthquake"' measuring 2.4 was centered under the Strait of Juan de Fuca almost halfway between the Dungeness Spit and Victoria on Wednesday. The… Continue reading

Teen was strangled in Port Angeles, exam determines

PORT ANGELES -- Melissa Leigh Carter, the 15-year-old whose body was found near a muddy waterfront path on the day after Christmas, was strangled to… Continue reading

Hood Canal Bridge to be intermittently closed Thursday

Routine maintenance inspections of the east-half drawspan will require closing the Hood Canal Bridge to vehicle traffic intermittently on Thursday, the state Department of Transportation… Continue reading

In Olympia, graving yard discussion yet to come before state Transportation Commission

OLYMPIA -- The abandoned graving yard project in Port Angeles didn't come up during Day 1 of the state Transportation Commission's meeting Tuesday. But Commissioner… Continue reading

Jefferson commissioners repeal new Conservation Futures Fund policy

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County commissioners, in a 2-1 vote Tuesday, repealed a policy limiting the use of Conservation Futures Fund monies for the acquisition… Continue reading

Multicultural Task Force meets again next week

THE PORT ANGELES Multicultural Task Force will continue taking testimony from Lower Elwha Klallam tribal members next Tuesday, Jan. 25, from 3 p.m. to 5… Continue reading

New county commissioner majority holds off on redesignating funds away from Tri-Area sewers

PORT TOWNSEND -- Bowing to pressure from several Tri-Area business owners and lone Republican Commissioner Pat Rodgers, Jefferson County commissioners on Tuesday delayed repealing a… Continue reading

Port Angeles council moves Eighth Street bridges project forward

PORT ANGELES -- The city will move toward completing its final design of the new Eighth Street bridges after the City Council on Tuesday approved… Continue reading

Tribe tells of years of bias in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- Racism is real in Port Angeles, Lower Elwha Klallam tribal members said Tuesday -- and it's much older than the controversy over… Continue reading

‘Do Your Dream’ seminar launches women into new lives

PORT TOWNSEND -- Dreams, like life, have a way of not turning out the way you planned. But for Oriana Green, learning how to pull… Continue reading

Baby from Port Townsend dies in Seattle; baby-sitter, 13, jailed

A 19-month-old baby from Port Townsend died in West Seattle after being rushed to Harborview Medical Center. Seattle police on Monday said the 13-year-old baby-sitter… Continue reading