One North Olympic Peninsula city hall passing on Martin Luther King Day holiday

PDN Commentary Columnist Traffic and commerce slow down today across the North Olympic Peninsula to honor the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. City, county… Continue reading

Peninsula’s legislative delegation puts graving yard at top of priority list

OLYMPIA -- Now that the disputed governor's election has landed in court, the North Olympic Peninsula's three state lawmakers are focusing on the abandoned state… Continue reading

Private commuter ferry service between Seattle and Kingston to begins Tuesday

KINGSTON -- Passenger-only ferry service between Seattle and Kingston begins Tuesday. It will be the first ferry service between the two communities in decades. The… Continue reading

Three hurt in icy crash in Jefferson County

GARDINER -- Three people were injured Sunday morning after a pickup truck slid off U.S. Highway 101 at Gardiner Beach Road and another vehicle slid… Continue reading

300 attend ‘healing’ at former graving yard construction site

PORT ANGELES -- Three hundred people gathered Saturday in a sleet-swept construction yard to help heal the wounds they felt in the Hood Canal Bridge… Continue reading

Fliers urging Elwha Fish boycott legal, federal prosecutors say

PORT ANGELES -- Fliers that urge a boycott of the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe's fish company because of the tribe's role in the now-abandoned graving… Continue reading

Juan de Fuca Festival of Arts program wins key award

PORT ANGELES -- The program for the 2003 Juan de Fuca Festival has won a Gold Award from the Washington Festival and Events Association. The… Continue reading

Norway’s ambassador visits Blyn

BLYN -- Norwegians and Native Americans heaped praise, food and gifts on one another Saturday during a "historic" visit by Knut Vollebaek, Norway's ambassador to… Continue reading

Port Angeles School District seeks two levies on Feb. 8 ballot

PORT ANGELES -- Port Angeles School District tax levy ballots, scheduled to be mailed to voters on Wednesday, will feature a series of innovations. For… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ largest yacht begins to take shape

PORT ANGELES -- Until now, only blueprints and artists' renderings could foretell the full splendor of Westport Shipyard's newest and largest yacht. But the massive… Continue reading

Port Townsend enters new year with balanced budget

PORT TOWNSEND -- When the city entered the new year with a balanced budget, city officials took a look back at the long, hard process… Continue reading

Quillayute Valley schools asking voters to keep M&O levy going

FORKS -- A good deal of money is riding on the Quillayute Valley School District levy election -- more, in fact, than the $570,000 the… Continue reading

Tse-whit-zen existed before Christ walked the Earth

Tse-whit-zen is 1,000 years older than scientists originally thought. The Native American village may be as old as 2,700 years, Frances Charles, chairwoman of the… Continue reading

As Sequim grows, so does bill for roadwork

SEQUIM -- New residential developments should shoulder more of the costs associated with building, maintaining and improving nearby roads, city leaders say. They're concerned that… Continue reading

Back to the future: Artist’s fantastic career spans space age

PORT TOWNSEND -- When Robert Fetterly was in high school, he would sit in class and draw, covering every inch of his notebooks, front and… Continue reading

Foreign envoys keynote Jamestown S”Klallam event on Saturday

Norway's and Namibia's ambassadors to the United States top a distinguished lineup of guests spanning three continents who will dine on salmon and crab Saturday… Continue reading

Jefferson County’s OTHER graving yard proposed sites — at Mats Mats and Discovery Bay

State officials are examining two other Jefferson County locations for a Hood Canal Bridge reconstruction dry dock besides a joint proposal from the Port of… Continue reading

Lower Elwha to host healing ceremony at former graving yard site on Saturday

PORT ANGELES -- Anyone with "an open mind and an open heart"' is invited to the Tse-whit-zen village site on Saturday for a four-hour healing… Continue reading

Plumber’s visit led to Port Angeles Wal-Mart evacuation

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County sheriff's investigators have confirmed that it was a miscommunication that led to the evacuation of Wal-Mart on Tuesday evening. Sgt.… Continue reading

Skills Center officials are optimistic they can reach minimum enrollment

PORT ANGELES -- The North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center needs a big boost to its full-time student enrollment in the second semester to reach its… Continue reading