Port Townsend among locations showing interest in being future graving yard site

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Port of Port Townsend is not the only suitor in new courtships of the state Department of Transportation to win over… Continue reading

Body found near Port Angeles Waterfront Trail

PORT ANGELES -- Police Sunday night were treating as a "suspicious death" the discovery of a young woman's body on a muddy path leading from… Continue reading

Port Angeles airline task force preparing survey

PORT ANGELES -- The Community Airline Task Force is preparing a "full-blown survey" to gauge the level of community interest and commitment to re-establishing direct… Continue reading

Snohomish tribal leader builds on interest in Chimacum/Peninsula heritage

CHIMACUM -- Standing on the banks of Chimacum Creek, Nancy McDaniel looks into the swirling waters and sees reflections of the past. They show her… Continue reading

Tse-whit-zen dialogue heats up

If there's no lack of opinions about the Port Angeles graving yard, there are plenty of places to express them. At least four organizations are… Continue reading

Forks community rallies to help family in need

FORKS -- The "spirit of Christmas" was a reality on Christmas Eve when community members arrived unannounced at a home, bearing furniture, toys and furnishings… Continue reading

Fred Hill Materials seeks to move Shine gravel operations out of sight

PORT TOWNSEND -- With the existing gravel extraction area nearly depleted at the Shine Pit, Fred Hill Materials Inc. has applied for permits to continue… Continue reading

Jefferson-Clallam differences — and similarities — highlighted by election

The residents of Clallam and Jefferson counties have more in common than they don't -- except for politics. They share a 100-mile border, earn median… Continue reading

Mediator hired to deal with future of former graving yard site

A Tacoma mediator will meet with state and tribal representatives about what to do with 22.5 acres on the Port Angeles waterfront, now that the… Continue reading

New fare structure adopted by Jefferson Transit

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Jefferson Transit Authority board has approved a new fare structure that will eliminate zone charges and transfers. The new system is… Continue reading

Sister act for life: Woman donates kidney so sibling can enjoy good health

PORT ANGELES -- Sisters Danielle Weitz-Lind and Jeanine Lee have always shared a close bond. Now, the two share a pair of kidneys. On Nov.… Continue reading

Wanted: Valentine Cards for soldiers in Iraq

PORT ANGELES -- Jeana Johnson-Clayton has a plan to help soldiers fighting overseas connect with their loved ones during what is traditionally one of the… Continue reading

Innocent plea entered in police tire-slashing incident

PORT TOWNSEND -- A Port Townsend resident pleaded innocent Thursday to the charges of malicious mischief in the first degree for disabling five police cars… Continue reading

Police summoned to former graving yard site

PORT ANGELES -- Police were called to the former graving yard Wednesday night after a group of teenagers rattled the gate that blocks public access… Continue reading

Public could see competing Port Angeles pool proposals in early 2005

PORT ANGELES -- A public workshop early next year will let residents review competing proposals for replacing the 43-year-old William Shore Memorial Pool. Those proposals… Continue reading

Unionists cling to faint hope of Port Angeles graving yard

Two in one-hundred chances are what Peninsula labor leaders say they'll chase in hopes of keeping the Hood Canal Bridge graving yard project on the… Continue reading

What’s left at the graving yard site? Tribe’s waterfront activity ebbs

PORT ANGELES -- A simple weather-worn tarp held down by beach cobbles covers remnants of one of the Klallam longhouses discovered at the former graving… Continue reading

Decision to abandon Port Angeles project stands, Transportation Commission chairman insists

PORT ANGELES -- The Washington Transportation Commission won't rescind Tuesday's decision to pull the Hood Canal Bridge graving yard out of Port Angeles, its chairman… Continue reading

Federal status for ex-graving yard site called “premature”

PORT ANGELES -- Some kind of protected federal status could be possible for the state Department of Transportation's former graving yard site. But that discussion… Continue reading