Split Port Townsend City Council approves 2005 budget

PORT TOWNSEND -- With two surprise last-minute amendments, heated debates and syntax confusion, the City Council adopted a 2005 budget Monday night. In a 4-3… Continue reading

Waves batter, flood historical Point Wilson Lighthouse

PORT TOWNSEND -- High tides and wind-whipped waves hurled rocks through Point Wilson Lighthouse's north door over the weekend, flooding the beloved landmark's ground floor.… Continue reading

Alaska copter crash hits close to home for Port Angeles-based Coast Guard pilots, crews

When a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crashed in Alaskan waters last week, its impact spread far beyond the Kodiak air station where the crew is… Continue reading

Coast Guard copter crews rescue man stranded on river island

PORT ANGELES -- A boater whose craft was swamped in the Elwha River on Sunday swam to safety and was rescued by a Coast Guard… Continue reading

Once prolific oyster making an Olympian return in Discovery Bay

When British explorer George Vancouver's crew landed ashore in Discovery Bay in 1792, his naturalist, Archibald Menzies, wrote about the small oysters that covered the… Continue reading

Pets bring holiday cheer to Port Townsend care homes

PORT TOWNSEND -- Ruby, Amadeus, Murphy and McCully paid a holiday visit to Kah Tai Care Center Saturday, but it was Kitty who brought a… Continue reading

Port Townsend ferry departures idled again

Low tides and ebb currents at Keystone on Whidbey Island again are idling evening runs of Washington State Ferries out of Port Townsend and Keystone.… Continue reading

Tribe’s tougher stance stirs new round of talks on graving yard’s future

PORT ANGELES -- All parties to the Hood Canal Bridge graving yard controversy say they want to "move forward" with the project. But just where… Continue reading

Clallam: Highway 101 carnage spurs safety corridor project; kickoff Wednesday

A crushed car, destroyed in a fiery street racing crash. A parade of law enforcement vehicles. A Christmas tree bearing the names of those who… Continue reading

Clallam: Transit board makes No. 2 guy No. 1

Terry Weed, operations manager for Clallam Transit System, will move up to general manager Jan. 1. Clallam Transit's board selected Weed on Friday from among… Continue reading

Haguewood to leave Clallam County Economic Development Council

PORT ANGELES -- Jim Haguewood, executive director of the Clallam County Economic Development Council since 2000, will leave the post in the spring, he announced… Continue reading

Jefferson: Fares likely to go up to 75 cents on transit buses

PORT TOWNSEND -- New bus fares, intended to simplify Jefferson Transit's rate structure, will boost the fixed-route bus fare from 50 to 75 cents and… Continue reading

Kids collect yummies, toys for homeless pets

PORT ANGELES -- The usual storyline at this time of year has children waiting at home for a certain someone to show up bearing gifts.… Continue reading

Lower Elwha Klallam tribe asks Department of Transportation to move graving yard out of Port Angeles

The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe wants the state Department of Transportation to halt its multimillion-dollar graving yard project and pull it off the Port Angeles… Continue reading

North Olympic Peninsula’s two-county hand recount nets two more votes for Gregoire

Clallam County's hand recount of ballots for governor gave Democrat Christine Gregoire four more votes -- and also added four more for Republican Dino Rossi.… Continue reading

West End: Washout cuts road to Hoh Rain Forest

FORKS -- Construction crews are repairing a washout along the Hoh River that wiped out part of Upper Hoh Road on Friday. A "pineapple express"… Continue reading

Carlsborg: Foursquare Church sues Clallam County over youth camp plan

CARLSBORG -- The Foursquare Church wants a fifth chance at permission to build a youth camp. Turned down by the Clallam County hearings examiner in… Continue reading

Clallam: Manual recounting of ballots slow, tedious

PORT ANGELES -- The hand recount of ballots for Washington governor may be a cliffhanger, but the process as thrilling as slugs crossing a trail.… Continue reading

Jefferson: “Anomaly” found in hand recounting

PORT TOWNSEND -- An "anomaly" in Jefferson County's Thursday hand recount of ballots in the razor-thin state governor's race made County Auditor Donna Eldridge a… Continue reading

Port Angeles Planning Commission majority resigns, most over City Hall reorganization plan

PORT ANGELES -- Building development in the city could come to a halt as the result of a mass resignation Wednesday night that left the… Continue reading