Port Townsend: County administrator glad to be here after dealing with floods, heavy snows and Mr. T

PORT TOWNSEND -- When you look at what County Administrator John Fischbach faced as city manager in Fort Collins, Colo., Jefferson County so far looks… Continue reading

Fire razes house south of Forks

Fire destroyed the West Jefferson County home of a man who loaded up and lighted his wood stove near Forks, left it to visit Port… Continue reading

Human remains due to be raised from Lake Crescent watery grave today

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Divers hope to bring to the surface of Lake Crescent today human remains that could be those of a couple who… Continue reading

Student-run enterprises blooming under Gates grant program

QUILCENE -- Using three-dimensional geographic software to map residences for the fire department. Selling seafood to markets all over the world. Starting a custom sewing… Continue reading

Watch out for bitter squash, health official warns

PORT TOWNSEND -- Health officials have alerted consumers to a green and white pumpkinlike squash that might make them ill. Two people from the Port… Continue reading

“Tis the season for fires

The Friday morning fire that destroyed a house between Sequim and Port Angeles is one of several building blazes that firefighters on the North Olympic… Continue reading

Forks Festival of Trees

FORKS -- The 10th annual Festival of Trees -- "A Story Book Christmas"' -- will be held at Bank of America, 481 Forks Ave., today.… Continue reading

Lake Crescent: Divers find another human bone

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Divers mapping human remains near a 75-year-old car crash in Lake Crescent on Saturday have uncovered what they think is a… Continue reading

Port Angeles: “Pure luck” keeps resident away from home that burns

Misty McCrorie calls it "pure luck" that the mother of her close friends was at McCrorie's home Thursday night, rather than her own. Before most… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Downtown association seeks public hearing on reorganization plan

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles Downtown Association has become the latest business group to question the city's proposed internal reorganization plan that includes folding… Continue reading

Port Angeles: YMCA proposes pool partnership with City Hall

PORT ANGELES -- While the city staff continues seeking a central location for a new indoor swimming pool, Clallam County Family YMCA has proposed partnering… Continue reading

Port Ludlow: Investigators pinpoint origin of $1 million condo fire to garaged car

PORT LUDLOW -- Federal and local fire investigators have pinpointed a car garaged beneath an Admiralty Condominiums fourplex as the source of a $1 million… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Farmers market participants told theirs is most successful on Peninsula

PORT TOWNSEND -- Sales at the uptown farmers market lead all farmers markets across the North Olympic Peninsula and beyond, a WSU Extension official reports.… Continue reading

Slightly choppy seas can’t deter deter annual visit of Santa Claus in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND -- Despite having to take a substitute boat, Santa Claus arrived right on time Saturday night to the relief of hundreds of children… Continue reading

“Then I heard a POW”

A carrier for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer first spotted Thursday morning's fire and called 9-1-1. Simultaneously, some of the residents of Admiralty Condominiums in Port Ludlow… Continue reading

Clallam: Courthouse power failure cuts calls to assessor over new property revaluations

A circuit breaker that "boiled" made some taxpayers' tempers simmer Thursday when it shut down telephones and computers at the Clallam County Courthouse. The electricity… Continue reading

Olympic National Park: Divers plan to bring up human remains from bottom of Lake Crescent

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Divers plan to plunge into the chilly waters of Lake Crescent this weekend to retrieve human remains found earlier this year… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Where to take that old phone book

New Dex Media Inc. phone books distributed for Qwest are arriving in Clallam County this week, and the Nippon Paper Industries USA Co. Ltd. mill… Continue reading

Port Hadlock: Jeffcom loses its ‘voice,” but not ability to dispatch firefighters to Port Ludlow fire

PORT HADLOCK -- A temporary communication glitch early Thursday did not interfere with the response time or number of firefighters dispatched to a Port Ludlow… Continue reading

Port Ludlow: Flaming car with open doors sparks $1 million fire

PORT LUDLOW -- Fire in a car with its doors left open might be the cause of a spectacular blaze that destroyed a building and… Continue reading