Brinnon: County repeals ordinance on land use issue

PORT TOWNSEND -- A long-festering land-use controversy was settled Monday after Jefferson County commissioners voted to repeal an ill-fated ordinance covering land use in Brinnon.… Continue reading

Covered arena at Clallam fairgrounds gains county commissioners’ endorsement, but construction still years away

PORT ANGELES -- Support for a covered events arena at Clallam County Fairgrounds is growing, and county commissioners threw in their hat during a Monday… Continue reading

Forks: County to help hospital seek $1 million grant for remodeling project

Clallam County commissioners expressed support Monday for a Forks Community Hospital proposal to apply for a $1 million grant to allow the health-care facility to… Continue reading

Forks: Race to space is still on, even if X Prize isn”t

FORKS -- Space Transport Corp. officials say they are undeterred by a competitor's rocket plane's successful flight Monday to claim the $10 million Ansari X… Continue reading

Forks: School district receives grant

Quillayute Valley School District in Forks has been awarded a three-year, $359,085 grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant will provide adult mentors… Continue reading

Jefferson County agencies forge spending plans for 2005

Just shy of three months after Jefferson County officials began the tedious task of hammering out an operating budget for 2005, county commissioners heard their… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Sawmill company pursuing second potential site – — – but where?

PORT ANGELES -- Washington Alder officials are negotiating with a second unnamed property owner to locate its proposed sawmill away from the 113-acre site strongly… Continue reading

Kinetic Skulpture racers bound for glory

PORT TOWNSEND -- Exhibiting a "kan-do" spirit, racers persevered through surf, sand and a sea of sticky mud to finish the Great Port Townsend Bay… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Fog delayed light hydroplane races finally get under way

PORT ANGELES -- The father-and-son team of Jerry and Greg Hopp of Snohomish won the national championship in Port Angeles for the second year in… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Orthodox Church takes first step toward multi-ethnic festival

PORT TOWNSEND -- When Father Nicholas Kime traveled with his family to Greece last summer, he knew they would be going to Orthodox churches and… Continue reading

Sequim: Donations sought for feline which proves that cats do indeed have nine lives

SEQUIM -- A couple caring for a cat named China have come to believe that cats have nine lives. Diana and Eldon Lusby of Sequim… Continue reading

Sequim: SunLand residents irked over elk hunting near their houses

SEQUIM -- Clallam County commissioners may create a no-shoot zone around the SunLand golf course community north of Sequim after property owners petitioned for it.… Continue reading

Space flight scheduled today may dash Forks rocketeers’ hopes for $10 million prize

SpaceShipOne is one flight away from clinching the Ansari X Prize, a $10 million award for the first privately developed manned rocket to reach space… Continue reading

Agnew: Two-hour standoff with law-enforcers ends peacefully

AGNEW -- A 25-year-old man was arrested Friday night after a standoff between the man and law enforcement officers lasted more than two hours. Kenneth… Continue reading

Gardiner: Family of missing men continue search in Alaskan wilds

JUNEAU, Alaska -- The waiting is by far the hardest part. But Bonnie Murphy isn't giving up on finding her true love -- her husband… Continue reading

Indonesian city’s officials arrive in Port Angeles to view municipal operations

PORT ANGELES -- Four officials from an Indonesian city arrived here Saturday for a weeklong stay as part of a federally funded technical assistance program.… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Fire-damaged Elks Lodge getting a new lease on life already

PORT ANGELES -- Renovation on the downtown Elks Naval Lodge isn't quite complete following last December's fire, but the popular venue is hosting events again.… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Newly sentenced defendant bolts courtroom, captured by citizen

PORT TOWNSEND -- A defendant fled from the courtroom after being found guilty of a hit and run collision Friday, but was tackled at the… Continue reading

Shine: Broken underwater cable fixed at Hood Canal Bridge

SHINE -- State Department of Transportation officials say a broken underwater cable that helps hold the Hood Canal Bridge in place is finally repaired. Workers… Continue reading

The story of an Olympic National Park “ranger’s ranger”

PORT ANGELES -- Some call Jack Hughes a ranger's ranger. After 48 years of working as one, the title can't be far off the mark.… Continue reading