Port commissioners to consider Port Angeles business incubator funding

PORT ANGELES -- The three Port of Port Angeles commissioners agreed Wednesday to consider a request for $4,000 to help fund the planned Clallam County… Continue reading

Port Townsend: School enrollment drops again, and so do revenues for educational programs

PORT TOWNSEND -- The number of students enrolled in Port Townsend schools continues its steady decline, draining state funds from the school district budget, according… Continue reading

Sequim: City in no hurry to find new police chief

SEQUIM -- Three weeks after Police Chief Ken Burge left his post for a job in Tennessee, the city is no closer to filling the… Continue reading

Sequim: North Olympic Peninsula fire agencies unite to seek grant funds

SEQUIM -- Several regional firefighting agencies are teaming to try for a pair of two-year federal grants they say will significantly reduce damage caused by… Continue reading

“Paradise” found: Release of long-lost recordings provides key to jazz singer’s past

PORT TOWNSEND -- In her home overlooking Port Townsend Bay, Didi Pierce is waiting to hear if her collection of jazz songs, "Paradise," has been… Continue reading

Clallam County OKs second real estate excise tax

A second one-quarter of 1 percent real estate excise tax was approved Tuesday by Clallam County commissioners following a public hearing. The tax, which applies… Continue reading

Clallam: New pet calendar features men in the buff

PORT ANGELES -- Fans of the men who bared all for a calendar to benefit animals can get their own signed copies of "Dogs 'n'… Continue reading

Jefferson: Commissioner candidates face off at Rotary forum

PORT TOWNSEND -- Rivals in the Jefferson County commissioners' races peacefully shared a forum table during a debate Tuesday organized by the Port Townsend Rotary… Continue reading

Port Angeles: School’s new music building to be dedicated Saturday

PORT ANGELES -- A dedication ceremony for the newly completed Stevens Middle School music building -- already in use -- will be held Saturday. The… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Laurie Allyn in “Paradise”

"PARADISE"' WAS ORIGINALLY recorded in two session in October 1957 by Mode Records. It consists of 11 jazz ballads and one Broadway tune, all arranged… Continue reading

Sequim: City Council considers regulations on two-wheeled motorized foot scooters

SEQUIM -- Bugged by the buzzing noise of motorized foot scooters zipping around town? If you live in Sequim, your elected officials are set to… Continue reading

West End: Hoh conservation corridor is no attempt to “federalize” river valley, Rep. Dicks says

FORKS -- U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks on Tuesday emphasized his support for a Hoh River conservation corridor and said he is committed to satisfying the… Continue reading

Clallam: County lists qualifications for treasurer applicants

Applicants for the Clallam County treasurer position to be vacated by Ruth Gerdon must have at least a four-year degree in a financial services field… Continue reading

Clallam: Two more chances for watershed plan comments

The public will have at least two more opportunities during the next two weeks to comment on Clallam County's proposed Elwha-Dungeness watershed plan. A second… Continue reading

Hood Canal Bridge lane restriction Wednesday

The Hood Canal Bridge will be reduced to one lane controlled by flaggers for much of the day Wednesday so work crews can inspect lights… Continue reading

Jefferson: County plan OKs money plan in case of natural disaster

PORT TOWNSEND --Jefferson County commissioners approved a plan Monday that they say would bring more money to the county in case of a natural disaster.… Continue reading

Port Townsend braces for kinetic silliness

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Kinetic Medics are greasing their gears. The Loch Nutz Monsta has new wheels. And Henry Ford is ready to surf as… Continue reading

Sequim: City Council opens discussion on 2005 street improvement budgeting

SEQUIM -- The City Council began discussing budgeting for 2005 at Monday night's business meeting, but the conversation was limited to street improvement projects. City… Continue reading

Clallam’s first car completes 330-mile “Reliability Run”” across state

Everyone remembers his or her first car. It required an elaborate process to start, leaked oil, went uphill real slowly, didn't have a working radio… Continue reading

First Dinghy Festival sets sail in Port Hadlock; “pirates” find buried treasures

PORT HADLOCK -- Bold pirates, buried treasure, gold coins and lots of swords -- the foil-covered kind -- brightened up the beach of "Lowest Hadlock"… Continue reading