All sport and nontribal commercial fishing in Hood Canal, except for salmon, is now closed until low oxygen levels in the scenic waterway improve. As… Continue reading
North Olympic Peninsula law enforcement officials say they are seeing a decline in methamphetamine use. That's the good news. The bad: Cocaine is becoming more… Continue reading
QUEETS -- It was all over in a thunderous blast, a great ball of fire and an eerie hail of rocket debris -- among it… Continue reading
A pickup truck pulling a travel trailer flipped Sunday about five miles west of the Hood Canal Bridge, trapping the driver and tying up traffic… Continue reading
CARLSBORG -- A collision Friday night on U.S. 101 claimed the year's 18th victim on North Olympic Peninsula highways and roads. Lorna W. Kuhlman, 75,… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- A Bellingham consultant will be the new executive director of the Jefferson County Economic Development Council, the EDC board decided unanimously on… Continue reading
OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Workers began the daunting task Saturday of removing the wreckage of a small plane that crashed Tuesday night near the Heart… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- After years of negotiations, the document that will guide removal of the Elwha River dams and restoration of the once-fabled salmon river… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- Closing Monroe Elementary School and paring administrative and maintenance expenses wasn't enough. The Port Angeles School District is still $164,036 in the… Continue reading
Two state lawmakers and a Clallam County commissioner quietly gained new terms Friday as nobody from opposing parties filed to run against them. But veteran… Continue reading
Olympic Medical Center will embark in September on an ambitious, $45 million three-year expansion project that will include building a new 15-17 physician clinic and… Continue reading
BRINNON -- A team of crisis counselors will be at Brinnon School on Tuesday to help students, staff and community members cope with tragedies that… Continue reading
Space Transport Corp. aerospace engineers on Thursday successfully tested the control thrusters that will steer their Rubicon rocket during launch, now planned for Sunday afternoon… Continue reading
Hood Canal is expected to be closed to all fishing, except for salmon, until further notice. The move comes as dissolved oxygen levels in the… Continue reading
Olympic Medical Center will provide gynecological and obstetric services through the Jamestown S"Klallam tribe, averting "a catastrophe," hospital commission chairman Dr. Jorgen Quistgaard said Wednesday.… Continue reading
OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks toured Olympic National Park's visitor centers in Forks and the Hoh Rain Forest, then vowed to press… Continue reading
OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Investigators from two federal agencies searched for clues Thursday at the site of a plane crash that killed a Sequim man… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- Rep. Norm Dicks will attend today's 10 a.m. signing of an agreement over water treatment and other issues during the Elwha River… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- The land at Quincy and Cosgrove streets known as the Scout House property has been put up for sale and the 73-year-old… Continue reading
SEQUIM -- If developers Fred McConkey and Mark Burrowes succeed in persuading City Council members to approve their application for a regional shopping center, they… Continue reading
