Port Angeles: Salary increase, new severance package in motion for Olympic Medical Center CEO

Hospital commissioners endorsed a salary increase to $136,984 and a 12-month severance package for Olympic Medical Center CEO Mike Glenn. Commissioners voted 6-1 Wednesday to… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Wireless technology company Mobilisa hailed as a good employer by magazine

PORT TOWNSEND -- Mobilisa, Inc., an innovative wireless technology company based downtown, has been named one of the top 10 small companies to work for… Continue reading

Sequim: City Council OKs zone modification that clears way for possible Fred Meyer-anchored shopping center

SEQUIM -- An application by a Bellevue developer to modify zoning on acreage near downtown -- and setting into motion a proposed regional shopping center… Continue reading

Shine: Hood Canal Bridge to be closed for two hours over weekend

Motorists planning to make a midnight getaway across the Hood Canal Bridge on Saturday night will have to wait an hour. The state Department of… Continue reading

Port Angeles: All-day kindergarten to debut next year for some children

PORT ANGELES -- About 75 children in public schools will attend all-day kindergarten classes starting next year in the hopes of better preparing them for… Continue reading

Port Angeles: City Council decides to build a new pool elsewhere rather than rebuild current one

PORT ANGELES -- The city will build a new pool -- possibly at Erickson or Jesse Webster park -- rather than renovate William Shore Memorial… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Wanna lighthouse? Point Wilson to be declared ‘surplus property’

PORT TOWNSEND -- The U.S. Coast Guard is expected to formally declare the Point Wilson Lighthouse at Fort Worden State Park a surplus property "any… Continue reading

Tri-Area: Approved sewer plan excludes controversial wetland disposal pond next to homes – — – but it remains on paper

PORT HADLOCK -- Planning Commission members approved a sewer plan for the Tri-Area urban growth area Wednesday night, eliminating a proposed wetland disposal site near… Continue reading

Clallam: Health Board reaffirms support of Port Angeles water fluoridation

PORT ANGELES -- Encouraged by Clallam and Jefferson counties' health officer, the Clallam Board of Health voted Tuesday to reaffirm its support of Port Angeles'… Continue reading

Jefferson: County, Port Townsend grapple over how to keep health services operating with dwindling funds

A Jefferson County program to provide nurse visits for low-income mothers and their babies is scheduled to be cut in half next month when federal… Continue reading

Jefferson: Many electricity users find it’s easy to be ‘green’ — with power

About 400 Jefferson County electricity customers are taking an advantage of a Puget Sound Energy program to light up their homes and businesses with "green"… Continue reading

Neah Bay: Tribal group hopes to raise funds for playground

NEAH BAY -- A group of Makah tribal members is hoping to raise enough money to give elementary school children a place to play. About… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Friends of Monroe School to bid adieu to 55-year-old campus Thursday

PORT ANGELES --Monroe Elementary School students will walk through the schools' halls, sit in their classrooms and see all of their friends and teachers together… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Hard-working youngsters raise big bucks for Humane Society

PORT ANGELES -- It's not unusual to see Lindsey Divelbiss and Lauren Richards walking, grooming or shampooing dogs -- or even emptying cat boxes --… Continue reading

Port Angeles: New Eighth Street bridges to be made out of steel

PORT ANGELES -- The new Eighth Street bridges to be built across Tumwater and Valley creeks will be made of steel. The City Council made… Continue reading

Cost of primary elections getting higher on North Olympic Peninsula

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Last week's state Supreme Court rejection of a challenge to a new partisan primary election system will add thousands of dollars to… Continue reading

Gravel vessel to be launched in Port Angeles, worked on in Port Townsend

PORT ANGELES -- In some respects it's like a floating dumptruck, a boat with a hopper capable of carrying up to 20 cubic yards of… Continue reading

Jefferson: County commissioners’ quandary . . . does overlay zone directly affect ‘pit-to-pier’ project?

Alleviating citizen concern that designating a mineral overlay zone at Fred Hill Materials' Shine gravel pit largely approves the company's "pit-to-pier" project weighed heavily on… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Monroe School will close June 30

PORT ANGELES -- Monroe Elementary School will be closed after 55 years of service to thousands of youngsters. The Port Angeles School District board voted… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles executive director finalists to visit Clallam on June 28-29

PORT ANGELES -- A list of 18 applicants for the Port's executive director position should be narrowed to four to six people for interviews on… Continue reading