You”ve got a date at 8 — Hood Canal Bridge closes tonight

SHINE -- Travelers wanting to cross Hood Canal Bridge have a deadline -- 8 o"clock tonight. Otherwise, you'll have to drive around, take a ferry… Continue reading

Bridge closure Part II: Hood Canal span shuts down Sunday night for eastern approach span replacement

SHINE -- As heavy as 100 gray whales and slower than a banana slug. That's how state Department of Transportation officials characterize the second Hood… Continue reading

Buck says tribe, state should return to March land swap offer

PORT ANGELES -- The shortest course to resolving the Tse-whit-zen controversy is returning to a land swap legislators offered to the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe… Continue reading

Free passenger ferry to run between Port Ludlow-Kingston during bridge closure

PORT LUDLOW -- It's free but you better get in line early. So say Port Ludlow Chamber of Commerce officials coordinating next week's Aqua Express… Continue reading

Man accused of being naked on Sequim Bay captured after allegedly flashing Port Townsend concert-goers

PORT TOWNSEND -- A Port Townsend man who caught the attention of a Coast Guard helicopter on Tuesday by standing naked on the bow of… Continue reading

Port Angeles man charged with three counts of vehicular homicide

PORT ANGELES -- A 48-year-old man was charged Thursday with three counts of vehicular homicide in connection with a car collision earlier this month that… Continue reading

Port Townsend ferry cancellations due to tides

The year's final round of tidal interruptions to Port Townsend-Keystone ferry service continues through this weekend. Scheduled runs from Port Townsend at 6:30 a.m. and… Continue reading

Big Fine Daddies to rock the Port Townsend dock tonight

The Big Fine Daddies will rock the Port Townsend waterfront tonight, another in a series of free summer Concerts on the Dock. The Big Fine… Continue reading

Kier resigns as Port Ludlow fire chief

PORT LUDLOW -- Jefferson County Fire District No. 3 commissioners, with many words of support and appreciation, unanimously accepted Port Ludlow Fire Chief Wayne Kier… Continue reading

Legal action looming against training center, Jefferson County official says

PORT TOWNSEND -- New legal action is expected to be taken against a Discovery Bay-based homeland security training operation early next week. Jefferson County Department… Continue reading

Police arrest man involved in triple-fatality crash on U.S. Highway 101

PORT ANGELES -- The man law enforcement officials believe caused a collision on U.S. Highway 101 earlier this month that killed three Port Angeles men… Continue reading

Port Angeles continues electricity rate hike hearing to Sept. 6

PORT ANGELES -- Tuesday's public hearing on a proposed 9.8 percent electricity rate increase was continued until the City Council's Sept. 6 meeting. The new… Continue reading

Resolution may be forthcoming in graving yard controversy

PORT ANGELES -- A solution to the impasse over Tse-whit-zen, site of the former Hood Canal Bridge graving yard, could come soon through the efforts… Continue reading

Jefferson County considering next move in training center controversy

PORT TOWNSEND - Jefferson County officials are huddling with legal counsel and the outcome of those meetings could determine the future of a Discovery Bay-based… Continue reading

Landowner rejects $175,000 offer from Jefferson Transit

PORT TOWNSEND -- The owner of 10 acres on which Jefferson Transit officials want to build a new transit center has rejected a $175,000 offer… Continue reading

New executive director avoids controversy that preceded her arrival

SEQUIM -- Caroline Grace James' first day on the job as Olympic Theatre Arts' new executive director began with the seeds of what could've been… Continue reading

New sawmill taking applications in three weeks

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles Hardwood LLC sawmill under construction at Eclipse Industrial Park will begin taking employment applications Sept. 6, said Gary Cantrell,… Continue reading

Peninsula College kicks off dental program in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- For the first time ever and thanks to a partnership with Olympic Community Action Programs and Pierce College, Peninsula College is offering… Continue reading

Port Townsend man arrested naked aboard boat in Sequim Bay

SEQUIM -- A Port Townsend man was taken into custody by Sequim police Tuesday afternoon after a Coast Guard helicopter crew found him standing on… Continue reading

Unemployment drops in Jefferson County, stays even in Clallam

Jefferson County's unemployment rate dropped below 5 percent last month, the state Employment Security Department reported Wednesday. That compares with 5.2 percent joblessness in June… Continue reading