Jefferson: Challenge reaps bucks for Habitat

PORT TOWNSEND -- A challenge to the community by the Real Estate Agents for Affordable Housing has raised $17,126 for Habitat for Humanity. "REPAH members… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Couple’s dogs pepper sprayed in own yard

PORT ANGELES -- Mary and Terry Donovan aren't just upset that somebody attacked their three black Labrador retrievers with pepper spray on Saturday night. They… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Historical society honors volunteers, stewardship

PORT TOWNSEND -- The man who kept on top of three major building projects and the woman who took on the top job of the… Continue reading

Port Townsend’s first Earth Day festival a big hit

PORT TOWNSEND -- Sunny skies and bright ideas brought crowds of people to Memorial Field on Sunday for Port Townsend's first EarthDay EveryDay celebration of… Continue reading

Skate park campaign begins in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- A fundraising campaign has begun to build a skateboarding park in Port Angeles this summer. The price tag is $300,000. "We need… Continue reading

West End: Fifth annual Olympic Coast Cleanup set for Saturday

About 500 people are signed up for the fifth annual Olympic Coast Cleanup on Saturday. "That's a big gang of folks, the most we've ever… Continue reading

Archaeology work at graving yard, Hood Canal Bridge widening construction start Monday

PORT ANGELES -- Full-scale recovery of human remains and artifacts will begin Monday at the Hood Canal Bridge graving yard. The work coincides with construction… Continue reading

Forks: Contract let for construction of $2.2 million indoor pool

FORKS -- The West End's community pool is on its last lap toward completion. On Friday, Quillayute Valley Park and Recreation District Chair Barb Gronseth… Continue reading

Jefferson: Merger of county, city governments posed by two commissioners; tight budgets cited

A majority of the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners is proposing a merger of county and Port Townsend city governments to cut expenses. Dan Titterness,… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Airline task force courting successful grant writer

PORT ANGELES -- The grant writer who helped the Port of Friday Harbor secure $350,000 in federal funds for its airport could help the Port… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Kayak Symposium winds up today

PORT ANGELES -- Like ducks take to water, hundreds of kayakers are, well, taking to the water this weekend on Port Angeles Harbor. The fourth… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Landmark Scout House sold

PORT TOWNSEND -- In a move that took the community by surprise, the landmark Boy Scout House and the eight city lots it sits on… Continue reading

Public relations campaign to be launched on site of Port Angeles graving yard

The state, Lower Elwha Klallam tribe and archaeologists will hold public tours, host a community meeting and produce an interpretive video of excavation at the… Continue reading

Sequim: Concerned professionals pitch in to help get school levy passed next month

SEQUIM -- As a radiation oncologist, Heath Foxlee spends an inordinate number of hours and an impressive level of energy treating people facing a disease… Continue reading

“Adopt a Park” bill will keep five DNR campgrounds open

Boy Scouts are keeping five state Department of Natural Resources campgrounds open this summer. The five sites were set to close this July, but they'll… Continue reading

Clallam: Gregoire lauds county’s economic development approach

PORT ANGELES -- Businesses grown in incubators such as the one at the new Lincoln Center should receive preferences for government contracts, state Attorney General… Continue reading

Jefferson: Superior Court race already competitive

It appears there will be a contested race this fall for Jefferson County Superior Court judge. Judge Craddock Verser, appointed in February by Gov. Gary… Continue reading

Peninsula: Get wet at RainFest, kayak symposium this weekend

Get out and get active this weekend at Forks' annual RainFest and a kayak symposium on the Port Angeles waterfront. Both events kick off today.… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Coast Guard command expansion delayed

PORT ANGELES -- A lack of action by Coast Guard officials in Washington, D.C., is delaying the addition of Coast Guard Station Bellingham to the… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Gregoire preaches Internet safety to vulnerable youth

PORT TOWNSEND -- Giggles swept through the classroom and young students fidgeted in their seats Thursday as state Attorney General Christine Gregoire asked about their… Continue reading