Peninsula: String of fatal crashes motivates state

The Washington State Patrol and state Department of Transportation are teaming up to improve motorist safety on U.S. Highway 101. Their efforts target the recent… Continue reading

Peninsula: Unmarked patrol cars on lookout for “aggressive” drivers

As part of its action plan to increase safety on North Olympic Peninsula highways, the Washington State Patrol is boosting the presence of its Aggressive… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Boy with 10-year-old heart transplant enjoys life

PORT ANGELES -- William Hutt saw the inside of a hospital 13 times before he was nine months old. He was born with two holes… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Parks board OKs Race Street skate park site

PORT ANGELES -- A proposed skate park in the northeast corner of Erickson Park near Race Street was approved by the city Parks and Recreation… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Pump malfunction kills 600,000 young salmon at Elwha hatchery

PORT ANGELES -- A water pump malfunction at the Lower Elwha Klallam tribal fish hatchery in late January led to the death of 70 percent… Continue reading

Clallam: San Juan Airlines optimistic as spring nears

PORT ANGELES -- Passenger bookings are increasing but San Juan Airlines will keep its current schedule of five daily roundtrips to Seattle's Boeing Field for… Continue reading

Competition likely in fight to run Olympic National Park concession at Hurricane Ridge

PORT ANGELES -- As Olympic National Park officials work to eliminate a backlog of expired concession contracts, the Hurricane Ridge Public Development Authority anxiously awaits… Continue reading

Jefferson: Locke aide interviews candidates for Superior Court bench appointment

Initial interviews are over and Gov. Gary Locke will sit down next week with some, if not all five, of the Jefferson County attorneys who… Continue reading

Port Angeles: 60 attend meeting on possible school closures

PORT ANGELES -- Minimizing the effect on elementary school students if and when the Port Angeles School Board opts to close a school was a… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Golfers’ ire sparks links-for-lagoon idea, Port official says

PORT TOWNSEND -- Opposition by golfers to building a performing arts center on their favorite links helped push Port of Port Townsend commissioners to propose… Continue reading

Clallam: Former foes unite for environmental project

JOYCE -- State transportation officials and a Clallam County environmental group are uniting for the first time to landscape an acre of bare hillside near… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend may acquire city golf course

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Port of Port Townsend on Wednesday proposed swapping Kah Tai Lagoon for the city-owned Port Townsend Golf Club. The golf course… Continue reading

Sequim: 10 candidates announce for Irrigation Festival royalty

SEQUIM -- A field of 10 young women is competing for four spots on the 109th Irrigation Festival Royalty Court. A queen and three princesses… Continue reading

West End: Scenic byway tourism campaign in works

SEKIU -- One of the main forces behind the successful movement to establish state Highway 112 as the state's third National Scenic Byway has been… Continue reading

Port Angeles, Sequim city councils meet together

SEQUIM -- City Council members from Sequim and Port Angeles met Monday night in a rare joint session to trade ideas on city management and… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Backers of Kalakala mum on which city might be suitor

PORT ANGELES -- A second Pacific Northwest waterfront city is apparently interested in challenging Port Angeles for the right to be home to the rusting… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Council modifies proposed church development

PORT ANGELES -- An ambitious expansion project proposed by the Independent Bible Church was modified by the City Council during a special meeting Tuesday night.… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Crash fells poles, signals at key corner; downtown traffic snarled

PORT ANGELES -- Part of the city's main thoroughfare was closed for several hours Tuesday after a truck knocked down a power pole, a telephone… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Pioneer family gives to Maritime Center

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Northwest Maritime Center has received another large donation -- this time from the family of a prominent Port Townsend figure in… Continue reading

Sequim: Beitzel named Citizen of the Year

SEQUIM -- City Councilman John Beitzel was named the 2003 Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year and honored at a chamber luncheon… Continue reading