Port Angeles: Tops on school task force’s list – — – temporarily closing Franklin School

PORT ANGELES -- The top suggestion of a task force looking into saving the Port Angeles School District budget $300,000 calls for closing Franklin Elementary… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Visual performing arts center proposed

PORT TOWNSEND -- A two-year-long secret effort to build a visual performing arts center has golfers circulating a petition to protect the nearby city-owned golf… Continue reading

Sequim: Proposed retail center the result of careful planning and review, developers say

SEQUIM -- It could bring dramatic change to the landscape of the city's low-key downtown core. It could also bring hundreds of jobs to the… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Kalakala owner may have ferry in harbor by July 4

PORT ANGELES -- The historic art deco former ferry Kalakala could receive a fresh coat of silver paint and be temporarily moored in Port Angeles… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Panel might suggest closing elementary school tonight; no action expected

PORT ANGELES -- A task force will present a list of ideas to increase the efficiency of Port Angeles School District-owned buildings to the School… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Addition of prize money should boost competition at this year’s film festival, organizer says

PORT TOWNSEND -- Organizers of the Port Townsend Film Festival expect to see more entries now that filmmakers may win prize money. The fifth annual… Continue reading

Rhody Festival queen candidates make debut

PORT TOWNSEND -- In the fall of 2000, they started high school together. This spring, they will compete against each other for a crown. "We… Continue reading

Forks: Newest City Council member vows to “fight the good fight”

FORKS -- The newest member of the Forks City Council will attend her first full-fledged council meeting Monday night, and she has plenty of plans… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Congressman to meet over graving yard

PORT ANGELES -- Rep. Norm Dicks will meet with Lower Elwha Klallam tribal and state Department of Transportation officials Monday over stalled negotiations on the… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Megayacht marina construction could start by fall

PORT ANGELES -- It would moor up to 50 luxury yachts, each in its own "house." Two gated, 25-foot piers linked to the docks would… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Pipe-bomb turns out to be a dud

PORT ANGELES -- A device resembling a pipe bomb that caused a scare in the downtown area early Friday morning was a fake, police say.… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Project critic calls proposed marina a “monstrosity”

The Elwha marina project in Port Angeles isn't without criticism. Dick Goin is an author and expert on the fisheries in Olympic National Park and… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Proposed yacht marina seen as boost to existing waterfront businesses

PORT ANGELES -- The presence of yacht builders and repairers at Westport Shipyard and Platypus Marine is seen as a "tremendous asset" to creating a… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Judge Majhan’s courtroom filled with mourning county colleagues

PORT TOWNSEND -- There were no high-profile cases on the Jefferson County Superior Court docket Friday afternoon. But nearly every seat in the courtroom was… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Rep. Dicks fields questions from peace activists, others in PT session

PORT TOWNSEND -- Norm Dicks came to town Saturday at the request of the Port Townsend Peace Movement. But the war in Iraq was only… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Young father was facing life’s fates until fatal collision in Sequim

PORT TOWNSEND -- Kelly VanderVen packed a lot into his 20 years, facing responsibilities head-on that many put off until later in life. The father… Continue reading

Agnew: Bridge made out of a railroad flatcar to be dropped over creek in eastern Clallam

AGNEW -- Clallam County Road Department workers are expected next week to drop an 89-foot section of bridge over McDonald Creek as part of final… Continue reading

Clallam: Olympic Medical Center likely to provide nursing services to jail inmates

Olympic Medical Center officials have approved a contract for their home health agency to provide nursing services to inmates in Clallam County jail facilities. The… Continue reading

Jefferson: Governor to put appointment of Majhan successor on the fast track

PORT TOWNSEND -- The governor's office is fast-tracking the appointment of a new Jefferson County Superior Court judge to fill the vacancy created by last… Continue reading

Port Angeles: High schoolers get an ultimate gig at Experience Music Project in Seattle

PORT ANGELES -- The walls of the Whitman home vibrate every Friday night as the five members of The Lonely H turn up their amps… Continue reading