West End: Agency coordinates Christmas collections for Hoh Reservation

For the third consecutive year, employees of Family Planning of Clallam County are collecting gifts to distribute to children on the Hoh Reservation and in… Continue reading

Jefferson County: We have good paying jobs, sheriff says

PORT HADLOCK -- Family wage jobs are the goal of every economic development group, but a Jefferson County agency is begging for applicants for positions… Continue reading

Peninsula Home Fund helps mother and son keep their power on

EDITOR's NOTE: - This is another in a series of articles on the Peninsula Home Fund. Please click on the HOME FUND link at left… Continue reading

Peninsula: Flu creeping into area

The North Olympic Peninsula is in the initial stages of an influenza outbreak as the illness is becoming widespread throughout the state. Educators are seeing… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Chamber to hear from San Juan Airlines president on Monday

PORT ANGELES -- Clyde Carlson, president of San Juan Airlines, will speak to the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce's weekly meeting on Monday. Carlson will… Continue reading

Remembering Pearl Harbor: Ceremonies in Sequim today and Tuesday

Pearl Harbor Day will be observed in Sequim at two separate events today and Tuesday. State Rep. Jim Buck, R-Joyce, will raise the American flag… Continue reading

Remembering Pearl Harbor: PA resident’s images of infamy live on

PORT ANGELES -- If you've seen photographs of the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, you've probably seen at least one taken by… Continue reading

Remembering Pearl Harbor: Port Townsend man recalls how he missed attack on USS Arizona

PORT TOWNSEND -- On the morning of Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, Harry Fitch was standing at a bus stop in Waikiki, returning from shore leave… Continue reading

Tips for avoiding the flu

The season for influenza is just beginning on the North Olympic Peninsula, and public health officials are asking people to protect themselves and others against… Continue reading

Forks: Community twinkles in Christmas season tonight

FORKS -- The Christmas season is brilliantly illuminated tonight with the Twinkle Light Holiday Parade. The parade begins at 6:30 p.m. today in downtown and… Continue reading

Indian Island: County board endorses peace memorial near Navy installation

INDIAN ISLAND -- Establishment of a peace memorial at the gates of the North Olympic Peninsula's only Navy base is winning some support. On Wednesday,… Continue reading

Peninsula: Strong winds return, especially pound Sequim area

Mother Nature wreaked havoc on the Sequim-Dungeness Valley on Thursday as winds gusting to near hurricane levels blew down trees and power lines, prompted power… Continue reading

Port Angeles: City looks into the future to prepare for Eighth State bridge replacements

PORT ANGELES -- Thursday's nine-hour closure of the Tumwater Creek bridge gave residents a preview of what life will be like in 2005-06 when both… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Contractor charged as part of alleged cocaine ring

PORT ANGELES -- Prosecutors on Thursday formally charged the ninth person to be arrested in the investigation of an alleged cocaine ring. Randy Blount Owens,… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Community welcomes Santa, lights Christmas tree Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Key City puts on its Yuletide finery Saturday for the annual Victorian Tree Lighting Ceremony. And Santa Claus once again takes… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Fishermen get ready to crab at state board

PORT TOWNSEND -- A planned protest against the state Fish and Wildlife Commission's recreational crabbing regulations could slow holiday traffic Saturday morning. The state Fish… Continue reading

Sequim: City Council still considers spending for Olympic Discovery Trail

SEQUIM -- The City Council is still trying to reach a decision on where to spend $230,000 set aside for the continuing construction of the… Continue reading

Kalakala ferry due to be towed to La Conner

The owner of the historical ferry Kalakala plans to move the vessel by the end of the week from Seattle's Union Lake to LaConner. Steve… Continue reading

More than 100 attend DNR’s Peninsula forest harvest hearing

PORT ANGELES -- Job growth or bird habitat preservation. Timber dollars for better schools versus clean streams for spawning salmon. "Intensively managed" tree harvests or… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Photographer of Pearl Harbor attack to be on TV documentary

Port Angeles resident Lee Embree, whose aerial photographs of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor are now in the National Archives, is one… Continue reading