Port Angeles: School district receives statewide diversity recognition

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles School District has been recognized by the Washington School Directors Association for efforts to promote diversity and multicultural education… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Ex-Centrum executive director elaborates on her sudden resignation

PORT TOWNSEND --Carol Shiffman says her resignation last week as executive director of Centrum was timed to coincide with the arts organization's quietest period of… Continue reading

Sequim: City grows by 30 acres

SEQUIM -- Land use was the theme for City Council members Monday night as they voted unanimously to annex nearly 30 acres of land into… Continue reading

Peninsula: Federal laws pre-empt state’s on cruise ship sewage dumping

Federal laws pre-empt state regulations designed to prevent cruise liners from dumping raw sewage near land, like one ship did off Port Townsend last May.… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Core drilling set on graving site today

State Department of Transportation officials plan to drill 80 feet to take two core samples on the northeast corner of the graving yard site in… Continue reading

Port Townsend: State’s first hazard-warning system

-- an 800-decibel siren -- to be dedicated PORT TOWNSEND -- An alarm system featuring an 800-decibel siren has been installed to warn of incoming… Continue reading

Sequim: BB gun pellets damage door, window of City Hall

Part of the glass front door of Sequim City Hall was shattered and an adjacent window was damaged by BB gun pellets Sunday night, Police… Continue reading

West End: Part-time scenic byway coordinator sought

Clallam County seeks someone to build an organization needed to satisfy a $25,000 scenic byways grant for state Highway 112. Craig Jacobs, county public works… Continue reading

Backers of Port Townsend Scout House meet with Elks tonight

PORT TOWNSEND -- A group of neighbors and Scout parents will join forces tonight to save the Scout House -- used by Jefferson County boys… Continue reading

Jefferson: Revamped courthouse elevator delayed

PORT TOWNSEND -- An upgraded Jefferson County Courthouse elevator won't open its doors to passengers for another week because of a malfunctioning circuit board. The… Continue reading

Sequim: Seven high-schoolers to visit Japanese sister city

SEQUIM -- Seven Sequim High School students are headed to Japan this week to celebrate the community's decade-long relationship with its sister city. The students,… Continue reading

U.S. funds vowed to help move stray orca

The Associated Press The U.S. government has pledged at least $100,000 to help return a stray killer whale to the Strait of Juan de Fuca… Continue reading

  • Oct 27, 2003
  • The Associated Press

Vietnam veteran uses ultralight, parachute combo

By Tom Thompson PORT ANGELES -- For Dave Kanters, a Port Angeles nurse practitioner, some things have not changed since his days as an Army… Continue reading

  • Oct 27, 2003
  • Tom Thompson

Olympic National Park: Officials think fixing rain damage will come in under $500,000

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Heavy rainfall last week has left several roads within the park under water or severely damaged. Park officials don't expect the… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Evidence of ancient Native “kitchen” on graving site

Walking the site of the Hood Canal Bridge graving yard in Port Angeles, one can easily see evidence of where the Klallam Indians cooked. Discarded… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Graving site discoveries “disturbing”

PORT ANGELES -- A multitude of colored flags covers a small fenced-off area of the state Department of Transportation's Hood Canal Bridge graving yard site.… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Killer Rowan can get overnight visits away from mental hospital

PORT ANGELES -- Former emergency room doctor Bruce Rowan, who bludgeoned his wife to death and was committed to a state mental hospital, has been… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Symphony conductor Nico Snel dies of cancer

By Laura Rosser Nico Snel committed his life to music, and he brought passion and professionalism to the Port Angeles Symphony. Fellow musicians, music lovers… Continue reading

  • Oct 26, 2003
  • LAURA ROSSER

Port Angeles: When can the graving yard construction resume?

PORT ANGELES -- Why is it taking so long? Why can't they move faster? When it comes to reaching an agreement among all the agencies… Continue reading

Port Townsend: New Goodwill store a hit at grand opening

PORT TOWNSEND --Like the start of the Oklahoma Land Rush, hundreds of bargain hunters surged through the doors of the new Goodwill Store when it… Continue reading