Port Angeles: Rayonier, Ecology officials discuss mill site cleanup effort

PORT ANGELES --Barring significant and unexpected public comments, Rayonier Inc. and state Department of Ecology officials say they are on schedule for beginning the next… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Roughriders one win away from league championship

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles High School baseball team is one win away from clinching the Narrows League championship after pounding Shelton 13-1 Wednesday.… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Accused killer shot off 2 guns, authorities say

PORT TOWNSEND -- Two tow truck company employees watched in horror as their boss was gunned down in cold blood at his shop on Rhody… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Council approves downtown parking plan

PORT ANGELES -- The City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a recommended solution to future downtown parking woes, clearing the way for an $11.5 million… Continue reading

Port Angeles: New Coast Guard allegations of racism emerge

PORT ANGELES -- The Coast Guard command has reported new alleged racial incidents -- including a written epithet -- against a black serviceman. The three… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Rayonier cleanup meeting tonight

A public meeting to review and comment on the next steps planned for cleanup of the Rayonier pulp mill site is tonight. The meeting, from… Continue reading

Port Hadlock towing company owner gunned down at his business

PORT HADLOCK -- A 63-year-old towing company owner was shot to death Tuesday afternoon in his wrecking yard. Frank "Skip" M. Smith Jr. was pronounced… Continue reading

Port Hadlock: Gunshot victim known for playing cribbage

PORT TOWNSEND -- Cribbage was Frank M. "Skip" Smith's game and he shared his passion for it with family and friends alike. Smith, 63, was… Continue reading

Sequim: Driver in fatal New Year’s Eve crash tested more than double the legal drunk limit

SEQUIM -- The blood-alcohol level of the driver whose car crashed on Palo Alto Road, killing three of five passengers on New Year's Eve, tested… Continue reading

West End: Leaders discuss developing value-added wood products

FORKS -- Business, city and county leaders discussed manufacturing "value-added" wood products -- items with a value that increases at each stage of development --… Continue reading

Agnew: Sanctuary for felines nears completion

AGNEW -- A Peninsula Friends of Animals leader says a 5,000-square-foot trophy home will be a purr-fect place for up to 65 homeless cats. Safe… Continue reading

Asian-American poet finds wisdom in fortune cookies

PORT TOWNSEND -- You are about to embark on a long voyage . . . . That message, one of the pithy predictions found when… Continue reading

Jefferson: Residents call highway sections dangerous

PORT TOWNSEND -- Residents called on Jefferson County commissioners Monday to address traffic issues along Beaver Valley Road and at the intersection of state Highway… Continue reading

Port Angeles: City Council tours “Underground Port Angeles”

PORT ANGELES -- In a dark and chilly dirt-floor vault beneath downtown, City Council members looked at what they might save by adding $200,000 to… Continue reading

Port Angeles: State shorelines board opens hearing on conference center

PORT ANGELES -- Opponents of the proposed Oak Street hotel and conference center told the Shoreline Hearings Board on Monday the project would block valuable… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Talks continue on graving yard options

PORT ANGELES -- The Port of Port Angeles has extended its graving dock negotiations with the state for four months, allowing the Port to conduct… Continue reading

Sequim: Annual Irrigation Festival kicks off Friday

SEQUIM -- It's time for the Irrigation Festival and officials are hoping the sun shows everyday during of the two-weekend event. The "granddaddy" of community… Continue reading

Port Angeles: State to open hearings on PA center

PORT ANGELES -- Beginning today at 9:30 a.m., the state Shorelines Hearings Board will listen to arguments for and against building the Oak Street hotel… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Historic home to open May 1

Rothschild House, the smallest Washington State Park, will open for the summer season next week in Port Townsend. Located at the corner of Taylor and… Continue reading

Sequim dad seeks action in daughter’s slaying in Florida

SEQUIM -- There's desperation in Dan Gellert's eyes and voice as he talks about the unsolved killing of his daughter in Florida a little more… Continue reading