Foot ferry service from Port Townsend might augment Kingston service this fall

PORT LUDLOW -- Weekend passenger ferry excursions from Port Townsend to Seattle might be a reality this fall. Clipper Navigation Inc., the company that owns… Continue reading

Humane Society leader seeks to unite animal advocates across Clallam County

If he does anything during his term as Clallam County Humane Society board president, John Miles hopes to reunite the society with about 500 animal… Continue reading

Peninsula College founding president mourned; hailed as visionary

PORT ANGELES -- People who knew Peninsula College's founding father described him as a visionary who helped build the college from a single building to… Continue reading

Port Angeles: 20-lot Scribner Road development approved

PORT ANGELES -- A 20-lot subdivision on eight acres at the east end of Scribner Road received preliminary approval by a split City Council. Mayor… Continue reading

Sequim: Wildlife officer shoots, kills cougar that was ‘too close for comfort’ to residences

SEQUIM -- An officer from the state Department of Fish and Wildlife on Tuesday shot and killed a cougar that had some residents along the… Continue reading

Clallam: County, Humane Society seek compromise to keep animal shelter open

PORT ANGELES -- A compromise to save Clallam County Humane Society's animal shelter is in the works, the group's president acknowledged Tuesday. "We don't have… Continue reading

Forks: New city councilman making his own mark

FORKS -- Bryon Monohon comes from a long line of politicians, "for better or for worse," he says. Now the Raymond native is making his… Continue reading

Joyce: Crescent School District seeks federal funding in wake of classroom suicide

JOYCE -- Crescent School District leaders are seeking federal funding to continue support for seventh-graders who witnessed the suicide of a classmate last month. Schools… Continue reading

Marrowstone Island water system ‘doubtful’ — protests appear enough to scuttle project, PUD says

CHIMACUM -- Has a proposal to install a public system to provide potable water to all of Marrowstone Island been stopped by property owners who… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Monroe parents vow to fight plans to close their children’s school

PORT ANGELES -- Monroe Elementary School parents reaffirmed Tuesday that they will continue to fight the School Board's proposal to close their children's school. "This… Continue reading

Port Ludlow: Wife remembers spirit of motorcyclist killed in collision near Hood Canal Bridge

PORT LUDLOW -- Joan Virdell vividly remembers meeting the man who would become her husband. It all happened at a Denny's restaurant in Renton. "This… Continue reading

Sequim: Fire district acquires more ambulances, plans to get truck and tanker

SEQUIM -- Clallam County Fire District No. 3's vehicle fleet is growing with the addition of three used ambulances last week, and the planned purchase… Continue reading

Sequim: More elk tagged with radio collars

Five more elk in the Sequim-Dungeness herd have been equipped with radio collars that activate flashing warning signs along a 3-mile stretch of U.S. Highway… Continue reading

Shine: Port Ludlow motorcyclist killed when log truck hits him near Hood Canal Bridge

SHINE -- A 57-year-old Port Ludlow man was killed early Tuesday morning when his motorcycle was struck by a log truck approaching the Hood Canal… Continue reading

Clallam: County seeks to put more bite in animal licensing

Clallam County's days of unlicensed dogs and cats could be two shakes of a tail away from ending -- especially if commissioners add enforcement bite… Continue reading

Forks: Students see horrors of DUI driving with mock crash

FORKS -- About 425 high school students and eighth-graders have been shown the impact teenage drinking and driving can have by watching the impact of… Continue reading

Jefferson: County looking at creating off-road vehicle area

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County commissioners on Monday took the first step toward creating an off-road vehicle area when it agreed to form a focus… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Port’s proposed washdown site faces final environmental comment period

PORT ANGELES -- A long-awaited environmental permit for the Port of Port Angeles' proposed vessel washdown site could be fewer than three weeks away. The… Continue reading

Quilcene: County commissioners irked over state snub of proposed water system

Jefferson County commissioners Monday leveled criticism at the state Department of Ecology for denying a request that would have led to a public water system… Continue reading

Sequim: School Board gets an earful on where to make $1.25 million worth of budget cuts

SEQUIM -- Sequim School District board members heard Monday night from members of the public -- and their own employees -- on where to make… Continue reading