Peninsula: Jefferson County, Sequim team to bring Port Angeles back into drug task force

PORT ANGELES -- The city Police Department will rejoin the Olympic Peninsula's drug task force next month, thanks in part two Jefferson County law-enforcement offices… Continue reading

Port Angeles: $5,000 reward offered in Safeway letter threat case

Federal investigators are offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or people… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Landfill issues on the table again

PORT ANGELES -- A draft plan for what happens when the Port Angeles garbage landfill closes in December 2006 will be discussed Friday at a… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Port budget for 2004 appears to be in the black

PORT TOWNSEND -- Port of Port Townsend commissioners spent much of their Wednesday workshop and meeting time discussing the 2004 budget. Business Manager Donald Taylor… Continue reading

Sequim: City Council deeds over its meeting space to Clallam Transit to help get federal grant

SEQUIM -- It's a two-for-one deal: Clallam Transit System gets a spruced-up bus station, while the Sequim City Council will have nicer digs for its… Continue reading

Carlsborg: Vandals damage corn maze

CARLSBORG -- The Pumpkin Patch corn maze has fallen prey to vandals, prompting owners to reconsider the maze's future. On Friday and again on Saturday,… Continue reading

Forks man pinned under a log

PORT ANGELES -- A 23-year-old Forks man was pinned beneath a log Tuesday morning while logging state timberland near Little River Road. The log rolled… Continue reading

Olympic National Park: Two days of rain slows, but doesn”t douse, Griff Peak fire

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Despite two days of rain in the Olympic Mountains, the Griff Peak fire still isn't out. Park spokeswoman Barb Maynes said… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Council spares remaining historical Underground

PORT ANGELES -- The remaining historical Underground Port Angeles will be preserved following a unanimous City Council vote at Tuesday night's meeting. "The area is… Continue reading

Port Townsend: City Council votes itself incremental pay raises

PORT TOWNSEND --City Council members have voted themselves a salary increase, although not all council members will receive the raise at the same time. State… Continue reading

Sequim: Vehicular homicide among charges filed against driver of car in which girl was killed

SEQUIM -- Prosecutors in King County filed charges of vehicular homicide and vehicular assault Tuesday against a Sequim man involved in a July 19 crash… Continue reading

USA Patriot Act scrutinized at forum

PORT ANGELES -- The USA Patriot Act, enacted after the 9/11 attacks to broaden the power of law-enforcement agencies to track and prosecute terrorists, will… Continue reading

Carlsborg: Church camp proposal goes to county leaders this morning

CARLSBORG -- A contingent of 24 pastors and elders will attend a hearing today at which the pastor of King's Way Foursquare Church appeals a… Continue reading

Jefferson: County, ACLU settle jail suit for $82,500

PORT HADLOCK -- Jefferson County and the American Civil Liberties Union have settled the civil rights group's suit over county jail conditions. As part of… Continue reading

Neah Bay: Storm-damaged sailboat in distress stirs bogus report of collision, sinking

NEAH BAY -- A 36-foot Canadian sailboat, damaged by a large wave during a storm Monday, was rescued after an intense search during which officials… Continue reading

Olympic National Park: Nature will put out what it started — Griff Peak fire

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- With rain falling Monday afternoon and more precipitation forecast for the next few days park officials are hopeful for an end… Continue reading

Peninsula: $5.8 million emergency radio grant stirs interest elsewhere

PORT ANGELES -- A massive project to upgrade emergency communications on the Olympic Peninsula is already capturing the attention of agencies around the country, a… Continue reading

Sequim: Haller Foundation awards funds to nonprofits, others in Clallam County

SEQUIM -- Just over $163,000 was awarded Monday by representatives of the Albert Haller Foundation to an assortment of non-profit groups, community-based programs and organizations… Continue reading

And over in Port Angeles, racing of a faster kind

PORT ANGELES -- The top Unlimited Light hydroplane race driver in the country for 2003 saved the best for the last race. Jerry Hopp, who… Continue reading

Kinetic kraziness in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND -- It could have rowed better, but then the crew of Iota Rho Beta wouldn't have won the coveted Mediocrity Award for coming… Continue reading