Four Jefferson County residents injured in two separate crashes

Four Jefferson County residents were injured in two separate wrecks Wednesday in Port Ludlow and Port Townsend. The unrelated crashes took place at the intersection… Continue reading

Olympic National Park’s No. 2 suddenly No. 1

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Just two months after Sue McGill assumed Olympic National Park's No. 2 post, she'll become No. 1 -- at least temporarily.… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Health care officials resume push for fluoridating water

PORT ANGELES -- A group of public health officials and medical professionals has restarted a campaign to fluoridate the city's water. The group contends the… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Orchestra director to receive national honor

The director of Port Angeles High School and Roosevelt Middle School orchestras, Ron Jones, has been chosen to receive the National Federation Interscholastic Music Association… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Bed tax board gets request to help pay Fort Worden parking fees

PORT TOWNSEND -- Fund-raising efforts aimed at keeping Fort Worden State Park free of parking fees are coming down to the wire, says a member… Continue reading

Search to resume for bodies of ex-Port Angeles man missing in Moses Lake

MOSES LAKE -- Grant County Marine Patrol units are expected to resume their search today for the bodies of two missing men following a duck… Continue reading

Sequim: Citizen of the Year nomination deadline near

Monday is the deadline to nominate someone for the Citizen of the Year award given annually by the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce. Nominations are… Continue reading

Joyce: Missing kayak from found adrift in Strait

An overturned kayak found Tuesday north of Freshwater Bay apparently drifted to the Peninsula from Victoria. The kayak disappeared about two weeks ago from Vancouver… Continue reading

Peninsula teachers among the tens of thousands at Olympia protest

OLYMPIA -- North Olympic Peninsula teachers joined about 30,000 people from throughout the state Tuesday to protest proposed educational funding cuts during the Day of… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Shipbuilder will start process over with Port

PORT ANGELES -- The California company seeking to lease waterfront property from Daishowa America will ask Port officials how to proceed next after it was… Continue reading

Port Angeles: State displays graving yard proposal

PORT ANGELES -- The public had its first chance Tuesday night to see the state's plans for the Hood Canal Bridge replacement project and the… Continue reading

Port Townsend ferry idled because of Mother Nature — again

Washington State Ferry runs between Port Townsend and Keystone were canceled Tuesday morning because of fog. The service to Whidbey Island resumed with the midafternoon… Continue reading

Sequim: County approves plat for Bell Gates

Clallam County commissioners on Tuesday approved the final plat for the 44-acre, 18-lot Bell Gates subdivision on the southeast side of Bell Hill near Sequim.… Continue reading

State Ferries officials to discuss 5 percent fare increase

PORT TOWNSEND -- Washington State Ferries officials will recommend 5 percent fare increases Thursday during the Washington State Transportation Commission's regular monthly meeting in Olympia.… Continue reading

Clallam: Replace or remove decrepit Elwha River bridge, county road officials say

Its steel girders are so corroded in places that state bridge inspectors no longer want to drive their heavy vehicles across the 500-foot span. The… Continue reading

Forks: Quillayute Airport growth plan gets angry opposition; second public hearing to be held

FORKS -- The City Council will hold a second public hearing on its proposed Quillayute Airport land-use plan Monday after airport neighbors turned out en… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Calif. company seeks Daishowa land to build container ship

PORT ANGELES -- A California company says it wants to lease 10 acres on the Port Angeles waterfront to employ up to 65 people to… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Plant the town on Martin Luther King Jr. holiday!

Port Angeles is getting 30,000 flower bulbs for free, and community members will spend the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday Monday planting them in downtown… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Port will seek graving yard agreements following consultant’s sobering report

PORT ANGELES -- The Port will seek a "possession and use agreement" for the proposed state Department of Transportation graving yard. But a consultant's sobering… Continue reading

Port Townsend: 90-day on any Point Hudson demolition plans OK’d by City Council, Port board

PORT TOWNSEND -- City and Port officials will hold off on making any demolition-related plans for Point Hudson for at least 90 days. Following a… Continue reading