The Clallam County Fair opens its gates at 8 a.m. today to the traditional sights and sounds of 4-H animal competitions. It closes its 81st… Continue reading
Olympic National Park has hundreds of glaciers, but a "burst" like that which triggered an alert below Mount Rainier late Tuesday night would be less… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- A 54-year-old disabled woman was shot to death by her live-in caregiver in an apparent failed double-suicide pact. Elizabeth MacNeille of Hancock… Continue reading
More than a pound of marijuana was found in a pickup truck following a fatal confrontation between a Port Angeles woman and a Washington State… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- The cutter Adelie will be commissioned into service at noon Friday in ceremonies at the Coast Guard station on Ediz Hook. While… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- The state Department of Social and Health Services has revoked the license of an adult family home. Townsend Manor, which served five… Continue reading
Alltel Corp. executives declined to say Wednesday whether they would pursue a hostile takeover of CenturyTel Inc. after the communications provider rejected its $6.1 billion… Continue reading
The Associated Press LONGMIRE -- Melting glacier water continued to strip debris from a flank of Mount Rainier on Wednesday, sending car-sized boulders downstream and… Continue reading
CENTER -- An antique plane will return to its Oregon home on land instead of the air this week after an emergency landing in a… Continue reading
Citing recent dry conditions, Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest officials jointly instituted a ban on open fires, effective today. "With the number of… Continue reading
Unemployment last month on the North Olympic Peninsula improved slightly in Jefferson County, but rose 0.4 percent in Clallam County. Jefferson County posted a 5.1… Continue reading
Clallam County on Tuesday banned shellfish harvesting from the mouth of the Dungeness River east to Discovery Bay because of dangerous toxins. The announcement was… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- Port commissioners anticipate holding an executive session next week to select a new executive director from three finalists, interim director Clyde Boddy… Continue reading
The Port Angeles School District has officially hired Gary Cohn as superintendent. Cohn's annual salary for the first year of the three-year contract will be… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- When Norm Dicks last visited Jefferson County in November, the congressman helped break ground for the renovation of the Port Townsend Marine… Continue reading
SEQUIM -- Public opinions differed Tuesday during an open house on what is best for the revitalization of downtown Sequim. But a majority of the… Continue reading
An elderly man inexplicably drove his pickup into the Hoh River near Allen's Bar in western Jefferson County on Monday. Donald Macomber, 74, of Chehalis… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- New Peninsula College President Thomas Keegan says he wants the North Olympic Peninsula community help him develop a vision for the school.… Continue reading
When Bonneville Power Administration announced a 46 percent wholesale rate increase for electricity in late June, many consumers thought that was the extent of looming… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- The city is facing a $20 million cost to maintain its water system, City Manager David Timmons told the Port Townsend Chamber… Continue reading
