Port Hadlock: Restaurateur who fled Tiananmen Square shows thanks to her adopted countrymen

PORT HADLOCK -- When Lili-Mei Raiguel came to Port Townsend in the days following the Tiananmen Square massacre in China, she had little money and… Continue reading

Thanksgiving abounds at annual Serenity House feast

PORT ANGELES --Visitors to the 18th annual Thanksgiving Day dinner at Serenity House were greeted by turkey on the table, football on the television and… Continue reading

“Your Right to Know” appears in paper today

"Your Right to Know,"' examining citizen access to state and local public records, appears as a series of articles in Section D today. It is… Continue reading

Chimacum: Sacred Indian rock for sale

The bright orange letters on the For Sale signs stand out like primitive pictographs against the evergreen trees lining the road. "60 acres in the… Continue reading

Clock ticking on Peninsula’s Christmas shopping season

The day after Thanksgiving in the United States is an undeclared holiday -- shopping day. After a day of feasting on turkey and pumpkin pie,… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Cindy Kelly holds on to upset win in school board bid

In an upset win, Cindy Kelly defeated incumbent Kevin Snyder by 50 votes in the race for the Port Angeles School Board Position 2 seat… Continue reading

Sappho: Some equipment from Prowler wreckage recovered

U.S. Navy search and rescue officials have recovered some equipment from the wreckage of the EA-6B Prowler that crashed in a remote wilderness area six… Continue reading

Sequim: Five doctors resign from Virginia Mason Clinic

SEQUIM -- At least five Virginia Mason Clinic family practice physicians have resigned their positions -- a move clinic officials say could affect 6,000 clinic… Continue reading

The Darrick Meneken column

Two Thanksgivings ago Rhonda Carrell couldn't tie her own shoes. She couldn't button her pants or turn the key to start her car. Times of… Continue reading

Clallam groups to serve holiday feasts to needy, homeless

Tracy Hagen will probably be sick of turkey by Thanksgiving. The head (and only) chef for the Salvation Army in Port Angeles started cooking six… Continue reading

Jefferson: Groups, businesses and residents come together to feed the needy

Several restaurants, churches and nonprofit organizations in Jefferson County are planning to offer free Thanksgiving meals Thursday to indigent residents. The largest event, sponsored by… Continue reading

Olympic National Park: Graves Creek Road section washed out in heavy rainfall

The early heavy rains are taking their toll on remote roads -- some still unrepaired from past wet winters -- in Olympic National Park. Heavy… Continue reading

Peninsula: Hospital may accept abandoned newborns

Teen-age mothers could abandon their new-born babies at Olympic Memorial Hospital in Port Angeles without fear of prosecution under a proposal being considered by medical… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Severance package approved for bag plant workers

PORT TOWNSEND -- Union members have approved a severance package for the 90 bag plant employees to be laid off by Port Townsend Paper Corp.… Continue reading

West End: Animal control services to be cut

A proposed $27,000 cut in the Clallam County Sheriff's Department budget will leave unincorporated West End residents without animal control services. The funding cut is… Continue reading

Clallam County: PA Port may tap reserves to balance budget

PORT ANGELES -- The Port of Port Angeles must increase its property tax rate 5 percent and use $99,153 of its reserves to balance its… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Olympic Memorial Hospital board OKs $65.7 million budget

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Memorial Hospital commissioners unanimously approved a $65.7 million hospital district operating budget Monday night for fiscal 2002. In order to help… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Olympic Memorial Hospital nurses get raises

PORT ANGELES -- Nearly 200 Olympic Medical Center nurses will get 13 percent in salary increases during the next three years. On Monday, Olympic Memorial… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Two boys charged with stealing swords

PORT ANGELES -- A sword-toting teen-ager and his apparent 11-year-old accomplice were charged with second-degree burglary Monday for allegedly stealing a collection of antique swords.… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Council faces tax-increase decision

PORT TOWNSEND -- The next City Council will either have to ask residents to approve a property tax hike exceeding 1 percent next fall, or… Continue reading