Jefferson: County raises cell phone tax

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County commissioners voted 2-1 Monday to raise the cellular telephone excise tax from 25 cents to 50 cents to fund services… Continue reading

Platypus Marine would welcome Westport to neighborhood

PORT ANGELES -- Platypus Marine General Manager Bruce Bryant says he would welcome Westport Shipyard to the community -- but hopes his company's needs would… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Port votes to sell land after support for Westport is “overwhelming”

PORT ANGELES -- After a display of overwhelming community support for Westport Shipyards and its promise of 200 family-wage jobs, Port of Port Angeles commissioners… Continue reading

Sequim: Council rezones planned mall site

SEQUIM -- Promising careful scrutiny of any future project, the City Council on Monday night approved rezoning 21 acres of property owned by Bell Homestead… Continue reading

Clallam: Farmland futures fund uses federal grant to double its money (almost)

PORT ANGELES -- The fund started last year with $250,000 from the county's capital facilities fund to buy farmland development rights has received a $221,650… Continue reading

Jefferson/West End: Cable TV firm in row with Seattle CBS station

The cable television provider in East Jefferson County and part of Clallam County's West End is waging a war of words with Seattle's CBS affiliate,… Continue reading

Port Angeles may get new permanent water treatment plant

By Marta Murvosh PORT ANGELES -- Changes to the Elwha River dam removal project could ultimately leave Port Angeles with a permanent drinking water treatment… Continue reading

  • Sep 23, 2002
  • MARTA MURVOSH

Port Angeles: Platypus Marine wants same land as Westport Shipyard

PORT ANGELES -- Platypus Marine Inc. wants the Port of Port Angeles to lease or sell it property to the west of the company's current… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Two flats can’t stop Big Hurt ironman

PORT ANGELES -- Two flat tires couldn't stop Glens and Friends but it did make it an interesting race at the sixth annual Big Hurt… Continue reading

Marrowstone: Residents to get PUD water letter

PORT HADLOCK -- Marrowstone Island property owners should receive a letter from Jefferson County Public Utility District No. 1 in the next few weeks outlining… Continue reading

Peninsula: Ballots keep coming in for primary election

More ballots have been counted in Clallam and Jefferson counties from Tuesday's primary election, with no races affected by the new tallies. The Clallam County… Continue reading

Region: Small earthquake shakes San Juans, felt on Peninsula

FRIDAY HARBOR -- A small earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 4.2 struck south of this San Juan Islands community Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey… Continue reading

Sequim: Gun park group sues city, police chief

SEQUIM -- A second claim for damages against the city has been filed by a group unhappy with gun show rules imposed by Police Chief… Continue reading

Sunday Showcase: More single mothers living in poverty

More and more families headed by single mothers are living in poverty in Clallam and Jefferson counties. Census figures from 1990 and 2000 paint a… Continue reading

Sunday Showcase: The geography of poverty on the Peninsula

Officials say the percentage of families living in poverty on the North Olympic Peninsula is alarming. Nine communities here have a higher percentage of families… Continue reading

The beat goes on at Elwha powwow

PORT ANGELES -- The steady beat of drumming filled the Lower Elwha Tribal Center gymnasium Saturday as the Elwha River Powwow entered its second day… Continue reading

Man trapped in overturned vehicle teetering over slope – — – and spends the night

SEQUIM -- A Blyn man who spent Wednesday night in an overturned vehicle teetering on the edge of a mountainside slope has returned home. Mike… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Elwha, tribes to share heritage during powwow

PORT ANGELES -- The fourth annual Elwha River Powwow kicks off today, showcasing native culture in a multicultural environment. The free, three-day event is aimed… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Sea Kayak Symposium begins today at Fort Worden

PORT TOWNSEND -- Hundreds of kayakers will converge on the city today for the 19th annual West Coast Sea Kayak Symposium at Fort Worden State… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Take a peek into lavish Victorian homes this weekend

The Jefferson General Hospital Auxiliary is inviting the public into other people's homes. Come right in, feel free to roam about the place and take… Continue reading