Jefferson: No Fort Worden parking fee offset money coming directly from the county

PORT TOWNSEND -- Any county money needed to help keep Fort Worden State Park free of parking fees should come through the Economic Development Council,… Continue reading

Marrowstone: Citizens of the Year announced

A husband and wife are the 2002 Marrowstone Island Citizens of the Year. Nan and Owen Mulkey have lived on the island for more than… Continue reading

Olympic National Park: “Star party” on Thursday

To celebrate a piece of pillow basalt from Olympic National Park orbiting Earth on the space shuttle Columbia, officials will host a "Rock in Space"'… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Gateway parking solutions touted

PORT ANGELES -- Progress is being made to solve the loss of parking that would result from the Gateway project, Port Angeles Business Association members… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Graving yard, business parking discussed by Planning Commission tonight

Tonight's Port Angeles Planning Commission agenda includes discussion about eliminating business parking regulations and granting a "shoreline substantial development permit application" for the state Department… Continue reading

Port Townsend: City Council’s $15,000 “frees” parking at Fort Worden

PORT TOWNSEND -- Fort Worden State Park visitors may not have to pay parking fees this year thanks to the City Council, say community leaders… Continue reading

Sequim: Man finds urn possibly containing Harriette E.’s ashes

SEQUIM -- Neil Schouten was looking for a box to carry more aluminum cans he and his wife, Cecelia, were picking up during their walk… Continue reading

Port Angeles marks holiday with diversity celebration

PORT ANGELES -- Hundreds of students toured multicultural displays, made arts and crafts and watched videos Monday afternoon at the Vern Burton Center to mark… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Marchers urge peaceful solution in Iraq conflict

PORT ANGELES -- More than 100 people gathered at noon Monday at Veterans Park to demonstrate for a peaceful solution to the ongoing conflict with… Continue reading

Port Angeles: MV Coho welcomed back from two-week hiatus

PORT ANGELES -- About 40 people attended a ceremony Monday morning welcoming the MV Coho back into car and passenger ferry service to Victoria. "We're… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Contingent opposing war take its views to Rep. Dicks’ aide today

PORT TOWNSEND -- About 15 Jefferson County residents will join thousands of Americans who will ask their congressional representatives today to put the brakes on… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Craftsman’s legacy lives on in music

PORT TOWNSEND --When Marge Olson was a girl growing up in Seattle, she received a special gift from her grandfather in California -- a small… Continue reading

Sequim: Big money for elk herd

Sequim's Elk Habitat Committee has received two contributions to help start a multiyear education campaign. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation gave a $12,960 grant, while… Continue reading

Sequim: Civil rights for everyone, speaker says at rites

SEQUIM -- Martin Luther King Jr. wasn't focused only on African Americans as he led the civil rights movement in the 1960s. "Civil rights is… Continue reading

Centrum faces funding cuts for arts education, music festivals

PORT TOWNSEND -- The largest non-profit arts and education agency on the North Olympic Peninsula is facing the loss of all state support for its… Continue reading

Clallam: Events welcome return of MV Coho

PORT ANGELES -- Business leaders will welcome the MV Coho back to the city with a party this morning. And they are inviting the public… Continue reading

Clallam: Sheriff probes assault at Clallam Bay Prison

The Clallam County Sheriff's Office is investigating a felony assault charge against a Clallam Bay Corrections Center inmate who allegedly threatened a kitchen cook with… Continue reading

Jefferson: PT groups tap citizen, business leaders of the year

PORT TOWNSEND -- Laurie Medlicott's jaw dropped and her eyes opened wide with surprise Sunday at the moment she was named Port Townsend's Citizen of… Continue reading

Neah Bay: Rescue tug tows disabled fish-processing vessel

The rescue tug Barbara Foss on Sunday morning towed a disabled 300-foot fish-processing vessel to Port Angeles Harbor where another tug then towed it to… Continue reading

Peninsula: Martin Luther King Jr. Day events set

Local events today in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day: * Olympic National Park will be open, and the park's Visitor Center will show… Continue reading