Final ship departs from Daishowa wood chip plant

PORT ANGELES -- It's the end of an era for the Daishowa America mill. The last ship carrying wood chips from the plant off Marine… Continue reading

Peninsula: Officials worry about future of health care

The coming closure of the Virginia Mason Clinic in Sequim has health care officials concerned about the future of primary care on the North Olympic… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Library annexation on hold

PORT HADLOCK -- The resignation last month of Jefferson County Library Director Bill Mitchell and the election of four new City Council members render moot… Continue reading

West End: Clallam Transit bus overturns near Beaver

BEAVER -- A Clallam Transit bus overturned Wednesday after sliding on ice along U.S. Highway 101 north of Forks. Three passengers suffered minor injuries in… Continue reading

West End: County budgets $16,000 for animal control

West End residents in unincorporated areas will have animal control services in 2002 after all. Clallam County commissioners have allocated $16,000 for animal control outside… Continue reading

Clallam: County approves farmland fund without tax

Clallam County commissioners voted 2-1 Tuesday to create the controversial farmland preservation fund, but without levying a new property tax. The fund will be created… Continue reading

Clallam: New charges in alleged Humane Society coverup

PORT ANGELES -- Four new charges were filed Tuesday against three people accused of falsifying information in the investigation of an apparent drug overdose of… Continue reading

Dungeness: Four stranded in spit lighthouse

SEQUIM -- Four New Dungeness Lighthouse Society members are stranded near the tip of Dungeness Spit by high winds and pounding surf that breached the… Continue reading

Elwha River Road section teeters on the edge of collapse

PORT ANGELES -- A section of Elwha River Road teeters on the edge of collapse after a landslide undermined a 20-foot stretch of roadway. The… Continue reading

Peninsula: Virginia Mason Clinic in Sequim to close

SEQUIM -- After four years in business, the Virginia Mason Clinic in Sequim is closing its doors. Virginia Mason officials announced Monday that the clinic,… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Family planning agency receives three grants

PORT ANGELES -- Family Planning of Clallam County has received three grants totaling $10,500. A $5,000 grant from the Seattle-based Horizons Foundation will allow the… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Patrol car, private car collide; 4 hurt

PORT ANGELES -- A 16-year-old female remained in satisfactory condition at Harborview Medical Center Tuesday night, a day after the car she was in was… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Port director pick raises new controversy

PORT ANGELES -- A prominent business group has sent a letter to Port of Port Angeles commissioners asking them to rescind the controversial selection of… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Search for plane continues

The U.S. Air Force and the Oregon Civil Air Patrol continue to search for a small plane that disappeared last week over southern Oregon on… Continue reading

Sequim: Teacher convicted in child pornography case

SEQUIM -- A Sequim Community School Alternative Education Program teacher was found guilty Tuesday on 10 counts of child pornography by a jury in U.S.… Continue reading

West End: Makah tribal elections today

NEAH BAY -- After a two-day delay caused by road-closing mudslides, Makah tribal members will head to the polls today for council elections. Rosella Johnson,… Continue reading

2001 Peninsula Home Fund helps Clallam, Jefferson residents

A grandmother caring for two small children received help with her utility bills. An out-of-work logger got money to obtain prescribed medicine. Material was provided… Continue reading

Clallam: County dismisses proposed annexation alternatives

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County won't pursue any of three annexation alternatives proposed last month by Bay Loop Neighborhood Association President Francis Cummings. Cummings' organization… Continue reading

Clallam: County drops tax from farmland preservation measure, adds timber lands

Is there another answer -- instead of a new tax -- to save county farmlands from developers? Clallam County commissioners today will consider a revised… Continue reading

Jefferson: Glen Cove industrial area could be doubled

PORT TOWNSEND -- Glen Cove could double in size by spring under a strategy discussed Monday by Jefferson County commissioners. The commissioners instructed Community Development… Continue reading