Clallam: County goes to reduced schedule

Cash-strapped Clallam County will begin 2002 with its new 37.5-hour workweek Wednesday. County offices will be open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30… Continue reading

Clallam: Family planning agency wins $88,000 grant

PORT ANGELES -- Family Planning of Clallam County received a grant of $88,201 to help prevent teen-age pregnancies. The grant from the Washington state Department… Continue reading

Group urges Clallam County to oppose Makah scenic byway

Clallam County commissioners were urged by a whaling protest group leader Monday not to endorse a proposed Makah tribal scenic byway road designation. But commissioners… Continue reading

Peninsula: Nicotine Anoymous holds first meeting Thursday

The first meeting of Nicotine Anonymous, a new support group for smokers trying to quit, will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. at Carmichael's Grill,… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Teacher reinstated as NASA ambassador

PORT ANGELES -- An astronomy, geology and integrated science teacher at Port Angeles High School has been selected to the Solar System Ambassador program, an… Continue reading

A passion for lighthouses

PORT TOWNSEND -- "How far can the light be seen?" That's one of the hundreds of questions Les Stevenson fielded every summer as volunteer keeper… Continue reading

Peninsula: Illegal alcohol sales down

Fewer businesses in Clallam County are selling liquor to minors in routine alcohol compliance checks, officials say. In a recent sweep of Port Angeles- and… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Navy mulls security device for Port

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Navy plans to install a portable monitoring station on Port of Port Townsend property as part of a homeland defense project.… Continue reading

2001 Peninsula Home Fund helps Clallam, Jefferson residents, ends Monday

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

Chimacum: New Year’s Eve party planned for labyrinth

CHIMACUM -- Tired of the bar scene or watching the ball drop on television as a way to celebrate New Year's Eve? Then the H.J.… Continue reading

Neah Bay: Makah seek road across reservation as a scenic byway

NEAH BAY -- The Makah Indian tribe is seeking to designate a road leading across its reservation to Cape Flattery as a scenic byway. If… Continue reading

Peninsula: National forest policies to be discussed by local panel

Although national forest policies appear to be changing, there is little evidence of that on the North Olympic Peninsula. However, local timber industry supporters hope… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Old tugboat waking from deep sleep

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Sand Man has slowly been waking from its sleep at the Port Townsend Shipwright's Cooperative. Once called a "yacht among tugboats,"… Continue reading

Quilcene: Lab may be removed from state hazardous site list

QUILCENE -- The state Department of Ecology has proposed removing Olympic Testing Lab from the state's Hazardous Sites List. The possible de-listing follows approximately four… Continue reading

Seized cats remain in Humane Society care

Clallam County Humane Society workers and county animal control officers cannot accept volunteer help to care for approximately 30 cats seized earlier this month from… Continue reading

Clallam: Officials continue work on clogged culvert

PORT ANGELES -- It's time for "Plan D." Three attempts to get Jackson Creek flowing again haven't worked, so state engineers and local contractors will… Continue reading

Heart medicine delays HorizonAir flight

PORT ANGELES -- A Horizon Air flight was delayed Thursday afternoon at William R. Fairchild International Airport when airline employees initially refused to let a… Continue reading

Jefferson: Commissioners dip into reserves

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office will have one less patrol deputy next year following the approval Thursday of the Jefferson County budget.… Continue reading

Peninsula: E-mail spurs Christmas donations

An e-mail or two helped save Christmas this year for hundreds of foster children on the North Olympic Peninsula. Thanks to contributions from residents of… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Council amends agreement for Ediz Hook parcel

PORT ANGELES -- The City Council unanimously approved an amended agreement Thursday morning that could lead to the creation of tribal trust land on Ediz… Continue reading