PENINSULA: HALIBUT SEASON OPENS TODAY OFF NEAH BAY AND LAPUSH; MAY 17 ELSEWHERE

> NEAH BAY -- Halibut seasons off Neah Bay and LaPush open today. The seasons off Sekiu/Pillar Point and in the eastern Strait of Juan… Continue reading

PENINSULA: Utility OKs deal with Port Townsend Paper

> Clallam County Public Utility District commissioners approved a deal to get electricity from the Port Townsend Paper mill Monday. The move extends a short-term… Continue reading

SEQUIM: SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL HAVE TO CUT $450,000 TO OFFSET LEVY ELECTION FAILURE

> SEQUIM -- About $450,000 will be trimmed from the Sequim School District's 2001-2002 budget as a result of the election failure of the district's… Continue reading

CLALLAM: RECORD BENEFIT DAY AT THE DUMP

PORT ANGELES -- The first one showed up shortly after dawn Sunday. Eventually the line grew to nearly two miles long. But the people in… Continue reading

MUST Monday

PENINSULA: Don't forget! Taxes due today Today is the final day to mail your 2000 federal tax returns under an extension granted after the Nisqually… Continue reading

PORT ANGELES: HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA HITS HIGH NOTES IN STATE CONTEST

The Port Angeles High School chamber orchestra won the large-string ensemble division of the state music championships held Friday and Saturday in Ellensburg. A small… Continue reading

FORKS: Hundreds gather at Rainfest

BY GRETCHEN HARNACK FORKS -- Artists gathered this weekend to display their works at the seventh annual Rainfest, presented by the West Olympic Council for… Continue reading

  • Apr 29, 2001
  • BY GRETCHEN HARNACK

JEFFERSON: Brinnon, Quilcene celebrate their heritages

With quilt shows and tomahawk throws, parades and plays, Quilcene and Brinnon celebrated their history this weekend. The two new Jefferson County events -- the… Continue reading

JEFFERSON: Can you save money on your PSE bill?

Puget Sound Energy customers in Jefferson County won't be eligible -- at least for now -- for Puget Sound Energy's new program to charge for… Continue reading

SEQUIM: School officials to meet Monday to discuss looming cuts

SEQUIM -- A new vote count has reinforced the apparent second failure of the Sequim School District's proposed three-year, 8.2 million maintenance and operations levy.… Continue reading

JEFFERSON: KEY PROJECTS SURVIVING STATE BUDGET SCRUTINY

Several significant Jefferson County projects are still in the operating and capital budgets of both the state Senate and the House despite the Legislature's ongoing… Continue reading

PENINSULA: ACCOUNTING FIRM SENIOR PARTNER DIES IN CRASH

The senior partner of one of the Peninsula's oldest accounting firms was killed Wednesday night in a truck crash south of Seattle. Dennis Overby, 56,… Continue reading

PENINSULA: BUSY FESTIVAL WEEKEND THROUGHOUT THE REGION

This is a busy weekend for festivals on the North Olympic Peninsula. Ten Dixieland and swing bands over three days highlight "Jazz in the Olympics"'… Continue reading

PORT ANGELES: Get into the jazz groove this weekend

The seventh annual Jazz In The Olympics jazz festival -- now in Port Angeles --begins this afternoon and continues through Sunday. Ten bands from across… Continue reading

PORT ANGELES: PRO WRESTLING COMES TO TOWN, YOU PENCIL-NECK GEEK!!!!

Fans called Thursday's wrasslin' action at the Clallam County Fairgrounds everything from real to fake, athletic to antic, and action-packed to ridiculous. But no matter… Continue reading

PORT LUDLOW: SEQUIM COMPANY WINS FIREHOUSE CONTRACT

PORT LUDLOW -- A Sequim company was awarded the contract to build a $1 million firehouse here at a meeting Thursday. Primo Construction Inc. was… Continue reading

PORT TOWNSEND: POOL PROJECT COULD COST LESS THAN $200,000

PORT TOWNSEND -- Relatively inexpensive improvements to the Mountain View Elementary School pool will cost less than $200,000. But the bill soars past $1 million… Continue reading

SEQUIM: CRITICAL AREAS ORDINANCE UNDER FIRE AGAIN

SEQUIM -- Vietnam-era veteran Joseph Gil Lujan says his home has become the latest victim of Clallam County's controversial Critical Areas Ordinance. County staff will… Continue reading

SEQUIM: SCHOOLTEACHER NOW ALSO FACES FEDERAL PORN CHARGES

SEQUIM -- A Sequim schoolteacher awaiting Clallam County Superior Court trial on six counts of sexual exploitation of minors faced federal charges Thursday. Dennis Eugene… Continue reading

BRINNON: Power cost jolt heads toward Brinnon

BRINNON -- The utility that provides Brinnon with electricity says huge rate increases may be in store for residents and businesses. Shelton-based Mason County Public… Continue reading