Peninsula: Unemployment rate continues to fall

A report released Tuesday by the state Employment Security Department shows the jobless rate on the North Olympic Peninsula still falling in March. In Jefferson… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Convention center gets PABA endorsement

The Port Angeles Business Association on Tuesday passed a resolution supporting developer Randal Jay Ehm's plans for a waterfront hotel and convention center. Approved in… Continue reading

Car in lake confirmed as the Chevy that crashed almost 73 years ago

The 1929 disappearance of a Forks-area couple has been solved, Olympic National Park rangers said Monday. Bad weather let up long enough to allow two… Continue reading

Clallam: County gets grants to buy out River’s End Road properties

Homeowners at the mouth of the Dungeness River will have the chance to relocate now that Clallam County has received $1.45 million to buy them… Continue reading

Clallam: County will take comments on proposed speed limit changes today

Clallam County residents can comment on proposed speed limit changes along some county roads at a scheduled for 10 a.m. today at the County Courthouse,… Continue reading

Forks: Community forum to discuss school technology today

Forks High School and a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be discussed during a community forum today. The high school was… Continue reading

Jefferson: Hospital appeals decision allowing hospice rival

Jefferson General Hospital is appealing a decision by the state Department of Health to allow a rival for-profit hospice program to start up operations in… Continue reading

Port Townsend: The Pledge of Allegiance is back

PORT TOWNSEND -- The City Council voted Monday night to regularly recite the Pledge of Allegiance at nearly all the meetings it holds. The council… Continue reading

Sequim: City councilwoman signals that she will resign soon

SEQUIM -- One of the last two City Council members remaining when the city's form of government changed in 1995 is planning to resign in… Continue reading

Olympic National Park: Bad weather keeps divers from examining possible car debris in Lake Crescent

The cold deep water of Lake Crescent holds onto its secrets for at least another day. Bad weather Sunday afternoon kept divers from examining debris… Continue reading

Peninsula: School districts gearing up for state standards testing

Most school districts on the North Olympic Peninsula say they feel prepared and confident that their charges will do well on the upcoming Washington Assessment… Continue reading

Port Townsend: “New” building rises from the past

PORT TOWNSEND -- It was originally the YMCA building. Then it was a hotel, an auto parts store and twice an antiques store. But Heron's… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Sen. Murray visits Jefferson County Democrats at Fort Worden

PORT TOWNSEND -- U.S. Sen. Patty Murray visited Port Townsend afternoon to speak at a fund-raiser for the Jefferson County Democratic Party at Fort Worden… Continue reading

Coast Guard stages rescue drill in front of hundreds in Port Angeles

The kayaker treaded water. Brightly colored smoke rose nearby from his signal flare. About 500 feet in the air, an orange and white HH-C5A Dolphin… Continue reading

Lake Crescent: 73-year mystery of missing car may be solved

LAKE CRESCENT -- Has a 73-year-old mystery involving the disappearance of a Forks-area couple finally been solved? Divers in Lake Crescent believe they have found… Continue reading

Neah Bay: Makah anxiously await whale hunt

NEAH BAY -- The 32-foot hand-hewn cedar canoe "Hummingbird" sits at a dock in the Makah Marina, waiting for a crew to paddle it into… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Fourth person jailed in Idaho attack on local woman

A woman is being held in Canyon County, Idaho, on $1 million bail in the brutal June 2000 stabbing and robbery of Linda LeBrane of… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Lack of Pledge of Allegiance draws ire of vets, some city councilmen

PORT TOWNSEND -- Mayor Kees Kolff has drawn the ire of fellow council members and local veterans for omitting the Pledge of Allegiance from the… Continue reading

Sekiu: Protesters react to Makah whaling announcement

SEKIU -- About 40 anti-whaling demonstrators shook signs and shouted and waved at motorists on Saturday. A lone Makah tribal member, Sonny Turner, turned out… Continue reading

Sequim: New health clinic to open Monday

SEQUIM -- Patients should have less trouble finding primary care in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley beginning Monday. That's when a walk-in urgent care clinic opens at… Continue reading