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Victoria women swim Strait from Dungeness Spit to Victoria

Victoria women swim Strait from Dungeness Spit to Victoria

Two Victoria women became the 12th and 13th people known to swim across the Strait of Juan de Fuca on Monday. Only seven… Continue reading

Victoria women swim Strait from Dungeness Spit to Victoria

Ideas broached for economic growth in Port Angeles

“Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver, the other is gold.” The Girls Scouts song, which rather seamlessly entered… Continue reading

MOUNTAINEERING: Port Angeles grad summits Rainier just like her great-grandmother in 1919

MOUNTAINEERING: Port Angeles grad summits Rainier just like her great-grandmother in 1919

Nearly a century’s worth of snowfall have erased the tracks made by Effie Burnard, one of the… Continue reading

MOUNTAINEERING: Port Angeles grad summits Rainier just like her great-grandmother in 1919
Smoke to stay for a while on Peninsula; B.C. fires increasing health risks

Smoke to stay for a while on Peninsula; B.C. fires increasing health risks

Smoke from British Columbia wildfires that is blanketing the North Olympic Peninsula is expected to stick around a bit longer, according to… Continue reading

Smoke to stay for a while on Peninsula; B.C. fires increasing health risks

Final count of ballots changes no outcomes in Jefferson

An updated count of Jefferson County primary votes Thursday narrowed some vote margins but didn’t change any outcomes from Tuesday’s count. Cheri… Continue reading

Jefferson voter turnout low for primary election

Quite a few voters didn’t weigh in on primary election ballots on the North Olympic Peninsula. It was the lowest turnout in years in Jefferson… Continue reading

Firefighters save dog from Port Angeles fire; two others overcome by smoke

Firefighters save dog from Port Angeles fire; two others overcome by smoke

A Port Angeles woman lost two of her three dogs after her house in Gales Addition caught fire. Firefighters reunited Sandy Fearn… Continue reading

Firefighters save dog from Port Angeles fire; two others overcome by smoke
Port of Port Angeles, Clallam Public Utility District seek potential partnerships

Port of Port Angeles, Clallam Public Utility District seek potential partnerships

Port of Port Angeles commissioners see Clallam County’s public utility district as a potential partner in… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles, Clallam Public Utility District seek potential partnerships
Forks Relay for Life to be ‘fast, furious’

Forks Relay for Life to be ‘fast, furious’

Like all the fun that can be had in a single game of Friday night football, Forks’ Relay for Life will “rush” 24… Continue reading

Forks Relay for Life to be ‘fast, furious’

Port Angeles man sentenced for possession, theft

A Port Angeles man has been sentenced after a jury found him guilty of possession of a controlled substance and attempted third-degree… Continue reading

Sequim High alumni throwing multi-class bash

Sequim High alumni throwing multi-class bash

Some things never change— at least for a handful of Sequim High School alumni who are meeting for their class reunion 30 years… Continue reading

Sequim High alumni throwing multi-class bash

Neighborhood watch alert issued in 300 block of Old Olympic Highway

The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office has issued a neighborhood watch alert after a man was reported as suspicious in the 300 block… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend grant to fund Quilcene marina study

Port of Port Townsend grant to fund Quilcene marina study

The Port of Port Townsend has received grant money for a feasibility study and a business plan for revitalizing the Herb Beck Marina… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend grant to fund Quilcene marina study
Sequim Holiday Inn installs Tesla Supercharger station

Sequim Holiday Inn installs Tesla Supercharger station

The North Olympic Peninsula’s first Supercharger station for Tesla electric cars is now open. The Sequim-Dungeness… Continue reading

Sequim Holiday Inn installs Tesla Supercharger station
Wildfire smoke, summer heat cover North Olympic Peninsula

Wildfire smoke, summer heat cover North Olympic Peninsula

Smoke from British Columbia wildfires is expected to cover the North Olympic Peninsula well into next week. That smoke, which has caused… Continue reading

Wildfire smoke, summer heat cover North Olympic Peninsula
Wilma Hackman

McKay, Hackman tops in initial primary ballot count for Chimacum School District

Jack McKay and Wilma Hackman apparently will face off in November for Position 5 on the Chimacum School District. In the initial count… Continue reading

Wilma Hackman
City of Port Angeles suspends late fees in light of security concern

City of Port Angeles suspends late fees in light of security concern

Late fees and delinquency notices have been suspended for city utility ratepayers until further notice while city officials figure out if a… Continue reading

City of Port Angeles suspends late fees in light of security concern

Hood Canal Bridge closures planned overnight through Saturday

Five-hour closures — interrupted several times to ease congestion— are planned for the Hood Canal Bridge overnight each night through Saturday. Closures will… Continue reading

Vandals spray-paint Sequim church’s door and trailer

Vandals spray-paint Sequim church’s door and trailer

Vandals tagged a doorway and a trailer at Sequim Valley Foursquare Church, 9090 Old Olympic Highway, in Sequim. The damage was done sometime… Continue reading

Vandals spray-paint Sequim church’s door and trailer
BASEBALL: Wilder Junior rallies to close summer with tourney win

BASEBALL: Wilder Junior rallies to close summer with tourney win

Wilder Junior couldn’t have gotten off to a much worse start, not only in the Clackamas Clark Invitational 16U championship game, but to… Continue reading

BASEBALL: Wilder Junior rallies to close summer with tourney win