News
Two step into principal positions in Chimacum
CHIMACUM — Chimacum schools will be under new leadership in the 2017-18 school year with two new principals,…
Entertainment
‘Murder Ballad’ tale of the bartender, the poet and the woman torn
PORT TOWNSEND — Here’s a woman who wants both the hot sun and the wide blue sky. Sara,…
Opinion
What heat? The races must go on
SELLING ICE CREAM must have been a cinch at Forks Airport on Saturday during the West End Thunder…
News
Jefferson commissioners speed jail food service contract
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County commissioners have approved a resolution declaring an emergency in order to fast-track a…
News
North Olympic Peninsula pilots at work on earthquake aid plan
PORT ANGELES — A team of North Olympic Peninsula pilots plan to take to the skies when a…
News
Orcas Island man becomes first ever to finish R2AK on paddle board
KETCHIKAN — After just over two weeks of paddling, Karl Kruger has become the first person to complete…
News
NEWS BRIEFS: Fire forces three from PA home … and other items
PORT ANGELES — Three adults living at 210 North Jones St. have been displaced by a kitchen fire.
News
Expansion eyed for Commons: EPA assistance to help add uses of Mountain View complex
PORT TOWNSEND — The goal is to build on present plans for Mountain View Commons. And assistance from…
News
NEWS BRIEFS: State Highway 20 reopens early … and other items
PORT TOWNSEND — State Highway 20 in Jefferson County has reopened to traffic ahead of schedule.
Letters to the Editor
LETTER: Let’s stay a cut above the rest by living up to our commitment to planet
On our street, almost all our neighbors keep their lawn cut.
Business
EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings
• Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce — Twice-monthly breakfast meetings are held at 11:45 a.m. on the second and…
News
Property tax levy proposed to tackle lack of affordable housing in Jefferson County
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County commissioners will be briefed Monday about a property tax levy proposed to tackle…
News
How bad would it be? Partial state shutdown looms unless budget passed by Friday
OLYMPIA — State lawmakers have less than a week to avert a partial government shutdown that would close…
News
NEWS BRIEFS: Field carrier landing practice in Coupeville this week … and other items
COUPEVILLE — There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey…
News
Biotoxin rise leads to closure of beaches to shellfish harvest
The window for recreational harvesting of shellfish was short on several beaches in Clallam and Jefferson counties.
Life
HORSEPLAY: Opportunity to support Olympic Peninsula Equine Network is coming
TERMINAL CANCER, ALZHEIMER’S disease, a car accident, sudden unemployment or a death in the family are all unexpected…