Jefferson County

Viola Penn Riebe, center, flanked by children, welcomed home with family and friends the Viola canoe during a ceremony at the Olympic Natural Resources Center in Forks. (Michael McNerney)

Canoe returned with ceremony to its homeland on West End

The Viola canoe has been returned to its homeland after 50 years.  In the culture of the Hoh, Quileute and other Northwest Tribes… Continue reading

Viola Penn Riebe, center, flanked by children, welcomed home with family and friends the Viola canoe during a ceremony at the Olympic Natural Resources Center in Forks. (Michael McNerney)

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Luncheon meetings are usually Wednesdays at noon at Blakeslee’s Bar & Grill, 1222 S. Forks Ave. The chamber is on… Continue reading

Jefferson Healthcare hospital commission candidates agree on single-payer system

Jefferson Healthcare hospital commission candidates agree on single-payer system

All three Primary Election candidates running for the Jefferson Healthcare hospital commission favor a single-payer system and all three are pro-choice, they said… Continue reading

Jefferson Healthcare hospital commission candidates agree on single-payer system
Invasive green crab count hits 87 on Dungeness Spit

Invasive green crab count hits 87 on Dungeness Spit

As crabbing season reaches its midpoint in the area, state and federal resource managers report they’ve caught 87 of the invasive European green… Continue reading

Invasive green crab count hits 87 on Dungeness Spit
Confession in decades-old murder case to be questioned at hearing

Confession in decades-old murder case to be questioned at hearing

Whether a confession that accused murderer Tommy Ross Jr. gave 19 years ago should be used as evidence in his newly scheduled… Continue reading

Confession in decades-old murder case to be questioned at hearing
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray

Investigator found in 1984 that Seattle mayor abused foster son

Three decades before Ed Murray was elected Seattle’s mayor, an Oregon child-welfare investigator found that he had sexually abused his… Continue reading

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray

Free outdoor concerts to offer dance music across Peninsula

Get out your sunglasses, your sunscreen and your dancin’ shoes. It’s time to boogie. Free outdoor concerts are planned in Sequim on Tuesday, Port Angeles… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Firefighters aid hiker near park road … and other items

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 firefighters helped Saturday in what they called an “unusual rescue.” Firefighters aided an Italian hiker… Continue reading

Group seeks donations for specially prepared playground in Chimacum

Group seeks donations for specially prepared playground in Chimacum

Jefferson County commissioners met with county officials, community members and parents of children with disabilities and agreed to provide a donation to… Continue reading

Group seeks donations for specially prepared playground in Chimacum
Cougar sightings cause concern in west Port Angeles neighborhood

Cougar sightings cause concern in west Port Angeles neighborhood

Some Port Angeles residents are concerned after recent sightings of a cougar on the west end of town. Vera Phillips, who lives… Continue reading

Cougar sightings cause concern in west Port Angeles neighborhood

A GROWING CONCERN: Constant vigilance increases garden health

WITH LAST WEEK’S column, I now embark on my third decade of writing about gardening. My first column was published July 2, 1997. So let… Continue reading

Annual show’s featured quilter focuses on big show, big quilts

Annual show’s featured quilter focuses on big show, big quilts

When Murph Gerber, 74, quilts, she likes to go big. “I mostly make king-size quilts,” she… Continue reading

Annual show’s featured quilter focuses on big show, big quilts
BACK WHEN: How the Beechers arrived in Port Townsend

BACK WHEN: How the Beechers arrived in Port Townsend

A MARCH 15, 1900, Morning Leader article, filed in the Jefferson County Historical Society Research Center Obituary notebook, is titled “Two Beechers Pass Away.” The… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: How the Beechers arrived in Port Townsend
Behind-the-scenes look at Emily Carr’s life in Victoria set for Aug. 3

Behind-the-scenes look at Emily Carr’s life in Victoria set for Aug. 3

She was called Klee Wyck, “the laughing one” in the Chinook language:… Continue reading

Behind-the-scenes look at Emily Carr’s life in Victoria set for Aug. 3

BIRD WATCH: Water brings many bird sightings

THANKS TO OUR cold, wet spring, the weeds took over various parts of the yard. One of those was the manmade waterfall and its stream… Continue reading

Brush fire on Sommerville Road in Chimacum under investigation

Brush fire on Sommerville Road in Chimacum under investigation

State Department of Natural Resources firefighters were investigating the cause of a brush fire in the 800 block of Sommerville Road in Chimacum… Continue reading

Brush fire on Sommerville Road in Chimacum under investigation

Composite Recycling Technology Center gets new contract; expects to expand workforce

The Composite Recycling Technology Center will pioneer new ways of recycling carbon fiber composite and expects to more than double its number… Continue reading

HELP LINE: Why do we fear and hate aging?

SOMETIMES, WHEN I have nothing else productive to do, I actually think about things I say. Apparently this is one of those times. One of… Continue reading

LETTER: Wants Trump removed from office for peaceful sleep

Oh my God. Whoever would have guessed that electing a man for president who was a reality television star with no governmental experience, who lies… Continue reading

New owner working to ‘get it right’ in reopening former Nippon site

New owner working to ‘get it right’ in reopening former Nippon site

McKinley Paper Co. vice president of operations said his company is taking a measured approach to transforming the former Nippon Paper Industries… Continue reading

New owner working to ‘get it right’ in reopening former Nippon site