Jefferson County

Access to Hurricane Ridge set for Friday, weather permitting

Access to Hurricane Ridge set for Friday, weather permitting

After a monthlong hiatus, Hurricane Ridge Road and its chalet-like visitor center will be reopened Friday, weather and road conditions permitting, acting… Continue reading

Access to Hurricane Ridge set for Friday, weather permitting
Boat three years in the making to be launched Friday in Port Townsend

Boat three years in the making to be launched Friday in Port Townsend

The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding’s Sea Beast, a 36-foot wooden boat that took more than three years to build, will make… Continue reading

Boat three years in the making to be launched Friday in Port Townsend

Water quality evaluation leads to commerical shellfish harvest restrictions

Commercial shellfish harvesting has been restricted on the Hood Canal near the Duckabush River in East Jefferson County after an annual evaluation of… Continue reading

Peninsula employment up

Unemployment rates dipped on the North Olympic Peninsula for the second time in as many months in March, state officials said. Clallam County unemployment fell… Continue reading

LETTER: Uninsured drivers make the rest of us pay

I wonder if you think as highly of uninsured drivers as I do. On April 21, I was hit by another car in the Safeway… Continue reading

New bridge eyed between Marrowstone, Indian islands

New bridge eyed between Marrowstone, Indian islands

Jefferson County officials have teamed up with the North Olympic Salmon Coalition to remove a land bridge connecting Indian and Marrowstone islands… Continue reading

New bridge eyed between Marrowstone, Indian islands
Recovered bald eagle released, reunited with mate near Port Angeles

Recovered bald eagle released, reunited with mate near Port Angeles

Sparky, the bald eagle electrocuted last month by a 7,200-volt power line west of Port Angeles, has been released back to the… Continue reading

Recovered bald eagle released, reunited with mate near Port Angeles
Port of Port Angeles sees possible indirect effect on local timber exports from proposed tariff

Port of Port Angeles sees possible indirect effect on local timber exports from proposed tariff

Port of Port Angeles officials are concerned President Donald J. Trump’s proposed 20 percent tariff on Canadian soft lumber imports into the… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles sees possible indirect effect on local timber exports from proposed tariff
Ground broken on expansion of Port Townsend park and ride

Ground broken on expansion of Port Townsend park and ride

Jefferson Transit broke ground Tuesday on a project that will expand its Four Corners Road Park and Ride. The $540,400 project, which… Continue reading

Ground broken on expansion of Port Townsend park and ride

LETTER: Trump should release his tax returns to divulge any conflicts of interest

So, Donald Trump has not yet released his tax returns. He says the reason is that he is still under audit, which does not make… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Artist to provide demonstration at Sequim meeting Thursday … and other items

Artist Kevin Willson will provide a program and demonstration at a meeting of the Olympic Peninsula Art Association on Thursday. Doors will open… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: Real science too scary to deal with

HALLOWEEN USED TO be the scariest holiday of the year with ghosts, goblins and the zombie apocalypse threatening to knock on your door when you… Continue reading

Special Drug Take Back Day set Saturday

A special Drug Take Back Day will offer Clallam County residents places in Port Angeles, Sequim and Forks for disposing of potentially dangerous, expired, unused… Continue reading

Two authors to read at Northwind center on Thursday

The Northwind Reading Series will feature authors Sibyl James and Judith Roche on Thursday. The reading will begin at 7 p.m. at… Continue reading

A demonstration of Japanese washi paper is planned Wednesday.

Northwind Book Arts hosts expert on Japanese paper

Linda Marshall, the proprietor of Washi Arts, will conduct a hands-on demonstration of Japanese paper at the next Northwind Book Arts meeting… Continue reading

A demonstration of Japanese washi paper is planned Wednesday.

Jefferson commissioners approve $150,000 lawsuit settlement

The Jefferson County Commissioners have approved a $150,000 settlement after a roughly four-year legal battle over the county’s internet access logs. According… Continue reading

Highway 101 work around Lake Crescent now set to begin mid-July

Work on a $27.5 million project to rehabilitate 12 miles of U.S. Highway 101 around Lake Crescent will begin in mid-July… Continue reading

Alice Derry featured as Peninsula College’s 17th Writer-in-Residence

Alice Derry featured as Peninsula College’s 17th Writer-in-Residence

Poet Alice Derry will be featured in presentations in Port Angeles, Port Townsend and Forks this week and May 1 as Peninsula… Continue reading

Alice Derry featured as Peninsula College’s 17th Writer-in-Residence

LETTER: Trump’s lack of sound foreign policy increasingly worrisome

As a member of the Jefferson County Citizens for Sound Foreign Policy, I am gravely concerned with the current administration’s lack of a strategic plan… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Comments sought on Chimacum math curriculum … and other items

The Elementary Math Curriculum Committee for the Chimacum School District is recommending for adoption an elementary math program called Bridges in Mathematics. The… Continue reading