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West End: Quileute Tribal Council reorganizes

LAPUSH -- Tourism and tribal culture will remain the focus of the Quileute Tribal Council following the recent reorganization on the five-person board. During the… Continue reading

West End: Makah diabetes program gets grants

NEAH BAY -- The Makah diabetes program has been awarded three grants totaling $11,500 for a retina clinic next month. The grants, from three pharmaceutical… Continue reading

Clallam: Longtime sponsor speaks out about Kalakala restoration effort

PORT ANGELES -- In the recent effort to bring the historic ferry Kalakala back to Port Angeles, one voice has been missing. Bill Zynda, who… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Fire displaces residents

PORT ANGELES -- Two people were temporarily displaced from their homes Friday when a bed caught fire inside a Lauridsen Boulevard house. Kathleen Young, 35,… Continue reading

Clallam Bay: Prison hunger strike ends

CLALLAM BAY -- Clallam Bay Corrections Center Superintendent Sandra Carter will address inmates' grievances next month. Her decision follows a hunger strike that lasted almost… Continue reading

Last-ditch attempt to bring Kalakala back to Port Angeles?

PORT ANGELES -- Local supporters of the art-deco ferry Kalakala, which once called Port Angeles home, are floating a new idea to bring the ailing… Continue reading

Inmates resume hunger strike at Clallam Bay prison

CLALLAM BAY -- Some inmates at Clallam Bay Corrections Center have resumed a hunger strike, saying they are dissatisfied with a privilege system in their… Continue reading

Port Angeles: “Bub” passes his Eagle Scout board of review — at age 84

PORT ANGELES -- An 84-year-old man clutched a Boy Scout handbook as he sat before a five-person Eagle Scout board of review Saturday. After an… Continue reading

Sequim: 200 gather to remember crash victims

SEQUIM -- More than 200 people gathered at Carrie Blake Park on Saturday evening, lighting white candles to remember three friends who lost their lives… Continue reading

Two killed when car hits guardrail, then crosses road

PORT ANGELES -- Two Coast Guard personnel were killed Saturday night when a Honda slammed into a guardrail and careened into a second vehicle on… Continue reading

Port Angeles man, 84, goes for Eagle Scout board of review — 70 years late

Erling "Bub" Olsen has been reading his Boy Scout handbook and brushing up on merit badge requirements. Like many boys, he's ascended the ranks from… Continue reading

Clallam: Body recovered from Lake Sutherland

LAKE SUTHERLAND -- A search team on Wednesday recovered a body from Lake Sutherland believed to be that of a man who presumably drowned two… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Bank robber on the lam

PORT ANGELES -- A man on Wednesday morning hopped the counter at the downtown Bank of America branch and absconded with a bag of cash.… Continue reading

Joyce man renews effort to bring – Kalakala – to Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- A new idea has surfaced to bring the art deco ferry Kalakala back to Port Angeles, where it once operated and where… Continue reading

Sunday Showcase: First babies of 2003 born

Yessenia Milynn Ugarte's birthday won't be hard to forget -- 1/2/03. Born late Thursday night at Port Townsend's Jefferson General Hospital to parents Heather Manthe… Continue reading

PENINSULA: REPORT TRACKS CLALLAM, JEFFERSON CRIME TRENDS

Violent crimes and property crimes are down slightly in Clallam and Jefferson counties since last year, though vehicle thefts have increased across the North Olympic… Continue reading

Clallam: Let park board lead in shooting range development, Doherty suggests

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County Commissioner Mike Doherty and shooting park proponents say letting the county's park board take the lead could be the best… Continue reading

Neah Bay: Makah to seek full review of ruling barring whaling

NEAH BAY -- In the wake of a federal appeals court ruling that bars the Makah from hunting gray whales, tribal representatives say they will… Continue reading

Sekiu: Hoko River/Cowan Ranch area proposed as state park

SEKIU -- When some residents of the tiny towns of Clallam Bay and Sekiu consider state property along the Hoko River, they see ball fields,… Continue reading

Forks: Investigation clears LaPush police officer in girl’s suicide

FORKS -- A LaPush police officer whose personal handgun was used in a teenage girl's suicide Sunday violated no department policy, LaPush Police Chief Rich… Continue reading