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Port Angeles: YMCA teen center cuts back because of budget woes

PORT ANGELES -- A YMCA program targeting teen-agers and "at risk" youth is feeling the effects of agency and state budget cuts. The YMCA Teen… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Business leaders concerned over possible $3 immigration fee on ferries

Port Angeles business leaders fear a federally proposed $3 user fee on ferry passengers from Victoria could have a dramatic effect on the Peninsula's tourist-driven… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Some frequent fliers are hitting the road

Dan Wilder does not like the three-hour drive to Sea-Tac International Airport that looms each time he has to catch a flight. But the Port… Continue reading

Forks: Teens” joy ride leads to 100 mph freeway chase

Two Forks teen-agers are awaiting charges in a Thurston County detention center after they allegedly stole a sport-utility vehicle in their hometown and eventually crashed… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Police to replace Guard at airport

PORT ANGELES -- More city police will collect overtime pay beginning next week when local officers replace National Guard troops at William R. Fairchild International… Continue reading

Forks: Family, friends puzzled over mysterious death of David Davis

FORKS -- Suzie Dick has walked the short path many times that winds under looming trees and past tall ferns and grass. On an overcast… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Stage 4 water emergency declared

PORT ANGELES -- City officials have declared a water emergency and are asking Port Angeles residents to limit their water use until a leak in… Continue reading

Evidence lockers runneth over

Evidence is building up in law enforcement agencies across the North Olympic Peninsula, leaving some departments wondering where to put all their seized and unclaimed… Continue reading

Olympic National Park: Family hopes missing couple rest in peace in watery grave

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Kristine Coachman grew up believing her great-grandparents were resting in a watery grave in the depths of Lake Crescent. Recent video… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Fire station roof repairs to cost $409,000

PORT ANGELES -- Repairs to the fire station's deteriorating roof will cost more than $400,000, according to a preliminary estimate. Almost a third of the… Continue reading

West End: Beach cleanup takes place this weekend

Fake ivy, Christmas lights and part of a car door have littered coastal beaches in recent years, leaving curious hikers wondering where it all originates.… Continue reading

Neah Bay: Makah route wins scenic designation

NEAH BAY -- The road spanning the width of the Makah reservation now holds the title of the state's first tribal-sponsored scenic byway. The state… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Fine Arts Center vandalized

PORT ANGELES -- Vandals have struck again at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, this time bending the "eyelashes" of a steel bench sculpture and… Continue reading

Neah Bay: Makah anxiously await whale hunt

NEAH BAY -- The 32-foot hand-hewn cedar canoe "Hummingbird" sits at a dock in the Makah Marina, waiting for a crew to paddle it into… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Boys & Girls Club leases new building

Youngsters will have more room to play at a new building for the Mount Angeles Boys & Girls Club in Port Angeles. The U.S. Department… Continue reading

Peninsula: Puget Sound TV viewers to see commercial touting area

PORT ANGELES -- The Chamber of Commerce this year has dubbed Port Angeles a destination for "all seasons, countless reasons." And here's another reason Chamber… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Jury convicts man on sex charges

PORT ANGELES --Thomas Robert Williamson has been found guilty of eight of nine felony charges in the rapes and molestations of two children. In a… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Family files lawsuit in teen-ager’s slaying

PORT ANGELES -- The family of a teen-ager shot to death last year has filed a lawsuit seeking damages. The suit, filed Tuesday in Clallam… Continue reading

Clallam: Animal shelter director dies at 59

Clallam County Humane Society Executive Director Judy Ann Nikodym died Tuesday afternoon in a Seattle hospital. She was 59. Nikodym was taken by helicopter to… Continue reading

Information on Level III sex offenders in Clallam County can be accessed

Information on Level III sex offenders in Clallam County can be accessed at www.clallam.net/sheriff and in Jefferson County at www.co.jefferson.wa.us/sheriff/sexoffenders.htm. Registered sex offenders live in… Continue reading