Quilcene School District officials have put out the "welcome mat" to Brinnon middle school students to play sports on Ranger teams. The offer goes into… Continue reading
PORT HADLOCK -- Jefferson County Public Utility District Commissioner David Sullivan, a candidate for county commissioner, received a stern warning about state campaign laws from… Continue reading
Thirty-five sites on the North Olympic Peninsula are listed with the state Department of Ecology as potentially hazardous to the environment. The properties include mill… Continue reading
A month after switching the bus fleet over to biodiesel, Jefferson Transit officials say they can smell the difference in the air. Transit authority Planning… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- Where the 87-foot Coast Guard cutter Osprey now sits in the Boat Haven, there once were three 83-foot wooden-hulled cutters. Ralph Gallant… Continue reading
INDIAN ISLAND -- Military units converge on Jefferson County this weekend in an exercise to defend a small fictitious southwest Pacific island nation from a… Continue reading
The Port of Port Townsend is considering rate increases to bolster revenue next year, but Port commissioners say they are adamant about not raising taxes.… Continue reading
CAPE GEORGE -- More than $80,000 in federal grant money will go toward purchasing new equipment for firefighters of one of Jefferson County's fire districts.… Continue reading
INDIAN ISLAND -- The annual harbor defense exercised called Operation Seahawk is scheduled to begin next week, but little information about the military activity is… Continue reading
North Olympic Peninsula law enforcement officials say they are seeing a decline in methamphetamine use. That's the good news. The bad: Cocaine is becoming more… Continue reading
Hood Canal is expected to be closed to all fishing, except for salmon, until further notice. The move comes as dissolved oxygen levels in the… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- The land at Quincy and Cosgrove streets known as the Scout House property has been put up for sale and the 73-year-old… Continue reading
QUILCENE -- South Jefferson County business leaders are dreaming of a visitor center to welcome travelers arriving to the Olympic Peninsula by way of Brinnon… Continue reading
BRINNON -- A 12-year-old girl was shot in the head as she and her brothers were apparently playing with a loaded pistol at their home… Continue reading
BRINNON -- A proud mechanic, a devoted father and energetic grandfather. That's how a Brinnon man is being remembered by his family the day after… Continue reading
PORT HADLOCK -- The first head-to-head debate of county commissioner candidates this year saw last year's buzzwords "pit-to-pier" replaced by hot new phrases like "urban… Continue reading
QUILCENE -- A Brinnon man was killed Wednesday when his motorcycle slammed into a car on U.S. Highway 101 at the Big Quilcene River bridge.… Continue reading
