Fewer living-wage jobs. Dwindling affordable housing options. Take these two realities and the result is indisputable, say school district officials across the North Olympic Peninsula.… Continue reading
NEAH BAY -- Neah Bay School remains on a list of schools identified by the state as "needing improvement." The Office of Superintendent of Public… Continue reading
NEAH BAY -- Donna Wilke calls it the cutest show on the North Olympic Peninsula. The Makah tribal member and grandmother may be right. On… Continue reading
NEAH BAY -- A man shot in the leg by a Neah Bay police officer Aug. 14 was charged Monday with two counts of second-degree… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- Plans are under way for Serenity House of Clallam County to purchase part of what used to be Aggie's Restaurant and Motel… Continue reading
FORKS -- It doesn't get much clearer. If a Forks High School student threatens another student with a knife or some other weapon on campus,… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- Denise Graham loves Forks. That's why it's so hard for her to leave. At Monday's City Council meeting, the council is scheduled… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- For the first time ever and thanks to a partnership with Olympic Community Action Programs and Pierce College, Peninsula College is offering… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- Sure, Forks and other West End communities took a big economic hit in the 1980s when logging practices were curtailed. But things… Continue reading
A new federal ruling will shrink the breadth of "critical habitat" designations for Northwest rivers and streams, including some in Jefferson and Clallam counties. However,… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- Wal-Mart still hasn't purchased the former-Kmart shopping center east of Port Angeles. But plans are under way to potentially build a Wal-Mart… Continue reading
FORKS -- After years of leaking, Forks Fire Hall's bothersome roof is being replaced. In place of the flat roof, a pitched roof with metal… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- Port Angeles' loss may turn out to be Tacoma's gain. But only if two crucial factors pan out. Lloyd Brown, spokesman for… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- The latest Port Angeles School District budget plan for the 2005-2006 school year would rid the district of its two elementary school… Continue reading
FORKS -- The job evaluation for Bruce Thomas prepared in August 2004 sparkles with adjectives. "Bruce is an essential member of the district office staff,"… Continue reading
SEKIU -- When Denise Dunne DeVaney lost her job in 1999 due to budget cuts at Clallam Bay Correctional Center, she faced a stark choice.… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- Lots of foot traffic. That's all Mike VanAusdle, owner of Port Angeles Antique Mall, needs for his business to flourish. And he's… Continue reading
Forks Mayor Nedra Reed asked Clallam County officials Monday to consider sending some of their misdemeanor inmates to Forks' municipal jail. The idea, Reed said,… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- A 26-year-old man who beat his girlfriend at a Sequim motel -- and she later died of those injuries -- pleaded guilty… Continue reading
FORKS -- The Quillayute Valley School Board approved the 2004-05 school budget at a special session Thursday evening. But it wasn't easy, said district leaders.… Continue reading
