Voters head to the polls today in Jefferson County to weigh in on school district maintenance and operations levies in Chimacum, Quilcene and Gardiner, and… Continue reading
Jefferson County may have to develop an extensive program to monitor saltwater intrusion into water wells as a result of a ruling issued by the… Continue reading
PORT LUDLOW -- Millions of people watching the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City will hear the voice of a local woman. Carol Nugent… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- The City Council is expected to take action on an ordinance Monday expanding the Planning Commission from seven members to 11 members.… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- The Chilkat Express passenger ferry has zoomed riders between Seattle and Port Townsend for more than two months, but company officials say… Continue reading
PORT LUDLOW -- Property owners in the North Bay section will cast their ballots Feb. 5 in the first-time election of commissioners to a drainage… Continue reading
A morning snowstorm Tuesday kept students out of school, forced cars into ditches, closed roads and created a temporary winter wonderland in northern Jefferson County… Continue reading
Five Jefferson County high school girls have been announced as candidates for Rhody royalty. The bright-eyed hopefuls for this year's Rhododendron Festival crown met the… Continue reading
Librarians on the Olympic Peninsula are worried about a proposal by Gov. Gary Locke to close the Washington State Library as a budget-balancing move. They… Continue reading
FORKS -- A portion of the Upper Hoh Road in Jefferson County was shut down Thursday morning after two logging trucks exposed a 20-foot-deep sinkhole… Continue reading
Law enforcement officers went door-to-door Wednesday in Jefferson County searching for residents with active warrants for their arrests. They apprehended two people in Brinnon. Officers… Continue reading
It's the off-season. Hotels, motels and bed-and-breakfasts have numerous empty rooms. And U.S. Highway 101 traffic, previously filled with out-of-town motorists traveling to Clallam and… Continue reading
SEQUIM -- Olympic Medical Center will provide financial assistance to two doctors in Virginia Mason's soon-to-close Sequim clinic in an effort to get them to… Continue reading
QUILCENE -- A 16-year-old student is spearheading the effort to get voter support for a two-year, $480,000 maintenance and operations levy. Registered voters in the… Continue reading
SEQUIM -- For John Lebowitz, the double failure of the schools maintenance and operations levy last year raised a red flag about moving here with… Continue reading
SEQUIM -- Clallam County officials are seeking a $1 million grant to fund a Dungeness River estuary project that includes acquiring private property west of… Continue reading
NEAH BAY -- A Makah tribal member has been recruited to head up the first statewide effort to coordinate tourism among Washington's 29 tribes. Donna… Continue reading
More than 600 people with outstanding warrants in Jefferson County could get a surprise visit from law enforcement officers later this month. The Jefferson County… Continue reading
LILLIWAUP -- One lane of U.S. Highway 101 was officially reopened Saturday afternoon, five days after a landslide forced officials to close the road south… Continue reading
North Olympic Peninsula officials breathed a sigh of relief Wednesday as intermittent sunshine brought an end to several days of rain that caused flooding, washouts… Continue reading
