Where to pay your property taxes

First half property taxes are due Wednesday in Jefferson and Clallam counties. Tax payments in Clallam County can be mailed to the Clallam County Treasurer's… Continue reading

All aboard for Quilcene Heritage Days

QUILCENE -- The last train has long since departed Quilcene, but the legacy that steel rails left behind remains to this day. "All Aboard" is… Continue reading

Peninsula Spotlight: Dixieland jazz festival in Port Angeles this weekend

Dixieland jazz lovers are in for a big weekend beginning today, April 25, when Jazz in the Olympics Festival brings nine bands to Port Angeles.… Continue reading

Peninsula tourism: Why do they come?

Why do people visit Clallam and Jefferson counties? The Olympic & Kitsap Peninsulas 2002 Visitor Profile surveyed visitors in Clallam County to find out. Clallam… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Sawmill layoffs start today

About 20 Crown Pacific Partners LP millworkers in Port Angeles face temporary layoffs today, not knowing when they"ll be called back to work. The North… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend commissioners freeze spending

PORT TOWNSEND -- Port of Port Townsend commissioners have voted to curtail spending until revenues increase. During a late night meeting Wednesday, Port Director of… Continue reading

Survey tells Peninsula tourism officials of marketing strengths, weaknesses

Thirty-one percent of Clallam County visitors say they are likely to return within a year. But the percentage is significantly lower than in Jefferson County,… Continue reading

Other Port Angeles School District budget cut forums:

PORT ANGELES -- Three additional forums will be held before the School Board announces budget cuts May 19. Here is the schedule for future forums,… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Liberty Bell replica to toll for Iraq war casualty Reiss

PORT ANGELES -- Local veterans ring the replica Liberty Bell at Veterans Park on Lincoln Street the last Friday of every month to honor Clallam… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Man sought in parking lot attack surrenders to police

PORT ANGELES -- The man suspected of beating another man in a convenience store parking lot last weekend has turned himself into police. Logan Marquez,… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Public gets chance to find up to $1 million in school cutbacks

PORT ANGELES -- Keeping Choice Alternative High School open, increasing recycling and facility rental fees, and reducing busing costs topped the list of budgeting suggestions… Continue reading

Port Ludlow Festival canceled

PORT LUDLOW -- The Port Ludlow Festival won't take place this year. Instead, the event, which would have turned 3 years old this summer, will… Continue reading

Sequim fluoridation opponents finally get their say

SEQUIM -- Fluoridation opponents finally got their say Wednesday, suggesting alternatives and pointing to studies showing fluoride doesn't work and is harmful to the environment.… Continue reading

Unemployment falls a half-percent on North Olympic Peninsula

The jobless rate in Clallam and Jefferson counties fell 0.5 percent during March, a state Employment Security Commission monthly report shows. Clallam County registered 8… Continue reading

Jefferson: Munitions supply ship may find permanent home at Indian Island

PORT LUDLOW -- The U.S. Navy is considering a proposal to permanently home port a supply ship at Naval Magazine Indian Island as it increasingly… Continue reading

Marrowstone water talk sparks name-calling row

NORDLAND -- A joint meeting of county and public utility district commissioners Tuesday disintegrated into a verbal battle over development of a Marrowstone Island water… Continue reading

Port Angeles police continue assault investigation

PORT ANGELES -- Police are continuing to investigate an assault early Saturday morning that put one man in a coma and another man on the… Continue reading

Port Angeles School District conducts first public forum tonight

PORT ANGELES -- The public will have an opportunity to ask questions, make suggestions and voice concerns about possible school budget cuts during the first… Continue reading

Sequim letter tied to mail scare in Tacoma

TACOMA -- Powder on a letter addressed to the Sequim Police Department helped to set off a terrorism scare Tuesday that shut down a huge… Continue reading

Sequim: Police chief not sure of destination of powdered envelope

SEQUIM -- Police Chief Ken Burge isn't sure if an envelope addressed to his department contained the white powder that caused evacuation of a mail… Continue reading