Port Angeles: Gateway gets new look – — – at $11.54 million

PORT ANGELES -- A sleek redesign of Gateway International Transportation Center was rolled out Monday, with expanded underground parking and a proposed price tag of… Continue reading

Port Angeles: School Board receives recommendations on budget cuts; public forums scheduled

PORT ANGELES -- The School Board on Monday received a list of 39 recommendations from its blue ribbon fiscal advisory panel to cut up to… Continue reading

Port Angeles: State might buy waterfront property for graving yard

PORT ANGELES -- The state Department of Transportation might buy the 23 waterfront acres needed for a graving yard. The Port of Port Angeles and… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Passenger ferry to Victoria to start next year, Chamber of Commerce told

PORT TOWNSEND -- High-speed passenger ferry service between Port Townsend and Victoria will be a reality in about a year. Pete Hanke, owner of Puget… Continue reading

Quilcene: Move riverside properties — or the dikes?

Jefferson County commissioners and staff pondered the effects of moving back dikes along the Big Quilcene River to fight recurring flooding problems. Commissioner Glen Huntingford,… Continue reading

Sequim: Parents of home-schooled children complain about how district’s support program is run

SEQUIM -- A group of parents who use the assistance of the Sequim School District to home-school their children are threatening to drop out of… Continue reading

Clallam: Transit board to view new Gateway design

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam Transit board members today will look at a new International Gateway Transportation Center design that proposes to excavate for about 120… Continue reading

Peninsula: Clallam Bay prison to offer Father’s Day program

BY EMELINE COKELET CLALLAM BAY -- For a day, these men will be fathers. They will replace their prison uniforms with matching T-shirts, help their… Continue reading

Peninsula: Marine Resources panels aid fish habitat

It's citizen-based marine restoration and protection in action. Marine Resources Committees in Clallam and Jefferson counties are little-known, hard-working panels of volunteers that focus their… Continue reading

Dicks to visit U.S. troops wounded in Iraq war

Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Bremerton, and other members of Congress will travel to Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany this weekend to pay tribute to troops… Continue reading

Easter weekend full of egg hunts, bunny visits and events

Hundreds of children are expected to participate in Easter egg hunts, be photographed with the Easter Bunny and share community breakfasts with their families this… Continue reading

Group to ask Port Angeles for dog park

PORT ANGELES -- A man who believes every dog should have a place to run, play and socialize with other dogs is leading a campaign… Continue reading

Owner of poisoned Chimacum herd finally leads surviving heifers to pasture

CHIMACUM -- Dairy farmer Gerald Bishop is happy about being able to lead half of a herd of heifers to a grassy pasture. A month… Continue reading

Port Angeles father to attend services for son killed in Iraq war

Port Angeles resident Brian Reiss is in Chattanooga, Tenn., today, where he will attend the burial of his son, Marine Sgt. Brendon S. Reiss, killed… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Todd Shipyards continues to challenge graving yard

PORT ANGELES -- Seattle-based Todd Pacific Shipyards has urged state and federal permitting agencies to conduct further environmental reviews of the state Department of Transportation's… Continue reading

Sequim: Father shares painful memory of daughter’s death

SEQUIM -- Fighting to maintain his composure, Pete Holden sighed deeply, steeling himself against the pain he was feeling over his daughter's death. Dressed in… Continue reading

Sunrise services mark Easter tradition

Three communities and several churches will hold sunrise services Easter Sunday. The tradition of sunrise services stem from Gospel stories of Jesus Christ's disciples visiting… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center sells nursing home

Olympic Medical Center commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to sell its nursing home in Sequim. Oregon based Avamere Health Services will pay $4.8 million for Olympic… Continue reading

Peninsula: Wilder reappointed to college board

Port Angeles car dealer Dan Wilder has been reappointed to the Peninsula College Board of Trustees by Gov. Gary Locke. The state Senate has confirmed… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Political, civic leaders to be “disabled” for a day

PORT TOWNSEND -- A dozen civic and business leaders will assume a disability next Wednesday to help them understand the hardships of the handicapped. From… Continue reading