Sequim community card being sent local Marine, his fellow troops

SEQUIM -- Real estate broker Carroll French was having fun buying commemorative pins and buttons during the recent kickoff dinner for the Sequim Irrigation Festival… Continue reading

Sequim trucker convicted of all 29 charges connected to cocaine trafficking, money laundering

PORT ANGELES -- Douglas Eugene Baker sat staring straight ahead in the courtroom Wednesday morning as a judge read the jury's verdict: The Sequim man… Continue reading

Shuttle astronaut draws crowd to Scout breakfast

PORT ANGELES -- Former NASA space shuttle astronaut John Fabian of Port Ludlow helped the Mount Olympus District of the Boy Scouts of America raise… Continue reading

Indian Island: Navy unamused over peace activist’s renaming of isle

INDIAN ISLAND -- Call it the Cedar Island Center for Nonviolence and Peace. That's what Jefferson County peace groups are calling Naval Magazine Indian Island.… Continue reading

Joyce: “Daze” royalty to be picked tonight

Two local girls will be named 2003 Joyce Daze royalty tonight to reign over the Aug. 2 festival highlighting blackberries and the rural community. Five… Continue reading

Olympic Discovery Trail route east of Sequim approved

SEQUIM -- Saying it has the most favorable features, Clallam County commissioners unanimously approved the proposed Olympic Discovery Trail route north of U.S. Highway 101… Continue reading

Peninsula: Boaters must now report to Customs in person at a port of entry

The nation's heightened homeland security means more restrictions for recreational boaters returning from Canada to the North Olympic Peninsula. Private boaters now must report in… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Police chief wants parking enforcement expanded for summer

PORT ANGELES -- Police Chief Tom Riepe wants to expand downtown parking enforcement during the peak summer tourist season. Riepe said Tuesday he will present… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Prosecution, defense rest arguments in Sequim cocaine trafficking trial

PORT ANGELES -- The prosecution and defense ended their arguments Tuesday in the trial of accused cocaine dealer Douglas Eugene Baker of Sequim with opposing… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Mothers take stand against WASL

PORT TOWNSEND -- In a stand against standardized testing, two mothers took to the street Tuesday outside Mountain View Elementary School in protest of the… Continue reading

Several Port Townsend-Keystone ferry route sailings are being canceled this week due to low tidal conditions.

Cancellations begin with today's 8 a.m. sailing from Port Townsend to Keystone and the 8:45 a.m. return run. On Thursday, the 8 a.m. sailing and… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Police chief promotes sales tax increase for justice

PORT ANGELES -- Police Chief Tom Riepe told business leaders Monday that sagging law enforcement funding for effective emergency dispatch services could be bolstered if… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Veterans object to Veterans Park protests

PORT ANGELES -- A military veteran and father of a sailor serving in Iraq demanded to the City Council on Monday night that war protests… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Westport celebrates beginning of new yacht plant

PORT ANGELES -- With a near-perfect spring day as a backdrop and construction work already humming along, business and community leaders joined Westport Shipyard Inc.… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Airport runway to be extended 200 feet for instrument landings

PORT TOWNSEND -- The runway at Jefferson County International Airport will be lengthened by 200 feet so equipment allowing instrument landings can be installed. Port… Continue reading

Sequim: Lawsuit challenging rezone of potential shopping center land officially settled

SEQUIM -- After several delays, a lawsuit challenging the rezone of property for a potential shopping center has been settled after the City Council voted… Continue reading

Clallam: Carlsborg church to return camp proposal

CARLSBORG -- Two years ago, a proposal to expand a Kitchen-Dick Road church retreat and youth camp was rejected by the Clallam County hearings examiner.… Continue reading

Jefferson: Dead scuba diver was underwater specialist

SHINE -- A 42-year-old commercial diver apparently drowned Saturday when the hydraulic drill he was using tore away his air line and entangled him 50… Continue reading

Port Angeles; Cocaine sales trial resumes today

PORT ANGELES -- The trial of a Sequim man accused of using his gravel delivery business as a front for selling cocaine resumes this morning… Continue reading

WEST END: MAKAH TRIBE’S GENERAL MANAGER STEPS DOWN

NEAH BAY -- The general manager of the Makah tribe has departed his position after almost three years working for the tribal council. Bob Polasky,… Continue reading