The U.S. Coast Guard, working under a higher terror alert, has extended a 500-yard security zone to ferries such as the private MV Coho and… Continue reading
President Bush's plan to modernize Medicare by spending $400 million over 10 years could curtail reimbursements to North Olympic Peninsula hospitals, a medical lobbyist told… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- When it comes to Wal-Mart, the septic system problem is often right under your nose. County environmental health officials report Wal-Mart's septic… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- Local poet Sam Hamill wasn't too disappointed when First Lady Laura Bush canceled the symposium on Poetry and the American Voice. He'd… Continue reading
North Olympic Peninsula Congressman Norm Dicks is one of three Pacific Northwest members of Congress named Wednesday to a new House committee overseeing homeland security.… Continue reading
SEQUIM -- The rules were a little different Wednesday for state Court of Appeals proceedings. As high school students filed in and out of a… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- Elisa Halcomb thought her dog, Allie, was just chewing on a dirty stick Tuesday evening until she gave the object a kick.… Continue reading
CHIMACUM -- Stunned friends of Shane Thomas Luther are getting by with a little help from each other. Luther, 16, was found dead Saturday morning… Continue reading
There are at least six more ballots to be counted in Brinnon and Quilcene school elections, Jefferson County Elections Coordinator Karen Cartmel said Tuesday. But… Continue reading
SEQUIM -- Gil Oldenkamp believes a person receives far more than he gives as a community volunteer. On Tuesday, Oldenkamp received honors for years of… Continue reading
The Port Angeles City Council could decide at its March 4 meeting how much it will charge the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe to hook up… Continue reading
Months after he was charged with trying to explode a pipe bomb outside the Fairmount Motel, a Port Angeles man plotted to have the federal… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- Police plan to excavate one of two sites searched last week that may solve the mystery of a woman who disappeared 33… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- Two community leaders will tell Japanese officials this week how this city protects the environment and uses its heritage and culture for… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- Many people consider it the scariest intersection on the North Olympic Peninsula. Cars back up on Deer Park Road when movie patrons… Continue reading
CHIMACUM -- Jefferson County Sheriff's Office officials are investigating the death of a Port Ludlow teenager whose body was found in the vicinity of a… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County will pay for a new Sheriff's Office annex, courthouse improvements and other upgrades through the sale of $4.58 million in… Continue reading
A Jefferson County official and American Civil Liberties Union members on Thursday will try to resolve a class-action lawsuit filed over county jail conditions. David… Continue reading
Nominations for the Academy Awards will be announced today at 5:30 a.m. in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Click on AP Wire, left, for a full report… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- Every year, Blue Heron Middle School teachers bring the eighth-grade to Jefferson County Courthouse to observe local government. This year, one student… Continue reading
