Port Townsend: City Council votes down hardware distribution center rezoning, 3-2; business proposal apparently evaporating

PORT TOWNSEND -- A proposal to bring a 20,000-square-foot hardware distribution business -- and 20 jobs -- to Port Townsend is apparently evaporating. Only three… Continue reading

Westport looking forward to Port Angeles expansion, exec says

PORT ANGELES -- Westport Shipyard Inc. could break ground on its new yacht-making plant by March and employ 100 people by the end of next… Continue reading

Clallam: Supreme Court Justice Owens visitsPA

Since taking her seat almost two years ago on the state Supreme Court, former Forks resident Justice Susan Owens says her life has changed. She… Continue reading

HIGH WINDS, RAIN, SNOW BUFFET PENINSULA

Rain and wind arrived with a vengeance Sunday, reminding residents what it's usually like to live in the Northwest in December. High winds knocked out… Continue reading

Peninsula: Smallpox vaccine on the way for health-care workers

Local vaccination plans to assure protection of key people in the case of a smallpox outbreak are in place for high-risk military and health-care workers.… Continue reading

West End: Makah vote on tribal council representative

Makah tribal members in Neah Bay take to the polls today to elect one person to an open seat on the Makah Tribal Council. Candidates… Continue reading

Jefferson County celebrates 150 years

One-hundred fifty years of Jefferson County history is on display in the County Courthouse. Prepared by the Jefferson County Historical Society, the display commemorates the… Continue reading

Most Peninsula state parks to charge parking fees starting Jan. 1

Fort Worden State Park will charge a $5 parking fee for some visitors beginning Jan. 1 as park officials consider how to assess the fee… Continue reading

Peninsula Home Fund helps breast cancer victim

EDITOR's NOTE: This is another in a series of articles on the Peninsula Home Fund. Click on the Home Fund button at left and print… Continue reading

Sunday Showcase: State agency keeping tabs of Peninsula air quality

Air quality isn't generally something Clallam and Jefferson County residents worry about. Few automobiles clog our roads and streets. And even fewer factories and mills… Continue reading

Forks: Pool supporters raise $161,000

FORKS -- A dream more than two decades in the making is coming true -- the West End will have a pool. Supporters of developing… Continue reading

Jefferson: Mineral overlay gives county more say over quarry, commissioner says

Jefferson County commissioners will finalize a mineral overlay for Fred Hill Materials Inc. near Shine 1:30 p.m. meeting today (Friday). But in doing so, they… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Lodging tax board ponders Cascadia request, bed tax uses

PORT ANGELES -- Another Cascadia Center for the Performing and Literary Arts funding request and other uses for the current conference center subsidy were debated… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Council continues hearing on Victorian hardware business

PORT TOWNSEND -- The City Council delayed a decision Wednesday night on a request to rezone property off upper Sims Way to make way for… Continue reading

Supreme Court justice to drug court graduates: “You’re the real heroes”

PORT ANGELES -- As six people graduated from adult drug court Thursday and dozens more watched from the audience, a familiar face returning to her… Continue reading

Jefferson County celebrating 150 years

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County kicks off the celebration of its 150th anniversary with a reception Friday. The event will take place from 5 p.m.… Continue reading

Peninsula feeling effects of season’s first winter storm

Residents of Clallam and Jefferson counties are feeling the effects of the first winter storm of the year to hit the Peninsula. Although winter storms… Continue reading

Peninsula man embodies the spirit of St. Nick

KALA POINT -- When Vincent Verneuil travels during the winter holiday season and catches children looking at him, he knows what they're thinking. "They want… Continue reading

Port Angeles: State Supreme Court Justice Owens keynotes drug court graduation today

State Supreme Court Justice Susan Owens is the featured speaker at today's Clallam County Adult Drug Court graduation. Owens, a former Clallam County District Court… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Port commissioners oppose parking fees at Fort Worden State Park

PORT TOWNSEND -- With the Washington State Parks Commission poised to approve a $5 parking fee for most state parks, Port of Port Townsend officials… Continue reading