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

Sequim: Dungeness River tiff pits wetlands vs. salmon

SEQUIM -- A draft environmental analysis on the Dungeness Water Users Comprehensive Conservation Plan pits wetland protection against salmon preservation efforts. Diverting water from the… Continue reading

Clallam: Chapman takes challenge of Demo colleagues to make budget cuts

Standing tough against 1 percent county tax levy increases, Clallam County Commissioner Mike Chapman on Tuesday refused to support a $60.1 million 2003 county budget… Continue reading

Forks: Festival of Trees raises $8,000

FORKS -- The eighth annual Festival of Trees auction Sunday raised more than $8,000, with all the money going to community projects and scholarships sponsored… Continue reading

Irondale couple sets Christmas tradition on its head

IRONDALE -- Like characters out of a Dr. Seuss book, Ernie and Lerose Coulter like things a little topsy-turvy. But instead of eating their bread… Continue reading

Jefferson: State hearings board orders county to revisit saltwater intrusion issues

Jefferson County has been ordered by a state hearings board to refine its plan to protect wells from saltwater intrusion. The county was found to… Continue reading

Peninsula Home Fund aids family caring for ill father

EDITOR's NOTE: This is another in a series of articles on the Peninsula Home Fund. Please access a donation form by clicking on the Home… Continue reading

Port Townsend: City Council to take comment tonight on distribution center plan

PORT TOWNSEND -- The City Council will convene in a special session this evening to take public comment on a proposed 20,000-square-foot distribution center just… Continue reading

Sequim: Council sets down design guidelines for big stores

SEQUIM -- An ad hoc committee studying design standards for retail buildings with more than 25,000 square feet of space received guidelines from individual City… Continue reading

Clallam: Port renews Boddy’s pact for 2003, eyes new search

PORT ANGELES -- Port commissioners unanimously agreed Monday to renew Executive Director Clyde Boddy's contract for 2003 with the same terms as before -- including… Continue reading

Jefferson: County boosts property tax by 1 percent

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County commissioners on Monday joined the ranks of several other government agencies across the North Olympic Peninsula by increasing property taxes… Continue reading

Jefferson: County commissioners OK gravel overlay zone

PORT TOWNSEND -- Fred Hill Materials Inc. will be granted a 690-acre mineral overlay zone near Shine, which clears the way for an application for… Continue reading

Jefferson: Fort Worden History Project captures fort’s past

PORT TOWNSEND -- What started out as a dream came to fruition over the weekend at Fort Worden State Park. "I wish everyone who worked… Continue reading