Clallam: Three Humane Society workers charged

PORT ANGELES -- Three Clallam County Humane Society employees are under fire for allegedly falsifying information in a Sheriff's Department investigation into an apparent drug… Continue reading

Initiative 747 (property tax)

Unofficial returns by Wednesday evening. Ballot counting resumes on Friday. Statewide Yes 563,660 59.27% No 387,393 40.73% Initiative 773 (tobacco tax) Yes 614,312 64.62% No… Continue reading

Peninsula: I-747 passage won’t change proposed municipal budgets

Tuesday's voter approval of state Initiative 747 won't cause major changes to the budgets of major municipal governments in Clallam or Jefferson counties. Initiative 747,… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Newcomers to council expect no major city policy shifts soon

PORT TOWNSEND -- No dramatic policy shifts are immediately likely when four new City Council members take office in January. Freida Fenn and Kees Kolff… Continue reading

Clallam: Hannan, Somerville close in Port results

The most expensive and hotly contested race in this year's election hangs in the balance this morning. Bill Hannan was leading Corby Somerville by less… Continue reading

Forks: Mayor trailing in election

FORKS -- With only 303 votes counted in the Forks mayoral race late Tuesday night, Nedra Reed held a strong lead over incumbent Phil Arbeiter.… Continue reading

Port Angeles council races show two new faces, two familiar ones

PORT ANGELES -- The City Council will have two new faces and two familiar ones in 2002 if initial results from Tuesday's general election hold.… Continue reading

Port Townsend: “Smart-growth” candidates leading in City Council returns

PORT TOWNSEND -- All four "smart-growth" City Council candidates were leading their opponents in Tuesday races. The absentee ballots showed Kees Kolff and Catharine Robinson… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Filming for “The Ring” begins today

Filming of stock footage for the major motion picture "The Ring"' begins today at Fort Worden State Park. The Dreamworks SKG project still hasn't signed… Continue reading

Clallam: County moving to all-mail elections

Today's election could be the last in Clallam County in which voters step into the voting booth at their local precincts. County commissioners will consider… Continue reading

Clallam: Healthy Families wins $25,000 grant

Healthy Families of Clallam County has received a $25,000 grant from a Seattle-based philanthropic organization, the agency announced Monday. The Medina Foundation grant -- the… Continue reading

Port Angeles: School board awards contract to Colorado-based contractor

PORT ANGELES -- A Colorado-based contractor who submitted the lowest bid to rebuild Jefferson Elementary School won the job Monday. The Port Angeles School District… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Murder trial delayed two months

Robert Froehlich will have his day in court two months later than originally scheduled. Froehlich, 29, faces a second-degree murder charge for the 1992 stabbing… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Several City Council candidates spend final campaign day out on the trail

PORT TOWNSEND -- City Council candidates -- some on foot and at least one on bicycle -- set out Monday in a last-minute effort to… Continue reading

Peninsula: Hot-race winners not known for days?

The hottest contests in Jefferson and Clallam counties are the City Council races in Port Townsend and Port Angeles, Clallam County auditor, Forks mayor and… Continue reading

Seaport security takes center stage in terror fight

Imagine . . . Suicide terrorists pulling a boat alongside a heavily laden oil tanker in Port Angeles Harbor -- and detonating it, the way… Continue reading

Clallam: Ad for Port of Port Angeles candidate comes under fire

A Bill Hannan campaign advertisement in Friday's Peninsula Daily News alleges the Port of Port Angeles has given more than $700,000 in "taxpayer subsidies" to… Continue reading

Forks: Woman killed in crash

BEAVER -- A Forks woman was killed Friday when the Plymouth minivan she was driving collided with a dump truck on U.S. Highway 101 near… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Tentative agreement reached on bag plant severance package

PORT TOWNSEND -- Port Townsend Paper Corp. managers have reached a tentative agreement with union representatives on a possible severance package for the 90 employees… Continue reading

Sequim: Joyce girl buried after community assists family

SEQUIM -- In what may be a positive ending to a tragic tale that began almost two weeks ago, a Joyce family Saturday buried 16-year-old… Continue reading