Port Angeles News

The Port Angeles Symphony has been on the hunt for a new conductor since the departure of Adam Stern last May. This year, the symphony will use several guest conductors who are all vying to become the next permanent maestro, which is a paid position with the orchestra.

Interfor has pulled the plug on its West End operations, planning to close two facilities and consolidate production in Port Angeles, the timber company announced Thursday.

Criminal charges continue to mount for a Port Angeles man, who is now suspected of robbing a Front Street pizza shop and breaking into an home earlier this month.

Researchers at Texas A&M University are now examining an anchor recovered from Admiralty Inlet last month to see if it is, as believed by those who recovered it, the anchor that broke off a ship in Capt.

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE of free outdoor music on the North Olympic Peninsula: PORT ANGELES CONCERT ON THE PIER - Wednesday, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Joy Mills Band .

A free introductory weight loss class will be held at the Natural Healing Clinic, 162 S. Barr Road, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today.

The Port Angeles Downtown Association board of directors has made it official: The association is withdrawing from efforts to consolidate with two other business groups under a PA United umbrella group without a vote of the general membership, as at first promised by board President Bob Lumens.

Calling for more accountability from both the city and the unions that represent 50 of its workers, and saying municipal employees should have the choice of joining a union, citizens' advocates filed a pair of initiatives Monday they want to put before voters.

A tractor-trailer truck towing a large excavator rolled onto its side Monday afternoon on state Highway 112 at Milepost 38.5 about 24 miles west of Port Angeles.

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE of free outdoor music on the North Olympic Peninsula: SEQUIM MUSIC IN THE PARK - Today, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Joy in Mudville .

Wondering about that white powdery stuff on your squash leaves? Don't know when to harvest your garlic? Want red, not green tomatoes this year? Home gardeners can get advice from master gardeners about vegetable gardening from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, at the Fifth Street Community Garden, 328 E. Fifth St. The event is part of the free Lunch ... (more)

The Blue Mountain Transfer Station has been "mostly reconstructed" after it was destroyed by a fire in November, Clallam County Public Works Administrative Director Bob Martin told commissioners Monday.

A temporary resource for homeless veterans took over the Elks Club on Monday, connecting those who have fallen on hard times with needed services.

"The election was done and we were designated as their bargaining representative," said Mark Fuller of Teamsters Local 589.

Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc. , the holding company for Sound Community Bank , today reported net income of $1.2 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2014, or $0.47 per diluted common share, as compared to net income of $1.1 million, or $0.43 per diluted common share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2013.

The disease wreaking havoc on wild sea star populations on the West Coast has struck captive collections in Washington's Olympic Peninsula.

Fundraiser benefits Sequim High School SEQUIM - Price Ford of Port Angeles recently conducted its first Drive One 4 Your School fundraiser at Sequim High School.

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE of free outdoor music on the North Olympic Peninsula begins with: PORT TOWNSEND SUMMER BAND - Today at 3 p.m. in the gazebo at Chetzemoka Park, Jackson and Blaine streets.

River Carey of Port Townsend, right, buys the first legal marijuana on the North Olympic Peninsula from budtender Jessica Bahrijczuk at Sea Change Cannabis in Discovery Bay on Friday morning.

Rural residents concerned about the potential impacts of marijuana growing operations in their neighborhood are organizing a campaign to prevent them from taking root.