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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.

The beauty of the North Olympic Peninsula calls to the artist in us all. The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, which is at located at 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd., is urging everyone from the very young to the very old to grab their paintbrushes, pastels or watercolors and head outside to capture that beauty on canvas.

The wise owl is here to share the reggae gospel. Pato Banton and the Now Generation bring back their deep-rooted reggae sounds of positivity to the North Olympic Peninsula.

The clatter of rocks falling from excavator buckets is the sound of creation as two new beaches take form on the waterfront.

A free astronomy program with telescopes continues at Hurricane Ridge, one of the best light-restricted "dark sky" sites on the North Olympic Peninsula.

Gary Velie of the American Legion Riders rings the Liberty Bell replica as the names of Clallam County veterans who died the previous month are called out.

A Port Angeles man sought for about a day because of a felony Department of Corrections bench warrant was in the Clallam County jail Saturday.

The couple never saw it coming. Never did Christine Loewe and Ian Miller, both of Port Angeles, think that either of two bottles filled with guests' messages from their Crescent Beach wedding eight years ago and tossed into the Strait of Juan de Fuca would find their way back to the couple.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. A pedestrian was killed in downtown Spokane Friday night as he attempted to cross I-90 near the Maple Street exit.

Electric and hybrid technology is the future for the automotive industry, and the Automotive Technology Program at Peninsula College just received a boost to its program that will have its students industry-ready.

When Misty Dieffenbach attended the University of Idaho, she pursued a degree in child development and family relations with an eye toward teaching preschool.