As I am writing this it is day 32 of the Government…
The traditional fifth wedding anniversary gift is wood. I am not sure…
What if you had an event and 100 more people than you…
The event now known as the Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction turns 54…
Last week I received an interesting call … well, I receive interesting…
As 2017 comes to an end, it is time to reflect on…
More than a decade after the first book came out, townsfolk still discuss the pros and cons.
At the Wednesday noon meeting of the Forks Chamber of Commerce, Executive…
In the spring of 1994, West End resident Richard Cahill began a…
The West End Historical Society started out as the Pioneer Club but…
On Monday, about 40 community members and a few others from Port Angeles and Sequim got an opportunity to tour the Olympic Correction Center. According to OCC Superintendent John Aldana, this is an experience that is not offered very often and usually just to high-up Washington state officials.
Last year when I went on the Forks Chamber of Commerce Logging and Mill Tour, it was a sad trip. It was the last time the tour would ever be stopping at Allen's Mill. Everyone wondered if the tours would continue.
The following order was issued about 4 p.m. Thursday Aug. 18, 2016
It’s after Memorial Day so it is officially the summer party season … not for me but for my .......
Tuesday, June 7, was a great day for a disaster drill. It was partly sunny, a high of 74 degrees and a light breeze. When the real thing happens .....
The Vietnam War officially ended April 30, 1975. The West End lost four of their own in the 10-plus year conflict. The first casualty from the West End was on May 20, 1967 ......
It’s a long drive to well … it’s a long drive but, if when you get there, you are thirsty, there are over 99 bottles .......
There is a saying … senior projects are like a box of chocolates … you never know what you are going to get. Well, that is not exactly the saying ......
It is never a good thing to get off on the wrong foot with people. Especially if your feet are bare feet and your name is Mick Dodge. But this was ......
Personally, I think if you have to tell a person not to leave their dog in the hot car, they should not be allowed to have a dog. But ........
Last Monday I was dying, well not really, but it felt like it at the time. I got myself to the office at noon and somehow got the paper put together. ......
“A student who can't read on grade level by third grade is four times less likely to graduate by age 19 than a child who does read proficiently by that time.” .....
Two men and a woman are accused of kidnapping and torturing a man in Forks.
The alleged victim .....
Last week residents of Undi Road, located five miles south of Forks, that live past milepost 1.1, were visited by the Jefferson County Sheriff. .....
It was in early January 1906, when the little steamer Alice Gertrude piled up on a rocky ledge in a raging blizzard ......
Nothing says people are reading what you write like when you write you are going to write about something .......
Abandoned and lost since the beginning of the century, a shack in the cedar swamp south of the Forks Shingle Mill......
These days we think nothing of getting in the car and driving to Port Angeles. Prior to 1914, a trip to Port Angeles meant......
W.F. Taylor, of Mora, was born in Tennessee in 1862, and lived there until he was grown. He spent some years in South Dakota.......
On the evening of Jan. 2, 1903, a ship’s officer aboard the Prince Arthur, a Norwegian bark that had been at sea 50 days..........
As a child growing up in Forks in the late 1950s to early 1970s, I remember always wanting snow for Christmas and sometimes ..........
Growing up in Forks in the 1960s, with the remoteness and mountain barriers, our television viewing choices were few and with an antenna..........
With the holiday season here, it is the time we think about mailing cards and packages. These days we ........
In 1900, according to the census, 139 people lived on the Forks Prairie. One of those families was......
The Realings were on their way to work Friday, Oct. 30, near LaPush, when they were hit head-on by a vehicle that crossed the centerline.
This is a tale about wine and cheese, not consuming them but being them. With the 21st annual Forks Chamber of Commerce Wine & Cheese event
Have you voted yet? Personally I liked the olden days when voters actually went to the polls to vote. The ladies at the Congregational Church would find your name on the list and then you made your choices.......
The year 1952 was not a good year for fishermen. Not because the fishing was bad, but because people were going fishing and never coming home again..........
Personally, I don't like scary movies or haunted houses, but I do like an unsolved mystery. In 1939, the West End experienced several.......
The hickory shirt has long been a staple in the logger’s wardrobe but how did it happen?........
