Wild Olympics plan is a good compromise

Seventy-nine years on Earth gives one a good perspective on many things. I was born and raised on Grays Harbor and have seen more changes than I can count. Big and small, good and bad, the list is long. I spent 50 years as a logger, most of it right here on the...

Dems thank Norm Dicks for 36 years

Jefferson County Democrats love Congressman Norm Dicks, and Norm Dicks loves Jefferson County. That was clear on Sunday when more than 340 people turned out to what Jefferson County Democrat Teri Nomura called a “Thank you, Norm Dicks, for all you've done...

Protection plan for "Wild Olympics": Dicks, Murray

A plan to protect rivers, forests and ridges above three of the Olympic Peninsula's signature lakes was introduced in Congress on Thursday by Sen. Patty Murray and U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash. The “Wild Olympics” proposal has been vetted through...

Peninsula Business "Props" for Wild Olympics plan

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Scores of Peninsula business owners are joining local farmers, clergy and elected officials in applauding a measure introduced Thursday in Congress which would designate 126,000 acres of new wilderness in Olympic National Forest. Supporters say...