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Forks Forum

The Forks Forum is the West End’s only hometown newspaper. This weekly publication is mailed Wednesdays to every postal address in the West End of Clallam and Jefferson Counties. With limited local shopping options, residents travel inland on the Olympic Peninsula for major purchases.

Forks is in a region of breathtaking beauty complemented by a diversely growing economy. The timber industry today is stronger than ever in Forks, closely followed by agriculture, commercial fishing, recreation and technology. Forks has recently become an incubator for emerging technology businesses, and is part of the fiber-optic cable highway that loops completely around the Olympic Peninsula.

The small town of Forks, Washington has long been a favorite destination for those possessing the pioneer spirit and a love of the land. Nestled on a broad prairie between the contiguous United States only temperate rainforest and the rugged Pacific Coast, Forks may be remote, but it is a pioneer and leader of the world’s wired rural communities. Forks was named the first rural High Tech High School in America by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the community’s drive to continually learn and make use of the latest technologies in education. Forks’ technical infrastructure, which includes DSL, video conferencing, and a soon-to-be completed extensive fiber-optic network, is attracting a new breed of highly skilled worker that thrives on telework and telecommuting.

Circulation: 4,700
Published: Weekly (Wednesday)

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