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BREAKING: Juror’s memory puts double-murder trial on hold in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The Michael J. Pierce double-murder retrial is on hold after a juror said she might…

sPort of Port Townsend candidates (from left) Bill Putney

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Port of Port Townsend hopefuls outline priorities

CHIMACUM — Bringing business to Jefferson County and improving infrastructure was the focus of a Port of Port…

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Port Townsend OKs draft for Mountain View lease

PORT TOWNSEND — A proposed new lease between the city and the Port Townsend School District for the…

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Investigators tell of evidence, including arson fire, in double-murder trial

PORT TOWNSEND — A fire at the home of Pat and Janice Yarr on March 18, 2009, was…

Keith Darrock and Teresa Percy are shown in 2010 previewing the Port Townsend Library website prior to its official launch. A complaint from Darrock about Percy’s alleged lobbying for the Aug. 6 bond issue led to her retirement.  -- Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

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Library interim director chosen in Port Townsend; investigation results announced

PORT TOWNSEND — An interim director for the Port Townsend Library will begin work Monday, and the city…

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Investigators tell of evidence, including arson fire, in double-murder trial

PORT TOWNSEND — A fire at the home of Pat and Janice Yarr on March 18, 2009, was…

Defense attorney Richard Davies (with Superior Court Judge Keith Harper in the background) and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Chris Ashcraft deliver their respective openings in Monday’s retrial.  -- Photos by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

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Victims’ daughters open testimony in murder retrial

PORT TOWNSEND — The first two witnesses to start the murder retrial of Michael J. Pierce were the…

Workers remove a section from the Quincy Street Dock on Friday morning. The pieces were hauled to the Boat Haven where they will be dismantled and disposed of. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

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Onetime ferry dock removed in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Port of Port Townsend crews have dismantled two sections of the dilapidated Quincy Street Ferry…

Upstage owner Mark Cole prepares a skeleton doll for a weekend sale that will support opening the club in a new location while his girlfriend

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Upstage owner uncertain about future; Port Townsend nightspot likely to move

PORT TOWNSEND — The Upstage Restaurant and Bistro, a popular downtown nightspot that closed for repairs in June,…

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Opening arguments Monday in double-murder retrial in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — A request to move a double-murder retrial out of Jefferson County was denied for a…

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WEEKEND: Three-day celebration planned in Port Hadlock

PORT HADLOCK — A three-day celebration planned in Port Hadlock this weekend won’t be the traditional full-blown Hadlock…

Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily NewsRichard Davies

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Jury seated in Jefferson County double-murder trial

PORT TOWNSEND — Opening arguments in the retrial of Michael J. Pierce on double-murder charges will begin Monday…

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Celebrated Steinbeck boat at Port Townsend Boat Haven

PORT TOWNSEND — A fishing boat that provided the setting for some of Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck’s…

Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily NewsRichard Davies

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Jury seated in Jefferson County double-murder trial

PORT TOWNSEND — Opening arguments in the retrial of Michael J. Pierce on double-murder charges will begin Monday…

The Western Flyer

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Celebrated Steinbeck boat at Port Townsend Boat Haven

PORT TOWNSEND — A fishing boat that provided the setting for some of Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck’s…

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WEEKEND: Three-day celebration planned in Port Hadlock

PORT HADLOCK — A three-day celebration planned in Port Hadlock this weekend won’t be the traditional full-blown Hadlock…

The Jefferson Community School opened in the former Good Templars Hall on Quincy Street in Port Townsend in 2005.

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Jefferson Community School to reopen with expanded mission

PORT TOWNSEND — After announcing its closure in May, Jefferson Community School officials now expect to reopen under…

Mark McCready expresses his displeasure t the Port Townsend School Board at Monday's meeting. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

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Appeals to keep Redskins mascot don’t sway School Board

PORT TOWNSEND — The School Board won’t change its mind about retiring the mascot that has become a…

Michael J. Pierce sits with his attorney istens as attorney Richard Davies asks questions during jury selection Tuesday. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

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Jefferson County murder trial jury selection ‘going slowly’

PORT TOWNSEND — The selection of a jury for the Michael J. Pierce retrial on charges of killing…

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Port Townsend to have a real ‘Indy’ guest at film festival

PORT TOWNSEND — An actress who appeared in some of the most popular films of the 1970s and…