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Port Ludlow residents unload on Puget Sound Energy
PORT LUDLOW — A Puget Sound Energy official was apologetic to the company’s many Port Ludlow residents left…
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Library proposes $5.4 million expansion to double size of Port Hadlock facility
PORT HADLOCK — Jefferson County Public Library has proposed a $5.4 million expansion plan that would almost double…
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Brinnon resort plans resurrected after near-demise
BRINNON — After snags in negotiations last week almost ended plans for a proposed resort community in the…
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Officers in Jefferson County practice nighttime shooting
PORT TOWNSEND — The trigger is pulled and a flash of gunpowder escapes from the pistol barrel, not…
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Jefferson: Proposal would decrease speed limit on Cape George Road
PORT TOWNSEND — A study is under way to determine if a 50 mph speed limit on a…
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Skookum to start accepting emerald-colored glass for recycling in Jefferson County
PORT TOWNSEND — Wine drinkers, Beck’s beer fans and others who use of green-tinted glass bottles will now…
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Board of Health puts teeth into anti-smoking law
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County has gone from education to enforcement of Initiative 901 regulations that ban smoking…
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Plan to close Jefferson’s Gateway Visitor Center for three years shelved
SHINE — The Olympic Peninsula Gateway Visitor Center at the intersection of state highways 19 and 104 will…
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Larry Scott Trail closed by damage caused by storm
PORT TOWNSEND — More than a week after high winds and harsh waves ravaged parts of Larry Scott…
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Soaring Port Townsend property values to be felt in tax bills mailed today
PORT TOWNSEND — With Port Townsend properties reassessed last year for this year’s property taxes, residents living within…
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Port Townsend resident prepares for state on state education board
PORT TOWNSEND — A 17-year Port Townsend resident and former schoolteacher is one of seven new members of…
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Judge dismisses injunction against Security Services Northwest
PORT TOWNSEND — Security Services Northwest gained a little ground Friday when motions filed by Jefferson County to…
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Jefferson County transitioning into enforcement of smoking ban
PORT TOWNSEND — About two months after voter-approved Initiative 901 took effect and banned smoking inside and near…
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Courthouse clock tower plans OK”d
PORT TOWNSEND — The city’s Historic Preservation Committee has approved plans for the Jefferson County Clock Tower Restoration…
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Man convicted of second-degree assault in Oct. 20 stabbing
PORT TOWNSEND — After about nine hours of deliberation, a jury found Ryan Robert Baker guilty of second-degree…
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By the playbook: Coach hikes knowledge of game with Football 101 class
PORT TOWNSEND — With Super Bowl fever sweeping Washington like a Shaun Alexander end run, Port Townsend football…
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Co-defendants recount October stabbing assault in Port Townsend
PORT TOWNSEND — Ryan Robert Baker, on trial for first-degree assault, sat quietly Wednesday in Jefferson County Superior…
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Elected officials tour Naval Magazine Indian Island
INDIAN ISLAND — Elected officials from Jefferson County and the city of Port Townsend took a guided VIP…
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Indian Island skipper says only two subs will dock annually — ‘it’s not a big deal’
PORT TOWNSEND — Capt. Jonathan Kurtz, commander of Naval Magazine Indian Island, says that only about two nuclear…
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Children unhurt when car crashes into stopped school bus
EAGLEMOUNT — A stopped school bus carrying five Mountain View Elementary School students was struck from the rear…