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Portions of Anderson Lake State Park to be reopened — but don’t go near the water
CHIMACUM – State Parks officials will reopen a portion of Anderson Lake State Park while continuing to prohibit…
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Jefferson Healthcare sets deadline for smoking ban
PORT TOWNSEND – The Jefferson County Public Hospital District 2 commissioners set a deadline of May 31 next…
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Jefferson confirms hepatitis case; little exposure seen
PORT HADLOCK – The county health department has confirmed that a farm apprentice at Sunfield Farm had hepatitis…
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Quilcene’s Walker Mtn News newspaper to fold after decade
QUILCENE – After more than 10 years in print, Walker Mtn News has fired up the presses for…
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Flag Day-raising fetes renovated courthouse clock tower
PORT TOWNSEND – A flag was raised, music was played, and speeches were made on Thursday as about…
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Jefferson Healthcare Hospital to consider smoke-free campus
PORT TOWNSEND – A proposal to make the entire Jefferson Healthcare hospital campus smoke free will go before…
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Jefferson commissioners form panel on no-shooting zones
PORT TOWNSEND – The Jefferson County commissioners have created a committee which will review proposals to establish no-shooting…
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Warning issued for Hood Canal shellfish
Jefferson County’s top public health officer is urging anyone who plans to eat shellfish captured from Hood Canal…
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Anderson Lake closed again; toxin levels 250 times worse than last year
CHIMACUM – Anderson Lake State Park was closed Friday night after tests showed toxin levels to be 250…
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Port Townsend High School class of 1951 member finally gets his diploma
PORT TOWNSEND – William Blaurock’s face, beaming under its red mortarboard, showed signs of more experience than those…
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Hoodsport volunteer firefighter identified as driver of SUV charred in collision with gasoline tanker truck
BRINNON – A 56-year-old Hoodsport man was identified Tuesday as the driver who perished when the sport utility…
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State loans Jefferson PUD funds to pay for archeological survey at Beckett Point
DISCOVERY BAY – Jefferson County Public Utility District officials are breathing easier after Tuesday’s state Public Works Board…
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Proclamation on gay pride month passed by commissioners, council in Jefferson County
PORT TOWNSEND – A proclamation marking June as Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Month generated some opposition at…
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Driver dies after SUV reportedly crosses U.S. 101 into gasoline tanker truck
UPDATED, 1 p.m.: BRINNON — The Washington State Patrol today named the driver who perished in a head-on…
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More ferry runs canceled as Port Townsend service remains at one boat
PORT TOWNSEND – The Port Townsend-Keystone ferry route stayed limited to one boat Monday, continuing the cancellation of…
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Lots of winners in PT Duck Derby
PORT TOWNSEND – A slow migration of 6,899 yellow, sunglasses-wearing rubber duckies floated to shore during Sunday’s second…
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Jefferson PUD asks for state money after bones found at work site
DISCOVERY BAY – A Jefferson County Public Utility District official is asking for emergency state funds to cope…
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Archaeologists examining site where PUD project halted
DISCOVERY BAY – Archaeologists hired by the Jefferson County Public Utility District got a first look Thursday at…
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150-foot cell phone tower allowed for Port Hadlock
PORT TOWNSEND – A Jefferson County hearing examiner has approved the construction of a 150-foot T-Mobile monopole cell…
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Human remains found at project site; tests suggest archaeological discovery
DISCOVERY BAY – The discovery of buried bones and bone fragments – which were determined Wednesday to be…