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Two arrested during protest of submarine at Indian Island
PORT HADLOCK – Two Jefferson County residents were arrested Saturday outside the entrance gates of Naval Magazine Indian…
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Investigation looks into mysterious cause of Brinnon inferno
BRINNON – Fire investigators don’t know yet what set off a conflagration that destroyed a home on U.S.…
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Firefighters dodge bullets, exploding propane tank but can’t save house
BRINNON – A 3,000-square-foot home in Brinnon burned to the ground Wednesday, while the resident watched in shock.…
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Jefferson County deputies to follow lead in case of West End girl missing for 26 years
After 26 years, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office believes the answers to Carla Owens’ 1981 disappearance could be…
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Nobody covets Hadlock Days queen crown
PORT HADLOCK – The Hadlock Days organizers have a crisis on their hands. The Chimacum High School auditorium,…
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Sheriff’s Office gets several adoption requests for rescued animals — but not yet
PORT TOWNSEND – Of the 80 abused animals rescued from a property near Four Corners Road on Monday,…
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Deputies rescue 80 neglected animals
PORT HADLOCK -Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office personnel rescued about 80 neglected animals from a single property near Four…
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Jefferson County poised to decide wetlands buffers
PORT TOWNSEND – It will be up to the Jefferson County Planning Commission to decide if compliance with…
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Jefferson County officials hear plans for resort near Brinnon
PORT HADLOCK – The Jefferson County commissioners and Planning Commission took their first look this week at 12…
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Grant to help students move into sixth grade
PORT TOWNSEND – A $15,000 grant will help fund a program aimed at helping fifth grade students make…
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Five treated for rabies; all well
PORT HADLOCK – The first case of rabies discovered in the North Olympic Peninsula in many years resulted…
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Backyard discovery could be relic from World War I
PORT TOWNSEND – It wasn’t a sewer pipe. It was an artillery shell. “Over the past three years,…
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Port Townsend Paper clears another hurdle in reorganization
PORT TOWNSEND – The Port Townsend Paper Corp. and its affiliates have received approval of what’s essentially a…
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Formerly deadly Anderson Lake due to reopen later this month
CHIMACUM – Anderson Lake State Park will open on April 28 for the beginning of trout-fishing season after…
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Sunday Showcase: Investigation into West End girl’s 1981 disappearance reopened
No one knows what happened to Carla Owens 26 years ago. On June 30, 1981, the 14-year-old girl,…
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Bank robber pleads guilty; ‘it was a horrible mistake’
PORT TOWNSEND – Daniel Lee Semingson pleaded guilty to robbing the Port Townsend branch of the Washington Mutual…
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Jefferson County slaps one of its own vendors with stop-work order
PORT HADLOCK – A Jefferson County businessman’s biggest customer has told him to quit working. For the past…
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Irondale petition follows Jefferson’s new no-shoot rules
IRONDALE – With the ink still wet on the amended no-shooting zone ordinance the three Jefferson County commissioners…
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Jefferson commissioners put 3-minute limit on public comment
PORT TOWNSEND – Longwinded residents of Jefferson County who wish to speak at Monday county commissioners meetings will…
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Most Jefferson County crime rates decline
Crimes across the board in Jefferson County at the end of 2006 were on the decline compared with…