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Jefferson County fights gadfly who attempted commissioner recall

PORT TOWNSEND - Jefferson County is asking that a suit alleging commissioners violated the state Opens Meeting Act be dismissed and that Mats Mats resident… Continue reading

Key highway at Discovery Bay hit by slides twice in week

DISCOVERY BAY - A mudslide Monday on state Highway 20 between Eaglemount and Anderson Lake roads, and a second one at the same location the… Continue reading

Urgent care clinic to be proposed to Jefferson Healthcare board

PORT TOWNSEND - A proposal for an urgent care fast track clinic within the emergency department at Jefferson Healthcare hospital is expected to go before… Continue reading

Peninsula retailers rebound from bad-weather start to have good holiday season

Many local shop owners describe this holiday season as typical as they recover from reduced business during November storms. "We were never actually closed for… Continue reading

Port Townsend City Council to consider loan to itself tonight

PORT TOWNSEND - The City Council will consider loaning itself money from a fund that supports a water transmission line that Port Townsend Paper Corp.… Continue reading

4-H Club’s connection with ‘Charlotte’s Web’

PORT TOWNSEND - The Jefferson County chapter of 4-H is providing coverage on its youth-run news Web site of the recent live-action motion picture release… Continue reading

Departing Jefferson County commissioner looks back

BRINNON - Pat Rodgers hopes understanding of the need for development of the Tri-Area continues and regrets voting for a settlement with the Washington Environmental… Continue reading

Judge denies motion to change training center ruling

GARDINER - Kitsap County Superior Court Judge Jay B. Roof has let stand his Nov. 1 decision that Security Services Northwest can conduct business as… Continue reading

Security lax in courthouse, Jefferson County commissioners told

PORT TOWNSEND -- Unlike at some courthouses throughout the state and nation, entering the historical Jefferson County Courthouse does not conjure up images of airport… Continue reading

Advocate of recalling two Jefferson County commissioners pleads case in court

PORT ANGELES -- Acting as his own attorney, Mats Mats resident Mike Belenski argued Thursday that two of Jefferson County's three commissioners should be recalled.… Continue reading

Latinos hold procession through downtown Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND -- She appeared again this year in Port Townsend -- Our Lady of Guadalupe. Tuesday night marked the second year that the Latino… Continue reading

Latinos hold procession through downtown Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND - She appeared again this year in Port Townsend - Our Lady of Guadalupe. Tuesday night marked the second year that the Latino… Continue reading

Port Townsend school levy measure on February ballot

PORT TOWNSEND -- A four-year maintenance and operation levy for the Port Townsend School District will be on the Feb. 6 special election ballot. The… Continue reading

Port Townsend school levy measure on February ballot

PORT TOWNSEND - A four-year maintenance and operation levy for the Port Townsend School District will be on the Feb. 6 special election ballot. The… Continue reading

Panel urges closure of Mountain View School in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND -- A Port Townsend School District long-range planning committee has recommended that Mountain View Elementary be closed and other school facilities either be… Continue reading

Jefferson County raises community development fees

PORT TOWNSEND --Jefferson County commissioners unanimously voted Monday to increase permit fees for the Department of Community Development that are expected to generate approximately $47,000… Continue reading

Fully electric car makes no noise as it passes by

PORT TOWNSEND - You'll hear no engine revving when JoAnna Loehr cruises by. Still, with its toy-like appearance and the word "electric" stretched across both… Continue reading

School of hard knocks involves shellfish for Quilcene students

QUILCENE -- It's a Tuesday afternoon in a Quilcene High School classroom, and students sit circled around their entrepreneurial mentors, Joe and Joy Baisch. The… Continue reading

Tower reappears at Jefferson County Courthouse

PORT TOWNSEND - The scaffolding began coming down off the Jefferson County Courthouse on Friday. A large, portable boom crane was used to lower portions… Continue reading

Voters to weigh fire district levies in February

PORT LUDLOW - Voters in Jefferson County Fire District No. 3 will be asked to allow lid lifts on two permanent levies on Feb. 6.… Continue reading