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Practice makes perfect for state champion equestrienne

CHIMACUM – Sasha O’Meara Crowell, 14, and her horse competed against 126 other youngsters at the 2007 Washington…

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Planners urge smaller no-shooting zone in Paradise Bay

PORT HADLOCK — The Jefferson County no-shooting zone committee has recommended that a proposed no-shooting zone in the…

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Carousel made in Port Townsend to spread joy to hurricane-damaged Gulf town

PORT TOWNSEND – Instead of giving a hurricane-devastated town building materials or medical supplies, Bill Dentzel is donating…

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Homecoming dance to have a twist — two police officers with Breathalyzers

PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend High School students considering drinking alcoholic beverages before the homecoming dance Oct. 27…

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Jefferson Planning Commission recommends turning down gun range – but not before three-commissioner walkout

CHIMACUM – A majority of Jefferson County planning commissioners will recommend that the county commissioners shoot down Security…

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Point man in Jefferson County lakes’ toxin testing resigns

PORT TOWNSEND – After 2½ years as Jefferson County environmental health director, Mike McNickle is taking a promotion…

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Missing Port Townsend man in Tennessee

PORT TOWNSEND – Kendon Paegelow was awakened at 5 a.m. Wednesday by good news, he said. On the…

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Big Quil student shellfish operation must get contract with school district, State Auditor’s Office says

QUILCENE – The State Auditor’s Office says the Quilcene School District and Big Quil Enterprises, the 4-H shellfish…

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Someone’s ‘tagging’ historical Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND – Parts of Port Townsend have been marked with graffiti in recent weeks, and police believe…

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Jefferson County closes Lake Leland over toxic bacteria; homeowners warned

QUILCENE – Jefferson County public health officials closed Lake Leland to all forms of water recreation on Friday…

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Police search for a man missing from boat

PORT TOWNSEND – Police are searching for a Port Townsend man who was last seen at the Port…

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Pit-pier foes buoyed by Navy ‘concerns’ over Hood Canal project

PORT TOWNSEND – A representative of the Hood Canal Coalition, an environmental organization that opposes a proposed Fred…

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Navy ‘concerned’ over pit-pier barges in Hood Canal

PORT TOWNSEND – The commanding officer of the Navy’s huge Kitsap County complex says the Navy has “major…

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Kinetic Skulpture race komes to a klimax in PT

PORT TOWNSEND – The sun was setting, casting shades of pinks and oranges on a thin blanket of…

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Kinetic Skulpture Race karries on traditions of kweens, rubber chickens and mediocrity

PORT TOWNSEND – This weekend marks the silver anniversary of the Great Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Skulpture Race.…

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Port Townsend hospital to add clinic to emergency department

PORT TOWNSEND – Jefferson Healthcare hospital officials plan to open an ExpressCare clinic on Oct. 15 to treat…

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Costs of possible bond issue laid out in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND – The Port Townsend School District is considering asking district voters to approve a $30 to…

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Vandal damages Port Townsend businesses

PORT TOWNSEND – A Port Townsend man was charged Monday in Jefferson County Superior Court in connection with…

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Jefferson County’s fire chiefs plead for separate fire marshal position

PORT TOWNSEND – The county’s fire chiefs sounded an alarm before Jefferson County commissioners Monday that the county…

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New group prompts state report on mill emissions

PORT TOWNSEND – The state Department of Health is compiling comments from Port Townsend residents who are concerned…