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Port Townsend moves to renegotiate interlocal agreements on affordable housing
PORT TOWNSEND — After a lengthy and sometimes contentious discussion about funding, the Port Townsend City Council voted…
Business
Study looks at maritime trades impacts on Jefferson economy
PORT TOWNSEND — A study to determine the effect of the maritime industry on the economics of Jefferson…
News
Wednesday farmers market opens in new location
PORT TOWNSEND — The Wednesday Farmer’s Market in Port Townsend has a new location and a new focus…
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Grant Street Elementary students say farewell to school building
PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend students have ended the school year with memories, hugs and tears of leaving…
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Seventy48 teams congratulated on trek
PORT TOWNSEND — After 70 miles of blistered palms and strained muscles, it was time to celebrate the…
News
Race to Alaska begins: First craft reach Victoria in first leg of race
PORT TOWNSEND — About a half hour before sunrise Thursday morning, Port Townsend Bay was humming with activity…
News
Pride in the Park set for Saturday in Port Townsend
PORT TOWNSEND — The inaugural Pride in the Park, an event to raise awareness of LGBTQ issues and…
News
Race to Alaska begins today; sailors party, prepare
PORT TOWNSEND — A fleet of sailors was making last-minute preparations Wednesday for today’s 5 a.m. start of…
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Competitors gear up for Race to Alaska
PORT TOWNSEND — The inside passage to Ketchikan, Alaska soon will be filled with dreamers set upon winning…
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Jefferson County recycling policy to change after China rejects material
PORT TOWNSEND — County residents have been accustomed to dutifully separating their recyclable materials into paper, plastics and…
News
Winners finish Seventy48 race in under 10 hours
PORT TOWNSEND — Under a star-filled sky and on calm seas, Epic, a kayak team from Bellingham, won…
Crime
Two arrested for investigation of Kai Tah assault
PORT TOWNSEND — Two men have been arrested for investigation of an assault on a 60-year-old man in…
News
Swaziland youth’s attempt to come to U.S. rejected
PORT TOWNSEND — Efforts to bring Walter Maphalala, a 19-year-old student, from Swaziland to the Northwest have been…
News
Inaugural Seventy48 race draws chef, many others
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson Healthcare’s Executive Chef Arran Stark is known for delivering oatmeal via paddleboard to the…
News
Inslee focuses on maritime industry during tour of Peninsula
Gov. Jay Inslee visited the North Olympic Peninsula on Thursday to discuss the area’s maritime industry and celebrate…
Entertainment
Steampunk Festival to bring adventure, whimsy to Port Townsend
PORT TOWNSEND — The Brass Screw Confederacy Steampunk Festival will take over downtown Port Townsend for its seventh…
News
Jefferson County likely to sell sand, gravel pit
QUILCENE — A 30-acre gravel and sand pit that has not been used in 22 years will be…
News
Port Townsend Arts Commission studies public art
PORT TOWNSEND — Plans to develop an informational park plaza on a small triangle-shaped parcel of public property…
News
Port Townsend group protests for immigrant rights
PORT TOWNSEND — A group of 55 men and women stood with signs Tuesday to bring awareness to…
News
Puget Sound Pilots honored at ceremony marking 150 years of program
PORT TOWNSEND — Elected officials joined Puget Sound Pilots officials, maritime advocates and educators in celebrating 150 years…