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Jefferson County commissioners urged to create tax for mental health, chemical dependency services
PORT TOWNSEND — Lives are going to be lost in Jefferson County without additional funding to expand chemical…
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Restoration work, annex is saving historic City Hall and money, Port Townsend city manager says
PORT TOWNSEND — Weary of public scrutiny during a heightening election season, City Manager David Timmons is defending…
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Port Townsend asking residents to voluntarily conserve water
PORT TOWNSEND — With a dry summer draining water resources, city officials are asking residents to voluntarily conserve…
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Jefferson County files suit against Discovery Bay training center
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County officials filed a lawsuit in Superior Court Wednesday in an effort to shut…
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Hood Canal Bridge opens early … again
SHINE — Eighty hours? Who needs 80 hours? Despite repeated warnings that the second Hood Canal Bridge closure…
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What’s next for Hood Canal Bridge?
SHINE — Hood Canal Bridge is open once again, but there’s still plenty of work to be done…
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Court appears next in spat over firing range noise
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County officials are expected to seek an injunction this week in Superior Court to…
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Bridge closure Part II: Hood Canal span shuts down Sunday night for eastern approach span replacement
SHINE — As heavy as 100 gray whales and slower than a banana slug. That’s how state Department…
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Free passenger ferry to run between Port Ludlow-Kingston during bridge closure
PORT LUDLOW — It’s free but you better get in line early. So say Port Ludlow Chamber of…
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Legal action looming against training center, Jefferson County official says
PORT TOWNSEND — New legal action is expected to be taken against a Discovery Bay-based homeland security training…
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Landowner rejects $175,000 offer from Jefferson Transit
PORT TOWNSEND — The owner of 10 acres on which Jefferson Transit officials want to build a new…
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Shooting noise still reported from training center on Discovery Bay
DISCOVERY BAY — In spite of a Jefferson County order shutting down their homeland security operations Thursday, Discovery…
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Jefferson County Fair turns 68 this weekend
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Fair kicks off its 68th event today. With hundreds of open class, 4-H…
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Jefferson County orders homeland security training center to cease operations
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County’s Community Development director issued a stop work order Thursday that in effect ends…
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City, Port look at second life for Port Townsend’s Quincy Dock
PORT TOWNSEND — The decrepit Quincy Street dock, used for about 50 years as a vehicle ferry terminal…
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Bridge closure likely to benefit two Peninsula towns
BRINNON — Dorothy Land sees this weekend’s Hood Canal Bridge construction closure as having huge business potential for…
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Jefferson commissioners take step toward possible parks consolidation with Port Townsend
PORT TOWNSEND — By a 2-1 vote, Jefferson County commissioners on Monday authorized the county administrator to work…
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300-plus round-trip tickets purchased for temporary Port Townsend foot ferry
PORT TOWNSEND — Passengers have snapped up more than 300 round-trip tickets to catch a high-speed foot ferry…
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Jefferson Economic Development Council strategic plan should concentrate on job creation, leader says
PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Economic Development Council is seeking comments on the agency’s strategic plan, a…
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Courthouse bell rings out of control, is silenced
PORT TOWNSEND — You could say Jefferson County Courthouse’s bell went a little dingy late last week. County…