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Peninsula business counselor wins state award

  PORT TOWNSEND — Kathleen Purdy has advised more than 1,000 clients in Jefferson and Clallam since 1995…

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Jefferson Transit driver proves he’s second to one in the nation

PORT TOWNSEND — Those who ride Jefferson Transit with Lloyd Eisenman at the wheel might feel safer knowing…

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Conference lifts chamber manager on passenger ferry

SEATTLE — Tim Caldwell, general manager of the Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce, came away from a Thursday…

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State Ferries to test reservations system

PORT TOWNSEND — The state ferry system will launch a pilot reservations system on the Port Townsend/Keystone ferry…

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 Bishop Dairy Farm celebrates industry award

CHIMACUM — Going organic at Bishop Dairy Farm was truly a move to greener pastures, says the farm’s…

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Water district proposal dries up

PORT TOWNSEND — A countywide per-parcel fee proposed to fund Jefferson County’s Clean Water District has dried up…

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Jefferson housing situation ‘serious,’ but no emergency

PORT TOWNSEND — City Council and Jefferson County commissioners stopped short of declaring an affordable housing emergency during…

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Jefferson deputy suspended for conduct at son’s ballgame

PORT HADLOCK — Jefferson County Sheriff Mike Brasfield on Thursday suspended a deputy for five days without pay…

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Man rescued from cold water

KALA POINT — A Kala Point man remained in stable condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after…

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A very good year for Centrum, director says

PORT TOWNSEND — More and more visitors to Port Townsend are looking for cultural, art and learning experiences…

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PT organizations help locals kick smoking habits

PORT TOWNSEND — If you want to put the butt out before your life is in ashes, Jefferson…

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Timber revenue sees sharp drop

PORT TOWNSEND — Washington Department of Natural Resources timber revenues to Jefferson and Clallam counties have fallen harder…

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State Oks two larger ferries for PT

PORT TOWNSEND — It’s official. The state has abandoned plans to build a new 50-car ferry for the…

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SSNW counts its losses

GARDINER — The silence at Security Services Northwest’s Fort Discovery compound is broken more by warbling goldfinch songs…

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Port of Port Townsend commissioners get the Point: Hudson, that is

PORT TOWNSEND — Two more Port of Port Townsend commissioners were successfully swayed Wednesday night to get to…

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Anderson Lake, tainted by toxic algae woes past two summers, set to open for fishing season

PORT HADLOCK — Anderson Lake — which has been threatened the past two years with unpredictable, recurring outbreaks…

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Helicopter to lift tainted debris from beaches

PORT TOWNSEND — In a second drive to clean up toxic creosote-tainted wood pilings and debris along Jefferson…

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Contract signed to start construction on $8.1 million Northwest Maritime Center

PORT TOWNSEND — Northwest Maritime Center leaders signed an $8.1 million construction contract Tuesday morning. Jim Whittaker, the…

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Interim Jefferson County administrator begins at courthouse

PORT TOWNSEND — Taking another step closer to finding a new county administrator, Jefferson County commissioners on Monday…

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Shore Stewards program helps homeowners as well as shoreline

PORT LUDLOW — Anita and Dave Weakley came home in January 2006 to every shoreline homeowner’s nightmare. Ten…