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Jefferson County, land trust work to protect farms

PORT TOWNSEND — The three Jefferson County Commissioners are scheduled Monday to consider approval of the acquisition of…

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Jefferson County Humane Society seeks donations for shelter after budget cut

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Humane Society-operated county animal shelter, which faces county budget cuts as do…

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Jefferson Transit facility back on track; strategy could secure stimulus money

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson Transit board on Tuesday got the wheels rolling once again to possibly build…

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Jefferson County commissioners OK rezoning for industrial park at airport

PORT TOWNSEND — The three Jefferson County commissioners unanimously approved the Port of Port Townsend’s request to rezone…

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Port Townsend representatives air concerns about airport rezoning, urge delaying action until 2010

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County commissioners on Monday postponed deliberations on a controversial rezoning plan at Jefferson County…

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Jefferson County commissioners OK budget that comes with a warning

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County commissioners on Monday approved a $52.8 million budget with 10 fewer staff positions…

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Two more seek appointment to Jefferson County PUD board

PORT TOWNSEND — Former Jefferson County Commissioner Larry Dennison and Jerry Spieckerman, a retiree active in community service,…

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County fairs on Peninsula face state budget cuts; losses would be ‘devastating,’ ‘substantial’

PORT TOWNSEND — The possible loss of up to $30,000 through a state Department of Agriculture cut that…

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Port Townsend authors’ book helps with sick plants

PORT TOWNSEND — He’s the scientist. She’s the writer. Both share a love of nature, a vast knowledge…

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Turissini to quit Jefferson Transit for Seattle transit post

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson Transit General Manager Dave Turissini has accepted the express bus program manager’s position with…

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Port Townsend ponders fate of Landfall Restaurant site; input from public missing

PORT TOWNSEND — Whether to demolish all or part of the former Landfall Restaurant building or spare the…

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Solar array proposal for Jefferson airport make winners of public-private parties

PORT TOWNSEND — A group that wants to build a solar array to power Jefferson County International Airport’s…

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Jefferson PUD gives self 90 days to fill vacancy

PORT HADLOCK — Jefferson County Public Utility District General Manager Jim Parker presented the two PUD commissioners with…

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Hearing supplies Port Townsend with efficiency ideas

PORT TOWNSEND — Consider different hours for the Jefferson County Department of Community Development building department, improve productivity…

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Jefferson PUD commission has third applicant for vacancy

PORT HADLOCK — Bill Wise, who helped guide a successful 2008 election campaign that now has the Jefferson…

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Jefferson commissioners erase challenged part of public comment policy

PORT TOWNSEND –The Jefferson County county commissioners have deleted a portion of the public comment policy that calls…

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Jefferson County approves shoreline program; next stop is state Ecology Department

PORT TOWNSEND — After weighing hundreds of public comments and 30 hours of deliberations, Jefferson County commissioners Monday…

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Jefferson commissioners caught in middle of dispute over airport area rezoning

PORT TOWNSEND — A Port of Port Townsend proposal to rezone 24 acres of Jefferson County International Airport…

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JC MASH extends free medical clinic with Port Hadlock service

PORT HADLOCK — Ken Brown, a longtime Port Hadlock advanced registered nurse practitioner who has worked at times…

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Students compete to name new Washington state ferries classification

PORT TOWSEND — Chimacum and Port Townsend fourth-graders are competing with Coupeville and South Whidbey Island students to…