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Beck unseated, Thompson wins in Port of Port Townsend races
PORT TOWNSEND — Leif Erickson unseated longtime incumbent Herb Beck while Dave Thompson kept his seat against challenger…
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Mystery Bay diesel spill averted thanks to residents’ quick response
NORDLAND — Three Marrowstone Island residents are credited with averting a diesel fuel spill in shellfish-rich Mystery Bay…
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Port of Port Townsend candidate says he has corrected lapse that prompted state complaint
PORT TOWNSEND — Leif Erickson, a candidate for the Port of Port Townsend commssion, said he has corrected…
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‘Opt in’ for state parks drawing mixed results on Peninsula
Fewer than half of Clallam County residents who renewed their auto license tab fees in September allowed an…
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Life on the high seas: Schooner Adventuress gives students taste of ocean, nature
PORT TOWNSEND — Whether she sets sail or rests moored at Boat Haven marina, the schooner Adventuress serves…
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Port Townsend tech company makes national ‘fast-growing’ list
PORT TOWNSEND — Intellicheck Mobilisa has been ranked among the top 500 fastest growing technology firms in North…
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Peninsula health officials frustrated over slow delivery of vaccine for swine flu
While cases of H1N1 virus are on the rise in both Jefferson and Clallam counties, health officials are…
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Resident pepper-sprayed during Coyle home invasion robbery
COYLE — A 72-year-old man was pepper-sprayed during a home-invasion robbery Wednesday night, with at least one assailant…
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Chetzemoka advocate ecstatic over ferry naming for Klallam chief
PORT TOWNSEND — Brinnon resident JoAnn Bussa said Wednesday that she was ecstatic and overwhelmed when she and…
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Mooring buoy plan floated for Port Townsend waterfront
PORT TOWNSEND — A city of Port Townsend and Northwest Maritime Center proposal for 10 mooring buoys to…
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Port Townsend uses low-interest loans to bolster historical district
PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend Main Street Program’s Housing and Urban Development low-interest revolving loan fund is helping…
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New Port Townsend ferry to be named after Klallam Chief Chetzemoka
OLYMPIA — The first of two 64-car state ferries to be built for the Port Townsend-Keystone route will…
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Passenger from China attacks two Jefferson Transit drivers
PORT TOWNSEND — A 21-year-old man visiting from China attacked and injured two Jefferson Transit bus drivers Sunday…
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Jefferson commissioners hear bid for aquaculture development
PORT TOWNSEND — A Lake Leland veterinarian is lobbying Jefferson County commissioners to allow finfish aquaculture in the…
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Project aims to plump native oyster population on Discovery Bay, other havens
DISCOVERY BAY — A project to restore dwindling native Olympia oyster populations has shifted from planting oyster seeds…
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Small spill ‘horrifies’ builder of giant yacht, prompts port move to tighten reporting rules
PORT TOWNSEND — Townsend Bay Marine will accept a Port of Port Townsend offer to train the company’s…
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City urges port to slow eco park process at Jefferson County airport
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port of Port Townsend’s top executive called for unity among port, city, county and…
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Port Townsend-Keystone route to have two ferries again
PORT TOWNSEND – The Port Townsend-Keystone route, which lost its 80-year-old Steel Electric ferries in late 2007,…
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State awards contract for two more car ferries
SEATTLE — The state Department of Transportation’s Ferries Division today awarded a contract to Todd Pacific Shipyards to…
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Jefferson County assessor: I-1033 would ‘repeatedly, permanently shrink’ revenue base
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Assessor Jack Westerman III told county Administrator Philip Morley that Initiative 1033 would…