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Security chief considering another appeal
PORT TOWNSEND — The protracted legal battle between Gardiner-based Security Services Northwest and Jefferson County is a closed…
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Skookum to shelve jump ropes
PORT TOWNSEND — Skookum Jump Rope Co. will cease to exist at year’s end, but other employment options…
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Port Townsend ferry resumes service after early sailings canceled
PORT TOWNSEND — The Steilacoom II resumed service late this morning after divers discovered and removed a crab…
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Jefferson County could ‘end the water wars’ with desalinization
NORDLAND — Jefferson County Public Utility District leaders have long dreamed of drawing briny seawater from the edge…
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Jefferson County in compliance with growth management, board rules
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County is in compliance with the Growth Management Act and Olympic Stewardship Foundation has…
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Heat blamed for record water use
PORT HADLOCK — Jefferson County Public Utility District produced a record volume of water Tuesday — 1.5 million…
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Trail design, right of way goal this year
CHIMACUM — Jefferson County Public Works officials hope to finish the design and acquire the public right of…
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Jefferson County PUD sued over fees
PORT TOWNSEND — Two Port Townsend residents have filed a class-action lawsuit against Jefferson County Public Utility District,…
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Demand for costly appraisal angers Jefferson PUD
PORT HADLOCK — Jefferson County Public Utility District officials are upset over the $48,000 price for an appraisal…
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Ferry cancellation caused sleepover — on the ferry
PORT TOWNSEND — Sailing on the ferry Steilacoom II during morning hours this week could be a dubious…
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Peninsula economic groups together, Port Townsend chamber told
PORT TOWNSEND — Peninsula Development District has several Jefferson County projects on its list for federal money assistance…
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Clallam to absorb Jefferson County housing program
PORT TOWNSEND — Clallam Housing Authority is expected to take over administration of Jefferson County’s Section 8 affordable…
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More Jefferson County employees to be idled
PORT TOWNSEND — With building permit revenues running about $250,000 short of projections during the harsh recession of…
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OUTDOORS: Gibbs Lake toxicity show slight improvement
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Public Health on Friday upgraded Gibbs Lake’s water-quality safety status to “caution” level…
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State to inventory tidelands in Jefferson and Clallam counties
Washington Department of Natural Resources has launched an effort to inventory state-owned tidelands that the agency manages to…
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Jefferson utility takeover negotiations conducted out of public’s eye
PORT HADLOCK — Jefferson County Public Utility District commissioners have entered into a confidentiality agreement with Puget Sound…
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Kessler seeks answers from Ecology on water rules
PORT HADLOCK — Lynn Kessler sees progress in water talks involving a state in-stream flow rule that proposes…
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Public weighs in on Navy’s proposed sea turbine generators
CHIMACUM — Sea-turbine blades are on the cutting edge of alternative power-generating technology. At about 16 feet in…
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Navy holds open house tonight to show off sea turbine plans
CHIMACUM — The U.S. Navy is taking steps to design and install a hydropower system offshore of Marrowstone…
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Jefferson County OKs extra funding for trail
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County commissioners on Monday allowed county Road Department officials to exceed a $15,000 limit…