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32nd Wooden Boat Festival launches in Port Townsend
PORT TOWNSEND — A near nautical mile of wooden boats and a 94-year-old woman who once canoed from…
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State considering Port Townsend-Edmonds freight ferry during Hood Canal Bridge closure
PORT TOWNSEND — A letter from the Washington State Ferries chief assures Jefferson County leaders that an Edmonds-Port…
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Sluggish economy blamed for $1.5 million Jefferson County budget hole
PORT TOWNSEND — A soft, slow economy has left Jefferson County with a general fund budget nearly $1.5…
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Fred Hill Materials threatens legal action against Jefferson County
PORT TOWNSEND — Saying that the Jefferson County commissioners violated the company’s civil right, and its Jefferson County…
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Tribute to flight ready to open in Port Townsend
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Aero Museum will get off the ground with an official opening at…
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Public looks at highway trouble spot
CHIMACUM — State Highways 19 and 20 in East Jefferson County had 411 crashes in four years, said…
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Jefferson County asks its workers to cut hours in light of impending ‘budget challenge’
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County’s 320 employees are being offered the option of voluntarily cutting four hours from…
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Lake Leland upgraded, but Anderson remains closed
PORT TOWNSEND — The water-quality warning on Lake Leland north of Quilcene has been upgraded to a “caution”…
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Two boats run aground near Port Ludlow
PORT LUDLOW — South Bay resident Gary Kaysinger was happy to hear that two commercial boats grounded Wednesday…
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Proposed horse park would have covered arena, other world-class facilities
PORT TOWNSEND — Nearly two years in the making, Jefferson Equestrian Association members are taking big strides toward…
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Ruling on Brinnon mega-resort expected in three weeks
PORT TOWNSEND — A decision from the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board on the future of a…
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Quilcene music man Mackie plays farewell tune at namesake festival in Port Townsend this weeknd
PORT TOWNSEND — Teaching music to children has been Andy Mackie’s gift to the world. But deteriorating health…
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$300 million planned Brinnon resort stirs passion over change
BRINNON — The Pleasant Harbor Marina and Golf Resort would change the character of this small rural community…
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Open house begins state safety corridor study of Highways 19 and 20 in Jefferson County
PORT HADLOCK – Jefferson County residents will get a chance to learn about the number, type and severity…
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Boats on waiting list for September Wooden Boat Festival
PORT TOWNSEND — Wooden Boat Festival boat exhibit reservations have sailed in faster than ever, officials with the…
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More pilings being yanked from Port Townsend Bay
PORT TOWNSEND — Aberdeen-based Quigg Bros. towed into Port Townsend Bay on Wednesday a crane barge that, with…
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Independent candidate on November ballot in Jefferson County, too
PORT TOWNSEND — Incumbent Jefferson County Commissioner David Sullivan and Port Hadlock businesswoman Sandy Hershelman are headed toward…
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Eleventh hour for repairs to Dosewallips Road’s missing link; comment period ends today
BRINNON — Six years after floodwaters gouged out a stretch of Dosewallips Road, U.S. Forest Service officials are…
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Big Jefferson County airport hangar project under way
PORT TOWNSEND — The first airplane hangar construction project in three years has lifted off at Jefferson County…
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Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce narrows field of executive director candidates
PORT TOWNSEND — The Chamber of Commerce board is expected to offer a chamber executive director position to…