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Watery danger zones: Navy bomb handlers train at Indian Island
INDIAN ISLAND — All experts in explosives handling and bomb containment, these Navy sailors deep-water dive, parachute, handle…
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State ferries officials give good marks to reservation system
PORT TOWNSEND — A Steilacoom II ferry reservation system required some tweaking this week, but Washington State Ferries…
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What would it cost PUD to get into power business? Try at least $30 million
PORT TOWNSEND — Puget Sound Energy’s Jefferson County infrastructure could cost the county’s public utility district more than…
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Indian Island to host tri-nation training
INDIAN ISLAND — About 60 members of the Navy’s bomb squad, the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 11,…
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Show Winter Games-goers ‘our’ Olympics in 2010, tourism leader asks Jefferson County commissioners
PORT TOWNSEND — Traffic across Hood Canal Bridge shows marked declines since 1999, and the president of the…
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Indian Island ‘does not pose risk’ to Jefferson County, skipper says
PORT TOWNSEND — Naval Magazine Indian Island, which has long received, stored and issued ordnance to the Navy…
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More riding Peninsula transit buses as gas prices rise
PORT ANGELES — Clallam Transit ridership is at a record high, and the agency is working to handle…
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Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce manager selection to take another week
PORT TOWNSEND — The process of selecting a new chamber executive director was set back a week after…
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Big parade, lawn mower races highlight Hadlock Days festival
PORT HADLOCK — The three-day Hadlock Days festival will the largest Saturday parade ever, with more than 200…
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Port Townsend Boat Haven dredging set this summer
PORT TOWNSEND — After having been mired in the permit process for two years, a project to dredge…
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Expanded Quilcene Historical Museum keeps pioneering spirit alive
QUILCENE — The can-do spirit of Quilcene’s pioneering past is celebrated and displayed today at the community’s newly…
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State park’s system possible septic solution for Brinnon
BRINNON — A new on-site septic system scheduled for completion in 2010 at Dosewallips State Park ultimately could…
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Navy developing plan to deal with reduced ferry service, Hood Canal Bridge closure
PORT TOWNSEND — Navy personnel in the area heavily depend on ferries and the Hood Canal Bridge to…
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Neighbors recoil at more gun club hours
PORT TOWNSEND — Neighbors have taken aim at Jefferson County Sportsmen’s Association’s proposal to extend its gun range…
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Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce’s top job lures 23 hopefuls
PORT TOWNSEND — Heading up the Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce is the dream job of nearly two…
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Northwest Maritime Center breaks cake
PORT TOWNSEND – Shifty Sailors sang colorful sea chanties, politicos praised project supporters and community leaders on Thursday…
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Maritime Center groundbreaking Thursday to be celebrated ‘Port Townsend style’
PORT TOWNSEND — The Northwest Maritime Center will celebrate the start of construction of two buildings with songs…
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Valid petition signatures lead toward November election on East Jefferson electricity future
PORT TOWNSEND — The question of whether to give Jefferson County Public Utility District authority to provide electric…
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Dabob Bay preserve land swap seen to protect timber trust revenues
COYLE — A state proposal to expand the Dabob Bay Natural Area Preserve up to 3,200 acres has…
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Treatment related to Tri-Area sewer project to cost at least $50 million
CHIMACUM — A sewage treatment plant built to treat 1 million gallons a day in the Irondale/Port Hadlock…