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165-foot crane moves into place in Port Townsend Bay

PORT TOWNSEND — Six men and a 165-foot-tall crane will spend the next month performing maintenance work at…

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Port Townsend: Bed tax board gets request to help pay Fort Worden parking fees

PORT TOWNSEND — Fund-raising efforts aimed at keeping Fort Worden State Park free of parking fees are coming…

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Four Jefferson County residents injured in two separate crashes

Four Jefferson County residents were injured in two separate wrecks Wednesday in Port Ludlow and Port Townsend. The…

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State Ferries officials to discuss 5 percent fare increase

PORT TOWNSEND — Washington State Ferries officials will recommend 5 percent fare increases Thursday during the Washington State…

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Bagpipers set fundraising concert

JOYCE — Friends and neighbors can help Axel Yount and his band get to the World Bagpipe Championshsips…

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Peninsula youth working to make his pipe dream come true

JOYCE — Whether he’s traveling in the car or just sitting at home, 14-year-old Axel Yount just can’t…

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Port Townsend: Officials say Kelly still interested in relocating his companies

PORT TOWNSEND — The owner of three California-based Victorian hardware stores is still interested in building a 20,000-square-foot…

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Port Townsend: Mother says schools shouldn’t give student information to military

PORT TOWNSEND — A local mother wants parents to know the local high school can send personal information…

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Port Townsend: Jefferson commissioners to seek funds to offset Fort Worden fees

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County commissioners will try to find an extra $10,000 in their coffers so visitors…

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Port Townsend: County commissioners asked to get involved in Victorian hardware flap

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County commissioners must do everything they can to ensure a businessman doesn’t relocate his…

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Fort Worden parking fees start next month unless $25,000 raised

PORT TOWNSEND — Six “iron rangers” will begin collecting parking fees from Fort Worden State Park visitors by…

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Port Townsend: Irked residents lambaste mayor, City Council over “petty crap”

PORT TOWNSEND — Mayor Kees Kolff and fellow City Council members were criticized long and hard Monday night…

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Port Hadlock: Arson ruled out in fire that left two families homeless

PORT HADLOCK — Investigators say they have ruled out arson as the cause of a fire that left…

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Port Hadlock: Fire rescuer says he’s no hero

PORT HADLOCK — Jim Myers says he doesn’t want to be called a hero. In fact, the retired…

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Port Townsend: Parade pick up oomph for New Year”s

PORT TOWNSEND — A rollerskating skateboarder, wearing a helmet and laying on his stomach, rolled head-first into a…

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JEFFERSON: FIRE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES

PORT HADLOCK — Jefferson County investigators will know within 11 days whether a criminal act caused a fire…

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Port Townsend: New Year’s to be rung in with music, jugglers

PORT TOWNSEND — Fire jugglers and musicians will march along Water Street’s sidewalks just before midnight tonight in…

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Port Hadlock: Fire family laments, “We lost everything we own”

PORT HADLOCK — A mother awoke her husband and three children to black smoke filling their home Monday…

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Sequim: Rescued bald eagle dies; carcass frozen

SEQUIM — A bald eagle that was thought to be recovering from a gunshot wound has succumbed to…

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Peninsula yule season flat to slightly good, retailers say

Retail sales were flat on the North Olympic Peninsula this Christmas season compared with the same time last…