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Port Townsend: Stars come out for film festival

PORT TOWNSEND — The stars came out for the fourth annual Port Townsend Film Festival. People watching “The…

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Brinnon: Firefighters get matching coats, pants with grant for new gear

BRINNON — For the first time ever, the volunteers of Jefferson County Fire District No. 4 in Brinnon…

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Port Townsend: Old ferry dock may be centerpiece for revitalization project

PORT TOWNSEND — New life appears to be destined for the old state ferry dock on Quincy Street.…

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Port Townsend: 1,000 motorcyclists expected at weekend rally

PORT TOWNSEND — Thousands of motorcyclists and one “Easy Rider” are coming to town this weekend. Brad “Cheech”…

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Port Townsend: City Council votes to raise its pay in increments

PORT TOWNSEND — A pay increase approved this week by the City Council will be implemented on an…

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Port Townsend: City Council enacts limits on tree cutting

PORT TOWNSEND — The City Council voted to enact an ordinance Monday night that will limit cutting of…

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Port Townsend: Prosecutor to get paperwork on Aldrich’s fire soon

PORT TOWNSEND — The results of the investigation into the Aug. 4 fire that destroyed historical Aldrich’s grocery…

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Peninsula: Unprecedented shellfish closures cloak entire North Olympic Peninsula

State health officials say an unprecedented outbreak of a marine toxin found in mussels off Marrowstone Island is…

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Port Townsend: Eye kept on Kingston foot ferry experiment Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — If a trial run of a Kingston-Seattle passenger-only ferry on Saturday is successful, it could…

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Port Townsend: Maritime Center raises more than $50,000 at Wooden Boat Festival

PORT TOWNSEND — More than $50,000 was raised for the Northwest Maritime Center during the 2003 Wooden Boat…

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Jefferson: Many already vote before Election Day today

More than 4,500 of 12,710 Jefferson County voters eligible to cast their ballot in today’s election have already…

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Nature threatens Hood Canal Bridge east half more than age

SHINE — The eastern half of the Hood Canal Bridge won’t fall apart before its scheduled replacement in…

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Port Townsend: Aldrich’s owners take first step in rebuilding grocery

PORT TOWNSEND — The owners of Aldrich’s grocery in uptown have completed the first step in rebuilding the…

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Port Townsend: Weekend’s Wooden Boat Festival was “better than ever”

PORT TOWNSEND — This year’s Wooden Boat Festival was a record-setting event, project organizers say. Wooden Boat Foundation…

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Jefferson: Two county planning commissioners target of citizens group fighting airport noise overlay

PORT TOWNSEND — A citizens group opposing a proposed airport noise overlay is requesting that two Jefferson County…

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Port Townsend: Organizer of commemoration says 9/11 touches her deeply

PORT TOWNSEND — Edel Sokol said her father always told her that oceans on both sides of the…

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Port Townsend: Council delays decision on controversial low-income housing subdivision

PORT TOWNSEND — The City Council will make its decision on an appeal of the controversial Laurel Heights…

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Peninsula: Break-ins probed in businesses from Port Townsend to Port Angeles

Law enforcement agencies across the Olympic Peninsula are investigating a string of business burglaries in three communities that…

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Chimacum: Farmer, insurer in row over tainted hay

CHIMACUM — Even though a state investigation into tainted hay that killed 14 cows at a Beaver Valley…

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Port Townsend: Farmers Market chef demonstrations might drive you buggy

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Farmers Market is providing an opportunity for local chefs to show off…