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Port of Port Townsend commissioners freeze spending
PORT TOWNSEND — Port of Port Townsend commissioners have voted to curtail spending until revenues increase. During a…
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All aboard for Quilcene Heritage Days
QUILCENE — The last train has long since departed Quilcene, but the legacy that steel rails left behind…
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Port Ludlow Festival canceled
PORT LUDLOW — The Port Ludlow Festival won’t take place this year. Instead, the event, which would have…
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Jefferson: Munitions supply ship may find permanent home at Indian Island
PORT LUDLOW — The U.S. Navy is considering a proposal to permanently home port a supply ship at…
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Port Townsend: Passenger ferry to Victoria to start next year, Chamber of Commerce told
PORT TOWNSEND — High-speed passenger ferry service between Port Townsend and Victoria will be a reality in about…
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Owner of poisoned Chimacum herd finally leads surviving heifers to pasture
CHIMACUM — Dairy farmer Gerald Bishop is happy about being able to lead half of a herd of…
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Port Townsend: Political, civic leaders to be “disabled” for a day
PORT TOWNSEND — A dozen civic and business leaders will assume a disability next Wednesday to help them…
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Indian Island: Navy unamused over peace activist’s renaming of isle
INDIAN ISLAND — Call it the Cedar Island Center for Nonviolence and Peace. That’s what Jefferson County peace…
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Port Townsend: Mothers take stand against WASL
PORT TOWNSEND — In a stand against standardized testing, two mothers took to the street Tuesday outside Mountain…
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Man killed in Hood Canal dive off Jefferson County
SHINE — A 42-year-old Thurston County man was killed in a commercial SCUBA diving incident Saturday off of…
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Taste of Port Townsend kicks off Victorian Days
PORT TOWNSEND — Some people started eating on the east end of Water Street. Others started eating on…
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Prison crews clean up Cape George; fire protection effort the first of its kind on Peninsula, official says
CAPE GEORGE — Prison crews have created a “fire safety zone” between state Department of Natural Resources forest…
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Port Townsend: Scaled-down film festival will be held
PORT TOWNSEND — It wasn’t the last picture show after all — the Port Townsend Film Festival will…
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Port Townsend: City Council approves noise limits, but they must be reviewed by Ecology first
PORT TOWNSEND — The City Council passed new limits on noise Monday, but they probably won’t take effect…
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Brinnon: Part of former golf course resort site to reopen as campground May 1
BRINNON — The owners of a 504-site former campground are preparing to start reopening it next month. Reservations…
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State Senate budget includes $170,000 for Centrum
PORT TOWNSEND — Centrum has cleared a major hurdle in its fight for state funding. Director Carol Shiffman…
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Be informed about SARS, Peninsula health officials say
North Olympic Peninsula health care and emergency services professionals say some residents continue to be worried that the…
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Former Marrowstone Island resident to bike across country
NORDLAND — Nicholas Johnson will be bicycling across America this summer in support of people with disabilities. While…
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Cape George man taken to hospital for smoke inhalation
CAPE GEORGE — A Swanson Avenue tenant was taken to Jefferson General Hospital in Port Townsend on Tuesday…
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Kingston motorcyclist hospitalized after Chimacum crash
CHIMACUM — A Kingston man was critically injured Tuesday morning when his motorcycle slammed into a pickup truck…