Luke Bogues

All aboard for Quilcene Heritage Days

QUILCENE -- The last train has long since departed Quilcene, but the legacy that steel rails left behind remains to this day. "All Aboard" is… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend commissioners freeze spending

PORT TOWNSEND -- Port of Port Townsend commissioners have voted to curtail spending until revenues increase. During a late night meeting Wednesday, Port Director of… Continue reading

Port Ludlow Festival canceled

PORT LUDLOW -- The Port Ludlow Festival won't take place this year. Instead, the event, which would have turned 3 years old this summer, will… Continue reading

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 Naval Magazine Indian Island as it increasingly… Continue reading

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 a year. Pete Hanke, owner of Puget… Continue reading

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 heifers to a grassy pasture. A month… Continue reading

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 understand the hardships of the handicapped. From… Continue reading

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 groups are calling Naval Magazine Indian Island.… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Mothers take stand against WASL

PORT TOWNSEND -- In a stand against standardized testing, two mothers took to the street Tuesday outside Mountain View Elementary School in protest of the… Continue reading

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 Hoods Head Island, just north of Hood… Continue reading

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 and Cape George. Natural Resources Fire Operations… Continue reading

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 the west. But many people concluded the… Continue reading

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 be back in September. A lack of… Continue reading

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 are being accepted for the initial 37… Continue reading

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 until summer. City Attorney John Watts said… Continue reading

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 said Friday that the state Senate voted… Continue reading

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 flulike disease, severe acute respiratory syndrome, or… Continue reading

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 one might expect him to be an… Continue reading

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 for treatment of smoke inhalation following a… Continue reading

Kingston motorcyclist hospitalized after Chimacum crash

CHIMACUM -- A Kingston man was critically injured Tuesday morning when his motorcycle slammed into a pickup truck on Egg & I Road. Following the… Continue reading