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Port Townsend: GOP committee hopes council will reconsider zoning denial of hardware distribution center

PORT TOWNSEND — Kenneth Kelly’s Victorian home hardware businesses would bring “more than 20 jobs,” according to Jefferson…

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Port Townsend: Chamber of Commerce to cover January parking fees at Fort Worden

PORT TOWNSEND — Come the New Year, Fort Worden will be the only major state park in Washington…

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New life for old castle

PORT TOWNSEND — Fort Worden State Park officials are hoping one of the former military base’s oldest structures…

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Port Townsend: Port to seek demolition permits for distinctive Point Hudson buildings

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port of Port Townsend is seeking demolition permits on all but three Port-owned buildings…

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Port Townsend: Officials discuss fallout from rejection of hardware distribution business

PORT TOWNSEND — Faced with the possibility that Kenneth Kelly will take his Victorian businesses elsewhere, city officials…

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Port Angeles officials interested in Victorian hardware businesses rejected by Port Townsend City Council

If Kenneth Kelly can’t find a home for his three Victorian hardware businesses in Port Townsend, officials in…

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Port Townsend: City Council votes down hardware distribution center rezoning, 3-2; business proposal apparently evaporating

PORT TOWNSEND — A proposal to bring a 20,000-square-foot hardware distribution business — and 20 jobs — to…

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Jefferson County celebrates 150 years

One-hundred fifty years of Jefferson County history is on display in the County Courthouse. Prepared by the Jefferson…

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Port Townsend: Council continues hearing on Victorian hardware business

PORT TOWNSEND — The City Council delayed a decision Wednesday night on a request to rezone property off…

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Jefferson: Mineral overlay gives county more say over quarry, commissioner says

Jefferson County commissioners will finalize a mineral overlay for Fred Hill Materials Inc. near Shine 1:30 p.m. meeting…

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Port Townsend: City Council to take comment tonight on distribution center plan

PORT TOWNSEND — The City Council will convene in a special session this evening to take public comment…

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Jefferson: State hearings board orders county to revisit saltwater intrusion issues

Jefferson County has been ordered by a state hearings board to refine its plan to protect wells from…

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Jefferson: County boosts property tax by 1 percent

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County commissioners on Monday joined the ranks of several other government agencies across the…

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Jefferson: County commissioners OK gravel overlay zone

PORT TOWNSEND — Fred Hill Materials Inc. will be granted a 690-acre mineral overlay zone near Shine, which…

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Jefferson: Decision expected from county commissioners on gravel mineral overlay zone Monday

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County commissioners are expected to decide Monday on Fred Hill Materials Inc.’s request for…

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Port Townsend: Santa Claus arrives on a boat amid Victorian splendor

PORT TOWNSEND — Santa Claus traditionally is seen as a figure who sits comfortably in an sleigh pulled…

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Hundreds in Jefferson County debate gravel expansion application

PORT TOWNSEND — Nearly 400 people packed a Jefferson County Fairgrounds building Thursday to debate Fred Hill Materials…

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Jefferson: Authorities searching for culprit in diesel spill fires

SHINE — More than 55 gallons of diesel fuel was spilled on state Highway 104 late Wednesday night,…

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Peninsula: Chimacum, Cape Flattery educators to attend rally

Two more North Olympic Peninsula school districts will allow school employees to attend a Jan. 14 rally in…

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Jefferson: Hadlock Building Supply, customers give $11,000 to food banks

PORT HADLOCK — Hadlock Building Supply and its customers have donated $11,000 to keep local food banks stocked…