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Jefferson: Tarboo watershed restoration effort hailed

DABOB — It’s an ideal playground, full of logs, rocks, and dark deepwater holes — just the way…

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Brinnon: 100 turn out for meeting with sheriff’s detective over rash of break-ins

BRINNON — In search of leads to a rash of break-ins during the past two months, the Jefferson…

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Port Townsend: Jury can’t decide whether Port Hadlock man is guilty of beating dog to death with golf club

PORT TOWNSEND — Several hours of deliberation Wednesday resulted in a hung jury in the case of a…

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Port Ludlow woman begins term on State School for Blind board

PORT LUDLOW — Sherry Perry, new appointee to the board of the Washington State School for the Blind,…

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Jamestown S”Klallam tribe acquiring Tamanowas Rock in Chimacum area

CHIMACUM — The Jamestown S’Klallam tribe has acquired buyer’s rights to lands adjacent to Tamanowas Rock, a sacred…

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Jefferson consolidation talks with North Kitsap agency go up in smoke

North Kitsap Fire & Rescue has pulled out of consolidation talks with Chimacum-based Jefferson County Fire District No.…

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Port Townsend marketing coordinator plans to step away from contract renewal

PORT TOWNSEND — Nancy Borino, city marketing coordinator for six years, will not seek renewal of her annual…

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Port Townsend: “Glass Beach” sparkles even if remnants of former city dump are gone with the tides

PORT TOWNSEND — When my friend, Matia Indigo Jones, told me about “Glass Beach” off McCurdy Point, I…

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Reporter, deputy feel the heat in Taser demonstration as high-tech weapons are introduced into Jefferson County

PORT TOWNSEND — It felt like a steel mechanical arm clamped down on my right thigh, ripping my…

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Port Townsend: City Council town meeting Monday will review strategy in light of Proposition 1 defeat

PORT TOWNSEND — City officials Wednesday began assessing their next steps — and hoping the community will help…

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Port Townsend’s Prop. 1 “levy lift”” going down to defeat

PORT TOWNSEND — Voters have turned thumbs-down on a property tax increase to help fund city services. The…

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Awards in Port Townsend in “realms of ecology and peace”

PORT TOWNSEND — Three residents and the Jefferson Land Trust have received unusual awards in “realms of ecology…

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Port Townsend: Revenues from Fort Worden underpaid, city says

PORT TOWNSEND — City officials say they suspect that state parks officials systematically underpaid the city its portion…

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Port Townsend: Fort Worden parking subsidy under fire

PORT TOWNSEND — While both the city and Jefferson County struggle to balance their budgets in the face…

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Port Townsend: Community can weigh in on schools superintendent search tonight

PORT TOWNSEND — The school district plans a series of public meetings starting today to inform parents and…

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Port Townsend: City Council members sorry for lateness of ballot measure

PORT TOWNSEND — Several City Council members apologized Monday night for a rushed property tax levy measure on…

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Port Ludlow resident named to WSU Board of Regents

PORT LUDLOW — A retired space shuttle astronaut and a leader of the group opposing the proposed “pit…

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Port Townsend: Chamber won”t renew lodging tax management contract with city

PORT TOWNSEND — The Chamber of Commerce has decided not to renew its contract with the city of…

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Shine: State hearings board says Jefferson County can process gravel pit’s mineral overlay zone

PORT TOWNSEND — The Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board has given Jefferson County the go-ahead with the…

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Personal remarks hurled at city officials during just “another night in Port Townsend”

PORT TOWNSEND — City officials trying to deliver information about a proposed property tax levy on the Nov.…