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Port Townsend: Analog cable TV rates to rise

PORT TOWNSEND — Millennium Digital Media plans to increase its rate for basic cable television service by 8…

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Jefferson: Tri-Area Planning Group member offers land-use plans

CHIMACUM — A Tri-Area Planning Group member has come up with two land-use plans for creating an Urban…

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Port Townsend: Sailor brings trophy home after 101 years

PORT TOWNSEND — The Key City Trophy has returned home after more than a century. Stig Osterberg triumphantly…

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Port Townsend: Council faces tax-increase decision

PORT TOWNSEND — The next City Council will either have to ask residents to approve a property tax…

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Port Townsend: Jefferson General Hospital workers get raises

PORT TOWNSEND — Health care technicians, physical therapists and pharmacists at Jefferson General Hospital will get raises ranging…

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Port Townsend: Boxes with gifts headed to children in developing counties

PORT TOWNSEND — A child in Afghanistan might open a box next month filled with trinkets, toothpaste, chocolate…

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Jefferson: County redistricting plans jolt two commissioners

County redistricting plans under consideration could undermine the power base of one county commissioner and force a second…

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Port Townsend: Councilwoman-elect to step down from county planning board

PORT TOWNSEND — City Council member-elect Michelle Sandoval said Tuesday she will resign from the Jefferson County Planning…

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Port Townsend: Authority wants parcel for affordable-housing project

PORT TOWNSEND — A six-acre tract could be used for affordable housing instead of a park if Jefferson…

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Jefferson: County departments directed to cut budgets by up to 2.5%

PORT TOWNSEND — The passage of Initiative 747 is prompting Jefferson County Administrator Charles Saddler to direct county…

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Port Townsend-Seattle ferry service begins today

PORT TOWNSEND — The Chilkat Express fast foot ferry has zoomed between Seattle and Port Townsend several times…

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Port Townsend: “Ring” screenwriter link between Jennifer Lopez movies

PORT TOWNSEND — If movie buffs played “Seven degrees of Jennifer Lopez”, instead of “Seven degrees of Kevin…

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Port Townsend: Newcomers to council expect no major city policy shifts soon

PORT TOWNSEND — No dramatic policy shifts are immediately likely when four new City Council members take office…

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Port Townsend: “Smart-growth” candidates leading in City Council returns

PORT TOWNSEND — All four “smart-growth” City Council candidates were leading their opponents in Tuesday races. The absentee…

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Port Townsend: Name similarity to Osama bin Laden spurs hate mail to restaurateur

PORT TOWNSEND — The name Osamu means “learning” or “mastering” in Japanese. Restaurateur Osamu “Sam” Okamoto is learning…

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Port Townsend: Plan de-emphasizes Glen Cove role

PORT TOWNSEND — The City Council will take up a proposed comprehensive plan amendment next Monday that de-emphasizes…

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Bag plant workers faces the prospect of pink slips — and what they’ll do next

PORT TOWNSEND — Single dad Randy Manthe of Port Townsend told his children not to expect much for…

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Port Townsend: Accused killer loses bid to replace lawyer

PORT TOWNSEND — The man suspected in the 1992 stabbing death of Allison Tornensis of Quilcene cannot change…

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Port Townsend bag-making plant to close

PORT TOWNSEND — About 90 workers in the paper bag-making plant of Port Townsend Paper Corp. will be…

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Jefferson: Court officials “shocked” by requested budget cuts

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County juvenile and criminal justice professionals reacted with shock and dismay last week to…