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U.S. Highway 101 may reopen soon

ELDON — Eldon Store clerk Michelle Kenning fielded telephone calls Thursday afternoon inquiring about the landslide that had…

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Port Ludlow: Company plans to build hundreds of homes

PORT LUDLOW — The new owners of Port Ludlow will build a dozen new houses this coming year,…

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Port Townsend: Port commissioners prohibit tree planting at Kah Tai Lagoon

PORT TOWNSEND — Port of Port Townsend commissioners formally decided Wednesday that no development of any kind will…

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Port Hadlock: Health clinic closed

Jefferson County Health Department budget cuts have forced the closure of the Port Hadlock Family Planning Clinic and…

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Peninsula: Slides cut off U.S. 101

BRINNON — Residents of southeast Jefferson County will have to find another way to reach Mason County after…

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Port Townsend: Kolff named mayor

PORT TOWNSEND — Kees Kolff was elected mayor and Freida Fenn deputy mayor Monday as the new City…

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Jefferson: OlyCAP coordinator moving into city spaces

PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend and Olympic Community Action Programs begin a partnership today to coordinate volunteers. OlyCAP’s…

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Port Townsend: Attorney waives jury trial in homicide case

PORT TOWNSEND — The man accused of the 1992 stabbing death of a Quilcene girl will not be…

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Port Townsend: Legal questions cloud proposed City Council retreat

PORT TOWNSEND — The efforts of four new City Council members to organize a retreat before three of…

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Port Townsend: Boy is first baby of new year in Jefferson County

PORT TOWNSEND — Jacob Michael Williamson was in a rush to become Jefferson County’s first baby. Jessica D.…

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Port Townsend: New council members plan retreat

PORT TOWNSEND — The four new City Council members have already organized a council retreat in their enthusiasm…

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Port Townsend: Old tugboat waking from deep sleep

PORT TOWNSEND — The Sand Man has slowly been waking from its sleep at the Port Townsend Shipwright’s…

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Jefferson: Commissioners dip into reserves

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office will have one less patrol deputy next year following the…

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Jefferson: Domestic-violence program feels crunch of fewer subsidies

The needs are great but the money is getting tougher to come by as federal, state and county…

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Peninsula: Group holds meeting Thursday to combat hate

Hate literature against Jews and blacks shows up on people’s car windshields in Port Angeles. Self-styled Nazi newsletters…

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Port Townsend: Library annexation on hold

PORT HADLOCK — The resignation last month of Jefferson County Library Director Bill Mitchell and the election of…

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Dungeness: Four stranded in spit lighthouse

SEQUIM — Four New Dungeness Lighthouse Society members are stranded near the tip of Dungeness Spit by high…

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Jefferson: Remapping commissioner district fall along party lines

All politics is local, said Tip O’Neill, the late former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. So…

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Jefferson: Glen Cove industrial area could be doubled

PORT TOWNSEND — Glen Cove could double in size by spring under a strategy discussed Monday by Jefferson…

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Moviemakers need help to bring rain to North Olympic Peninsula

PORT TOWNSEND — It wasn’t a dark and stormy night as “Ring” production wrapped up Friday night. The…