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Jefferson County: Insurance firm seeks payment from Fire District 5

GARDINER — An insurance company is seeking payment for losses in a fire last year that destroyed the…

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Port Townsend: Loans available for historic building work

PORT TOWNSEND — Commercial property owners in the historic uptown and downtown districts may benefit from nearly $60,000…

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Jefferson: Man may have stolen $30,000 worth of merchandise, deputies say

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a Port Ludlow man who allegedly has stolen up to…

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Jefferson: More than 400 attend funeral service for B.G. Brown

CHIMACUM — A Chimacum dairy farmer who served as a Jefferson County commissioner for 20 years was remembered…

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Jefferson: Firefighters kept busy by blazes, wind

High winds knocked over a fireworks stand, pushed a 50-foot sailboat aground and fanned the flames of a…

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Jefferson: Conservation board scheduled to be appointed

Jefferson County commissioners are set to fill a new board that would help figure out how the county…

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Port Townsend: Aldrich responsible for aerial fireworks display

PORT TOWNSEND — If you stood gazing at the whizzing, booming, crashing and flashing fireworks along the waterfront…

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Cape George: Fire board may grow

CAPE GEORGE — Jefferson County Fire District No. 6 commissioners may expand the governing board from three members…

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Peninsula: Public fireworks planned in all directions

The night sky over the North Olympic Peninsula will light up with the rockets’ red glare Wednesday during…

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Jefferson: Talks may be resolving mental-health agency dispute

Things are looking up for Jefferson Mental Health Services. The dispute between the county’s mental health services provider…

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Peninsula: Hood Canal Bridge survey coming

The Hood Canal Bridge won’t close for reconstruction until 2006, but transportation officials are studying the effects of…

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Port Townsend: Blues festival to begin

PORT TOWNSEND — Sitting on the front porch of the Fort Worden Schoolhouse building, Steve Cheseborough and two…

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Port Townsend: Time capsule to give the future a peek to the past

PORT TOWNSEND — When Seb Eggert and his crew build a staircase or mantel, he likes to hide…

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Port Townsend: First of three businesses damaged in fire reopening this weekend

PORT TOWNSEND — A business seriously damaged in the McCurdy building fire earlier this month is set to…

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Quilcene: Man killed by car described as a “gentle” person

QUILCENE — Friends of Gregory Callahan remembered the longtime Quilcene resident Monday as a “gentle” person. The Washington…

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Port Ludlow: Resort sale may be finalized this week

PORT LUDLOW — A San Francisco-based company is poised to take over operations of the Port Ludlow Resort…

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Quilcene: Teen center opens Saturday

QUILCENE — Teen-agers are putting the finishing touches on a new teen center — dubbed “The Shack” —…

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Jefferson: Visitor center to be expanded in a log cabin motif

The visitor center that serves as a gateway to the Olympic Peninsula for travelers from Seattle will get…

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JEFFERSON: FIRE DISTRICT NO. 6 NAMES CHIEF

A Poulsbo firefighter will become the new full-time fire operations chief for Jefferson County Fire District No. 6,…

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Quilcene: Murder trial delayed over county funding questions

PORT TOWNSEND — Legal wranglings over the extent of public funding for the defense of Robert Stoner has…