Filing for fall elections begins in earnest Monday in the auditor's office of the Jefferson County Courthouse. Ten positions -- including a county commissioner seat… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- Firefighters from four departments contained a Wednesday night trash fire at the Jefferson County landfill before it could get out of control.… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson General Hospital commissioners decided Wednesday to seek admission into federal program to reduce the gap between the cost of Medicare services… Continue reading
After years of discussion about how to improve emergency dispatch services in Jefferson County, a new dispatch agency is expected to start Aug. 1. Jefferson… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- Concerns over the restoration of the third floor of City Hall, revised space needs and public process surrounding a $3.4 million project… Continue reading
BRINNON -- Military operations in Dabob Bay and parts of the Hood Canal pose no significant environmental impacts, a recently released Navy report concluds. The… Continue reading
A nationwide pro-animal organization is trying to do away with fishing in Washington state parks. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) sent a… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- Members of a City Council committee got their first look at a proposed noise ordinance Wednesday and heard from several citizens in… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- Worried about rising cost estimates for a City Hall annex, City Council members met Wednesday to figure out whether a $3.7 million… Continue reading
A continuing decline in the growth of sales tax revenue and other county income means Jefferson County will continue to tighten its fiscal 2003 budget… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- The City Council will send a letter to Jefferson County offering suggestions on the future development of Glen Cove. But the letter… Continue reading
Jefferson County Community Development Director Al Scalf and county commissioners are getting bombarded with e-mails from neighbors of a proposed quarry expansion at Shine Pit.… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- Guided beach walks, sand sculpture contests, "fish printing," and boat and diving demonstrations are some of the high points of Low Tide… Continue reading
QUILCENE -- A man fatally shot by Kitsap County sheriff's deputies Monday had worked at a Center Valley Road woodworking business for several weeks. Then… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- With a $2.8 million annex to City Hall still awaiting approval, City Council members said Monday they would be in favor of… Continue reading
A Quilcene man who said he was intervening in a violent dispute between a husband and wife was acquitted of murder in Jefferson County Superior… Continue reading
QUILCENE -- Accused killer Gary L. Middleton Sr. took the stand Thursday to defend his actions in the April 28 shooting death of Douglas "Tony"… Continue reading
A dramatic 15-minute 9-1-1 dispatch tape played Wednesday during the third day in the trial of Gary L. Middleton Sr. recounted the incidents leading to… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- Elected officials from four governments in Jefferson County discussed setting up a community investment fund Wednesday to provide money for sewers, streets,… Continue reading
The widow of a local man shot to death April 28 outside the Maple Grove Motel in Quilcene testified Tuesday that her life "wasn't in… Continue reading
