News
Some Jefferson Healthcare hospital costs rise
PORT TOWNSEND — Costs for inpatient and emergency room care have increased at Jefferson Healthcare hospital, but the…
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Veterans assistance offered in Port Townsend
PORT TOWNSEND — A veterans assistance office that opened in Port Townsend last fall is the newest service…
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Port Townsend Library Choir to start rehearsals Tuesday
PORT TOWNSEND — Beginning Tuesday, children from 7 to 12 can gather each week at the Port Townsend…
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Brief power outage impacts most of Jefferson County
PORT TOWNSEND — Work on a Jefferson County Public Utility District substation caused a brief power outage Monday…
Life
A GROWING CONCERN: New year, new to do list
HAPPY NEW (WET) Year — may all your gardens be weed-free and your flowers and bushes grow as…
News
Partial federal government shutdown forcing use of reserves in Indian Country
PORT ANGELES — Tribal leaders nationwide last week were informed that the partial federal shutdown that began at…
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Badge 829 out of service: More than 200 recall Port Townsend officer, county worker
PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend Police Reserve Sgt. Dave Winegar, badge number 829, was remembered at his memorial…
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Port Townsend schools levies on special election ballot
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend School District will ask voters to approve two three-year tax levies on…
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Kilmer named chair of new House committee on modernization
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House has established a select committee to recommend modernization of the legislative branch and…
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NEWS BRIEFS: Massage workshop set for Tuesday … and other items
PORT ANGELES — Susan Sherman will present a lecture on state rule changes from 6:15 p.m. to 8:30…
Business
EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings
• Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce — Monthly luncheon meetings are held on the second Wednesday of…
Life
HELP LINE: There are steps to making in-home care work
LET’S BEGIN TODAY by making what might or might not be an obvious observation: The vast majority of…
Life
BIRD WATCH: After 50 years Joan Carson bids farewell to column, readers
THIS IS A difficult column to write.
News
Home Fund, college make the difference for Port Townsend man
PORT TOWNSEND — David Burroughs loves Romani — aka Gypsy — music. He is, in fact, his own…
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EYE ON JEFFERSON: County commissioners to reorganize board on Monday
The three Jefferson County commissioners will reorganize the board
when they meet at 9 a.m. Monday.
Arts & Entertainment
Play about 1939 Chimacum Grange to be cast next week
CHIMACUM — Auditions for the world premiere of a one-act play written by a Port Townsend author, “The…
Politics
Annexation on special election ballot for fire district
PORT TOWNSEND — Voters will decide if the city of Port Townsend will be annexed into the East…
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NEWS BRIEFS: WDFW seeks volunteers … and other items
OLYMPIA — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is looking for volunteers to fill as many as…
Life
ISSUES OF FAITH: Seeking to feed and shelter your soul
THIS CAT SHOWED up on our doorstep about a year ago.