PHOTO: Port Townsend closes intersection for roadwork

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PHOTO: Port Townsend closes intersection for roadwork

PORT TOWNSEND — The city of Port Townsend has closed the intersection of Quincy and Washington Streets downtown…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Special Clallam Transportation Board meeting set for this afternoon … and other items

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam Public Transportation Benefit Area Board will review the performance of a public employee…

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Two hurt in wreck south of Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Two people were hurt in a wreck at the intersection of state Highway 116 and…

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State offers unemployment benefits to furloughed federal workers

OLYMPIA — Federal workers furloughed due to the ongoing partial government shutdown can apply for state unemployment benefits…

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Governor pushes statewide public health insurance

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Panelists to discuss book on Peninsula media

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Panelists to discuss book on Peninsula media

PORT ANGELES — An author who penned a book on the history of the North Olympic Peninsula news…

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PAT NEAL: The Peninsula’s hidden trails

OFTEN WHILE GLIDING along the paved roads of the Olympic Peninsula you wonder at the difficulty of travel…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Hood Canal Bridge to close for training … and other items

SHINE — The Hood Canal Bridge will have a three-hour total closure for annual training later this month.

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Clallam, Jefferson counties see rise in suicides in 2018

PORT ANGELES — Clallam and Jefferson counties saw increases in suicides in 2018 compared to 2017 as 44…

Kate Dean becomes chair of Jefferson commissioners

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Kate Dean becomes chair of Jefferson commissioners

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Board of Commissioners’ first meeting of 2019 was not business as usual.

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Yard and Garden lecture series begins this month in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Master Gardener Foundation has announced its 21st annual Yard and Garden lecture…

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Power goes out for hundreds in Jefferson County

PORT TOWNSEND — More than 600 customers were without power Tuesday evening, according to the Jefferson County Public…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Weekly flight operations scheduled … and other items

COUPEVILLE — There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey…

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Test of North Olympic Peninsula’s tsunami siren system set for today

PORT ANGELES — Winchester chimes will be heard at noon today in Clallam and Jefferson counties during a…

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Some Jefferson Healthcare hospital costs rise

PORT TOWNSEND — Costs for inpatient and emergency room care have increased at Jefferson Healthcare hospital, but the…

Veterans assistance offered in Port Townsend

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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…

Port Townsend Library Choir to start rehearsals Tuesday

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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…

Partial federal government shutdown forcing use of reserves in Indian Country

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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…