Jefferson County

HELP LINE: Turning 64 is still no reason to panic

HI. WELCOME TO week two of your “64 checklist.” We started this last week because so many of us freak at age 64, convinced that… Continue reading

Intermittent closures set for Hood Canal Bridge for 12 nights

Work on the Hood Canal Bridge will resume this week, with the span to be closed to vehicle traffic intermittently overnight for 12… Continue reading

Jefferson County to offer Community Emergency Response Team training

Jefferson County is about to start a Community Emergency Response Team training program. Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training has been provided… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Sweet Presence to perform at Bethany Pentecostal … and other items

Sweet Presence — Dolly, Ernie and Corey Schaber of Abbotsford, B.C. — will perform at Bethany Pentecostal Church at 6:30 p.m. today.… Continue reading

No four-hour delays around Lake Crescent this week

The four-hour delays drivers have become accustomed to on U.S. Highway 101 as it skirts Lake Crescent will be on hiatus… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend weighs maritime center’s proposal to operate Point Hudson

Port of Port Townsend weighs maritime center’s proposal to operate Point Hudson

Port of Port Townsend commissioners have outlined questions they want port staff to research about a proposal from the Northwest Maritime Center… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend weighs maritime center’s proposal to operate Point Hudson
Port Townsend translator of Chinese poets wins national prize

Port Townsend translator of Chinese poets wins national prize

“I met a monk in Chinatown and he taught me how to meditate …” This isn’t the first line of a novel,… Continue reading

Port Townsend translator of Chinese poets wins national prize

Registration still open for some beaches during Washington Coast Cleanup

Beaches are filling up with volunteers ready to clean them during the annual Washington Coast Cleanup on Saturday. Volunteers can sign up to clean specific… Continue reading

EYE ON JEFFERSON: Commissioners to consider action only meeting minutes

The three Jefferson County commissioners will consider authorizing action only meeting minutes when they meet at 9 a.m. Monday. The meeting will be in commissioners’… Continue reading

No more internet ads for Sequim man accused of child sex crimes

No more internet ads for Sequim man accused of child sex crimes

A Sequim man who was arrested in March in the Net Nanny child-sex sting has had his internet use restricted after he… Continue reading

No more internet ads for Sequim man accused of child sex crimes

Jefferson County provides $75,000 for summer shelter

Concerns about funding the Jefferson County Summer Shelter were alleviated when county commissioners voted unanimously to fund the program with $75,000 from… Continue reading

Tall ships to be part of inaugural Port Angeles Maritime Festival

Tall ships to be part of inaugural Port Angeles Maritime Festival

A maritime festival will be held in Port Angeles from June 9-10, and the tall ships Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain will… Continue reading

Tall ships to be part of inaugural Port Angeles Maritime Festival

Jefferson County provides $75,000 for summer shelter in Port Townsend

Concerns about funding the Jefferson County Summer Shelter were alleviated when county commissioners voted unanimously to fund the program with $75,000 from… Continue reading

Windward School makes way to Sequim

Windward School makes way to Sequim

Experiential education is continuing to make waves in the Sequim community. Windward School, based in Port Townsend, will join other experiential education models… Continue reading

Windward School makes way to Sequim

Jefferson County comprehensive plan hearings set next week

Jefferson County officials seek public input for the comprehensive plan update through open houses and public hearings next week. The county Planning Commission will conduct… Continue reading

Films by and for women screened in festival this weekend

Films by and for women screened in festival this weekend

Maybe you wonder about becoming a Buddhist nun. Or a grower of marijuana. Perhaps you’d love to take a gap year in… Continue reading

Films by and for women screened in festival this weekend

ISSUES OF FAITH: Be an intentional Christian when it comes to domestic violence

“LEARN TO DO good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause” Isaiah 1:17. With the past two months, I… Continue reading

‘Wolf at the Door’ continues in Port Townsend

“Wolf at the Door,” a comedy making its world premiere at Key City Public Theatre, continues this weekend after opening Thursday. Curtain… Continue reading

4-H Club to kickoff fundraiser raffle

Jefferson County’s Paws-N-Claws 4-H Club will kick off its annual fundraiser raffle Saturday at the 18th annual 4x4 Expo. Tickets will be… Continue reading

Centrum announces summer schedule

Centrum announces summer schedule

Centrum will celebrate its 45th anniversary with some 25 concerts this summer. Audiences may attend more than half the performances for $16… Continue reading

Centrum announces summer schedule