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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…

Badge 829 out of service: More than 200 recall Port Townsend officer, county worker

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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…

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BIRD WATCH: After 50 years Joan Carson bids farewell to column, readers

THIS IS A difficult column to write.

Home Fund, college make the difference for Port Townsend man

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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…

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Two more southern resident orcas predicted to die by summer

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