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Port Townsend, East Jefferson Fire-Rescue boards to consider annexation for February ballot

PORT TOWNSEND — City of Port Townsend and East Jefferson Fire Rescue officials have agreed to pursue annexation…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Drink and Draw event tonight in Port Angeles … and other items

PORT ANGELES — The public is invited to a special Drink and Draw at 7 tonight.

Blue Heron Middle School students pedal in a new curriculum in Port Townsend

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Blue Heron Middle School students pedal in a new curriculum in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Blue Heron Middle School students are learning how to operate bicycles safely through a program…

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Oral testimony on Jefferson County draft shooting range law expunged

PORT TOWNSEND — All oral testimony given on Oct. 1 about a proposed county shooting range ordinance will…

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Jefferson, Clallam county commisioners head to D.C.

PORT TOWNSEND — The White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs will host approximately 100 state and local elected…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Paddlers Club lecture set for today … and other items

SEQUIM — The Olympic Peninsula Paddlers Club will host a lecture from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. today.

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PAT NEAL: What day is it, anyway?

HOW WAS YOUR Indigenous Peoples Day?

PHOTO: A krazy kompetition

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PHOTO: A krazy kompetition

Everest Ashford, 12, of Port Townsend takes his Kinetic entry through the mud bog at the Jefferson County…

Fate of massive Port Townsend tree in the air after portion damages vehicles, wires

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Fate of massive Port Townsend tree in the air after portion damages vehicles, wires

PORT TOWNSEND — A beloved Monterey cypress tree in the uptown district, said to be 150 years old,…

Peninsula College awarded $2.2 million federal grant

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Peninsula College awarded $2.2 million federal grant

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College announced Monday it will receive a $2.2 million grant from the federal Department…

Jefferson County proclaims Indigenous Peoples Day

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Jefferson County proclaims Indigenous Peoples Day

PORT TOWNSEND — The second Monday in October was unanimously proclaimed Indigenous Peoples Day in Jefferson County by…

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Business tax webinar set Wednesday

OLYMPIA — The state Department of Revenue will host a free live webinar for new and small business…

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, Susan Hutchison hold first debate

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U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, Susan Hutchison hold first debate

By Rachel La Corte

Interim port director glad to return home to Port Townsend

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Interim port director glad to return home to Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Saying that he’s now returned home, Jim Pivarnik has settled in at the helm of…

Initiative 1639 seeks to curb gun violence

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Initiative 1639 seeks to curb gun violence

By Martha Bellisle

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NEWS BRIEFS: Puget Sound Anglers meet … and other items

Puget Sound Anglers meet Tuesday

Emergency workers at the scene of a fatal wreck on U.S. Highway 101 near Brinnon on Sunday afternoon. (Washington State Patrol)

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Port Townsend woman killed in Brinnon wreck

BRINNON — A 72-year-old Port Townsend woman driving northbound on U.S. Highway 101 died Sunday afternoon after an…

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HELP LINE: Now is the time to become a Tax-Aide volunteer

YOU KNOW WHAT today is, right?

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BIRD WATCH: Song sparrows make their presence known through sound

SONG SPARROWS LIKE clean water.

Kinetic contraptions compete today in Port Townsend

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Kinetic contraptions compete today in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The road, sand and mud kourses of Port Townsend’s 36th Kinetic Skulpture Race are today.