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EYE ON JEFFERSON: Some boards meeting this week but most set for New Year
Most Jefferson County boards, commissions and councils do not meet this week in observance of the Christmas holiday…
Arts & Entertainment
Christmas carol set in PT now playing
PORT TOWNSEND — Two performances are left of Port Townsend’s take on the Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas…
Arts & Entertainment
Free holiday meals planned on Peninsula
Free holiday meals are planned on the North Olympic Peninsula on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Arts & Entertainment
Lake Crescent offers holiday meals
OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Lake Crescent Lodge plans special meals for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
News
Jefferson Healthcare approves settlement
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson Healthcare commissioners have approved a $550,000 settlement after a closed-door meeting, Commissioner Jill Buhler…
News
Jefferson Healthcare CEO gets cost-of-living raise
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson Healthcare CEO Mike Glenn will receive a 3 percent cost-of-living increase — about $7,000…
News
Strait Shot to run on holidays
PORT ANGELES — Due to high ridership over Thanksgiving weekend, Clallam Transit will operate its Strait Shot bus…
Arts & Entertainment
Lights sparkle on the Peninsula for Christmas
Families packing the hot chocolate, coffee, snacks and kids into the car this weekend for the age-old pastime…
Arts & Entertainment
Snow piling up at Hurricane Ridge Ski Area
HURRICANE RIDGE — With another holiday weekend upon us, it’s a good time to get out of the…
Life
Last-minute bazaar, solstice concert, ghosts tour offered on Peninsula
A last-minute bazaar, solstice concert and Ghosts of Christmas tour are among the upcoming activities on the North…
News
Brinnon school seeks levy OK
BRINNON — Brinnon School District is asking its voters to consider continuing to pay a tax levy for…
News
Firefighters quickly put out blaze in Port Townsend
PORT TOWNSEND — East Jefferson Fire-Rescue firefighters quickly knocked down a structure fire in Port Townsend before it…
News
Investigators ask if engineer in deadly Amtrak wreck was distracted
By Michael Balsamo and Haven Daley
News
Volunteers work to sign up Jefferson County residents for health insurance
PORT TOWNSEND — A group of volunteers is working in Jefferson County to spread the word that it’s…
Opinion
DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Another kind of year-end list
THE WORDS OF Salvadoran priest Oscar Romero (1917-1980) are a salve to me, a meditation to which I…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: Gift ideas for fishermen
DURING THE HOLIDAYS we often wonder what to get the fishermen on our gift list.
News
‘Champion for Fort Worden’: Plaque honors the late Nora Porter
PORT TOWNSEND — The Fort Worden Commons now bears a plaque honoring the late Nora Porter as a…
News
Investigators: Train was speeding 50 mph over limit before deadly wreck
By Rachel La Corte, Gillian Flaccus and Michael Sisak