Jeff Chew

Brinnon ShrimpFest conjures up tasty crustaceans; event wraps up today

BRINNON -- Anything that could favor the Hood Canal ShrimpFest did so this weekend for its biggest-ever turnout, festival organizers say. As far as turnout… Continue reading

Jefferson County commissioner returns to Seattle hospital

Jefferson County Commissioner David Sullivan, injured in a 40-foot bluff fall May 1, has returned to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle where he will undergo… Continue reading

Jefferson County will do some logging to raise funds for clock tower restoration

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County leaders want to cut some trees down to help keep the county courthouse's clock tower up. That's why county commissioners… Continue reading

Labor unions scuttled ex-astronaut’s appointment to WSU Board of Regents

SHINE -- A retired NASA space shuttle astronaut who also flew 90 combat missions over Vietnam, John Fabian was honored in October with a governor's… Continue reading

Undersea junk raised in Hood Canal

SHINE -- Jefferson became the seventh seaside county to join a growing effort to clean up fish-killing crab pots and gillnets on bay bottoms of… Continue reading

Project to raise derelict fishing gear off Jefferson County starts today

SHINE -- A project that has pulled thousands of pounds of fish-killing derelict crab and shrimp pots and fishnets from Clallam County's marine waterways comes… Continue reading

County reverses self, calls for four environmental report on proposed gravel mining expansion

PORT TOWNSEND -- A surprise turnaround by county planners late last week will result in a fourth environmental-impact study of Fred Hill Material's proposed Shine-area… Continue reading

Injured Jefferson County commissioner returns home after nearly two weeks in hospital

CAPE GEORGE -- Jefferson County Commissioner David Sullivan returned home Saturday after nearly two weeks at Seattle's Harborview Medical Center, recovering from injuries and back… Continue reading

Port Townsend Rhododendron Festival to begin 70th run

PORT TOWNSEND -- For Christy Spencer, the 70th annual Rhododendron Festival has special meaning. She and her Rhododendron Festival co-president, Shawna Smith, are part of… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend commissioners approve airport business

PORT TOWNSEND -- A fixed-base operation with a pilot's lounge and aircraft maintenance shop could land at Jefferson County International Airport before year's end. Port… Continue reading

Jefferson Transit headquarters move held up — for now

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson Transit officials are awaiting the results of an environmental assessment study now under way on eight acres of privately owned state… Continue reading

County commissioner undergoes surgery in Seattle

SEATTLE -- Jefferson County Commissioner David Sullivan was recovering Monday in Harborview Medical Center from unexpected back surgery, the result of a 40-foot fall from… Continue reading

Door-to-door airporter service from North Olympic Peninsula to shut down

PORT TOWNSEND -- Pennco Transportation president Kevin Harris surprised Chamber of Commerce members Monday when he tearfully announced that he will suspend his door-to-door North… Continue reading

Peninsula’s only whale-watching excursion adds new boat, lounge

PORT TOWNSEND -- P.S. Express, the North Olympic Peninsula's only orca-watching tour operation, has a whale of an expansion project marking its 20th season. New… Continue reading

Poets plea for peace outside Navy ammunition base

INDIAN ISLAND -- One by one, poets stood just a stone's throw from the entrance to Naval Magazine Indian Island, delivering their solemn, impassioned words,… Continue reading

Pennco ceases operations after told it cannot subcontract shuttle service

PORT TOWNSEND -- Pennco Transportation Inc. has ceased operations after state officials determined that the company cannot legally use an alternate shuttle service after Pennco's… Continue reading

Jefferson County commissioner hospitalized after 40-foot plunge down cliff

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County Commissioner David Sullivan said Monday he was feeling "very lucky" after sustaining back, neck and ankle injuries in a 40-foot… Continue reading

Jefferson County will switch to all-mail elections

PORT TOWNSEND -- Despite calls from Jefferson County Republicans to delay action, two county commissioners authorized a move to abandon traditional polling places for an… Continue reading

Port Townsend-Seattle ferry service possible, private carrier tells Chamber of Commerce

PORT TOWNSEND -- Establishing a public-private partnership for passenger ferry service between Port Townsend and Seattle is the way to sail because it limits the… Continue reading

Jefferson County study could result in widening parking subsidy to other state parks

PORT TOWNSEND -- In a split vote Monday, Jefferson County commissioners approved asking the county Lodging Tax Advisory Committee for a recommendation on the county… Continue reading