Jeff Chew

Port Townsend Victorian Festival to portray town pioneers — right from the grave

PORT TOWNSEND -- They plan to raise the dead at the ninth annual Victorian Festival. Well, sort of. Among the 15 events planned for this… Continue reading

Port Townsend company’s ferry Internet service a huge hit

ABOARD THE MV WENATCHEE -- The captain announces a wireless Internet demonstration and Mobilisa Inc. representatives notice a sudden surge of interest on Washington's busiest… Continue reading

North Olympic Peninsula tourism leaders want Hood Canal Bridge closed on weekdays, not weekends

SEQUIM -- Concluding that no weekend is good for closing the Hood Canal Bridge during the peak tourist season, a group of Peninsula tourism leaders… Continue reading

Port Townsend company puts popular state ferry online Friday

PORT TOWNSEND -- The busiest run in the Washington State Ferries system joins the Wi-Fi Internet wave of the future Friday when a Port Townsend… Continue reading

Port Townsend Paper appoints new auditing firm

PORT TOWNSEND -- The parent firm of Jefferson County's largest private employer, Port Townsend Paper Corp., has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as its new independent audit… Continue reading

Repairs of Port Townsend Boat Haven jetty placed on fast-track

PORT TOWNSEND -- Fearing that powerful storm waves could breach the Boat Haven's already-damaged breakwater, Port of Port Townsend officials declared an emergency to expedite… Continue reading

Tri-Area sewage treatment system touted by county commissioner

PORT HADLOCK -- A state-of-the-art Tri-Area sewage treatment system will prove more economical for residential and commercial hookup than septic systems, and also has environmental… Continue reading

Port Townsend High School teachers stage sickout, disrupt classes

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS PORT TOWNSEND -- High school teachers were expected to return to work today after calling in sick en masse Tuesday morning to… Continue reading

“Infrastructure” fund re-created by Jefferson County commissioners

PORT TOWNSEND -- Encouraged by Tri-Area business and economic development representatives, Jefferson County commissioners on Monday approved re-establishing a program to administer the county's Community… Continue reading

Brinnon rededicates senior center as community center

BRINNON -- Goodbye Brinnon Senior Center; hello Brinnon Community Center. Brinnon Senior Organization members joined Jefferson County Commissioner Pat Rodgers, R-Brinnon, Dan Wollam, Olympic Community… Continue reading

New passenger ferry offers loads of creature comforts

ABOARD THE AQUA EXPRESS -- You realize it's not your typical foot ferry when the $3 gin-and-tonic bar special is announced on the day's final… Continue reading

Jefferson commissioners repeal new Conservation Futures Fund policy

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County commissioners, in a 2-1 vote Tuesday, repealed a policy limiting the use of Conservation Futures Fund monies for the acquisition… Continue reading

New county commissioner majority holds off on redesignating funds away from Tri-Area sewers

PORT TOWNSEND -- Bowing to pressure from several Tri-Area business owners and lone Republican Commissioner Pat Rodgers, Jefferson County commissioners on Tuesday delayed repealing a… Continue reading

Jefferson County’s OTHER graving yard proposed sites — at Mats Mats and Discovery Bay

State officials are examining two other Jefferson County locations for a Hood Canal Bridge reconstruction dry dock besides a joint proposal from the Port of… Continue reading

Makah elder tells Port of Port Townsend that Native remains unlikely on designated graving yard sites

PORT TOWNSEND -- A Makah tribal elder who has lived most of her life in Port Townsend on Wednesday told Port commissioners they won't find… Continue reading

Port Townsend Paper Corp. seeks new auditor firm; Standard & Poor’s dips rating

PORT TOWNSEND -- Port Townsend Paper Corp. executives are looking for a new auditor after KPMG LLP declined to be reappointed as its independent auditing… Continue reading

Fallen trees curtail water in Joyce area

JOYCE -- Trees downed by heavy snows knocked out power lines to Crescent Water Association's water plant early Friday morning, taking with it weekend water… Continue reading

Rayonier property proposed for Hood Canal Bridge graving yard site

PORT ANGELES -- Rayonier Inc. has submitted a proposal to state Department of Transportation officials to build the Hood Canal Bridge graving yard on the… Continue reading

Signing ceremony this morning sends off Port Townsend’s hopes for luring multimillion-dollar graving yard

PORT TOWNSEND -- Leaders of the Port of Port Townsend and Port Townsend Paper Corp. will sign a cover letter this morning, capping their proposal… Continue reading

Decision on new graving yard location due in March, Port Ludlow chamber told

PORT LUDLOW -- A decision on location of the next Hood Canal Bridge graving yard site won't come before March, a state Transportation Department spokesman… Continue reading