Jeff Chew

PT City Hall petition signature drive continues

PORT TOWNSEND - The chief proponent of a petition drive asking Port Townsend voters to abandon the City Council-city manager form of government said he… Continue reading

Port Ludlow Marina certifed clean

PORT LUDLOW — Port Ludlow Marina has been designated as the first marina in Jefferson County to be certified as both an EnviroStar and a… Continue reading

Reborn Economic Development Council hooks its first business relocation

PORT TOWNSEND - The reformed Jefferson County Economic Development Council has landed its first business relocation in Port Townsend, and the agency's executive director says… Continue reading

Archaeologist says findings at Beckett Point may be thousands of years old

DISCOVERY BAY - Remains, artifacts and two graves were discovered at Beckett Point and could be thousands of years old, a recently released archaeological report… Continue reading

Port Townsend repeals helmet law: ‘Keep your laws off my body’

PORT TOWNSEND - After a year and a half of delays and debate, the City Council, in a split vote, repealed a law that requires… Continue reading

City Hall petitioners seeks more signatures

PORT TOWNSEND - The chief proponent of a petition drive asking voters to abandon the City Council-city manager form of government said he will submit… Continue reading

Benskin withdraws from Port of Port Townsend race

PORT TOWNSEND -Frank Benskin's sudden withdrawal from the Port of Port Townsend District 1 commissioner's race on Friday caught departing port Commissioner Bob Sokol by… Continue reading

One more lab test remains before Lake Leland might be reopened; Gibbs now under scrutiny for toxic algae

QUILCENE - Lake Leland last week showed no toxic levels of blue-green algae, but Jefferson County Environmental Health officials want to conduct one more water… Continue reading

An old-style Viking boat with modern ecological concern

PORT TOWNSEND — General contractor and occasional boat builder Doug Milholland milks his latest creation for all its worth. Udderly Local happened when Organic Valley… Continue reading

Revamped economic development council may help airport, job growth

PORT TOWNSEND - The privately operated Jefferson County Economic Development Council has approached Port of Port Townsend officials with a proposal to help attract aviation… Continue reading

Port Townsend City Council OKs climate resolution

PORT TOWNSEND - The City Council on Monday night approved, with one dissenting vote, a joint resolution supporting collaboration with Jefferson County to reduce greenhouse… Continue reading

Petitions seeking reconsideration of Port Townsend council-manager system submitted

PORT TOWNSEND - The leader of a petition drive to end the City Council-city manager form of government submitted petitions Monday bearing 523 signatures. Business… Continue reading

Vandal hurls 4-by-4 lumber through Port Townsend business’ big window

PORT TOWNSEND - Someone destroyed a $2,000 window fronting Vintage Hardware, and owner Ken Kelly is offering a $500 reward for the perpetrator's arrest and… Continue reading

Toxic algae continues grasp on lake waters

QUILCENE - Lake Leland remains closed to swimming, while Anderson Lake State Park in Port Hadlock is still closed to all public access. Jefferson County… Continue reading

Murray praises refurbished marina, but doubtful about more funding for Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND - U.S. Sen. Patty Murray on Friday hailed the completion of the Port of Port Townsend's expanded Hudson Point Marina as a cornerstone… Continue reading

Jefferson County will help pay part of Beckett Point archaeological dig

DISCOVERY BAY — Jefferson County has agreed to pay for part of an initial archaeological dig completed Tuesday at Beckett Point, where evidence of prehistoric… Continue reading

State agency will step in to cover testing of lakes for toxic algae

PORT TOWNSEND - With a deadly outbreak of toxic algae blooms closing Anderson Lake to all public access and Lake Leland to swimmers, a Jefferson… Continue reading

Rehabilitated Hudson Point Marina to be reopened by Sen. Murray, others

PORT TOWNSEND - U.S. Sen. Patty Murray will join Port of Port Townsend and other city leaders for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly renovated… Continue reading

Archaeologist team unearths ‘prehistoric’ remains at Beckett Point

DISCOVERY BAY - Native American remains uncovered last week at Beckett Point probably predate recorded history. "We have reason to believe that there are remains… Continue reading

Pipe break leaks 334,000 gallons of water beneath fairgrounds restroom

PORT TOWNSEND - Don't even think about using the restrooms at Jefferson County Fairgrounds, where about 334,000 gallons of water has vanished in a pipeline… Continue reading