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Port of Port Townsend eyes adding debt to fund replacement of Point Hudson breakwater

Port of Port Townsend eyes adding debt to fund replacement of Point Hudson breakwater

Port of Port Townsend commissioners have agreed to incur debt up to the agency’s capacity, if necessary, to fix the Point Hudson… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend eyes adding debt to fund replacement of Point Hudson breakwater

Community projects seek volunteers on Saturday’s Day of Caring

United Good Neighbors of Jefferson County will host community service projects during its seventh annual Day of Caring on Saturday. Saturday’s events… Continue reading

Jefferson Transit considers second-chance drug policy

The Jefferson County Transit Authority has proposed a revision to its zero-tolerance drug policy that would give employees a second chance if… Continue reading

Petition urges funding for more Jefferson County deputies

The Sheriff’s Citizen Advisory Committee is seeking signatures on a petition to put pressure on county officials to find the funds to… Continue reading

Peninsula burn bans ease, except in Jefferson County

Jefferson County now has the most restrictive burn ban on the North Olympic Peninsula after Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest canceled fire restrictions… Continue reading

Fire destroys home on Bogachiel Way in Forks

Fire destroys home on Bogachiel Way in Forks

A Tuesday afternoon fire that destroyed a family’s single-wide mobile home at 290 Bogachiel Way is under investigation, Clallam County Fire District No.… Continue reading

Fire destroys home on Bogachiel Way in Forks

Child safety seat inspections available on Peninsula

Carrie Johnson of Dungeness wants to keep children safe. That’s why she works as an unpaid volunteer to check child safety seats. Johnson is a… Continue reading

Sequim teachers set deadline for strike; work stoppage Sept. 27 if deal isn’t done

Sequim teachers set deadline for strike; work stoppage Sept. 27 if deal isn’t done

With a disagreement regarding their contracts unsettled, Sequim School District teachers are preparing for a strike. Members of the Sequim Education Association —… Continue reading

Sequim teachers set deadline for strike; work stoppage Sept. 27 if deal isn’t done
Soil samples to inform final design of new south jetty at Point Hudson

Soil samples to inform final design of new south jetty at Point Hudson

The Port of Port Townsend has taken its first visible steps toward a design of a new south jetty at Point Hudson.… Continue reading

Soil samples to inform final design of new south jetty at Point Hudson
Two hurt in wreck involving semitruck, car on Highway 104 near Shine Road

Two hurt in wreck involving semitruck, car on Highway 104 near Shine Road

Two people were hurt in a wreck involving a semitruck and a Honda Civic on state Highway 104 on Tuesday. East Jefferson… Continue reading

Two hurt in wreck involving semitruck, car on Highway 104 near Shine Road
Firefighters Tyler Reid and Jessica Adams have returned safely to Port Angeles after spending one week working at the Jolly Mountain Fire.

Two firefighters relieved from fire near Cle Elum by new personnel

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 has sent a new pair of firefighters to the Jolly Mountain Fire near Cle Elum, while… Continue reading

Firefighters Tyler Reid and Jessica Adams have returned safely to Port Angeles after spending one week working at the Jolly Mountain Fire.
Walk to End Alzheimer’s gathers 100 in Port Angeles to speed cure

Walk to End Alzheimer’s gathers 100 in Port Angeles to speed cure

About 100 people walked through downtown Port Angeles on Sunday, raising money with the hope of finding a cure for Alzheimer’s disease.… Continue reading

Walk to End Alzheimer’s gathers 100 in Port Angeles to speed cure

Nonprofit to use new funding to try to find reason steelhead die near Hood Canal Bridge

A Seattle nonprofit that works to restore wild salmon and steelhead in the Pacific Northwest has received a $750,000 appropriation to help determine… Continue reading

Point Hudson jetty access limited by prep work Tuesday, Wednesday

Preparatory work will limit access to the Point Hudson jetty Tuesday and Wednesday. Workers on a 120-foot-by-40-foot barge with a rotary augur… Continue reading

Brinnon man dies after fall from jet ski

Brinnon man dies after fall from jet ski

A retired electrician who had moved to Brinnon about a year and a half ago was identified as having died Thursday after falling… Continue reading

Brinnon man dies after fall from jet ski
UPDATED: Swimmer begins long-distance Strait swim

UPDATED: Swimmer begins long-distance Strait swim

Three and half hours into her swim across the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Melissa Blaustein felt “very cold, but pretty determined,”… Continue reading

UPDATED: Swimmer begins long-distance Strait swim

Hood Canal Bridge closures set for overnight Sunday, Monday

SHINE – The state Department of Transportation has scheduled intermittent closures of the Hood Canal Bridge between 10 p.m. Sunday and 4 a.m. Monday and… Continue reading

Port Townsend Film Festival begins with first screenings

Port Townsend Film Festival begins with first screenings

Passes were handed out for the 18th annual Port Townsend Film Festival, and screenings began this morning in downtown Port Townsend. “We… Continue reading

Port Townsend Film Festival begins with first screenings
Boulders bounce off highway into lake as workers clear cliff on U.S. 101

Boulders bounce off highway into lake as workers clear cliff on U.S. 101

Rocks of all shapes and sizes were cast off a 275-foot cliff near the base of Mount Storm King on Wednesday.… Continue reading

Boulders bounce off highway into lake as workers clear cliff on U.S. 101
Nelson, former Sequim police chief, dies at age 77

Nelson, former Sequim police chief, dies at age 77

Byron Nelson, who finished a 34-year police career as Sequim police chief in 2002, died Sept. 2. Family members say Nelson, 77,… Continue reading

Nelson, former Sequim police chief, dies at age 77