Jeff Chew

Ferry committee mulls proposal for reservation ‘pre-pay’ accounts

PORT TOWNSEND -- A new systemwide ferry reservation system that is expected to be tested on the Port Townsend-Keystone route sometime next year will be… Continue reading

Jefferson County budget calls for layoffs, park closures

PORT TOWNSEND -- Hearing the overall magnitude of Jefferson County's financial woes Monday, county commissioners set a Dec. 7 public hearing on a proposed $53.3… Continue reading

Jefferson PUD commissioner Dana Roberts dies

SEATTLE -- Dana Roberts, a Port Townsend community leader and Jefferson County Public Utility District commissioner who pushed to get the PUD into the electric… Continue reading

North Olympic Peninsula home sales increase (Jefferson County)

PORT TOWNSEND — While the Jefferson County real estate market looked pretty grim in January, the Jefferson County Association of Realtors president says she’s optimistic… Continue reading

‘Slow food’ group wants all on North Olympic Peninsula to share harvest

PORT TOWNSEND -- "Slow food" is bringing Jefferson and Clallam County residents together as they become part of a national educational movement that puts people… Continue reading

Inspection to keep Steilacom II off Port Townsend-Keystone ferry route on Jan. 9-10

PORT TOWNSEND -- The state Department of Transportation Ferries Division will close the Port Townsend-Keystone route the weekend of Jan. 9-10 for a required Coast… Continue reading

Stricken Jefferson County PUD commissioner remains in coma

SEATTLE -- Jefferson County Public Utility District Commissioner Dana Roberts remained in a coma Thursday at the Harborview Medical Center intensive care unit a week… Continue reading

Toy drive organizer in Port Townsend sets up to serve holiday cheer to hundreds of children

PORT TOWNSEND -- Denice Irish sees the need firsthand from her desk at the Department of Social and Health Services. The welfare line, not far… Continue reading

Cigarette, oxygen bottles fuel fire that destroys couple’s Port Townsend duplex

PORT TOWNSEND -- A cigarette and oxygen bottles combined to fuel a fire that destroyed a home early Wednesday morning, leaving its two residents homeless.… Continue reading

More than 120 pay tribute to Medal of Honor recipient, others who served at Veterans Day ceremony in Gardiner

GARDINER -- They came more than 120 strong to honor a war hero who many never met but whose gripping story of ultimate sacrifice amid… Continue reading

It’s McEdwards in Brinnon fire district race; Quinnell apparent winner in Gardiner

PORT TOWNSEND -- Brinnon Fire District Commissioner Ken McEdwards has retained his seat, while Richard Quinnell is the apparent winner for the Gardiner Cemetery District… Continue reading

Jefferson County sets standards for Hadlock growth boundary

PORT TOWNSEND -- Under a Thursday deadline to meet state Growth Management Act requirements, Jefferson County commissioners reluctantly approved rural standards for the Port Hadlock… Continue reading

‘Mini’ Pike Place Market concept offered for corner with potential in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND -- Ideas for the now unused corner of Water and Jackson streets, which overlooks the entrance to Point Hudson Marina and neighbors the… Continue reading

Jefferson County mining expansion OK upheld by appellate court

SHINE -- A Washington State Court of Appeals ruling upholds Fred Hill Materials' right to expand gravel mining at its site south of state Highway… Continue reading

Jefferson County PUD commissioner Roberts in coma

PORT TOWNSEND -- Dana Roberts, Jefferson County Public Utility District commissioner, remained in a coma in a Seattle hospital late Monday after suffering a heart… Continue reading

Port Townsend’s efforts to generate, share renewable energy earn state ‘Solar City of the Year’ honor

PORT TOWNSEND -- Tudi Haasl and Deb Wiese find fun, pleasure and dollar savings in their new solar voltaic system installed late last summer by… Continue reading

Boat removed after wind and water push it ashore near Point Wilson

PORT TOWNSEND ­-- A 30-foot sailboat that high winds and seas swept ashore near Point Wilson in Fort Worden State Park last week was removed… Continue reading

Port Townsend city, county agree: Working together should breed success

PORT TOWNSEND -- City Council members and Jefferson County commissioners vowed during a joint meeting last week to collaborate on critical issues of economic development,… Continue reading

Wind downs tree, causing ‘a big inconvenience’ south of Quilcene

High winds blew a tree down across U.S. Highway 101 near the Big Quilcene River Bridge about a mile south of Quilcene, downing power lines… Continue reading

Pilot builds plane before he earns his wings in Jefferson County

PORT TOWNSEND -- Steve Craig learned to build his first airplane from nose to tail before he earned his pilot's license. Craig, a 45-year-old Bothell… Continue reading