Jeff Chew

Majority of Clallam drivers ‘opting out’ of money for state parks; most Jefferson motorists paying the $5 a year

Money isn't flowing to state parks from Clallam County vehicle owners renewing their registration, who can choose to allow a $5 charge to be added… Continue reading

Box mill closures catch Port Townsend union by surprise

PORT TOWNSEND -- News that Port Townsend Paper Corp. is closing two box-making plants in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada -- plants that the Port… Continue reading

Builder of Port Townsend state ferry sole bidder on two others

PORT TOWNSEND -- Todd Pacific Shipyards, which already is working on one 64-car ferry for $65.5 million, was once again the lone bidder for two… Continue reading

Trades group hears Port of Port Townsend commissioner candidates

PORT TOWNSEND -- Following a Port of Port Townsend commissioner candidates forum Wednesday night, the Port Townsend Marine Trades Association took a poll of its… Continue reading

Port Townsend Paper Corp. closes box plants in Canada

PORT TOWNSEND -- Port Townsend Paper Corp. executives, who announced the company's closure of two Canadian box production plants in Kelowna, British Columbia, and Calgary,… Continue reading

Todd Pacific Shpyard lone bidder on second PT-Keystone ferry

PORT TOWNSEND -- Todd Pacific Shipyard was once again the lone bidder to build a second 64-car ferry for the Port Townsend-Keystone run, coming in… Continue reading

$2 million state grant will let Port Townsend Paper create jobs

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Port Townsend Paper Corp. mill has been awarded a $2 million state grant to upgrade its biomass cogeneration boiler and plant,… Continue reading

Late Quilcene fire chief to be memorialized in state Capitol on Sunday

QUILCENE -- The late Fire Chief Bob Wilson, who died in April after a battle with cancer, will be honored at the state Capitol in… Continue reading

Live music on ferries? Harpist passes on latest pilot program

PORT TOWNSEND -- Former ferry harpist David Michael won't be participating in Washington State Ferries' Bainbridge-Seattle ferry musicians pilot program, but he sees it as… Continue reading

Security consultant tours Jefferson courthouse in wake of break-in, vandalism

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County Administrator Philip Morley spend an hour last week with Security Service Northwest President Joe D'Amico, touring the county courthouse. They… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend’s ‘stimulus’ appears to be working

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Port of Port Townsend's economic stimulus effort to bring back more business to the marine trades showed signs of working in… Continue reading

New survey finds greater danger of big quake along east side of Peninsula toward Victoria

PORT TOWNSEND -- The South Whidbey Island fault line could generate a 7.0-to-7.5-magnitude earthquake that would rock most of the North Olympic Peninsula, a state… Continue reading

Jefferson commissioners favor 150-foot shoreline buffer in new plan

PORT TOWNSEND -- After 1,035 public comments, hearings and at least 27 hours of deliberations this week, Jefferson County commissioners finished reviewing a proposed shoreline… Continue reading

Grant moves Port Townsend radio station closer to going on the air

PORT TOWNSEND -- KPTZ 91.9 FM radio supporters hope to be on the air early next year after the organizers of the public radio station… Continue reading

Construction moving full speed ahead on future Port Townsend ferry (see video below)

1The 64-car ferry's superstructure and hull has been under construction full-wing since April at Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle, Nichols Brothers Boat Builders in the… Continue reading

State representative speaks to Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce on Mystery Bay shellfish

PORT TOWNSEND -- Legislation to limit state Department of Health authority to shut down commercial shellfish operations in Mystery Bay off Marrowstone Island based on… Continue reading

Park closures part of money-saving plan in Jefferson County

PORT TOWNSEND -- Citing a more than $100,000 deficit, Jefferson County Parks Director Matt Tyler outlined a proposal to close four park facilities, cut almost… Continue reading

Court clerk wants more security at courthouse in wake of burglary, vandalism

PORT TOWNSEND -- Saying she would secure her burglarized offices, elected county Court Clerk Ruth Gordon on Monday called on the Jefferson County commissioners to… Continue reading

Port Townsend campaigns to get new ferry named after S’Klallam Chief Chetzemoka

PORT TOWNSEND -- For longtime Jefferson County Historical Society members such as JoAnn Bussa, naming a new 64-car ferry destined for the Port Townsend-Keystone route… Continue reading

Gregoire looks at new ferry under construction: ‘I’m proud of this’

SEATTLE -- Gov. Chris Gregoire, Washington State Ferries leaders and Todd Shipyard officials on Thursday gathered at Todd's Harbor Island yard to celebrate the work… Continue reading