Jeff Chew

Security chief considering another appeal

PORT TOWNSEND -- The protracted legal battle between Gardiner-based Security Services Northwest and Jefferson County is a closed case now, as far as Al Scalf's… Continue reading

Skookum to shelve jump ropes

PORT TOWNSEND -- Skookum Jump Rope Co. will cease to exist at year's end, but other employment options for Jefferson County's developmentally disabled will be… Continue reading

Port Townsend ferry resumes service after early sailings canceled

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Steilacoom II resumed service late this morning after divers discovered and removed a crab pot wrapped around a rope guard at… Continue reading

Jefferson County could ‘end the water wars’ with desalinization

NORDLAND -- Jefferson County Public Utility District leaders have long dreamed of drawing briny seawater from the edge of Marrowstone Island and transforming it into… Continue reading

Heat blamed for record water use

PORT HADLOCK -- Jefferson County Public Utility District produced a record volume of water Tuesday -- 1.5 million gallons -- and the agency's water resource… Continue reading

Jefferson County in compliance with growth management, board rules

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County is in compliance with the Growth Management Act and Olympic Stewardship Foundation has failed to prove its challenge of the… Continue reading

Jefferson County PUD sued over fees

PORT TOWNSEND -- Two Port Townsend residents have filed a class-action lawsuit against Jefferson County Public Utility District, charging that PUD has unlawfully levied a… Continue reading

Trail design, right of way goal this year

CHIMACUM -- Jefferson County Public Works officials hope to finish the design and acquire the public right of way by the end of this year… Continue reading

Demand for costly appraisal angers Jefferson PUD

PORT HADLOCK -- Jefferson County Public Utility District officials are upset over the $48,000 price for an appraisal the Navy estimates on an Indian Island… Continue reading

Ferry cancellation caused sleepover — on the ferry

PORT TOWNSEND -- Sailing on the ferry Steilacoom II during morning hours this week could be a dubious proposition as the lowest tides of July… Continue reading

Clallam to absorb Jefferson County housing program

PORT TOWNSEND -- Clallam Housing Authority is expected to take over administration of Jefferson County's Section 8 affordable housing program Nov. 1, providing the same… Continue reading

Peninsula economic groups together, Port Townsend chamber told

PORT TOWNSEND -- Peninsula Development District has several Jefferson County projects on its list for federal money assistance to get the economic development wheels turning.… Continue reading

More Jefferson County employees to be idled

PORT TOWNSEND -- With building permit revenues running about $250,000 short of projections during the harsh recession of 2009, three more Jefferson County Department of… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Gibbs Lake toxicity show slight improvement

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County Public Health on Friday upgraded Gibbs Lake's water-quality safety status to "caution" level -- reopening the lake to public recreation… Continue reading

State to inventory tidelands in Jefferson and Clallam counties

Washington Department of Natural Resources has launched an effort to inventory state-owned tidelands that the agency manages to determine if private owners are illegally encroaching… Continue reading

Jefferson utility takeover negotiations conducted out of public’s eye

PORT HADLOCK -- Jefferson County Public Utility District commissioners have entered into a confidentiality agreement with Puget Sound Energy, taking negotiations over PUD's proposed acquisition… Continue reading

Public weighs in on Navy’s proposed sea turbine generators

CHIMACUM -- Sea-turbine blades are on the cutting edge of alternative power-generating technology. At about 16 feet in diameter and weighing more than 4 tons,… Continue reading

Kessler seeks answers from Ecology on water rules

PORT HADLOCK -- Lynn Kessler sees progress in water talks involving a state in-stream flow rule that proposes dramatic water-use limits in Jefferson County's prime… Continue reading

Navy holds open house tonight to show off sea turbine plans

CHIMACUM -- The U.S. Navy is taking steps to design and install a hydropower system offshore of Marrowstone Island and wants to float the proposal… Continue reading

Jefferson County OKs extra funding for trail

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County commissioners on Monday allowed county Road Department officials to exceed a $15,000 limit above just compensation to negotiate acquisition of… Continue reading