PORT TOWNSEND -- The status of Jefferson County's Anderson, Gibbs and Leland lakes remains bleak since toxic blue-green algae keeps them closed to swimming and… Continue reading
SHINE — The Hood Canal Bridge usually still takes about 30 minutes to open and close, as it did before the east-half construction work in… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- New legislation has prompted Fred Hill Materials representatives to ask Jefferson County to designate the company's proposed pit-to-pier project an "industrial project… Continue reading
NORDLAND -- The state Department of Health has issued a warning that the outer area of Mystery Bay will be closed to commercial shellfish harvest… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County could be fined anywhere from $1,875 to more than $35,000 after a Kitsap County Superior Court judge ruled against the… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County commissioners on Monday authorized the county Department of Community Development to proceed with a competitive bidding process for design services… Continue reading
BRINNON -- An attorney representing residents opposed to a 252.6-acre master-planned development planned at Black Point has appealed a Thurston County decision supporting the resort.… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- The Chandler Maritime Education Building -- which represents about half of the future Northwest Maritime Center -- is expected to be 90… Continue reading
PORT HADLOCK -- Jefferson County Public Utility District leaders have begun talks with Puget Sound Energy representatives about the PUD taking over the Northwest power… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- Those "Lil' Scuppers" won't be left ashore anymore now that the Northwest Maritime Center has for the first time launched a new… Continue reading
Major changes in the state's childhood vaccine program, the result of state budget cuts, place a larger burden on family physicians, and the impact on… Continue reading
PORT LUDLOW -- The South Bay Community Association president is urging the Jefferson County commissioners to reconsider their position against a proposed state Department of… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- Washington State Transportation Commission members are in the process of forming a citizen-based advisory panel that will review and advise them on… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- After experiencing what she called her toughest legislative session in 17 years, state Rep. Lynn Kessler is already looking to run for… Continue reading
PORT HADLOCK -- Jefferson County Public Utility District and Puget Sound Energy are poised to begin formal discussions about the public utility taking on PSE's… Continue reading
GARDINER -- The color of the bloom is red to orange, but experts don't believe it's red tide. Unlike paralytic shellfish poisoning -- or red… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- Environmentalists argued for more shoreline protection from development while others urged Jefferson County officials to leave its regulations alone during this week's… Continue reading
Updated 1 p.m. today Information was provided to the Peninsula Daily News for a story on Hadlock Days appearing below. The Salmon Bake is at… Continue reading
BRINNON -- A group of about 20 Brinnon residents gathered Tuesday afternoon at the river-damaged end of Dosewallips Road in Olympic National Forest to show… Continue reading
NORDLAND -- A state Department of Health official assured his audience that the inner waters of Mystery Bay would remain open to commercial shellfish harvests,… Continue reading
