PORT TOWNSEND — Another round of removing creosote-tainted pilings in Jefferson County commences along the Port Townsend waterfront beginning next week, a state Department of… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — When it comes to taxes, public utility districts pay about the same taxes as investor-owned utilities and communities that switch from a… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — Olympic Community Action Programs administrators expect to save more than $100,000 a year by spending $2.1 million to the buy three buildings… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — Lifting the order to stop work on an environmental impact statement for a proposed 4-mile-long conveyor to carry gravel from "pit to… Continue reading
While many have already spent their economic stimulus checks, more than 3,000 qualifying North Olympic Peninsula residents have yet to get their money. The IRS… Continue reading
CHIMACUM — Jefferson County Public Utility District commissioners enthusiastically await the results of their own contracted feasibility study after hearing Wednesday what a Puget Sound… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — A Jefferson County Public Utility District takeover of Puget Sound Energy's electric service would cost at least $77 million, and would raise… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Public Utility District leaders and advocates for local electric service were surprised but undeterred by Puget Sound Energy's $77.2 million… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — Do you want the Jefferson County Public Utility District to bring you electricity instead of Puget Sound Energy? This will be the… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — With a company representative defiantly saying Fred Hill Materials Inc. would not negotiate, Jefferson County commissioners on Monday rescinded their 60-day notice… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND – The Steilacoom II and her older ferry sister, Christine Anderson, might have left some thinking they were seeing double at the Port… Continue reading
BRINNON — Rejuvenated support of the community's senior nutrition program has led to it gaining another reprieve through August. The Olympic Community Action Programs' executive… Continue reading
Jefferson and Clallam counties have fallen behind in road maintenance for the last couple of years, say officials, pointing to both the soaring price of… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — Police are investigating the third and most damaging of three burglaries at Vintage Hardware in the past year, which took place overnight… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — Fred Hill Materials' attorney has demanded that Jefferson County commissioners and interim county Administrator Dennis Richards rescind a Monday letter suspending work… Continue reading
PORT HADLOCK — What improvements would you like to see on state highways 19 and 20 leading to Port Townsend ferry terminal? The state Department… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County officials have stopped all work on an environmental impact statement for the Fred Hill Materials pit-to-pier project, saying the company… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — Facing the revenue shortfalls associated with a sluggish economy, Jefferson County commissioners on Monday approved an extra $260,000 for county environmental health.… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — When it comes to dependency on tourism in the state, Jefferson County is above average. "It is one of the fastest-growing in… Continue reading
BRINNON — The debate over whether to restore the Dosewallips River Road is black-and-white, as Quilcene-based Hood Canal District Ranger Dean Yoshina sees it. "It's… Continue reading
