Jeff Chew

State ferries officials give good marks to reservation system

PORT TOWNSEND — A Steilacoom II ferry reservation system required some tweaking this week, but Washington State Ferries officials believe they have accomplished what they… Continue reading

Watery danger zones: Navy bomb handlers train at Indian Island

INDIAN ISLAND — All experts in explosives handling and bomb containment, these Navy sailors deep-water dive, parachute, handle chemical hazards, even fast-rope rappel to reach… Continue reading

What would it cost PUD to get into power business? Try at least $30 million

PORT TOWNSEND — Puget Sound Energy's Jefferson County infrastructure could cost the county's public utility district more than $30 million should it decide to get… Continue reading

Indian Island to host tri-nation training

INDIAN ISLAND — About 60 members of the Navy's bomb squad, the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 11, will train today through July 29 at… Continue reading

Indian Island ‘does not pose risk’ to Jefferson County, skipper says

PORT TOWNSEND — Naval Magazine Indian Island, which has long received, stored and issued ordnance to the Navy and Marines, is designed not to be… Continue reading

Show Winter Games-goers ‘our’ Olympics in 2010, tourism leader asks Jefferson County commissioners

PORT TOWNSEND — Traffic across Hood Canal Bridge shows marked declines since 1999, and the president of the Olympic Peninsula's oldest tourism organization says British… Continue reading

More riding Peninsula transit buses as gas prices rise

PORT ANGELES — Clallam Transit ridership is at a record high, and the agency is working to handle increased demand for both bus and vanpool… Continue reading

Big parade, lawn mower races highlight Hadlock Days festival

PORT HADLOCK — The three-day Hadlock Days festival will the largest Saturday parade ever, with more than 200 entries, lawn mower races on a new… Continue reading

Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce manager selection to take another week

PORT TOWNSEND — The process of selecting a new chamber executive director was set back a week after 27 resumes were received from every corner… Continue reading

Port Townsend Boat Haven dredging set this summer

PORT TOWNSEND — After having been mired in the permit process for two years, a project to dredge the Port Townsend Boat Haven marina's entrance… Continue reading

Expanded Quilcene Historical Museum keeps pioneering spirit alive

QUILCENE — The can-do spirit of Quilcene's pioneering past is celebrated and displayed today at the community's newly expanded history museum. "It was a labor… Continue reading

State park’s system possible septic solution for Brinnon

BRINNON — A new on-site septic system scheduled for completion in 2010 at Dosewallips State Park ultimately could hook up to Brinnon's commercial core, a… Continue reading

Navy developing plan to deal with reduced ferry service, Hood Canal Bridge closure

PORT TOWNSEND — Navy personnel in the area heavily depend on ferries and the Hood Canal Bridge to commute to and from bases on Whidbey… Continue reading

Neighbors recoil at more gun club hours

PORT TOWNSEND — Neighbors have taken aim at Jefferson County Sportsmen's Association's proposal to extend its gun range hours for limited special events. "To allow… Continue reading

Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce’s top job lures 23 hopefuls

PORT TOWNSEND — Heading up the Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce is the dream job of nearly two dozen applicants. Twenty-three applications for executive director… Continue reading

Northwest Maritime Center breaks cake

PORT TOWNSEND – Shifty Sailors sang colorful sea chanties, politicos praised project supporters and community leaders on Thursday hailed the official "cake-breaking" of the $8.2… Continue reading

Maritime Center groundbreaking Thursday to be celebrated ‘Port Townsend style’

PORT TOWNSEND — The Northwest Maritime Center will celebrate the start of construction of two buildings with songs of the sea, speeches from the powerful,… Continue reading

Valid petition signatures lead toward November election on East Jefferson electricity future

PORT TOWNSEND — The question of whether to give Jefferson County Public Utility District authority to provide electric power is expected to go to the… Continue reading

Dabob Bay preserve land swap seen to protect timber trust revenues

COYLE — A state proposal to expand the Dabob Bay Natural Area Preserve up to 3,200 acres has Jefferson County leaders and conservationists working toward… Continue reading

Treatment related to Tri-Area sewer project to cost at least $50 million

CHIMACUM — A sewage treatment plant built to treat 1 million gallons a day in the Irondale/Port Hadlock area is expected to be completed in… Continue reading