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Peninsula business counselor wins state award

  PORT TOWNSEND — Kathleen Purdy has advised more than 1,000 clients in Jefferson and Clallam since 1995 for the state Small Business Development Council.… Continue reading

Conference lifts chamber manager on passenger ferry

SEATTLE — Tim Caldwell, general manager of the Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce, came away from a Thursday passenger ferry forum energized, saying it was… Continue reading

Jefferson Transit driver proves he’s second to one in the nation

PORT TOWNSEND — Those who ride Jefferson Transit with Lloyd Eisenman at the wheel might feel safer knowing that they are cruising with the second-best… Continue reading

State Ferries to test reservations system

PORT TOWNSEND — The state ferry system will launch a pilot reservations system on the Port Townsend/Keystone ferry route starting May 19 to address the… Continue reading

 Bishop Dairy Farm celebrates industry award

CHIMACUM — Going organic at Bishop Dairy Farm was truly a move to greener pastures, says the farm's now-smiling owner Gerald Bishop. "I've been doing… Continue reading

Water district proposal dries up

PORT TOWNSEND — A countywide per-parcel fee proposed to fund Jefferson County's Clean Water District has dried up for lack of support. "In my mind,… Continue reading

Jefferson deputy suspended for conduct at son’s ballgame

PORT HADLOCK — Jefferson County Sheriff Mike Brasfield on Thursday suspended a deputy for five days without pay for yelling at a volunteer Little League… Continue reading

Jefferson housing situation ‘serious,’ but no emergency

PORT TOWNSEND — City Council and Jefferson County commissioners stopped short of declaring an affordable housing emergency during a joint meeting Thursday night, but are… Continue reading

Man rescued from cold water

KALA POINT — A Kala Point man remained in stable condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after spending 30 minutes clinging to his overturned… Continue reading

A very good year for Centrum, director says

PORT TOWNSEND — More and more visitors to Port Townsend are looking for cultural, art and learning experiences and that translates into more tourism dollars… Continue reading

PT organizations help locals kick smoking habits

PORT TOWNSEND — If you want to put the butt out before your life is in ashes, Jefferson County Public Health has you covered. So… Continue reading

State Oks two larger ferries for PT

PORT TOWNSEND — It's official. The state has abandoned plans to build a new 50-car ferry for the Port Townsend-Keystone route. Instead, it will build… Continue reading

Timber revenue sees sharp drop

PORT TOWNSEND — Washington Department of Natural Resources timber revenues to Jefferson and Clallam counties have fallen harder than a giant cedar over the past… Continue reading

SSNW counts its losses

GARDINER — The silence at Security Services Northwest's Fort Discovery compound is broken more by warbling goldfinch songs than gunfire these days. One range is… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend commissioners get the Point: Hudson, that is

PORT TOWNSEND — Two more Port of Port Townsend commissioners were successfully swayed Wednesday night to get to the point and avoid confusion, clearing the… Continue reading

Anderson Lake, tainted by toxic algae woes past two summers, set to open for fishing season

PORT HADLOCK — Anderson Lake — which has been threatened the past two years with unpredictable, recurring outbreaks of deadly blue-green algae — is scheduled… Continue reading

Contract signed to start construction on $8.1 million Northwest Maritime Center

PORT TOWNSEND — Northwest Maritime Center leaders signed an $8.1 million construction contract Tuesday morning. Jim Whittaker, the first American to climb Mount Everest, was… Continue reading

Helicopter to lift tainted debris from beaches

PORT TOWNSEND — In a second drive to clean up toxic creosote-tainted wood pilings and debris along Jefferson County's shores, state Department of Natural Resources… Continue reading

Interim Jefferson County administrator begins at courthouse

PORT TOWNSEND — Taking another step closer to finding a new county administrator, Jefferson County commissioners on Monday temporarily filled the position until a permanent… Continue reading

Shore Stewards program helps homeowners as well as shoreline

PORT LUDLOW — Anita and Dave Weakley came home in January 2006 to every shoreline homeowner's nightmare. Ten feet of their backyard bluff bank had… Continue reading