Luke Bogues

Port Townsend: Maritime Center lands big foundation grants

PORT TOWNSEND -- Nearly 42 percent of the Northwest Maritime Center's fund-raising goal has been met with the addition of $800,000 in new grants announced… Continue reading

New life for old castle

PORT TOWNSEND -- Fort Worden State Park officials are hoping one of the former military base's oldest structures will reopen to the public by summer.… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Chamber of Commerce to cover January parking fees at Fort Worden

PORT TOWNSEND -- Come the New Year, Fort Worden will be the only major state park in Washington that doesn't charge parking fees. The Port… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Port to seek demolition permits for distinctive Point Hudson buildings

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Port of Port Townsend is seeking demolition permits on all but three Port-owned buildings at historical Point Hudson. The white buildings,… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Officials discuss fallout from rejection of hardware distribution business

PORT TOWNSEND -- Faced with the possibility that Kenneth Kelly will take his Victorian businesses elsewhere, city officials are tuning into future economic development opportunities.… Continue reading

Port Angeles officials interested in Victorian hardware businesses rejected by Port Townsend City Council

If Kenneth Kelly can't find a home for his three Victorian hardware businesses in Port Townsend, officials in another North Olympic Peninsula city say they're… Continue reading

Port Townsend: City Council votes down hardware distribution center rezoning, 3-2; business proposal apparently evaporating

PORT TOWNSEND -- A proposal to bring a 20,000-square-foot hardware distribution business -- and 20 jobs -- to Port Townsend is apparently evaporating. Only three… Continue reading

Jefferson County celebrates 150 years

One-hundred fifty years of Jefferson County history is on display in the County Courthouse. Prepared by the Jefferson County Historical Society, the display commemorates the… Continue reading

Jefferson: Mineral overlay gives county more say over quarry, commissioner says

Jefferson County commissioners will finalize a mineral overlay for Fred Hill Materials Inc. near Shine 1:30 p.m. meeting today (Friday). But in doing so, they… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Council continues hearing on Victorian hardware business

PORT TOWNSEND -- The City Council delayed a decision Wednesday night on a request to rezone property off upper Sims Way to make way for… Continue reading

Jefferson: State hearings board orders county to revisit saltwater intrusion issues

Jefferson County has been ordered by a state hearings board to refine its plan to protect wells from saltwater intrusion. The county was found to… Continue reading

Port Townsend: City Council to take comment tonight on distribution center plan

PORT TOWNSEND -- The City Council will convene in a special session this evening to take public comment on a proposed 20,000-square-foot distribution center just… Continue reading

Jefferson: County boosts property tax by 1 percent

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County commissioners on Monday joined the ranks of several other government agencies across the North Olympic Peninsula by increasing property taxes… Continue reading

Jefferson: County commissioners OK gravel overlay zone

PORT TOWNSEND -- Fred Hill Materials Inc. will be granted a 690-acre mineral overlay zone near Shine, which clears the way for an application for… Continue reading

Jefferson: Decision expected from county commissioners on gravel mineral overlay zone Monday

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County commissioners are expected to decide Monday on Fred Hill Materials Inc.'s request for a gravel-mining mineral overlay on its Shine… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Santa Claus arrives on a boat amid Victorian splendor

PORT TOWNSEND -- Santa Claus traditionally is seen as a figure who sits comfortably in an sleigh pulled by eight flying reindeer. But nobody seemed… Continue reading

Hundreds in Jefferson County debate gravel expansion application

PORT TOWNSEND -- Nearly 400 people packed a Jefferson County Fairgrounds building Thursday to debate Fred Hill Materials Inc.'s application for a gravel mining overlay… Continue reading

Jefferson: Authorities searching for culprit in diesel spill fires

SHINE -- More than 55 gallons of diesel fuel was spilled on state Highway 104 late Wednesday night, prompting the closure of the road for… Continue reading

Jefferson: Hadlock Building Supply, customers give $11,000 to food banks

PORT HADLOCK -- Hadlock Building Supply and its customers have donated $11,000 to keep local food banks stocked into the new year. It takes about… Continue reading

Peninsula: Chimacum, Cape Flattery educators to attend rally

Two more North Olympic Peninsula school districts will allow school employees to attend a Jan. 14 rally in Olympia. The Cape Flattery and Chimacum school… Continue reading