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The Race to Alaska is back for year seven with 39 teams registered to depart from the Northwest Maritime Center on June 5.
No motors or support are allowed — organizers say the Race to …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 5/31/23 |
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CoCo, where are you?
Emergency responders in Brinnon are still hoping to find out the condition of the chocolate Labrador retriever they saved after an alleged drunk driver wrecked his car in …
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Leader News Staff
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The Port Townsend Marine Science Center will host two upcoming training sessions for new docent volunteers at the center’s exhibits.
The three-part training sessions will be held from 3:30 …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 5/31/23 |
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The Port Townsend Food Bank is now open to all from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturdays.
“We’re here to help take a little stress off,” said food bank manager Shirley Moss, who encouraged …
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Cate Winters
cwinters@ptleader.com | 5/31/23 |
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The Hood Canal Bridge will be closed to regular traffic at night from Tuesday, June 6 through Thursday, June 8 as work resumes on replacing light fixtures on the bridge.
The bridge will be shut …
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Leader News Staff
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Jefferson County Public Health is offering free classes in June that give details on how to maintain a septic system.
County officials note that homeowners play an important part in protecting …
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Leader News Staff
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Jefferson County officials will host the first of seven “community conversations” later this week.
The series of meetings run from June through October. The first is at 6 p.m. …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 5/31/23 |
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Graves Creek Road in Olympic National Park has reopened following bridge repairs.
The opening includes Graves Creek Campground and the East Fork Quinault Trail to Enchanted Valley. The …
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Leader News Staff
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The Chimacum Farmers Market celebrates its 15th anniversary season this Sunday, June 4.
The market runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Chimacum Corner Farmstand.
Festivities kick off with an …
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Anna Tallarico
atallarico@ptleader.com | 5/31/23 |
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The Port Townsend Police Department received a total of 188 calls between Friday, April 28, and Thursday, May 4. Below are selected reports.
At 2 a.m. Friday, April 28, a disturbance was …
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Leader News Staff
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The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received 266 calls for service between Saturday, April 8 and Friday, April 14. Below are selected reports.
At 9:50 p.m. Wednesday, April 12 in Port …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 5/31/23 |
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Most voters in Jefferson County won’t get a ballot for the Primary Election this year, while races in November’s General Election will largely revolve around campaigns for school board …
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Brian Kelly
bkelly@ptleader.com | 5/31/23 |
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He’s leaving, but he’s not going far.
Sean Moss announced last month he was stepping down as the kindergarten-12th grade principal for the Quilcene School District.
Moss, who …
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Brian Kelly
bkelly@ptleader.com | 5/31/23 |
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A Navy sailor touring the Hood Canal with three other sailors was killed Friday after his motorcycle hit the back end of a pickup truck that was towing a trailer on US Highway 101 near the Yelvick …
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Brian Kelly
bkelly@ptleader.com | 5/31/23 |
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Elliot Pflueger, a senior at Chimacum High School, is the winner of the League of Women Voters-Jefferson County Essay Contest. Pflueger’s essay “Damning Darkness in Isolation” won …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 5/25/23 |
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Hoodsport Fire and EMS and five other departments were called out to the Finch Creek Fire just before 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 16 at Finch Creek.
Responders from the Brinnon Fire Department provided …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 5/24/23 |
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The Port Townsend School District’s local Skillmation group has earned a Regional Award from the Washington Association of School Administrators.
Skillmation has been …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 5/24/23 |
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Cash-strapped once again, the board for the Fort Worden Public Development Authority has unanimously approved the doubling of the organization’s $250,000 line of credit with Kitsap Bank.
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Chess, one of the world’s oldest and most popular strategy board games, has the power to bring players together, regardless of age or background. There’s something universal about lining …
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James Sloan
jsloan@ptleader.com | 5/24/23 |
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Police are searching for a person who used bear repellent to subdue two McDonald’s employees who were making a late-night cash deposit at a Port Townsend bank earlier this month.
The thief …
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James Sloan
jsloan@ptleader.com | 5/24/23 |
