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Recent sales tax revenue numbers from the city of Port Townsend indicate an economy on the rebound following the abrupt financial impacts of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.
With a 50 percent …
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James Sloan
jsloan@ptleader.com | 8/4/22 |
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The city of Port Townsend will be establishing a unified speed limit for all edge lane roads, or ELRs, within city limits.
The speed limit for ELRs will now be 20 miles per hour following the …
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8/18/22
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At The Food Co-op, a program years in the making is putting spare change to good use in the community.
Change for Change (previously RoundUP at the register) is a program offering …
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By MITZI JO GORDON
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1/10/24
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Members of the Port of Port Townsend’s Farm Steering Committee will walk the recently-acquired Short’s Family Farm in Chimacum on Feb. 7 as step one of the agency’s plan …
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BY James Robinson
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1/31/24
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The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received 223 calls for service between Saturday, Sept. 24 and Friday, Sept. 30. Below are selected reports.
At 12:01 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28 in Port …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 11/2/22 |
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The first all-accessible playground in Jefferson County will soon be open to the public for kids of all ages and abilities.
The Jefferson Universal Movement Playground — better known as …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 11/14/22 |
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One lane of eastbound Highway 104 east of US Highway 101 was shut down Thursday morning after a vehicle collision.
According to the Washington State Department of Transportation, the crash …
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1/19/23
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The body of a kayaker who went missing on Lake Crescent was recovered Thursday with the help of a remote operated vehicle.
Officials with Olympic National Park said the body of Travis Valenti …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 6/28/23 |
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The Port Townsend Police Department received a total of 156 calls between Friday, June 17, and Thursday, June 23. Below are selected reports.
At 4:20 p.m. Tuesday, June 21, an injured deer was …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 7/10/22 |
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Discovery Bay beaches have been closed to recreational shellfish harvesting for all shellfish species.
The Washington State Department of Health shut down shellfish harvesting after recent …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 7/1/22 |
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The city of Port Townsend, Port of Port Townsend, and Jefferson County Public Utility District No. 1 will hold an open house for the Sims Gateway and Boat Yard Expansion project at the Port Townsend …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 8/5/22 |
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Marcia Kelbon admits that she really hadn’t been politically active until two years ago.
“I was commuting back and forth to Seattle and I saw that city fall apart and I saw the same …
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1/10/24
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A Port Hadlock man was booked in Jefferson County Jail last week after he allegedly tried to steal a bulldozer from a hangar next to the private airstrip just north of Chimacum Creek Primary School …
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Brian Kelly
bkelly@ptleader.com | 10/6/22 |
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A treasured space for connection, The Nest community coffeehouse celebrates its first anniversary this month. One of three staple programs of the youth-oriented nonprofit …
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By Leader Staff
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1/31/24
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The Port Townsend Police Department received a total of 155 calls between Friday, Sept. 9, and Thursday, Sept. 15. Below are selected reports.
At 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, a theft was reported …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 10/13/22 |
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Tenants using Boat Haven will see varying rate increases in the coming year.
Commissioners for the Port of Port Townsend have started to round the rough edges of the port’s proposed 2023 …
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Derek Firenze
dfirenze@ptleader.com | 10/26/22 |
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The question of whether new policies around short term rentals need to be adopted by the county is on the May 1 agenda of the Jefferson County Planning Commission. Those decisions could …
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By Jon Michael Karpilow
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4/3/24
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Activities that bring together young and old alike have seen many ups and downs in Port Townsend.
Keeping in line with that trend is a group of locals with a vision to bring a pumptrack to the …
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Derek Firenze
dfirenze@ptleader.com | 12/29/22 |
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A pickup truck driver escaped injury after his Ford Ranger was speared by a guardrail after he slid off Highway 104 while trying to pass a semi-trailer truck Thursday morning.
The crash shut down …
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Brian Kelly
bkelly@ptleader.com | 1/19/23 |
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East Jefferson firefighters were called to a boat fire roughly three miles off of Paradise Bay Friday after a person in Port Ludlow reported visible flames coming from a vessel on Hood Canal.
A …
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Leader News Staff
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