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The next session of Learning Our Landscape will focus on the history of the Dungeness River Railroad Bridge and the North Olympic Peninsula railroads.
The program, presented by the Jamestown …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 7/12/23 |
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With increasingly dry conditions and rising temperatures, the Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park have adopted restrictions that will only allow campfires in established fire rings in …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 7/12/23 |
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The Jefferson County Historical Society is launching its new guided walking tour, “Legends and Lore of Port Townsend,” this summer.
“In this tour we share stories of lore that …
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Anna Tallarico
atallarico@ptleader.com | 7/7/23 |
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The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received 626 calls for service between Friday, April 21 and Friday, May 5. Below are selected reports.
At 10:04 a.m. Sunday, April 23 in Nordland, a …
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Leader News Staff
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The Port Townsend Police Department received a total of 151 calls between Friday, May 5, and Thursday, May 11. Below are selected reports.
At 12:15 a.m. Saturday, May 6, a caller in the 1400 …
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Leader News Staff
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An anonymous tip from someone who claimed to be fed up with thievery on the Coyle Peninsula led to the arrest of a Quilcene man for alleged possession of a stolen vehicle.
Paul Matthew …
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Brian Kelly
bkelly@ptleader.com | 7/6/23 |
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The promise is paramount: “If you fold a thousand paper cranes, you will be granted one wish.”
When Sadako Sasaki was diagnosed with leukemia from radiation caused by the bomb …
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Anna Tallarico
atallarico@ptleader.com | 7/6/23 |
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The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received 626 calls for service between Friday, April 21 and Friday, May 5. Below are selected reports.
At 12:34 a.m. Friday, April 21 in Quilcene, an …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 7/6/23 |
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The city of Port Townsend will host their third public open house to gather community feedback on the Healthier Together Aquatics Center feasibility study. It will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, …
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Drivers on Highway 104 west of the Hood Canal Bridge will get off the beaten path in a few weeks as construction nears completion on a temporary bridge and bypass route near Shine Creek.
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David Timmons is resigning as executive director of the Fort Worden Public Development Authority.
Timmons announced his resignation at last week’s meeting of the PDA board, which …
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Brian Kelly
bkelly@ptleader.com | 7/6/23 |
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A late-night fire destroyed three recreational vehicles and two boats Thursday in Port Hadlock-Irondale.
No one was hurt in the blaze and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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Leader News Staff
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An 86-year-old Sequim man was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after he collided with another driver on Highway 104 and Shine Road.
Three people were hurt in the crash just west …
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Leader News Staff
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East Jefferson Fire Rescue and the Washington Department of Natural Resources are battling a fire on Protection Island. At approximately 2:20 p.m. Wednesday, smoke was reportedly seen from the south …
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The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received 263 calls for service between Saturday, April 15 and Friday, April 21. Below are selected reports.
At 7:25 p.m. Tuesday, April 18 in Port …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 6/29/23 |
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A Port Townsend woman accused of attacking her husband with a hatchet while he slept was convicted Thursday of first-degree assault and interfering with a report of domestic violence.
Anna …
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Brian Kelly
bkelly@ptleader.com | 6/29/23 |
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One offered memories and milestones. The other, a pledge and a promise.
Navy Cmdr. Andrew Crouse passed command of Naval Magazine Indian Island to a new leader last week, handing the reins of …
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Brian Kelly
bkelly@ptleader.com | 6/29/23 |
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A 73-year-old Anacortes man was arrested for second-degree assault after he allegedly stabbed his roommate with a broken beer bottle last Wednesday in Port Townsend.
William James Wahrer made …
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Brian Kelly
bkelly@ptleader.com | 6/28/23 |
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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
news@ptleader.com | 6/28/23 |
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Volunteers are needed to crochet or knit replicas of breasts for Jefferson County Public Health.
According to health officials, the models will be used to educate parents about breast …
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Leader News Staff
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