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By Kirk Boxleitner
Those interested in trails throughout Jefferson County and the Olympic Peninsula can update themselves on the latest information about their trails systems this …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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7/9/25
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The survival odds of the 74 critically endangered killer whales residing in the Salish Sea have received a significant boost with the installation of a thermal-imaging system at Point Wilson that …
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By Scott Doggett
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7/9/25
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Hundreds of people filled McCurdy Pavilion at Fort Worden Historical State Park for Centrum’s “Fiddles on the Fourth” on July 4, part of a traditional that goes back much farther …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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7/9/25
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Though Washington State Parks, like other parts of state government, did not make it through this year’s legislative session with its budget unscathed, park visitors shouldn’t notice any …
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By Emily Fitzgerald/Washington State Standard
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7/9/25
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John C. Hughes is, at root, a storyteller. As he marks the end of a nearly six-decade career that spanned hot-type newspapering on the coast to crafting the biographical record of Washington’s …
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By Paul W. Taylor, TVW
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7/9/25
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ECHHO, a nonprofit organization that provides transportation services to help older adults, low-income residents, and people with disabilities in Jefferson County, met Monday for its 2025 annual …
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By Alex Frick
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7/9/25
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Bold, beautiful, bloated, ugly. How the legislation is described depends who you ask. But Republicans’ “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” is now on its way to becoming law.
The …
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By Jerry Cornfeld /Washington State Standard
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7/9/25
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The Northwest Watershed Institute (NWI) has acquired 81 acres of forest and wetlands that will be permanently protected and stewarded as part of the institute’s 500-acre Tarboo Wildlife …
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Leader Staff
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7/2/25
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Washington’s century-old fuel tax is going up again.
On Tuesday, July 3, the gasoline tax rose by 6 cents a gallon, the first increase in nine years for the primary revenue source …
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By Jerry Cornfield/Washington State Standard
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7/2/25
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Access to fresh, local produce is improving for low-income seniors in Jefferson and Clallam counties, thanks to an expansion of the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program.
Led by …
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By Mallory Kruml
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7/2/25
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Puget Sound crab season kicks off July 3, giving area crabbers a chance to catch the coveted Dungeness crab.
“Recreational crabbing is a popular summer activity that most family members …
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By James Robinson
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7/2/25
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Scientists and citizens have joined forces to protect the meadow, the second largest on North America’s Pacific Coast.
BAY VIEW, Skagit County — On a cloudy Friday morning, a group …
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By Risa Schnebly, Cascadia Daily News
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7/2/25
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The Trump administration announced last week that it would open nearly 59 million acres of wilderness in national forests to road building and development, including almost 86,000 acres of Olympic …
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By Scott Doggett
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7/2/25
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The Quilcene School Board’s resolution to ban transgender athletes from participating in sports based on their gender identity has drawn responses from both the American Civil Liberties Union …
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By Mallory Kruml
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6/18/25
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For years, foster parents in Eatonville, Washington, abused five girls, but the girls couldn’t hold the state accountable for wrongfully placing them in the home and failing to protect them …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street
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6/18/25
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Jefferson County stands to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal education funding annually under President Donald Trump’s proposed budget.
That’s according to numbers …
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By Mallory Kruml
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6/18/25
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A 32-year-old Marysville man was convicted of raping his former girlfriend the day he was released from Clallam Bay Corrections Center in 2019.
“Rhyan Vasquez is one of the worst, …
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By Mallory Kruml
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6/18/25
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A cyberattack on a national health food wholesaler has impacted the Food Co-op in Port Townsend.
United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI), one America’s largest publicly traded health food …
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By Leader staff
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6/11/25
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Two months after the Jefferson County Museum of Art and History reopened and drew nearly 300 attendees to its “Free First Saturday” event in early April, it drew nearly 100 attendees to …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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6/11/25
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A long-standing summer tradition is making its much-anticipated return to Port Townsend.
After a five-year pandemic-prompted hiatus, with staff refocusing their efforts on a work-intensive …
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By Mallory Kruml
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6/11/25
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