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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Fee hikes for hunting and fishing licenses, workplace protections for immigrants and increased requirements for gun dealers are among the Washington state laws going into effect July …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street
Washington State Standard
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7/2/25
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A recent series of legislative events forces the question — who is primarily responsible for your child’s well-being, you or the state? In 2024 the Washington Legislature signed …
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Marcia Kelbon | Out of Balance
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7/2/25
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Representation matters
The photographs you selected to represent the attendees of last Saturday’s No Kings protest gave the impression that attendees were all white people over 65 years of …
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7/2/25
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Lately it feels like everybody should just take a deep breath and then, let it out slowly, myself included.
Over the past several years our community has reached new levels of hyperbole. Some …
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By Lloyd Mullen
Mullen It Over
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7/2/25
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I just returned from the Association of Washington Cities (AWC) Annual Conference that Port Townsend City Council encouraged me to attend. Since it was paid for by our tax dollars it only seems …
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Neil Nelson
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7/2/25
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The following letter was adopted by a majority of the Jefferson County Hospital District No. 2 Board of Commissioners on June 18.
Commissioner Matt Ready has accused his four fellow …
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Anthony F. “Tony” De Leo, Maria Dressler, Kees Kolff, Jill Buhler Rienstra, chair
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7/2/25
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In the open park, a few day hikers were heading for the trails. Further along into the wooded camping area there was one rusty, beaten-up RV. Next to it a bearded, shaggy man looking as worn out as …
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Carole Marshall | Aging in good spirits
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7/2/25
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The ethics complaint case against City Manager John Mauro has been dismissed by Phil Olbrechts, the city’s hearing examiner.
Olbrechts announced the dismissal in an email June 30, bringing …
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By James Robinson
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7/2/25
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With a new month comes a new crop of featured artists at local art galleries, a number of whom are highlighted by the “First Saturday” Art Walk.
AURORA LOOP GALLERY
Not only …
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Leader staff
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7/2/25
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While traditionalists might mind the relative shortage of fireworks, the Fourth of July for 2025, in Jefferson County and beyond, offers no shortage of food or music.
This year’s July 4 …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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7/2/25
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Port Townsend is opening the month of July with poetry downtown and fiber art uptown.
POETRY
Writer and musician David Romtvedt, the former Wyoming state poet laureate who worked in …
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Leader staff
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7/2/25
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Boats cross the committee boat start line, center left, and most jibe to port and head for Marrowstone Point at the start of the 2025 WA360, a 360 mile race from Port Townsend and back. This …
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7/2/25
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With “F1,” producer Jerry Bruckheimer poured $200 million into essentially remaking his own 1990 film “Days of Thunder,” and what’s hilarious is that the end result is …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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7/2/25
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Five years after its completion, the restoration project that reconnected Oak Bay and Kilisut Harbor’s Scow Bay, between Indian and Marrowstone islands, is a significant environmental success …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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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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Beginning July 1, the Tri-Area Food Bank will be offering walk-in service to its clients, a service that has been unavailable since the Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020.
Since 2020, the Port …
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Leader staff
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7/2/25
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Berry Patriotic Salad
Kick off your Fourth of July with a colorful blend of strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries. A light honey-lime dressing adds a tangy twist to this simple, refreshing …
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By Sidonie Maroon/Kitchen to Kitchen
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7/2/25
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There will be no fireworks in Jefferson County again this Fourth of July, according to Jefferson County Fire Marshal Phil Cecere.
The current fire risk level of “high” prohibits …
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Leader staff
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7/2/25
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