What She Loved, And A Few Things She Did Not
Sharon Squire left this mortal coil on Friday, May 6, 2022 at 12:43 p.m., her hand in her son’s hand. She had a form of interstitial lung …
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8/17/22
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8/17/22
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Poetry while picnicking beside a field of flowers. Could there be a more literary way to spend a Sunday afternoon?
Just such an idyl will take place at Wilderbee Farms at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21 …
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Derek Firenze
dfirenze@ptleader.com | 8/16/22 |
Gathering together to get better has been going on for 10 years at the annual All County Picnic, and yet again all of Jefferson County is invited to celebrate community resilience on Saturday, …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 8/16/22 |
Beaver Valley Road will be closed Tuesday morning while the Jefferson County Public Utility District will replace a transmission pole on Highway 19.
Starting at 8 a.m. Aug. 16, both lanes of …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 8/15/22 |
The Port Townsend Police Department received a total of 156 calls between Friday, July 29, and Thursday, Aug. 4. Below are selected reports.
At 3:40 a.m. Sunday, July 31, in the 1000 block of …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 8/15/22 |
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received 267 calls for service between Saturday, July 16 and Friday, July 22. Below are selected reports.
At 6:29 a.m. Saturday, July 16 in Chimacum, a …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 8/15/22 |
The Washington State Committee on Geographic Names heard the first proposals from Tribes within the state to rename features bearing a derogatory term that refers to Indigenous women and approved two …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 8/15/22 |
A federal judge has shot down the U.S. Navy’s environmental review for the expansion of the Growler jet program on Whidbey Island.
Increasing the number of Growlers — …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 8/15/22 |
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received 230 calls for service between Saturday, July 9 and Friday, July 15. Below are selected reports.
At 1:59 p.m. Thursday, July 14, an employee of …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 8/13/22 |
Following one of their most successful seasons in the past two decades, the East Jefferson Rivals boys and girls cross-country teams are hungry for more in Year Two under the EJ banner.
The …
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James Sloan
jsloan@ptleader.com | 8/13/22 |
The local superstition Chetzemoka’s Curse goes something like this: Supposedly anyone who has lived in Port Townsend, if they ever try to leave, will be forced to eventually return.
While …
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Derek Firenze
dfirenze@ptleader.com | 8/12/22 |
What started as eight local softball teams was narrowed down to one after Justice League defeated Arrow Lumber 13-8 to reign victorious in the Jefferson County Parks and Recreation Adult Softball …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 8/12/22 |
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received 230 calls for service between Saturday, July 9 and Friday, July 15. Below are selected reports.
At 1:42 p.m. Monday, July 11 in Port Ludlow, an …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 8/12/22 |
A former deputy prosecuting attorney has filed a claim for $3 million in damages against Jefferson County, alleging her constitutional rights were damaged when her employment was terminated in May …
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Brian Kelly
bkelly@ptleader.com | 8/12/22 |
Deputies responding to a 911 hang-up call arrested a 27-year-old Quilcene man for allegedly choking his ex-girlfriend during a dispute over their 3-year-old daughter.
Luke Alan McCormick is facing …
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Brian Kelly
bkelly@ptleader.com | 8/12/22 |
8/11/22
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A pilot of a Cirrus SR22 crashed near Maynard Peak Wednesday. Photo courtesy of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
UPDATE | Pilot was headed to Olympia from Friday …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 8/11/22 |
Only a parent who has lost a child can know the depth of such a loss.
Still, Sheila Bender has managed to translate both the overwhelming ocean and the process of learning to swim through it in …
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Derek Firenze
dfirenze@ptleader.com | 8/11/22 |
A small aircraft crash claimed the life of the pilot west of Discovery Bay Wednesday.
The name of the pilot has not been released.
Authorities said a witness near the suspected crash site gave …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 8/11/22 |