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Peninsula College is built on the belief that education should reach every corner of our region, and sometimes, that means rethinking how we show up in those corners.
After careful …
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By Suzy Ames | President of Peninsula College
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6/11/25
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Lauren Davis started as a competitive gymnast at age two - then she saw her first performance of “The Nutcracker” a classic ballet by Tchaikovsky. She was mesmerized, she said, and began …
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By Tom Mullen
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6/11/25
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R acers in this year’s SEVENTY48 race fought against wind gusts that turned stretches of Puget Sound into a “frothy blender of whitecaps and low morale.”
The starting gun for …
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By Leader staff
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6/11/25
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Members of the Puget Sound Chapter of the Volvo Sports America Club are coming to show off their classic cars in the parking lot at the Port Townsend Aero Museum at Jefferson County International …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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6/11/25
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Since 1992, Port Townsend’s Wild Rose Chorale has sought to perform a wide repertoire of a cappella choral music, so their upcoming concerts this weekend follow suit by highlighting a range of …
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By Lynn Nowak
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6/11/25
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In the last episode of Wild Neighbors, we read about a cougar that checked itself into rehab, a deer plucked from a watery death, and a three-legged bobcat that keeps on chooglin’.
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By Scott Doggett
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6/11/25
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Since September 2023, the City of Port Townsend has spent well over a half a million dollars with Robert Half, a global, business consulting firm that specializes in placing temporary finance and …
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By James Robinson
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6/11/25
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With costs outpacing revenues, Chimacum School District officials are planning for a year of spending in the red as they brace for more state and federal funding shortfalls.
“Although we …
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By James Robinson
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6/4/25
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Four local heritage and historic preservation initiatives have been awarded grants totaling $1.9 million of the $10 million being distributed this year by the state historical society’s …
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By Mallory Kruml
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6/4/25
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East Jefferson Fire Rescue firefighters participated in a live structure fire training burn at a Gibbs Lake cabin on May 28.
Sixteen career firefighters and ten support volunteers …
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By Mallory Kruml
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6/4/25
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Of the more than 58,000 names listed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., six men came from Jefferson County, one of whom the American Legion post in Port Townsend memorialized by …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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6/4/25
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The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded to a total of 308 calls for service from May 23-30.
Deputies conducted 82 traffic stops, of which four resulted in criminal …
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6/4/25
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The Economic Development Council of Jefferson County has selected a new executive director but before David Ballif steps in as the new executive director of EDC Team Jefferson, The Leader spoke with …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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6/4/25
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I don’t think I can watch one more clip of U.S. Sen. Patty Murray or any other elected official grilling a member of the Trump Administration. The outcome is almost always the same. The …
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By Jason Victor Serinus
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6/4/25
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You probably don’t see wildland firefighters on the job because they usually work in remote areas. But with wildfires moving from the backcountry to backyards, the public is becoming more aware …
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By Riva Duncan
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6/4/25
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More years ago than I care to admit, I had a private exercise facility. I specialized in one-on-one training. My clients were all older folks, many not fans of working out, but doing their best to …
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6/4/25
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Peninsula College has announced its Fort Worden campus will close at the end of the school year.
Citing financial pressures felt by many educational institutions across the state and …
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By Mallory Kruml
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6/4/25
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The Port Townsend City Council dissolved the Fort Worden Public Development Authority (PDA) during its regular council meeting June 2, thus marking the end of the city’s 16-year effort to …
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By James Robinson
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6/4/25
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An ongoing series of stories about how Port Townsend city officials spend money.
The city of Port Townsend hires external firms offering professional services along with outside consultants, but …
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By James Robinson
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5/28/25
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The lawsuit filed by Julie Jaman against the city of Port Townsend and the Olympic Peninsula YMCA, among others, has been settled, according to the city press release dated May 27. It was first …
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Leader staff
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5/28/25
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