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Bike path plans
Jefferson County’s public works department has plans for bike and pedestrian improvements near Chimacum Schools — including a new bridge over Chimacum Creek — …
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9/18/24
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A peaceful morning walk turned into an adrenaline-fueled scuffle when Shelly Webb encountered an aggressive female deer while walking her dogs in her Port Townsend neighborhood on Sept. 4.
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By James Robinson
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9/11/24
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In July, the Port Townsend Food Co-op board of directors voted to remove a board member for violating the Co-op’s Code of Conduct. Some member-owners argue the dismissal …
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By Alex Frick
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9/11/24
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At the end of a nearly hour-long candidate forum on Sept. 3, Democratic opponents Ben Thomas and Heather Dudley-Nollette described what they would bring to the Jefferson …
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By Nicholas Johnson
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9/11/24
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Farm Tour this weekend
The 22nd annual Jefferson County Farm Tour is Sept. 14 to 15.
It is presented by The Production Alliance in partnership with Washington State University’s …
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Leader staff
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9/11/24
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The Quilcene school board is expected to consider a resolution Wednesday, Sept. 18, regarding Title IX regulations that “strongly affirms that biological males should …
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By Nicholas Johnson
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9/11/24
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By James Robinson
Crystal Cox, who filed a four-point ethics complaint against Port Townsend Mayor David Faber on July 15, has advanced her case with a subsequent filing Sept. 4, …
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By James Robinson
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9/11/24
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Work continues on the North Olympic Peninsula fish barrier removal project, with state Department of Transportation officials announcing on Sept. 9 the summer 2025 work plan …
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By James Robinson
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9/11/24
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Most areas of Puget Sound closed to recreational crab fishing after Sept. 2, which means for crabbers, it’s time to submit their Puget Sound Dungeness crab summer catch …
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By James Robinson
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9/11/24
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Port Townsend Police Department reported a total of 230 calls from Aug. 30 to Sept. 5. This is a sampling of those calls.
Aug. 30: Officers conducted targeted traffic …
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9/11/24
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The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded to a total of 289 calls for service from Aug. 30 through Sept. 06. Deputies conducted 66 traffic stops, one of which resulted in criminal …
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9/11/24
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Port Townsend and Chimacum students returned to school on Tuesday, Sept. 3. Students in Quilcene and Brinnon students went back to school a week earlier, on Aug. 26.
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By Nicholas Johnson
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9/4/24
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With the 2024-2025 school year now underway, national and local salary reports indicate Jefferson County teachers, and teachers statewide, are faring better than other teachers in the nation, …
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By James Robinson
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9/4/24
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A sinkhole appeared on Water Street early on Saturday, Aug. 31, after a failing sewer pipe collapsed, ultimately leaving a depression in the pavement in the middle of the street.
Just after …
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By Alex Frick
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9/4/24
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The board of the Fort Worden Public Development Authority (PDA) put an aggressive timetable for dissolution in place on Aug. 27, saying money for operations has run out and it is essential it be shut …
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By James Robinson
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9/4/24
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Port Townsend Bay remains closed to recreational shellfish harvesting following an announcement from state and county public health officials on Aug. 30 that water testing showed high levels of the …
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By James Robinson
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9/4/24
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Wooden boats on the water
It’s that time of year again, when some 10,000 people are expected to converge on Port Townsend for the Wooden Boat Festival. It’s enough people that …
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Leader staff
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9/4/24
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The 22nd annual Jefferson County Farm Tour has recruited more than 20 local farms to be represented during visitors’ self-guided tours of 15 farming locations during the weekend of Sept. 14-15.
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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9/4/24
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The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded to 366 calls for service from Aug. 23-30. Deputies conducted 140 traffic stops, of which three resulted in criminal (misdemeanor/felony) charges.
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Leader staff
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9/4/24
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The month of August offered an intermission for the East Jefferson Trails Connection, but Merrily Mount invited the group’s members and “friends” to the resumption of their monthly …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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9/4/24
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