Elliot Pflueger, a senior at Chimacum High School, is the winner of the League of Women Voters-Jefferson County Essay Contest. Pflueger’s essay “Damning Darkness in Isolation” won …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 5/25/23 |
Hoodsport Fire and EMS and five other departments were called out to the Finch Creek Fire just before 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 16 at Finch Creek.
Responders from the Brinnon Fire Department provided …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 5/24/23 |
The Port Townsend School District’s local Skillmation group has earned a Regional Award from the Washington Association of School Administrators.
Skillmation has been …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 5/24/23 |
Cash-strapped once again, the board for the Fort Worden Public Development Authority has unanimously approved the doubling of the organization’s $250,000 line of credit with Kitsap Bank.
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Chess, one of the world’s oldest and most popular strategy board games, has the power to bring players together, regardless of age or background. There’s something universal about lining …
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James Sloan
jsloan@ptleader.com | 5/24/23 |
Police are searching for a person who used bear repellent to subdue two McDonald’s employees who were making a late-night cash deposit at a Port Townsend bank earlier this month.
The thief …
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James Sloan
jsloan@ptleader.com | 5/24/23 |
The Port Townsend Police Department received a total of 175 calls between Friday, May 12, and Thursday, May 18. Below are selected reports.
At 2:15 p.m. Sunday, May 14, a parking complaint was …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 5/24/23 |
The Port Townsend Police Department received a total of 175 calls between Friday, May 12, and Thursday, May 18. Below are selected reports.
At 9:25 a.m. Friday, May 12, in the 800 block of Polk …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 5/24/23 |
The Jefferson County Public Utility District is set to receive a $6 million boost to its ongoing broadband expansion across east Jefferson County.
The Washington State Department of Commerce …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 5/24/23 |
After reviewing two repair options — one for $4 million and the other for $2.6 million — the Port Townsend City Council has unanimously approved the less costly alternative to fix its …
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James Sloan
jsloan@ptleader.com | 5/24/23 |
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received 266 calls for service between Saturday, April 8 and Friday, April 14. Below are selected reports.
At 3:36 p.m. Saturday, April 8 in Nordland, …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 5/19/23 |
With long lines and limited hours at the Jefferson County Solid Waste facility off South Jacob Miller Road, the city of Port Townsend is considering easing that burden by increasing the minimum …
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The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received 266 calls for service between Saturday, April 8 and Friday, April 14. Below are selected reports.
At 9:18 a.m. Monday, April 10 in …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 5/18/23 |
The Port Townsend Police Department received a total of 149 calls between Friday, April 21, and Thursday, April 27. Below are selected reports.
At 6:50 a.m. Tuesday, April 25, in the 500 block of …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 5/18/23 |
Hollywood is a distant land only seen on the big screen for many in America, but for Port Townsend High students apart of teacher David Egeler’s media class, it was an up-close and in-person …
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Olympic Community Action Program will receive $5.5 million from the Washington State Department of Commerce to fund construction of a single-room occupancy, permanent shelter at the Caswell-Brown …
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Cate Winters
cwinters@ptleader.com | 5/17/23 |
Sean Moss announced his departure Monday as the kindergarten-12th grade principal for the Quilcene School District.
In a letter to staff, students, and families, Moss said in his farewell letter …
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Brian Kelly
bkelly@ptleader.com | 5/17/23 |
All four members of the Port Townsend City Council who have terms ending this year have filed as candidates for another term.
Mayor David Faber and fellow councilmembers Amy Howard, Monica …
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Port Townsend artists Mark Twain Stevenson and Sara Ybarra Lopez are recasting the Venus figure in the Haller Fountain to replace a sister statue at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego.
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Cate Winters
cwinters@ptleader.com | 5/17/23 |
It’s that time of year again — the lawn chairs are lining up Lawrence Street, there’s an uptick in dog costume sales, and to the relief of all, the rhododendrons are actually in …
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Anna Tallarico
atallarico@ptleader.com | 5/17/23 |