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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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Two years ago, Bayside Housing & Services and the Old Alcohol Plant Inn teamed up to support Ukraine through a dinner that yielded thousands of dollars for the humanitarian aid organization …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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9/4/24
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A total of $26.5 million was awarded to 11 Washington ports to electrify their operations, including one in Clallam County, state transportation officials announced Aug. 21. The projects are …
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By James Robinson
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9/4/24
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By Alex Baumhardt
Oregon Capital Chronicle
Washington, Oregon and California are getting a major boost from the federal government to advance the shipment of goods …
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By Alex Baumhardt | Oregon Capital Chronicle
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9/4/24
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Edensaw Woods was launched in 1984, by Jim “Kiwi” Ferris and Charlie Moore, in Kiwi’s yard with an old J.C. Penney truck, some blue plastic tarps and a few hundred dollars. On …
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Leader staff
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8/28/24
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Interest in women’s golf in Port Townsend was on the rise in August as more club women turned out for weekly golf play on Tuesdays at Camus Prairie Golf Park and on Thursdays at Discovery Bay …
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Special to The Leader
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8/28/24
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