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Anderson Lake has been closed due to elevated levels of the potent nerve toxin Anatoxin-a.
Washington State Parks has posted “Danger – Keep Out of Lake” signs at access points to …
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Leader News Staff
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Discovery Bay has been reopened for recreational harvest of all shellfish species, according to Jefferson County Public Health.
The warning of biotoxins in the bay was removed on Friday, April …
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Leader News Staff
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April is Native Plant Appreciation Month in the state of Washington — home to more than 3,000 native plant species.
“It’s a time to celebrate Washington’s native …
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Barbara Faurot
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4/27/23
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Seven artists in Jefferson County were among the winners in Tidepools Magazine’s 2023 art, photography, writing, and music contest.
Tidepools Magazine has been published annually at …
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Leader News Staff
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A Pouslbo man arrested last year after a deputy found him passed out in a Chevrolet Impala in the middle of a Port Hadlock street with loaded handguns and suspected methamphetamine in the car has …
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Brian Kelly
bkelly@ptleader.com | 4/27/23 |
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Quick-thinking bystanders helped prevent a BMW SUV from plummeting down an embankment last week at Pleasant Harbor Marina in Brinnon.
Emergency responders were called after a driver swerved to …
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Leader News Staff
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A Silverdale woman is facing a felony charge of vehicular assault and driving under the influence for allegedly hitting two bicyclists on Highway 19 in July 2021.
Brooke L. Phillips was scheduled …
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Brian Kelly
bkelly@ptleader.com | 4/27/23 |
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Today's cartoon is by Dave Granlund, PoliticalCartoons.com.
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4/27/23
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Jefferson Transit is set to purchase a Gillig plug-in charger for electric buses and vehicles, at a cost of approximately $86,000.
The Jefferson Transit Authority Board unanimously approved the …
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The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received 369 calls for service between Saturday, March 18 through Friday, March 24. Below are selected reports.
At 11:29 a.m. Monday, March 20 in Port …
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Leader News Staff
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The Port Townsend Police Department received a total of 144 calls between Friday, March 31, and Thursday, April 6. Below are selected reports.
At 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 4, in the 2600 block of …
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Leader News Staff
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Phil was born on March 18, 1949 and passed away very unexpectedly on Jan. 13, 2023 while playing Wordle in his home in Port Townsend, Washington. He was the son of Walter William Pilgrim and Flora …
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4/26/23
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Ross Victor Waggoner Jr. passed away at his home on April 8, 2023. Born Oct. 30, 1932, Ross grew up in Edmonds, Washington with his mother, Bessie, father, RV, and younger brother, Tom. He walked …
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4/26/23
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Arthur Edward "Art" Moyer, born on July 29, 1924 in Lewiston, Idaho, was a man of many talents and accomplishments. He was the perfect blend of his parents: his tall, boisterous Dutch father, Arthur, …
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4/26/23
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Jeffery Taylor of the Port Townsend School District’s board of directors is stepping down from the District 2 director position.
School district officials announced his departure during last …
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James Sloan
jsloan@ptleader.com | 4/26/23 |
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Studium Generale celebrates National Poetry Month by welcoming Jamestown S’Klallam Elder, scholar, poet, and editor Duane Niatum for a reading and book signing beginning at 12:35 p.m. Thursday, …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 4/26/23 |
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Dot’s Right, as famed San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen used to say when leading off his trademark ellipsis-driven, multi-item columns:
Keep on Truckin’: Am I the only one …
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Bill Mann
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4/26/23
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Kathy Tilly and Sue Stanton are the Port Townsend Gallery’s featured artists for May.
Tilly lives and paints on the Toandos Peninsula.
She’s a Washington native, born in Aberdeen, …
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Leader News Staff
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The social season may have hit the “post-COVID” stride with the return of the annual Ludlow Maintenance Commission reception at the Beach Club.
The reception is held the day before the …
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Ned Luce
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4/26/23
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For local high school senior Connor Scanlon, helping the unhoused isn’t about checking a box for graduation, it’s about making a genuine connection.
While many may know him as the …
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James Sloan
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