|
In a move to replace an antiquated system, improve efficiency and better ensure accurate utility billing, the Port Townsend City Council approved a resolution at the April 21 meeting authorizing a …
more
By Mallory Kruml
|
4/30/25
|
|
With the Port Townsend city manager’s salary and budget under scrutiny, Leader staff continue to examine the city budget to understand how and where taxpayer dollars get spent.
Following a …
more
By James Robinson
|
4/30/25
|
|
With the Rhododendron Festival of Jefferson County celebrating 90 years from Wednesday, May 14, through Sunday, May 18, Rhody Fest President Lori Morris spoke with The Leader about two big concerns …
more
By Kirk Boxleitner
|
4/30/25
|
|
Strategic.
Energetic.
Innovative.
Highly effective.
These are just a few words Port Townsend’s city council used to describe City Manager John Mauro in the 2024 …
more
By Mallory Kruml
|
4/30/25
|
|
Total calls April 20 through 26: 178 including 38 traffic stops. Note: Calls such as domestic violence, suicides etc. are left out of the call log as to not retraumatize victims and loved ones.
…
more
4/30/25
|
|
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded to 292 calls for service from April 18 through 25. Deputies conducted 69 traffic stops, of which 1 resulted in criminal (misdemeanor/felony) …
more
4/30/25
|
|
Lawmakers in the Washington House and Senate have struck an agreement to provide up to six weeks of unemployment insurance for striking workers.
Both chambers approved Senate Bill 5041 this …
more
By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero
Washington State Standard
|
4/30/25
|
|
No measels yet
As of press time, no cases of measles have been identified in Jefferson County.
Washington state has identified five measles cases so far in 2025, all in King and Snohomish …
more
4/30/25
|
|
The following short items have been culled from The Leader’s physical archives and the University of Washington Library’s digital collections. The text and style appear verbatim from the …
more
4/30/25
|
|
inding my own business, working full-time while raising a young child with my lovely wife and living the urban homesteading fantasy of garden growing, pickling and cheesemaking. Four years later, …
more
4/30/25
|
|
An article in the Defense Department’s website about Jackie Robinson’s service in the U.S. Army, yanked by Trump’s anti-DEI bigotmob, was recently restored a few weeks later (This …
more
4/30/25
|
|
America's feline isn't the cat with a thousand names—it's not the puma, cougar, painter, mountain lion, panther, ghost cat, etc.
These are all names for the Puma concolor, the …
more
4/30/25
|
|
Measles wake-up call
I was horrified to read in the Washington Post that our country “faces millions of measles cases over the next 25 years if vaccination rates for the disease drop 10 …
more
4/30/25
|
|
In February, Commissioner Dudley-Nollette and Jefferson County Aquatic Coalition (JAC) representatives hosted a forum in Quilcene to discuss the release of a survey regarding public interest in a …
more
4/30/25
|
|
Salaries and benefits paid to public officials have always been hot-button issues.
Publishing the numbers can create easy targets for those who criticize government spending without regard …
more
4/30/25
|
|
Why would you even entertain bible studies in public school curriculum?
Bible studies in church and home is everyone’s right!
But in public schools no!
I am a retired Washington …
more
4/30/25
|
|
You live in Port Ludlow. You are a customer of Olympic Water and Sewer, (OWSI), a subsidiary of Port Ludlow Associates. You have experienced an occasional and unattractive brown tinge to your water …
more
4/30/25
|
|
Economic pressure is on for Washington’s working families. We’re getting hit hard by rising energy bills and other costs of daily living. With more extreme winters and summers, …
more
4/30/25
|
|
It has been hard to keep up with the latest revenue (i.e., tax) schemes that the legislative majority is trying to pass before the end of the legislative session. It’s been a race to the finish …
more
4/30/25
|
|
Oath Taker
Yes, I am an oath taker.
Not the Proud Boy variety — the U.S. Armed Forces type.
Oh, I really was hoping, like many of my friends and colleagues, to sit this …
more
4/30/25
|