For the better part of a decade, living and working in Port Townsend has allowed me to spend the holidays with family for most of those years, a luxury I couldn’t take for granted in my previous ...

The survival odds of the 74 critically endangered killer whales residing in the Salish Sea have received a significant boost with the installation of a thermal-imaging system at Point Wilson that ...

The U.S. Navy has released its Draft Amended Analysis to the Growler Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), but the Navy’s avenues for further public involvement in the process have drawn criticism ...

The regional model of operation for Jefferson Healthcare, which serves Jefferson County and much of the Olympic Peninsula, may shift if an alliance, in the works for months, comes to fruition. Rumors ...

The Quilcene school board passed a resolution to ban transgender athletes from competing in school sports at its May 7 meeting, in violation of both state anti-discrimination laws and existing … ...

An end is in sight for the months-long closure of the Upper Hoh Road — the only access point to one of Washington’s most popular natural wonders: the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park.

The Port Townsend City Council dissolved the Fort Worden Public Development Authority (PDA) during its regular council meeting June 2, thus marking the end of the city’s 16-year effort to co-manage ...

Do you like language humor? Me, too. Every so often I check the Washington Post’s annual Neologism Contest (big word there), in which readers supply alternate meanings for common … ...

The wife of a Port Ludlow man who was murdered by his son in November had earlier filed a multi-million dollar damage claim against Jefferson County before she filed a negligence lawsuit against ...

Plans to shutter the Port Townsend Recreation Center have been put on hold as county officials explore alternative funding options. The Jefferson County Parks and Recreation Department identified ...

Jefferson County’s population grew by nearly 8% between 2019 and 2023, according to the five-year American Community Survey, released by the U.S. Census Bureau in … ...

The new year marks a time when many resolve to do things differently. Self-improvement resolutions abound. Regardless of the resolution, the common denominator for most is a desire for something ...