Firefighters with East Jefferson Fire Rescue, from left, Lieutenant Alex Morris, Bobby Grimm, center and Brennan Whiting right, respond to a smoke alarm call at the Water Street Hotel and Pacific ...

This Christmas, I find myself a little farther from home than usual. Life has a way of shifting the chairs. This year, I won’t be home with my family in Florida again — my mom, my three brothers, my ...

Italian documentary filmmakers plan to put a Jefferson County community service organization in the international spotlight, with inclusion of the group’s local investing efforts in an upcoming ...

The USS Nimitz passing through Admiralty Bay as it leaves the Port Townsend area Dec. 16. Sorry! An active online subscription is required to access this content. Please login below or Subscribe today ...

The humans of the Port of Port Townsend often get all the glory. Frankly, it’s hard not to marvel at the skill set of the marine tradespeople and restaurant owners working hard to shape the unique ...

Olympic National Park is starting to plan a new facility for Hurricane Ridge. The reconstruction project is in the conceptual, predesign phase, and will involve Washington’s National Park Fund as an ...

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Winter solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of the year, and nearly 300 revelers turned out at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds on Dec. 21 to participate in Port Townsend’s annual ...

Port of Port Townsend commissioners voted in October to pay off the Port’s remaining long-term debt. Port Finance Director Connie Anderson made the final payment on Dec. 1. “As Connie told me that ...

Many regions of the Pacific Northwest are endemic to a distinct broadleaf evergreen tree with thin bark that sloughs off in papery cinnamon colored strips revealing a smooth green-tinted bark ...

The cozy scents of cinnamon, allspice and cloves filled the aisles of the Port Townsend Public Library this month as participants in the 31st Annual Uptown Gingerbread Contest turned in their edible ...