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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Humanities Washington celebrated its 50th anniversary by bestowing the state humanities council’s award to 50 people and organizations whom they judged have made “outstanding contributions to the ...

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 ...

From the dense gaseous atmosphere of Venus, 105 million miles from Earth, Groc reopened a conversation that he and Syvyt had had countless times. “You reckon they know how lucky they are?” Groc said ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As the clock struck 11 p.m., the Port Townsend City Council crossed off its last agenda item of the Dec. 8 meeting, unanimously voting to approve its 2026 legislative agenda. “Each year, the city ...