The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) responded to 278 calls for service from Feb. 11-17. Deputies conducted 114 traffic stops, of which eight resulted in criminal (misdemeanor/ felony) charges ...

A social media account for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) recently shared a joint statement from the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC) and the Washington ...

Since the fall of 2023, Strange Days Comics and Games had made a cozy home for itself on the upper mezzanine of Aldrich’s Grocery in Uptown Port Townsend, but that changed for the start of the New ...

In this three-part series, Scott Doggett examines the federal decision not to list Olympic Peninsula steelhead under the Endangered Species Act, despite long-term declines and mounting climate ...

Keeping their campaign promises, newly elected Quilcene School Board members Richard Fitzgerald and Naomi Stern led the charge in rescinding the board’s May 2025 resolution to prevent transgender ...

In late December we lost Michael E. Higdon. Those who knew and loved him remember his kindness, integrity, and strength of Spirit. He was the friend always willing to lend a hand. Mike was ...

Jefferson County Deputies arrested 24-year-old Robert John Cuevas of Bremerton on Jan. 6, after Cuevas allegedly assaulted a man with a sawed-off shotgun, as the victim and his girlfriend were parked ...

Anji Scalf, the 4-H coordinator for the local Washington State University Extension, has announced her bid for the post of Jefferson County Commissioner, District 3. The seat represents Discovery Bay, ...

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 ...

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Standing room only and growing public tension marked the City of Port Townsend’s latest comprehensive plan hearing, as residents packed council chambers to weigh in on a sweeping update that could ...

After 18 months of relying on the Issaquah-based law firm Kenyon Disend for its legal needs, Port Townsend will soon have an in-house city attorney. “ While they’ve done extraordinary with a high ...