Chimacum News

The state Department of Health has issued a warning that the outer area of Mystery Bay will be closed to commercial shellfish harvest in early August because of too many mooring buoys and boats.

Jefferson County commissioners on Monday authorized the county Department of Community Development to proceed with a competitive bidding process for design services and membrane bioreactor equipment and construction for the proposed Port Hadlock wastewater facility.

A plan to cut the drawdown of new wells by tenfold compared to currently allowed levels in the Quilcene-Snow watershed got a sour reception from critics at the rules' lone public hearing, held last week.

If you had asked Megan Anderson in her sophomore year of high school if she would graduate with her class, she says the answer would have been "No." Anderson isn't afraid to admit it.

The "Three Strikes Law" is the worst knee jerk law this country has ever come up with.

The director of the naval Undersea Museum at Keyport has identified a mysterious dome-like structure near Dabob Bay in Jefferson County.

According to a Navy historian, the machines in the structure likely were first used by Axis forces during World War II.

A couple of thougths: 1. Coughenour is an experienced and well respected judge. He was selected to preside over both the Ruby Ridge Shooting and the Ahmed Ressam trial for that reason.

Two new candidates filed for office in Jefferson County on Wednesday. Virginia O'Neil of Sequim filed to keep her position on the board of Sequim School District No.

The students in Karen Gambel's Chimacum Elementary School class were quietly working at their desks when the door opened.

Anderson and Leland lakes remain public health threats with toxic blue-green algae blooms that prohibit recreational use, a Jefferson County Environmental Health official said last week.

School board representatives from throughout East Jefferson County have formed a partnership, launched discussions about sharing resources and discussed the possibility of consolidating four school districts into one.

By profession, Jan Richards is a large-animal veterinarian who travels the back roads of Jefferson County to doctor cattle, horses and sheep.

Postal carriers in East Jefferson County collected more than 13,000 pounds of nonperishable food for food banks in the 2009 Stamp Out Hunger drive earlier this month.

Tom Walker, from Shelton watches as his belt sander 'Sand Devil' crosses the finish line ahead of 'Stanley Steamer' owned by Brinnon's Larry Hartley during the belt sander races at the Brinnon ShrimpFest in 2007.

Veterinarian Jan Richards, right, with Rhythm Ride band members M.J. Hillard, Eldon Burrow and Jan Jacobson, from left, will be one of the opening acts for today's benefit for Second Chance Ranch.

It's Rhododendron Festival week, and the carnival is in full swing, filling Memorial Field with the whir of motors, shouting voices and flashing lights.

Larry Robinson, one of five Jefferson County Heart of Service community heroes. -- Photo by Steve Mullensky for Peninsula Daily News Peninsula Daily News PORT TOWNSEND - Five community heroes will be honored on Tuesday with the Jefferson County Heart of Service award for 2009.

As the school year comes to an end and planning for the 2009-2010 year begins, one thing is clear: every Jefferson County school district is facing declining enrollment.

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