Quilcene News

You may not believe it, but randomly driving along snow covered dirt roads, drinking coffee from a thermos and trying to determine if you are breaking any rules before you saw into a tree in the middle of the Olympic National Forest is a delicate art that involves a keen eye, patience and a sense of humor.

Students and families associated with the Swan School and Jefferson Community School in Port Townsend, Washington get together to hold an annual Plantathon to help restore the watershed Taboo Creek Preserve in Quilcene, WA.

Q: Is it legal to cut Christmas trees in the National Forest? Randy W., via email A: It is legal to cut Christmas trees in Olympic National Forest and other national forests in our state, but you've got to get a permit.

Thanks to some alert bank tellers, Neta Lea barely avoided becoming a victim of a couple of scam artists from Canada last week.

A new agreement between Jefferson County and the Jefferson Associated Council for indigent defense will boost spending to defend in the county's biggest criminal trial of the year.

CHIMACUM SEmD On Dec. 13, children in Sweden awake early. The girls don white robes with red sashes; the boys put on tall pointed hats with gold stars.

Peninsula Daily News Christmas tree-cutting permits are now available for Olympic National Forest.

High winds blew a tree down across U.S. Highway 101 near the Big Quilcene River Bridge about a mile south of Quilcene, downing power lines and closing the highway in both directions for more than an hour Thursday afternoon.

Christmas tree-cutting permits are now available for the Olympic National Forest.

New dictionaries and new eyeglasses to read them with -- those are the first two steps the Independent Order of Odd Fellows are taking in providing south East Jefferson County students with tools to be successful in their education.

Heavy rains have alleviated the worries of the city's water resource department.

Four candidates seeking two open spots on the Port of Port Townsend Board of Commissioners squared off for one final debate, primarily on the port's finances and infrastructure.

Following a Port of Port Townsend commissioner candidates forum Wednesday night, the Port Townsend Marine Trades Association took a poll of its members, asking them to choose which two of the four candidates they support, and the results are to be released today.

City water reserves are running low, and Ian Jablonski, city water resource asset manager, eyes the skies and waits for autumn rain.

It is a sunny Monday morning, and Karen Sickel is getting dressed to go to work.

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Citing a more than $100,000 deficit, Jefferson County Parks Director Matt Tyler outlined a proposal to close four park facilities, cut almost three part-time staff positions and become heavily dependent on volunteers to maintain most other county parks.

By Jeff Chew Peninsula Daily News PORT TOWNSEND -- Fending off challenger Leif Erickson's calls to cut port expenses, incumbent Port of Port Townsend Commissioner Herb Beck defended the port's investments in economic development -- from the heavy haulout facility Beck fought to bring to the shipyard to a proposed airport light industrial park.

Chimacum School District saw an increase in enrollment for the first time in 11 years, and the Quilcene district also saw more students at the start of the 2009-2010 school year.

Work is coming to a close on a massive excavation to remove the "delta cone" at the mouth of the Little Quilcene River.