The Port Townsend Police Department will become an accredited law enforcement agency in May. “We had our final on-site inspection today,” Police Chief Thomas Olson told The Leader on March 27. “We ...

Centrum’s recently announced coup of recruiting blues icon Bonnie Raitt to perform at its 2026 gala benefit concert was made possible not only through an inside connection, but also due to Raitt’s ...

At the corner of Hastings Avenue and Hendricks Street, construction has begun on Dundee Hill Community Homes, a new five-unit affordable housing development in Port Townsend. The Olympic Housing Trust ...

EDITOR’S NOTE 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 ...

The fifth-annual Salish Sea Butoh Festival is bringing an international assortment of performing artists to Port Townsend to close out the summer. Guest artists in this contemporary dance form … ...

On Dec. 15, after weeks of emotionally charged public testimony urging caution and delay, the Port Townsend City Council voted to adopt a sweeping update to the city’s comprehensive plan. Adopting the ...

Despite the semi-recent arrival of a 300-ton travel lift designed to fit more boats in the same amount of space, the Port of Port Townsend’s boatyard at Boat Haven is effectively full. The boatyard — ...

Tigran Arakelyan first joined the Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra (PTSO) in 2017, and after nine seasons, April 23 will mark the conductor and music director’s last concert with PTSO. The Armenian- ...

Jefferson County is set to receive roughly $7.3 million in combined federal, state and private funding to connect internet service to 1,205 rural homes and businesses, a move local officials said will ...

Jefferson County commissioners approved a series of first-quarter budget adjustments April 6, adding to general fund spending as officials said the county is currently operating at a deficit. The ...

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 ...

A Whidbey Island man who has made hundreds of thousands of dollars from public records lawsuits against rural school districts and other small public agencies is now targeting the Chimacum School … ...