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 Avoiding TBD sales tax (legally) Port Townsend’s new 0.3% Transportation Benefit District (TBD) sales tax will take effect on January 1, 2024. So, if you live in the county …

The frustration for Bremerton and Port Orchard ferry riders continues as the State Transportation Commission has approved the Washington State Ferries’ most recent price increases.

Jefferson entities partner in $2.9M facility

Jefferson County commissioners approved a settlement offer with the owner of the Glendale Farm that would see the polluted property cleaned up in exchange for the suspension of nearly all of $264,500 …

‘Build in Washington’ can be scrapped as a mandate, while still counting benefits of in-state shipyards.

Every new car ferry added to the Washington State Ferries fleet over the past fifty years was built at a Puget Sound shipyard. Now, state lawmakers are considering a break from past policy in order to obtain new vessels faster and cheaper for the troubled state ferry system.

Letter wants analysis on potential program

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Commissioners voted to extend the county’s COVID-19 emergency declaration first issued in March 2020, citing the need for continued flexibility in response to ongoing coronavirus transmission.

The latest Road Usage Charge bill had its first hearing before the state House Transportation Committee last week, and there was some surprising testimony.