Quilcene News

The South Bay Community Association president is urging the Jefferson County commissioners to reconsider their position against a proposed state Department of Natural Resources land swap with timber titan Pope Resources.

Commissioners from Jefferson County Fire District 2, covering Quilcene, and Jefferson County Fire District No.

Among the fresh seafood available at the Gig Harbor Farmers Market are oysters from Quil Bay Oyster Co.

By Kitsap Sun staff Originally published 10:52 a.m., June 29, 2009 Updated 10:52 a.m., June 29, 2009 QUILCENE A Quilcene man reported missing Saturday has been found dead in a wooded area less than a mile from where he'd been living, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.

A search for a man who went missing Saturday morning in Quilcene ended when rescuers found him dead in a wooded area near the house in which he was staying.

Robert "Bob" Criner, 79, was last seen at his rural Quilcene residence Saturday morning, and hasn't been seen since, the sheriff's office said.

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.

Ok Rainier Club members, which is it? Dig the pocket change out to pay for the rotten window sills, or contribute to the rotten McDumbit re-election fund.

When David Rose, the host of "Washington's Most Wanted" television show, heard that the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office had started a "Most Wanted" section on its Web site, he checked it out.

All concerts begin at 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, 7360 Center Rd., Quilcene; $12-$27 . June 27-28: Bach/Brahms Chaconne; Bruch Four Pieces for viola, clarinet, and piano operatic aria arrangements; Dvorak Piano Duet; Bohemian Forest.

Hood Canal summer chum, on the brink of extinction less than 20 years ago, are recovering at a surprisingly fast rate, scientists say.

Klaus Hintermayr, left, speaks to a group of 100 at the Gardiner Community Center about the community being annexed into Clallam County Fire District No.

Where: 7360 Center Road, Quilcene When: 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, June 27 to Sept.

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.

Jefferson County Commissioner John Austin crawls out of the hatch leading into a mysterious dome-like structure near Quilcene.

Fifty-four candidates filed in Jefferson County, which has 48 offices open, last week.

All that stands between the retrofitted Hood Canal bridge and its re-opening is a 93-page checklist with about 1,400 line items, and 20 error-free cycles of opening and closing the new draw span.

The president of a Port Townsend-based nonprofit organization that helps students find money for college has filed his candidacy for the Port of Port Townsend commissioners seat held by Quilcene's Herb Beck for more than 30 years.

HISTORY: Nobody knows what odd structure was used for; now, will somebody protect it? ERIK HIDLE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Jefferson County Commissioner John Austin crawls out of the hatch leading into a mysterious dome-like structure, believed to be part of an abandoned U.S. Navy installation, near Quilcene earlier this month.

Jefferson County Commissioner John Austin crawls out of the hatch leading into a mysterious dome-like structure, believed to be part of an abandoned U.S. Navy installation, near Quilcene.