Springfield News-Leader - The Port Townsend, Wash., wireless technology company says its handheld electronic scanner can identify within a second whether someone is a fugitive from justice, has a violent criminal past or is a convicted sex offender. The scanner reads the

Legislature likely to let electric cars speed up
Seattle Times - Joanna Loehr, 64, gets the same reaction to her ZENN electric car in Port Townsend. “People follow me home to find out about the car,” she said. Loehr and her husband use the two-seater to run errands around town and, at most, drive about 10 miles on

Transportation Commission: WA ferry fares to increase
OregonLive.com - We need to tell the Legislature it’s time to find a stable funding source for ferries,” Port Townsend resident Peter Bonyun said. Others who testified said ferry fares have risen 62 percent since 2001. Walter Elliott, on the executive board of the

Group hunts for lost anchor from Vancouver s 1792 exploration
Bellingham Herald - During the journey, Vancouver named numerous landmarks, including Mount Baker, Mount Rainier, Port Townsend, Whidbey Island and Vashon Island. He named the southern part of the sound Puget s Sound, after Peter Puget, a lieutenant. The two ships

DOWNTOWN UPTURN
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Meanwhile, the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port plans to build a 38,000-square-foot building capable of handling Category 5 hurricane winds on the north shore. The port intends to use the facility to constantly monitor its floating port located in the

SENIOR SOFTBALL SEASON RETURNS
Sequim Gazette - Hunt said he s hoping to see their brand of softball grow across the peninsula this season, particularly in population centers like Port Angeles and Port Townsend. Then, Hunt said, the clubs could form an Olympic Peninsula league and start having

Millions spent on money-losing Wash. airports
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Jefferson County International, a single-runway airport at Port Townsend on the Olympic Peninsula, which was granted nearly $1.7 million in 2005. Despite seven-figure federal grants, general aviation airports often lose money because they have few

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