Diane Urbani de la Paz

On top of the pop tops: Student collects 258.5 pounds of pull-tabs for charity

SEQUIM -- Sam Manders has outdone himself again. Over the past year, the 14-year-old accumulated 258.5 pounds of tab tops -- those little rings that… Continue reading

Sequim-area man diverted from wedding to help in Haiti

CARLSBORG -- Scotty Robinson is supposed to be married soon at the Hotel California in Todos Santos, a laid-back Baja California town. But he keeps… Continue reading

Donations pour in for ShelterBoxes, those crates of emergency aid

A ShelterBox is a crate that allows life to go on. The box, distributed by volunteers such as Tom Schaafsma and Scotty Robinson of Sequim,… Continue reading

Sequim group carries gifts to returning troops

SEQUIM -- Lynn Elliott and two friends will head out on a road trip next Thursday to greet 18,000 returning troops. So now through Wednesday,… Continue reading

Head-shaving calls attention to fund

SEQUIM -- Mary Beery, faced with terrible news, said she decided to turn it into "something positive" -- and then call attention to it. So… Continue reading

Three sets of 1940 twins get together to reminisce

CARLSBORG -- A baby boom hit Port Angeles in spring 1940, as three moms welcomed three sets of twins within a week and a half.… Continue reading

Sequim man with medical pot papers turns himself in

SEQUIM -- A Sequim man turned himself in to police Tuesday after officers found an estimated 15 to 20 pounds of packaged marijuana and 44… Continue reading

Sequim cuts funds to development council; plans to seek grant writer or lobbyist

SEQUIM -- This city soon may hire a lobbyist or a grant writer to help the expansion of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory-Battelle campus on… Continue reading

Jamestown S’Klallam tribal members bless MAC exhibit

SEQUIM -- It's been a long time coming, but the Jamestown S'Klallam tribe now has a home -- a longhouse filled with warm light --… Continue reading

Sequim to pay next police chief 10 percent more

SEQUIM -- Whoever becomes the next chief of police in Sequim is in line to make a significantly higher salary than current chief Robert Spinks,… Continue reading

Sequim refuge promoter to move to Montana

SEQUIM -- Annette Hanson can't say goodbye -- she prefers "see you around" -- but she is packing up for a new life beside another… Continue reading

Woman keeps in step on 80th birthday

SEQUIM -- Bea Cleveland, 80, and Shelley Haupt, 45, just wanted a place to work out -- a place to jump up their heart rates,… Continue reading

Freshwater Bay artist creates Juan de Fuca festival poster that also chronicles her journey

That golden and crimson image, posted in windows across the North Olympic Peninsula, bears one woman's journey of sorrow and joy. Look at the Juan… Continue reading

Dungeness farm one of the few remaining milk producers on Peninsula

DUNGENESS -- Sitting on the front steps of the farm store, Juniper Sackett and her daughter Ivy, 11, raved about their fresh milk. "I was… Continue reading

Golf tournament warmup for Sequim grad party

SEQUIM -- A small army of Sequim parents is throwing a ginormous party for their kids, and playing a little golf to get warmed up… Continue reading

Esprit transgender grand finales tonight, Saturday

PORT ANGELES -- Esprit week, the annual transgender convention at and around the Red Lion Hotel in Port Angeles, hits its crescendo today and Saturday.… Continue reading

Esprit convention in Port Angeles engenders looks, welcomes

PORT ANGELES -- How does it feel when you're a big, tall man dressed as a woman -- high heels, miniskirt and enhanced bosom --… Continue reading

Grower’s passion for peonies nurtured in Happy Valley

SEQUIM -- For a long time, Happy Valley has had lavender, lamb and llama farms -- and now, thanks to a self-described "deprived gardener," it… Continue reading

Boys & Girls Clubs boss resigns after three years

SEQUIM ­-- Bob Schilling resigned Monday as executive director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula. Schilling declined to discuss the reasons,… Continue reading

Boys & Girls Club executive director resigns

SEQUIM ­-- Bob Schilling, executive director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula, has left his post. "He resigned on his own,"… Continue reading