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Senior center spurned by Sequim budget

SEQUIM -- It doesn't make a lot of sense to Michael Smith that a senior center would be passed over by the Sequim City Council.… Continue reading

Situation messy at Sequim dog park; owners urged to self-police

Much like in the outside world, this peaceable place is suffering from the actions of a few bad dogs. Make that misbehaving humans. Sequim's off-leash… Continue reading

Winery marks International Women’s Day

PORT ANGELES -- There might be a new proverb, to go alongside "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach… Continue reading

Sequim hires new public works director

SEQUIM -- A man from a village on Lake Chelan is to be Sequim's new public works director, who will lead the city's largest department… Continue reading

City Council pictures Sequim as rural, friendly as it deliberates at two-day retreat

SEQUIM -- In the final 45 minutes of an 11-hour retreat, the City Council homed in on nine ways to brighten this town's future. The… Continue reading

Love is actress’ beauty secret: Retired TV star Lynda Day George happy in Gardiner

GARDINER -- Lynda Day George, knockout blonde and star of "Mission: Impossible!" and numerous other television shows and movies, has a three-word beauty secret. "Stay… Continue reading

Sequim City Council to talk it out at 11-hour retreat

SEQUIM -- This afternoon, seven men and women will look into Sequim's future and envision what the downtown, the parks, the neighborhoods and the job… Continue reading

Salsa, Latin jazz events to fill four days in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND -- It's about to get hot in here. Hips will swivel, waists will turn fluid, men will work up a sweat while women… Continue reading

Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center holds open house Saturday

SEQUIM -- Latin beats, serene moving meditation and a lot of splashing will converge at Sequim's 22-year-old fitness hub Saturday. The Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center… Continue reading

Performance experts tout walking at Sequim chamber meeting

SEQUIM -- Jay Bryan and his wife, Heidi, own a pair of health clubs in Clallam County, but they didn't promote those when they spoke… Continue reading

Dungeness’ Cutting Garden makes cover of Fine Gardening

DUNGENESS ­-- The before: Motorists pulled up to Catherine and Tom Mix's suburban house, honked their horns, thrust $5 bills out their car windows and… Continue reading

Sequim market board lays off new director

SEQUIM -- The Sequim Open Aire Market Board of Directors has dissolved the sole staff position and laid off newly hired director Lisa Bridge, board… Continue reading

Sequim puts hiring for tourism post on hold

SEQUIM -- This coming Monday, Sequim was to welcome a new tourism coordinator: someone to tell the world about this place where lavender scents the… Continue reading

Readers Theatre Plus slates free production in Sequim

SEQUIM -- The beauty of Readers Theatre Plus, its players say, is that it lets people stage dramas and comedies without a lot of memorization,… Continue reading

Popsicle-stick competition helps students build bridge between fun, engineering

SEQUIM -- Nearly 200 bridges have been built in Sequim -- by hand -- since Christmas, and they're all coming out to be tested Saturday… Continue reading

Salad bar to provide an alternative at Jefferson Elementary, thanks to parents’ efforts

PORT ANGELES -- Following years of outcry from a small group of parents, an "alternative menu" is set for an April debut at the Jefferson… Continue reading

Sequim course aims for ‘food activists,’ transformation in way kids eat

SEQUIM -- Don Wilkin of Sequim and Beth Loveridge of Port Angeles believe in the power of food activism: putting delicious whole foods in front… Continue reading

Sequim service club puts focus on small businesses

SEQUIM -- A 38-year-old Sequim service club has cooked up a new idea: Spotlighting mom-and-pop shops. East Clallam County still has plenty of them, and… Continue reading

Peninsula inn rated one of top 10 romatic B&Bs

AGNEW -- Cindy and Chip walked into a dream, to make a living at it. This was May, so above the couple were a nesting… Continue reading

It wasn’t easy, but left-behind swan saved west of Port Angeles

A skinny -- yet snowy and elegant -- trumpeter swan from west of Port Angeles is continuing to recover after an epic rescue on Super… Continue reading