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Hays named Sequim mayor for two-year term

SEQUIM -- Architect Ken Hays, one of the City Council's most fervently outspoken members, was chosen Monday night to be the city's mayor through 2011.… Continue reading

Sequim High School students voyage into world of renewable energy

SEQUIM -- The forecast calls for green jobs, and Sequim is situated to grow its share. The evidence is high on the roof of the… Continue reading

Sequim fire adds to single mom’s tragedy

SEQUIM -- When Yvonne Sayer, 27, watched her home -- and her family's belongings -- go up in flames last week, she was enduring a… Continue reading

Creamery sees raw milk sales rise in spite of state’s E. coli report

DUNGENESS -- In the last month of 2009, the Dungeness Valley Creamery faced one of the worst things that can befall a small food business.… Continue reading

Sequim woman opens her front door to wall of fire

SEQUIM -- At about 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Yvonne Sayer returned home and opened her front door to a rising wall of fire. She stepped back,… Continue reading

Olympic Theatre Arts sets stage for high tea fundraiser

SEQUIM -- A month before the long-awaited opening of its main stage, Olympic Theatre Arts is facing some more drama. The community troupe has raised… Continue reading

Proposed Sequim schools levy meets skepticism

SEQUIM -- As he laid out the tax increases that come with the proposed Sequim School District levy, E. Michael McAleer turned to what he… Continue reading

No takers so far for Sequim tourism promoter job; special meeting for prospects on Thursday

SEQUIM -- After months of looking and a pay hike, Sequim has yet to find anyone to sell it as a tourist destination. The city… Continue reading

Center of Infinite Reflections hosts open house

CARLSBORG -- For this Saturday, 12 women are preparing a kind of first meal for the New Year, and inviting all those thirsty for fresh… Continue reading

Group drives to clean up storm runoff

A new statewide coalition is aiming for a particular set of New Year's resolutions that will make positive changes locally. The coalition is called STORM,… Continue reading

Married Port Angeles co-workers still dating after all these years

PORT ANGELES -- They've had some anniversary discussions, this couple. Rick Brown was in the restaurant business, so just about every New Year's Eve, he… Continue reading

Sequim group to talk about proposed school levy Tuesday

SEQUIM ­-- In their campaign to pass a replacement levy to fund Sequim's five public schools, E. Michael McAleer and Sarah Bedinger were thrown a… Continue reading

Welcome, Miya: Peninsula’s reported first baby of 2010 born at home

PORT ANGELES -- Miya Isabella Allen, in making a grand appearance, gave her folks a happy New Year. Miya was born at home in Port… Continue reading

Newly sworn-in Port Angeles Council member resigns

PORT ANGELES -- In a New Year's Eve e-mail, Port Angeles City Council member Larry Little resigned from office, two days after his swearing-in. In… Continue reading

Boys & Girls clubs mull new fundraiser, other strategies to keep going on Olympic Peninsula

SEQUIM -- At midnight Thursday, memberships expired for all 754 youngsters who belong to the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula. Their guardians… Continue reading

Sherwin-Williams to open in Sequim

SEQUIM -- Another chain store is coming to Sequim this spring. Sherwin-Williams, the paint emporium that in the past has opened 100 stores a year… Continue reading

Port Angeles Dollar Tree hopes to keep giving peace a chance

PORT ANGELES -- Here could be the hardest-working symbol in show business. The peace sign, now showing on the Dollar Tree just outside Port Angeles,… Continue reading

Sequim woman hopes Christmas thank-you card to veterans will be seen by many

SEQUIM -- Cindy Smith expanded the Christmas-card concept this year, and built an extra-large thank-you note for a particular group of Sequim residents. With help… Continue reading

New director sees Sequim Open Aire Market as a gathering place

SEQUIM -- Farmers' markets feed at least two parts of us, Lisa Bridge believes: our bellies and our need for connection with our neighbors. Bridge,… Continue reading

From newspaper story to a chance request, parents on same page with two adoptions

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of a two-part series about Adoption Advocates International. PORT ANGELES -- One Sunday, Mary Kay and Mike Acheson locked… Continue reading