Diane Urbani de la Paz

Voices from Sequim and beyond join for Handel With Care

SEQUIM -- Sunday afternoon, folks got together for a little singalong. It turned into a magnificent concert and fundraiser that outdid itself. This event, titled… Continue reading

International families get start in Port Angeles home

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part series about Adoption Advocates International. PORT ANGELES -- Inside a plain Jane of a house on… Continue reading

Santa brings gifts to children at Rose House in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- The two little girls could only watch, wordless, as Santa Claus handed one shiny package after another to the four other kids… Continue reading

Late Transportation worker’s family gets gift from anonymous Sequim families

SEQUIM -- This is a story about a handful of Sequim families reaching out to another who has suffered a great loss. Callie Richards of… Continue reading

Sequim family gathers Fiji cyclone relief funds

SEQUIM -- Connie Durant and her family haven't been focusing so much on whether it'll be a white, wet or sunny Christmas weekend on the… Continue reading

Sequim teacher remembered for love of teaching, life

SEQUIM -- Sandy Smith, a woman known for her fierce belief in human potential, died Dec. 17 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou… Continue reading

Sequim Food Bank names building for busy volunteer

SEQUIM -- This 88-year-old man works seven days a week, and he likes it that way. Cliff Vining, an unpaid worker for some 19 years… Continue reading

Love can bring folks together, even in your 70s, Jefferson County couple finds

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is another in an intermittent series of love stories, spotlighting both newlyweds and couples celebrating anniversaries. These true tales are of how… Continue reading

Avid Sequim volunteers in friendly tussle over who plays Santa, Frosty

SEQUIM -- The two men say they're friends, but really they're arch rivals with their eyes on the priceless prize. Stephen Rosales, 52, daily volunteer… Continue reading

Dungeness Oyster House set to be razed, but pier will stay

DUNGENESS -- Shucking will give way to wrecking at the old Oyster House, just as soon as time and tides cooperate. The former seafood processing… Continue reading

Giant toy giveaway prepared by Sequim Community Aid

SEQUIM -- Sequim Community Aid's giant toy giveaway will descend, Santa-and-reindeer-like, on the east side of town to provide a day of free shopping for… Continue reading

Sequim firefighters hit streets to collect donations for needy next week

SEQUIM -- A local firefighter will be transformed into Santa Claus on Monday for four evening forays into Sequim's neighborhoods. Santa's Toy and Food Fire… Continue reading

Sequim theater gives sneak peek at new stage as it puts twist into holiday story

SEQUIM -- A free, public "Christmas open house with a twist" will unfold inside the Olympic Theatre Arts gathering room Sunday. From 1 p.m. to… Continue reading

Sequim food bank delivers to homebound

SEQUIM -- As wintry weather intensifies, Sara Fitzpatrick is thinking of people who might be going without food. A volunteer at both the Sequim Senior… Continue reading

Sequim superintendent pleads for school levy

SEQUIM -- This place may feel like a small community, but one of its key members is in need of a big financial boost, said… Continue reading

Sequim hires interim public works director

SEQUIM -- With unusual speed, Sequim has landed an interim public works director. Jim Pemberton, former public works chief in anacortes, will start work in… Continue reading

Trees energize solar dispute: Couple seek Sequim law to protect sunny harvest

SEQUIM -- Stuart and Pat MacRobbie have been making a big statement for six years now, and some neighbors are no more pleased than the… Continue reading

First Step donors help build new center

PORT ANGELES — Johnny Whatton was a woman who didn’t want anybody missing out on inexpensive adventures. So when her son, Doug Whatton, heard about… Continue reading

State links Sequim creamery to E. coli infections, but notes ‘grade A dairy’ complies with law

DUNGENESS -- In the wake of a state Department of Health report of three E. coli infections earlier this fall in people who drank raw… Continue reading

Dark world, vision of hope: Words, photographers images for calendar inspire

As we descend into the dark season, Ross Hamilton sets out to bathe us in light. As he has done for the past five years,… Continue reading