Diane Urbani de la Paz

Art school friends, neighbors take time to find they’re life partners

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

Cougar kills sheep at farm outside Sequim

SEQUIM -- Seven lambs killed last week on Maxine Secor's farm just outside Sequim fell prey to a cougar, state Fish and Wildlife Department officers… Continue reading

Sequim schools to put levy before voters in February

SEQUIM -- It took months of agonizing, but a school levy amount and tax rate for voters to consider have been set by the Sequim… Continue reading

Retired Sequim police dog, Titus, remembered after death for successes

SEQUIM -- Titus, a dog rescued from the King County animal shelter who went on to an illustrious career with the Sequim Police Department, died… Continue reading

Bataan Death March survivor: ‘You just had to have the will to live,’ Sequim man says

SEQUIM -- Bill Scott didn't know what to make of his Uncle Wally. The guy would tell dirty jokes that embarrassed Scott's mother, and was… Continue reading

Sequim budget outlook brightens

SEQUIM -- The outlook is not nearly as dreary as it was a few months ago. That was the budget message from Sequim's new city… Continue reading

Sequim OKs research park for Battelle lab

SEQUIM ­-- After more than two years, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has received what it needed from the city of Sequim. In a unanimous… Continue reading

4 Sequim men charged in thefts; among accusations is that fake crime used as decoy while business was targeted

SEQUIM -- Four Sequim men were charged Monday in connection with a pair of October late-night crimes outside two local banks -- one considered by… Continue reading

Sequim men are nation’s top ShelterBox fundraisers

SEQUIM -- If you see a green 10-person tent in the middle of a community festival or corporate parking lot in western or central Washington,… Continue reading

With loss in election, ‘burden lifted,’ longtime Sequim council member says

SEQUIM -- A longtime City Council member and former mayor is about to start a new chapter in his life. Walt Schubert, first elected to… Continue reading

Wolf management plan draws big crowd (corrected version)

SEQUIM -- The frustrated and the fervent from Port Angeles, Port Townsend, Sequim, Forks and Chimacum drove here Thursday night to talk about one elusive… Continue reading

Miller, Hall lead in Sequim City Council races; Schubert ousted

SEQUIM -- Challenger Ted Miller, a retired CIA analyst and attorney, has unseated longtime Sequim City Council member Walt Schubert. Miller, in his first run… Continue reading

Sequim re-elects School Board incumbent O’Neil

SEQUIM -- Incumbent Virginia O'Neil was re-elected to Sequim School Board in Tuesday's general election. O'Neil had 4,112 votes, or 68.8 percent, to challenger Jon… Continue reading

Victoria, Port Angeles business groups share ideas

PORT ANGELES ­-- Abundant chocolate, free coffee, cleanliness, "meter fairies." Ken Kelly, possibly downtown Victoria's most enthused champion, flung a slew of ideas at the… Continue reading

Volunteers help victims of abuse to fill their new homes

SEQUIM -- For Marty Hoffman, moving day is a good day -- a day to help a family start their lives over. This 68-year-old retired… Continue reading

Star librarian touts pleasure of reading

CHIMACUM ­-- Nancy Pearl is a spark plug bursting with joy, so it comes as a surprise when she says she grew up in a… Continue reading

Sequim Food Bank executive director resigns after 15 years

SEQUIM -- A letter on the Sequim Food Bank door Saturday morning gave volunteer Stephen Rosales the news: Nina Fatherson, executive director for more than… Continue reading

Sequim eatery closes after only 6 months

SEQUIM -- This week, what appeared to be a thriving restaurant was shut down by the bank that financed its opening six months ago. The… Continue reading

Sequim vigil honors lives of domestic violence victims

SEQUIM -- At the intersection of Sequim Avenue and Washington Street on Thursday afternoon, two women called for solidarity. Becca Korby, executive director of Healthy… Continue reading

Conservation district holds 50th birthday party

SEQUIM -- Farmers and salmon are hanging on in the valley fed by the Dungeness River, thanks in large part to the efforts of an… Continue reading