Diane Urbani de la Paz

Sequim city councilman urges police chief to do ‘soul-searching’ for budget cuts

SEQUIM -- Police Chief Robert Spinks found himself taken to task Monday night during a long discussion of Sequim's finances going into 2010. "One thing… Continue reading

Sequim starts school today without officer on hand

SEQUIM -- As school starts today on Sequim's five public campuses, one prominent presence will be absent: the Sequim Police's school resource officer, or SRO.… Continue reading

Peninsula researchers share in mega-grant

SEQUIM -- The 77 researchers at the Sequim arm of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are to be part of a $6.8 million study of… Continue reading

Veteran city manager, state aide selected to head Sequim City Hall

SEQUIM ­-- The man who can build relationships and bridge wide budget gaps is to be Sequim's new city manager, Mayor Laura Dubois said Tuesday… Continue reading

Sequim picks former state official as new city manager

SEQUIM -- The man who can build relationships and bridge wide budget gaps is to be Sequim's new city manager, Mayor Laura Dubois said tonight… Continue reading

A garden promised . . .

SEQUIM -- This town has been promised a rose garden. "It will be glorious," vows Berta Warden, one of the volunteers swarming -- like worker… Continue reading

We two, as one: Hope beginning of couple’s shared happiness

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first in an intermittent series of love stories, spotlighting both newlyweds and couples celebrating major anniversaries, telling how North Olympic… Continue reading

Fundraising leap ‘unsurpassed exhilaration’

SHELTON -- Hurtling from the sky like a peregrine falcon, Brian Juel felt an exquisite peace. Then, as a parachute opened above him, he "realized… Continue reading

Sequim city manager pick possible next week

SEQUIM -- The final four candidates for the Sequim city manager position came and went, and the seven City Council members are having two come… Continue reading

Dungeness man receives Purple Heart — 65 years after wounding

DUNGENESS -- On Andrew Loehr's sun-splashed deck facing Dungeness Bay, a small crowd gathered Wednesday for Amanda Bacon's rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner," and… Continue reading

‘Poor’ Sequim contributes $7,000 to keep Kenmore Air effort

SEQUIM -- This town was referred to a "poor relation" during debate before the Sequim City Council voted to supply a smaller-than-requested amount toward a… Continue reading

Sequim council moves to buy land for new City Hall — but where is it?

SEQUIM -- Years of searching bore fruit late Monday night at the Sequim City Council meeting. The council voted 5-2 to move toward a purchase… Continue reading

No decision yet on Sequim city manager

SEQUIM -- After a long day of interviews capped by a public reception for four city manager candidates Tuesday, the Sequim City Council has yet… Continue reading

Public to have chance to meet Sequim city manager hopefuls

SEQUIM -- The final four candidates for Sequim's top city job -- men chosen from an applicant pool of about 100 -- are to be… Continue reading

Meet the Sequim city manager candidates Tuesday

SEQUIM -- The final four candidates for Sequim's top job -- men chosen from an applicant pool of about 100 -- are to be interviewed… Continue reading

Grain survey to be taken in Dungeness Valley

DUNGENESS ­-- While many of us are working our jobs indoors inside the city, farmers a few miles outside town are striving to give us… Continue reading

Leaping for love: Dentist to skydive to help lupus research

SEQUIM -- Sunday afternoon, Brianna Juel will give her father, Brian Juel, a firm push out of an airplane 13,000 feet above Shelton. Hold on,… Continue reading

Port Angeles teacher goes to sea

PORT ANGELES -- With two weeks to go before school starts, Dry Creek Elementary teacher Patricia Schromen set out Wednesday morning on a hunt for… Continue reading

Sequim consultant gets reality dose

SEQUIM -- Consultant Tom Beckwith has seen progress all over the West, and since Sequim has hired him, he wants to help this city become… Continue reading

Sequim balks at proposal to help keep Kenmore Air flying to Peninsula

SEQUIM ­-- To keep flying people onto the North Olympic Peninsula, Kenmore Air needs a three-city push -- or else all of Clallam County could… Continue reading