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Sequim Chamber of Commerce audit finds red ink

SEQUIM — An independent audit of the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce shows a net loss of $10,242 last year, plus a loss of $10,150… Continue reading

Sequim considers the ideal city manager

SEQUIM — The town's a teenager, or perhaps a tweener. Whichever Sequim is, the awkwardness and growing pains have caught up with it, a couple… Continue reading

Visitors find inspiration in lavender; Sequim festival continues through today

SEQUIM — For Mo and Fran Franken, this is like walking into a dream. Mo and her husband, Fran, have long worked opposite shifts at… Continue reading

‘Oh, the yin and yang’: Quilt show in Sequim this weekend

SEQUIM — When Nancy Davis unfurls a masterpiece, everything else in the room falls away. Three of her fans lean in, as though gazing at… Continue reading

Lavender Festival blooms with talent this weekend

SEQUIM — They're right on the brink of bursting. Not the lavender plants. Those are already blooming and will keep growing more purple as summer… Continue reading

‘Elk problem’ on hold for now, Sequim committee says

BLYN — There doesn't appear to be an "elk problem" anymore around Sequim, a panel of biologists and other ungulate watchers agreed this week. "But… Continue reading

Sequim City Council takes first step toward sales tax increase attempt

SEQUIM — A new citywide taxing district has squeaked by in a 3-2 vote by the City Council. Ken Hays, Erik Erichsen and Mayor Laura… Continue reading

Dog’s car death leads to warning

SEQUIM — A Pekingese was reported dead at 3:45 p.m. Sunday after being left in a car for an unknown period of time, Sequim code… Continue reading

Dungeness-farmed produce goes online

SEQUIM — Forty-seven households are hungry. Not just for any old food. They want fresh, local eggs, poultry and produce, or else they wouldn't have… Continue reading

Pact over use of ‘Olympic’ name near

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Cellars principal owner Kathy Charlton says she's close to resolving a dispute with the U.S. Olympic Committee over her winery's use… Continue reading

Panel to revisit plan to fence elk along U.S. 101

SEQUIM — A task force considering a fence to protect the Dungeness herd of Roosevelt elk will discuss fence routes and money on Tuesday. Cost… Continue reading

Disc golf proposal comment period extended

CARLSBORG — The thought of discs flying through Robin Hill County Park excites people inside and outside Clallam County — and not always in a… Continue reading

Lavender wine with a fine bouquet — and it’s all-Peninsula

SEQUIM — You never know what these women will do when the winemaker's away. For Kathy Charlton and Molly Rivard, the natural thing to do… Continue reading

Transit, council watchers get more ‘eyes’ in Sequim

SEQUIM — The view from the Sequim Transit Center is getting better. By the end of the month, three additional surveillance cameras will be installed… Continue reading

Public meeting to map strategy on temporary city manager — and finding permanent one

SEQUIM — A new interim city manager for Sequim, followed by a permanent one found via an unconventional process: those are two possibilities to be… Continue reading

What’s government for? Rogers — new statewide cities leader — asks what city residents want

PORT ANGELES — Those benefits you take for granted — smooth streets, verdant parks, clean water — are less and less affordable these days. And… Continue reading

Yeas and nays still coming in on disc golf course at Robin Hill park

CARLSBORG — The uproar continues over holes, hikers, horses — and trees hit by flying discs in Robin Hill Farm County Park. During an emotional… Continue reading

Dr. Lavender teaches self-esteem in the garden

SEQUIM — With a title like Dr. Lavender, you'd think he'd minister to the health of the foliage. But Paul Jendrucko, master gardener and lover… Continue reading

Hoh Valley drips with mystery

FORKS — The Other, David Guterson's novel about a young man who hikes into the rain forest to live seven years as "the hermit of… Continue reading

Novel tells of road less traveled in the Hoh Valley

Freshly sprung from high school in Seattle, two young men head for the South Fork Hoh River. Neil Countryman and John William Barry slide deep… Continue reading