PORT ANGELES - Only one of Jennifer Melberg's friends dares ask the question: "How's work?" The friend, Melberg said, punctuates her query with "the empathetic… Continue reading
OLYMPIA - African American foster children. Motorcycle helmet choice. Clean campaign money and clean air. Performance audits. "You need directions?" Thirty-two-year-old state lawmaker Kevin Van… Continue reading
SEQUIM - Kevin Van De Wege talked a lot about renewable energy during his campaign. He values it in his personal life, too. Youth has… Continue reading
BLYN - The discussion of a bigger library for Sequim was going swimmingly until one patron spoke up. "I don't understand why we're not utilizing… Continue reading
SEQUIM - This may come as a shock to those who believe teenagers live on junk food. But Brian Roe and Deanna Huether, both 18-year-old… Continue reading
SEQUIM - Thin the Dungeness elk herd and help the hungry. That's a suggestion - admittedly one that may rile elk lovers - from Sequim… Continue reading
BLYN - Herding, hazing, fencing, taxes. Those are a few elk-management alternatives, resurrected during a Tuesday meeting of the co-managers of the Dungeness herd of… Continue reading
SEQUIM - The Sea D's started across the Strait of Juan de Fuca without a care. Accustomed as they were to the calm lakes of… Continue reading
SEQUIM -Police Chief Robert Spinks doesn't want his station to have a revolving door. So a City Council decision this week to give police officers… Continue reading
SEQUIM - Those baseball players may seem like a summer-centric lot. But you had to hand it to them when a pair of Seattle Mariners,… Continue reading
SEQUIM - Kyle Parrish said he's been telling Sequim city officials for years that downtown's chirping, cuckooing pedestrian signals don't work right. He's called the… Continue reading
CARLSBORG - Take down that Christmas wreath, a homeowners' association told Lisa Jensen of Pagosa Springs, Colo. Hearing this, Gary Smart of Carlsborg got an… Continue reading
SEQUIM - Jerry Pino figured conversion was impossible. Then a Rabbit pulled up to woo him with a surprising scent. That Rabbit, the Volkswagen type,… Continue reading
SEQUIM - Elizabeth Salinas' face lights up when you mention this Friday night. She's a music-thirsty 13-year-old who's been known to hang out at the… Continue reading
This is a man of few words, many trees and more ideas. Steve Johnson, co-owner of the Lazy J Christmas tree farm, will see lots… Continue reading
SEQUIM - These guys know how to reuse and recycle. Most important, they can track down the same old holiday card every year. Jim Pickett… Continue reading
A Mats Mats man's bid to qualify a recall attempt on two Jefferson County commissioners has been thrown out of court in Clallam County. In… Continue reading
SEQUIM - All Julie Smith said was, "Thank you." It was a fitting finish to a classic case of parents meet School Board, parents express… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- The name isn't glamorous, but its ideas lean toward revolutionary. The Citizen Waste Reduction Group, formed last spring, was gearing up for… Continue reading
SEQUIM -- The dogs are doing it again: Bringing people together, making them feel all right. That's the canine capability and the reason a dozen… Continue reading
