Alan Choate

Physician recruitment program seeks to avoid medical crisis in Sequim, elsewhere, City Council told

SEQUIM -- Since identifying a looming physician shortage four years ago, Olympic Medical Center has recruited or helped retain 35 doctors in a wide range… Continue reading

Student rips pipe; water streams through Sequim High School auditorium area

SEQUIM -- A rambunctious student broke a sprinkler system pipe at Sequim High School on Friday morning, sending a cascade of water through part of… Continue reading

Major subdivisions in elk habitat area to go before Sequim Planning Commission

SEQUIM -- Public hearings on two large subdivisions -- both within the Roosevelt elk habitat area on Sequim's east side -- are on the city… Continue reading

Money sought to resume student swim lessons in Sequim

SEQUIM -- The Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center is embarking on a fund-raising drive so that second-graders in Sequim schools can once again receive free swim… Continue reading

What are those planters doing in the middle of Sequim’s main street?

SEQUIM -- City workers bracketed crosswalks on Washington Avenue in downtown Sequim with heavy and highly visible planters Tuesday to give pedestrians an "island" of… Continue reading

Sequim mayor undergoes surgery following motorcycle crash

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS SEQUIM -- Mayor Walt Schubert was listed in satisfactory condition in Seattle's Harborview Medical Center on Monday, a day after being injured… Continue reading

Band’s first concert won’t be in its new band shell

SEQUIM -- The Sequim City Band's first concert of the 2005 season will take place Sunday -- but people will have to wait another month… Continue reading

Newest Sequim city residents philosophical about annexation

SEQUIM -- Glen and Norma Humphrey's property on Jesslyn Lane looks the same as it did last month -- the tidy house, the neatly trimmed… Continue reading

Sequim professional development plan means less class time for students next year

SEQUIM -- School leaders have accepted an ambitious professional development plan for Sequim district employees that means more early releases and late starts on school… Continue reading

Sequim police set trap in store for burglar

SEQUIM -- A report of a man carrying an ax Sunday evening led to Sequim police netting a suspected burglar by setting a trap inside… Continue reading

Sequim Irrigation Festival logging show may move next year

SEQUIM -- This will be the 16th year for the reinvigorated Logging Show at the annual Irrigation Festival -- and it might be the last… Continue reading

Weekday bridge closures still possible, tourism marketers told

North Olympic Peninsula tourism leaders will meet with state transportation officials later this month to press their case for summertime Hood Canal Bridge closures on… Continue reading

April 3 is new, and apparently final, deadline for Strongs of Sequim to leave United States

SEQUIM -- The federal government has granted Oliver and Penny Strong and family one last extension on a deadline for leaving the country. They had… Continue reading

New Sequim City Hall may be built at Carrie Blake Park

SEQUIM -- City leaders are considering a new City Hall building in Carrie Blake Park that would centralize municipal operations in an area that's fast… Continue reading

Former Sequim care center owners arrested for investigation of manslaughter

SEQUIM -- Two people who ran a small care home for the elderly in Sequim have been arrested for investigation of manslaughter and criminal mistreatment… Continue reading

Sequim council approves 114-acre annexation into city

SEQUIM -- The City Council approved a 114-acre annexation Monday night, and in the process turned down a request from several landowners who wanted to… Continue reading

Road issue returns to Sequim council agenda

SEQUIM -- An effort by the Sequim City Council to have new development cover more of the infrastructure costs associated with growth is being challenged… Continue reading

Fuel project by Sequim middle schoolers gathers steam

SEQUIM -- What started as a summer school exercise in problem solving at Sequim Middle School has snowballed into an ongoing education project about the… Continue reading

Sequim sales tax revenue soars in reports from first month of Wal-Mart operation

SEQUIM -- January sales tax revenue jumped almost 70 percent over the same time period last year -- but the new Wal-Mart is getting only… Continue reading

Sequim annexation proposal stirs up opposition, concerns

SEQUIM -- A 114-acre annexation -- an expansion of the city limit that's the largest in Sequim in several years -- gained Planning Commission approval… Continue reading