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Soldier Support Day on Sunday in Agnew

SEQUIM — A stroke of luck has brought Army Sgt. Andrew Heydon home from Iraq for two weeks’…

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Port Angeles city attorney corrects numbers posed to Sequim City Council

SEQUIM — This city’s interim city manager and police chief stands corrected by the neighboring town’s attorney. Robert…

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Sequim Relay for Life is a trip to Oz

SEQUIM — It’s a trip to Oz, fueled by coffee and candlelight. Sequim’s third annual Relay for Life…

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Slow down and don’t gawk, workers on U.S. 101 widening project ask

BLYN — After two wrecks in his construction zone on U.S. Highway 101, project manager Sean Coleman is…

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Woman whose peacock is missing finds only plumes — and fear that a cougar killed bird

CARLSBORG — The screaming started around 2 a.m. Wednesday, Angela Jacobsen said. “It was blood-curdling. I went out…

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Sequim considers making city attorney full-time — and adding a deputy attorney position

SEQUIM — In an effort to economize on lawyer fees, the Sequim City Council is considering turning its…

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Sequim Senior Center planning huge fundraising sale

SEQUIM — Several thousand items — from Crock Pots to sequined gowns — will be up for sale…

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Sequim water, sewer rates might rise as much as 20% next year

SEQUIM — The Sequim City Council may need to raise sewer and water rates 10 percent to 20…

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1,400 mourn Olympic National Park firefighter from Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Abby Irwin reminded 1,400 people what a joy it was to be in the presence…

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Winery, U.S. Olympic Committee resolve conflict over use of . . . er . . . the name of our Peninsula

PORT ANGELES — Nine months after her winery’s 9/11, Kathy Charlton is celebrating with her trademark joie de…

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Californian with Sequim kin named new Chamber of Commerce executive director

SEQUIM — A new executive director has been chosen to lead the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce. The…

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Comment period for Robin Hill Park disc golf plan ends today

AGNEW — On a summer afternoon, Robin Hill Farm is a hushed haven. Except for the gunfire. This…

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Sequim lets it all out with its love-hate relationship with elk

SEQUIM — Tracy Blume can smell the elk from her bedroom on Happy Valley Road. They saunter through…

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‘Looking out at the water, my mind floats freer’: How author Aaron Elkins is inspired to write best-sellers

SEQUIM — A good work day for mystery novelist Aaron Elkins begins at the Sequim Transit Center. Elkins,…

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Sequim City Council hires retired city manager as interim recruitment adviser

SEQUIM — For $5,700, plus $60 a night for lodging, the City Council has hired retired city manager…

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Someone else might build Sequim’s new City Hall, police station

SEQUIM — After eight years of searches, disappointments and “anguishing” — as interim City Manager Robert Spinks put…

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Got your goat? At least one billy’s a bully in Olympic National Park

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Beware the aggressive billy. He roams the Klahhane Ridge vicinity, now and again approaching…

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Sequim City Council to hold information meeting on new taxing district

SEQUIM — The Sequim City Council will hold a special meeting on Saturday to provide information about Sequim’s…

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Sequim considers the ideal city manager

SEQUIM — The town’s a teenager, or perhaps a tweener. Whichever Sequim is, the awkwardness and growing pains…

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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…