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Buying locally key to food production, speaker says

BLYN — The keynote speaker sang the blues, but people perked him up again. Ken Meter, a Minneapolis-based food economist, delivered a state-of-the-farms report for… Continue reading

Makah whaling topic of prize-winning student documentary

SEQUIM — Two Sequim 16-year-olds chose one of the most controversial issues in their home state for the prize-winning History Day documentary that will take… Continue reading

John Wayne family eyes huge development on Sequim Bay

SEQUIM — Picture it: Flying down a zipline over Johnson Creek, with the wind rushing in your ears and treetops whizzing past, as you descend… Continue reading

Sequim pays $152,318 to ousted city manager

SEQUIM — He was fired last week, and this week Sequim City Manager Bill Elliott accepted a $152,318.52 settlement offer in exchange for his promise… Continue reading

Barter group forming in PA, Sequim

PORT ANGELES — Say you have a leaky faucet, a bathtub that refuses to drain — but no money to pour into a plumber's pocket.… Continue reading

Irrigation Festival expected to be boon for Sequim

SEQUIM — Business owners hope for a break in the cloudy economic sky over this boomtown — called the Blue Hole by pilots passing over… Continue reading

Sequim, Battelle find way to expand utilities

SEQUIM — Faced with a proposal that promises to bring upward of 200 clean, green jobs to town, the City Council all but flung its… Continue reading

Spinks issues pep talk as interim city manager

SEQUIM — Police Chief — and now City Manager — Robert Spinks issued a written pep talk on Tuesday "to city staff, volunteers and elected… Continue reading

Sequim fires 8-year city manager

SEQUIM — In a move that came off like a bombshell in the Transit Center, the Sequim City Council voted on Monday to fire City… Continue reading

Sequim Library to get facelift

SEQUIM — Instead of asking taxpayers to foot the bill for a new, $8 million Sequim Library, the North Olympic Library System will spend some… Continue reading

Sequim chamber board members welcome new start

SEQUIM — They say friends have asked if they're nuts. But Bill Littlejohn and Liz Beth Harper are both optimistic about their future on Sequim's… Continue reading

Sequim chamber voter spurn dissident group

SEQUIM — Eight new leaders of the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce were named Thursday, following an election that racked the community. The newly elected… Continue reading

26% rise in Sequim crime mostly thefts, burglaries

SEQUIM — This city saw a 26 percent rise in serious crime — which includes violent crimes and property crimes — in 2007, Sequim Police… Continue reading

Discovery Trail route along Sequim city streets remains sore point

SEQUIM — Paul McHugh has had it with what he calls the "missing link." The Olympic Discovery Trail runs across eastern Clallam County, taking bicyclists,… Continue reading

Raptor center director gives words of advice about wild animals on eve of Earth Day events

SEQUIM — Jaye Moore has three words of counsel if you find a baby bird or a fawn. Let it be. "Don't assume everything is… Continue reading

Sequim City Council mails letter objecting to rest stop

SEQUIM — After many months of verbal wrestling, Sequim's City Council members have mailed a letter they hope will modify plans for a safety rest… Continue reading

Park deal hits a bump, but road smooths out

SEQUIM — The road to a nature preserve in eastern Sequim has not been smooth. The 45-acre Keeler property, a prime spot for elk and… Continue reading

Grapes grown on North Olympic Peninsula showing wine success

DUNGENESS — This juicy piece of the Peninsula economic puzzle bursts onto your tongue like a cool, citrusy breeze. It's Madeleine Angevine, the white grape… Continue reading

Legendary Disney animator dies in Sequim

SEQUIM — Oliver "Ollie" Johnston, the man whose pencil brought Bambi, Snow White, Pinocchio and 101 Dalmatians to bright life, died of natural causes Monday… Continue reading

Parking would make a new City Hall in downtown Sequim a tight fit, consultant says

SEQUIM — When you try to think outside that pesky box, parked cars get in the way. So said architect Mark Spitzer when discussing a… Continue reading