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What the schools say about their food selections

Mark Sperrazza, food services chief for the Port Townsend and Chimacum public school districts offered insights from the battlefront to viewers of the documentary, "Two… Continue reading

Habitat for Humanity director says affordable housing impossible in Sequim

SEQUIM - We want to come, but you've shut us out: So Royce Rotmark said to Sequim Monday night. Rotmark, executive director of Habitat for… Continue reading

Sequim police step up traffic enforcement

SEQUIM - The traffic in this town is "unacceptable," crashes are up 187 percent since 2003, and arrests of motorists driving under the influence of… Continue reading

Environmental expert addresses Peninsula interest groups

BLYN - Healing our woods and waters will guarantee better quality of life for us all: That's obvious. The complicated parts come when business and… Continue reading

‘I’m still a kid yet’: Last of the full-blooded Jamestown S’Klallam, 80, remains a ‘local hero’

SEQUIM - Lyle Prince, 80, is the last full-blooded Jamestown S'Klallam tribal member. He's the great-grandson of Jamestown S'Klallam Chief Chetzemoka, the leader of the… Continue reading

Sequim City Council candidate conduct vigorous debate over growth, other issues

SEQUIM - What a difference several thousand new houses make. In a vigorous debate, eight Sequim City Council candidates looked into the city's future, and… Continue reading

Growing free clinic seeks volunteer practitioners

SEQUIM - A relatively palatial new location awaits Sequim's free clinic next year - but director Jamie Goodwin said she needs specialized help to make… Continue reading

Sequim community garden growing roots

SEQUIM - She refused to let the roots die, and now, after nearly two years, they're resuscitated. The Community Organic Garden of Sequim - COGS… Continue reading

Sequim eatery, inn project on track

SEQUIM - An $8.5 million Holiday Inn Express and $2 million Black Bear Diner could, by this time next year, form a kind of gateway… Continue reading

Sequim school candidates debate calculators, Cheez Whiz

SEQUIM - Cheez Whiz and a law against calculators in classrooms were just two points of contention earlier this week during a debate between Sequim… Continue reading

Sequim looks to its future with more parkland, facilities

SEQUIM - This is already a good week for parkland lovers and pedestrians. The Sequim City Council gave green lights Monday night to an expanded… Continue reading

How you keep ’em down on the farm

Much was missing from Saturday's farm-day festivities. No YouTube, no Nintendo, no pasteurization, no worries. The 11th annual Clallam County Farm Tour was replete with… Continue reading

Some school districts short of bus drivers; at least one route suspended

Both Sequim and Port Angeles public school districts need bus drivers — right now. But districts at the east and west ends of the North… Continue reading

Solar tours to show value of sun in rainy places

Let's bring one big misunderstanding out into the bright light of day. Places like Forks and Port Townsend may look dreary much of the time,… Continue reading

State gives Battelle and college no money, but a nice consolation prize

SEQUIM - They didn't get the $1 million grant they asked for, but officials at Peninsula College and Battelle's Sequim laboratories are delighted just the… Continue reading

Bringing up babies that are meant for a mission

Unlike other children, this youngster comes with a manual on how to raise him. Hank, a four-month-old yellow Labrador retriever, is learning to be a… Continue reading

Write-in candidate files for uncontested Sequim City Council race

SEQUIM - Ken Hays now has an opponent for Sequim City Council Position 7. She's Marge Williams, and she's running as an official write-in candidate,… Continue reading

Sequim Food Bank boosted for autumn rush

SEQUIM - Just in time for Thanksgiving basket assembly, the Sequim Food Bank's been given a lift. This one is the steel kind, a $4,300… Continue reading

Sequim finds higher prices for new parks, trails

SEQUIM - This city is moving toward pedestrian- and bicycle-friendliness, with some unexpected costs. The Sequim City Council has voted unanimously for a plan devised… Continue reading

Women grow stronger at Lake Crescent retreat

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK - Now is the time of plenty, as the harvest peaks. But this is also the time to sweeten and conserve the… Continue reading