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Tournament to benefit Marunde family, teen club

SEQUIM - Robin and Ryan Wickersham met at Dicky Bird's Tavern in Blyn, and spent many sunny days on the nearby softball field. After close… Continue reading

Residents shred procrastination along with documents

SEQUIM - They came, loaded with their decades-old checkbooks, phone bills and bank statements. "I've got it all . . . back to the mid-1980s,"… Continue reading

Free-thinking the Pledge: Sequim man skips flag, asks allegiance to U.S. Constitution

SEQUIM - It was time to say the Pledge of Allegiance, but the group was hamstrung. Nobody could find a flag. "We scrambled around until… Continue reading

Sequim booming at both ends

SEQUIM - The boom is on again at both ends of Sequim. Two major public projects are funded by private companies: the road skirting the… Continue reading

Decision near on Battelle-college research plan

SEQUIM - Oct. 1 could mark a turning point for the local economy and make the North Olympic Peninsula a place scientists want to stay… Continue reading

Mexican culture to be showed in Sequim for independence day

SEQUIM - Last Saturday, Sequim Irrigation Festival princess Carolina Garcia waved and beamed her way through the Hoquiam Loggers Playday parade - the 14th procession… Continue reading

Titus losing his job as Sequim K-9 dog

SEQUIM - Titus will sniff no more in Sequim come 2008. He's losing his job. The 4-year-old German shepherd, who with officer Mike Hill makes… Continue reading

‘We’re just people’ — Neah Bay townfolk wary, worried about reaction to unsanctioned whale kill

NEAH BAY - After a tumultuous weekend, Monday morning dawned clear and calm on the Makah Reservation - but many here awoke wary and worried.… Continue reading

Dental care at reduced charge to be offered in Sequim

SEQUIM - Tooth sleepy juice and sparkles will be helping children beginning today. The SmileMobile, a modern dental office on wheels, will provide dental checkups… Continue reading

Dr. Littlejohn, who saw Sequim’s potential as retirement community, dies

SEQUIM - Dr. Robert Littlejohn, the family doctor who helped put Sequim on the map as a retirement destination, died Thursday of natural causes. He… Continue reading

Independent pharmacies question value of counties’ new drug card

PORT ANGELES - That new drug-discount card - the one saving people 13 percent to 34 percent on prescriptions - sounded too good to be… Continue reading

Meteor ‘outburst’ expected Saturday morning

Find a place to lie down and look up Saturday morning, because a meteor "outburst" is forecast over the Pacific Northwest. Professional astronomer Tom Van… Continue reading

‘Penetrate the senior market,’ says new Sequim chamber boss

SEQUIM - As this place evolves from a small town into a city - due to throngs of retiring baby boomers - business people will… Continue reading

No shopping mall for City Hall in Sequim

SEQUIM - The plan to buy Bell Creek Plaza and put a new City Hall in it was "a fun ride," City Manager Bill Elliott… Continue reading

Library system beefs up awareness campaign in advance of tax election bids

SEQUIM - Before you moan with the realization that vacation season is waning, remember that a kind of launch pad to the wider world exists… Continue reading

Success breeds more issues for Sequim dog park

SEQUIM - The Sequim Dog Park Pals have three three-word phrases for you. Pick up poop, watch your dog - and bend your knees. When… Continue reading

The state’s most-mammoth madrona has specialists examining it for fungal ailment

PORT ANGELES - The mammoth madrona of Eighth Street - the state's largest - is sick, but it still has plenty of power to bring… Continue reading

Wolf proponents pack Sequim meeting hall

SEQUIM - A crowd of North Olympic Peninsula residents told state Department of Fish and Wildlife officials that gray wolves belong in Washington state -… Continue reading

Sequim-area refuge takes 100 bunnies dumped in Seattle

LOST MOUNTAIN - Ralph Turner has about 80 green acres near Sequim that he's not about to develop into human housing. He is, however, planning… Continue reading

Class of ’57 cherishes spouses, friends, memories

PORT ANGELES - They're not clear on why their Port Angeles High School yearbook was called the Tum Tum. But these classmates, on the eve… Continue reading