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Sequim east side highway interchange unlikely

SEQUIM - Seven grim faces looked out from the Sequim City Council's high desk this week as a state Department of Transportation official delivered unpopular… Continue reading

New Sequim schools chief touts belief in children

SEQUIM - Bill Bentley is asking for input - while demanding one thing of this community. "It's really important to tell children we believe in… Continue reading

Caregivers a special breed

SEQUIM - When the going gets tough, the tough do not burden others with their troubles. Thou shalt be strong, silent and independent. Such are… Continue reading

Shopping center may become new home of Sequim City Hall; council to consider its purchase

SEQUIM - After years of shopping for a new City Hall site, the Sequim City Council has chosen a shopping center. The city wants to… Continue reading

Sequim Relay for Life begins today; organizers hope to be in the pink

SEQUIM — Elvis, “Grace” and Henrietta the chicken are coming. Hundreds have signed up to be with Henrietta — including local Elvis impersonator John Kohlman… Continue reading

Sequim farm Peninsula’s most recent to be state-certified organic for ‘God’s candy’

SEQUIM - The sweetest sensation, said Brookann Howat, is at hand. "You run your fingers over the bunch, and your bucket fills up," murmured the… Continue reading

Sequim theater troupe rebuilding with ex-mayor by its side

SEQUIM - Standing on the lip of the old building, looking into the gaping hole where a new building would be, Lee Harwell observed: "This… Continue reading

Crowd throngs church to mourn — and celebrate — Jesse Marunde

SEQUIM - In a two-hour funeral leavened by laughter, some 600 mourners gathered Wednesday afternoon to remember Jesse Marunde's paradoxical life. Marunde, a Sequim High… Continue reading

Sequim stays local with new chamber boss

SEQUIM - As the new executive director of the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce, Lee Lawrence is taking a pay cut and a salary increase… Continue reading

Some Sequim lavender farmlands turning purple into green

SEQUIM - The lavender life beckons: Awakening each morning to a vista of purples, spending the afternoon sniffing an herbaceous breeze, mixing lotions and massage… Continue reading

Tributes continue to pour in for Sequim strongman Marunde

SEQUIM - Sizing up Jesse Marunde from a distance, you might think him unapproachable. He was a second-place finisher in the World's Strongest Man competition… Continue reading

Death of noted Sequim strongman, 27, stuns his fans

SEQUIM - Jesse Marunde, a world-renowned strongman contest competitor who moved to Sequim to be near his young son, died Wednesday following a workout. He… Continue reading

Master Gardeners divided on new demonstration garden in Sequim

SEQUIM - It seems there's trouble even in the paradise imagined by the cream of Clallam County's gardeners. That became apparent on Monday night when… Continue reading

Lavender crowds enjoy sights and scents — calmly

SEQUIM - There's a strange, wonderful thing about the flocks of humanity teeming through the streets, streaming off tour buses and flowing through the fields.… Continue reading

Sequim official takes issue with population figures

SEQUIM - When the state and Clallam County came out with population and land availability numbers for Sequim recently, Frank Needham shook his head in… Continue reading

Purple rain: Sequim Lavender Festival goes on this weekend regardless of weather

SEQUIM - It's a silly question in the Pacific Northwest. Farmer Barbara Hanna of Lost Mountain Lavender answers patiently anyway. What if it rains on… Continue reading

Two ex-board members say SARC needs fix-up; chairwoman disagrees

SEQUIM - Eastern Clallam County's publicly funded pool and fitness center will soon face competition from a national chain, so its board of commissioners had… Continue reading

Flower-lovers head for Sequim, Lavender Festival

SEQUIM - A man from the Southwest picked up a sock and asked its owner, Mary Jendrucko, if he could copy it. "I thought, if… Continue reading

‘Survivor’ hopefuls flout special skills at audition in Blyn

BLYN - Each person had 60 seconds to tout mental and physical toughness and express bald desire - and none among the hundreds seemed to… Continue reading

Dazed but safe, hiker tells his tale and warns others

DUNGENESS - Humbled, dazed and with hallucinations fresh in his mind, Craig Upton found his way out of the wilderness Tuesday morning after five days… Continue reading