Diane Urbani de la Paz

Sequim’s largest park proposed

SEQUIM -- This city's planners sound worn out, much of the time, by the onslaught of construction. "We've seen a lot of development in the… Continue reading

Sequim City Council approves tract after density lowered

SEQUIM -- Score one for the city's parkland fund -- and one against higher-density, relatively lower-priced housing. Wellington Estates, a 97-lot subdivision proposed for a… Continue reading

Sequim City Hall, Jamestown tribe relations warming?

SEQUIM -- Relations between Sequim city officials and Jamestown S'Klallam tribal leaders have been less than harmonious. Or one could say there have been no… Continue reading

Sequim: Broadway in the Barn opens today

SEQUIM -- Just two pieces of furniture came from Puerta Vallarta to Sequim: the piano and the dining room table. Their owner, Kathleen Hennen, had… Continue reading

Sequim: Groups seek public support for moving elk

SEQUIM -- People talk to Shelly Ament about love, not danger. Ament, a state Fish and Wildlife biologist, serves on the Dungeness Elk Working Team.… Continue reading

Vietnam memorial: Healing at a wall of pain

BLYN -- Here, pain heals. Steve Doty has seen it happen, in dozens of towns, beneath the thousands of names on the aluminum wall. Doty,… Continue reading

Clallam: Veterans Memorial wall to open at 7 Cedars Casino

BLYN -- By 8 a.m. Thursday, a 378-foot-wide wall will be unfurled, like a pair of wings, in the 7 Cedars Casino parking lot. It's… Continue reading

Sequim: Residents rap planned Discovery Trail route

SEQUIM -- Fir Street may be a mellow residential address, but its residents were anything but subdued on Monday night. A roomful of neighbors turned… Continue reading

Sequim: Aquatic center workout center opening set

SEQUIM -- The staff of the Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center have had some explaining to do this week. "People's faces are horrified when they see… Continue reading

Sequim: Don’t pave paradise, residents say at planning meeting

SEQUIM -- After months of discussion, passions have yet to cool over the city's Comprehensive Plan. During Tuesday night's Planning Commission meeting, a dozen Sequim-area… Continue reading

Public goes to the farm to pick its own strawberries

SEQUIM -- For $1.25 you get a deep breath of sky, an earful of breeze and birdsong. And a view that stretches out like a… Continue reading

Effects of big-box retailing stir meeting on downtown Sequim’s future

SEQUIM -- Downtown is in danger. The big-box stores, the Sequim Comprehensive Plan and a lack of vision could become factors in its demise if… Continue reading

Sequim mayor vows to become a kinder and gentler candy man

SEQUIM -- Mayor Walt Schubert has his candy back. And he promises not to misuse it. In recent weeks, the mayor has ducked rants and… Continue reading

Sequim tentatively approves package for emergency readiness

SEQUIM -- If disaster hits the North Olympic Peninsula, help is not on the way. Not from the federal government, not from the county or… Continue reading

A happy ending to a stolen bicycle

SEQUIM -- The bill was steep. Then one guy flattened it. A new Specialized Body Geometry seat, a headlight, disk brakes and handlebars for Joe… Continue reading

Ex-teacher visits as HIV survivor

SEQUIM - Twelve years after he left town, Lew Bartholomew came back for a visit last week -- and found it hard to move. People… Continue reading

Tribe irked over Sequim’s plans for growth

SEQUIM -- The City Council neglected a critical responsibility while updating its Comprehensive Plan, according to a scathing eight-page letter from Jamestown S'Klallam Tribal Chairman… Continue reading

Sequim prep students get down and dirty in community garden

SEQUIM -- It's a mutual, horticultural, high-tech back-scratching thing. This spring, a group of teens dreamed of a community garden by and for the people… Continue reading

Carlsborg business owners take a good look at their town for the future

CARLSBORG -- It's rough, scratching out a living on the fringe. Buses and water can be scarce, and you might start to wonder if anyone… Continue reading

Sequim School Board cuts PE requirement for some students

SEQUIM -- Heather Smith, 15, has won her case, and the cases of other overscheduled teens. For now. In mid-April, the Sequim High School athlete,… Continue reading