Jan Rodak

Fire District No. 3 levy bid comes under dispute over how funds might be spent

Voters in Clallam County Fire District No. 3 have become unintentional targets of misinformation, Fire Chief Steve Vogel says. "I really want to make sure… Continue reading

Sequim: City Council allows larger signs to identify Home Depot at new shopping center

SEQUIM -- City Council members took fewer than 20 minutes Monday night to allow The Home Depot to have larger signs than permitted by the… Continue reading

Sequim: Population shift spurs consideration of Haller, Greywolf school boundary changes

SEQUIM -- As population demographics in Clallam County shift, officials in the Sequim School District are considering redefining boundary lines that determine which elementary school… Continue reading

Clallam: Fire District No. 3 seeks tax levy measure next month; proposed tax rate increase of 63 percent

SEQUIM -- Voters living in Clallam County Fire District No. 3 will be asked next month to approve a hike in the levy rate that… Continue reading

Sequim: City holds seminar on negotiating new roundabout at west side of town

SEQUIM -- City officials may feel they're going around and around on the issue. But a pair of community forums Thursday helped clear up confusion… Continue reading

Carlsborg: Granddaughter of woman killed in Highway 101 collision injured in separate crash

CARLSBORG -- A week to the day after a woman lost her life in a two-vehicle collision on U.S. Highway 101 at Mill Road, her… Continue reading

Sequim: Farm animal rescuers need love too; Critterhaven near end of financial rope

SEQUIM -- Graham is a duck with a bad foot, but good taste in music: He fancies high-class French tunes. Willy "Bo-Bo" is also physically… Continue reading

Sequim: Only two people attend community forum on school budget

SEQUIM -- Directors of the Sequim School District Board began work Thursday night on crafting a budget to carry the district through the 2004-2005 school… Continue reading

Clallam: Committee seeking safety improvements on U.S. 101 hit the road to see trouble spots firsthand

It was a bus tour like few others, with sightseeing confined to trouble spots where traffic fatalities have saturated parts of U.S. Highway 101 for… Continue reading

Sequim: Police chief gets job in Tennessee; city manager begins search for replacement

SEQUIM -- Police Chief Ken Burge on Tuesday tentatively accepted a position as the head of the Alcoa, Tenn., Police Department after just 22 months… Continue reading

Sequim: Unknown firefighter running for legislative office says he’s ‘really ready’ to challenge veteran lawmaker

SEQUIM -- Skip the metaphors. Kevin Van De Wege has probably heard them all. "A hotly contested race." "Putting out fires in Olympia." The 29-year-old… Continue reading

Olympic National Park: Federal investigators search for clues to airplane crash

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Investigators from two federal agencies searched for clues Thursday at the site of a plane crash that killed a Sequim man… Continue reading

Sequim: Fred Meyer still ‘very, very interested” in locating in new retail center

SEQUIM -- If developers Fred McConkey and Mark Burrowes succeed in persuading City Council members to approve their application for a regional shopping center, they… Continue reading

Olympic National Park: Sequim pilot killed in crash of small plane south of Port Angeles; two passengers walk away from wreckage

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- A Sequim man was killed in the crash Tuesday night of a small plane that went down about five miles south… Continue reading

Sequim: Landowner may try annexation to city again

SEQUIM -- A prominent business owner, whose request to annex some of his land into the city was initially rejected by City Council members, may… Continue reading

Garden contest held to augment Sequim’s bloomin” competition

CARLSBORG -- When Tom Green saw an announcement earlier this month soliciting entrants for a gardening contest, he thought he'd give it a shot. The… Continue reading

Agnew: Slaying victim had throat cancer, neighbors say

AGNEW -- Even before she became the victim of an apparent homicide in her own home Tuesday night, Josephine "Josie" Lejeune faced enormous life challenges,… Continue reading

Agnew woman faces federal charge for allegedly sending threatening mail containing powder, razor blades to Sequim police

SEATTLE -- A 43-year-old Agnew woman appeared Tuesday in U.S. District Court facing a felony count of sending threatening mail to a Sequim police officer.… Continue reading

Sequim: Civic officials await word on America in Bloom competition

SEQUIM -- The judges have seen about all they can see, and now city officials will wait to hear how they fared in their third… Continue reading

Sequim: City Council delays preliminary approval for regional shopping center

SEQUIM -- Concerns over traffic flow led the City Council on Monday night to delay final decision on whether to grant preliminary approval for a… Continue reading