Jan Rodak

Sequim: Battelle lab expected to receive $4.2 million homeland security contract

SEQUIM -- A Sequim laboratory is set to benefit from the federal government's war on terrorism through a $4.2 million contract expected to pass through… Continue reading

Sequim: City Council rejects role in agreement with Port Angeles, Clallam County to build garbage transfer station

SEQUIM -- Waste not, want not -- and the Sequim City Council wants not to hook up with Port Angeles and Clallam County on a… Continue reading

Sequim: Interim middle school principal named

SEQUIM -- A retired administrator who spent several years in Washington schools has been named interim principal at Sequim Middle School for the 2004-2005 school… Continue reading

Sequim: Schools superintendent asks to end pact with sister city program

SEQUIM -- A 10-year relationship between the Sequim School District and the Yamasaki Sister City Program may be severed if directors of the School Board… Continue reading

Sequim: Police chief visits Tennessee town where he seeks new job

SEQUIM -- Police Chief Ken Burge completed his first round of interviewing for the position of chief of the Alcoa, Tenn., Police Department. Burge, in… Continue reading

Sequim: Thousands expected for weekend’s Lavender Festival

SEQUIM -- The eighth annual Lavender Festival blooms on this weekend under sunny skies today and Saturday, and the possibility of showers on Sunday. "You… Continue reading

Sequim: Hundreds of out-of-towners get an early start on Lavender Festival — businesses delighted

SEQUIM -- The heavily attended, eighth annual Lavender Festival isn't scheduled to begin until Friday, but don't tell that to delighted merchants or owners of… Continue reading

Sequim: Mayor wants public meetings on traffic circles for city streets

SEQUIM -- The city should bring in a qualified traffic expert to dispel fears about traffic circles, or "roundabouts," which could increasingly become part of… Continue reading

Sequim: City Council approves east side annexation

SEQUIM -- The City Council on Monday unanimously approved annexing 76 acres near West Sequim Bay and Keeler roads. The proposal first came in March… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Driver’s diabetic condition led to wrong-way crash, brother says

PORT ANGELES -- The brother of a man who caused a wrong-way, head-on collision Thursday on U.S. Highway 101 says the man's medical condition led… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Wrong-way car smashes into SUV on U.S. 101; five hurt

PORT ANGELES -- A wrong-way car smashed head-on into a sport utility vehicle Thursday morning, injuring five people and snarling traffic for most of the… Continue reading

Sequim: Landmark motel reopens under new ownership

SEQUIM -- To Debbie Bourquin, the Red Ranch Inn is a Sequim fixture; a "signature" lodging establishment she recalls from childhood. And now that the… Continue reading

Sequim council leaves rules intact; Beitzel won’t resign

SEQUIM -- The City Council won't be adjusting its rules governing decision-making actions on issues coming before it for the first time. But council members… Continue reading

Authorities fret over spate of alcohol-related teen car crashes in wake of another west of Port Angeles

For the second time in three weeks, a single-car wreck west of Port Angeles has led to serious injuries -- and a driver fleeing the… Continue reading

Father in Sequim worries about son — Port Angeles native and Seattle radio personality — who was injured in Iraq

A Port Angeles High School graduate and Seattle talk-radio personality serving in Iraq with the National Guard sustained minor injuries Friday in a mortar attack… Continue reading

Sequim: ‘Character Counts’ at Boys & Girls Club

SEQUIM -- It's a test of strength, and a dilemma facing many teens. Your parents are going out of town for the weekend, and have… Continue reading

Sequim: Traffic roundabout at Wal-Mart has motorists already thinking in circles

SEQUIM -- Motorists who pass the new Wal-Mart "supercenter" being built on the city's west side will be going in circles to get out of… Continue reading

Sequim: 314-home tract on the fast track, and some are upset

SEQUIM -- A 314-home development at the southeastern edge of the city has gained City Council approval despite strong opposition from a state agency and… Continue reading

Sequim: Miffed Beitzel considering resignation from City Council following hearing on housing development

SEQUIM -- The mayor pro-tempore is considering resigning from the City Council following a frustrating and contentious public hearing Monday night. John Beitzel on Tuesday… Continue reading

Sequim: Sides appear satisfied with settlement leading way to Home Depot shopping center

SEQUIM -- A settlement reached Monday between citizens group Sequim First and a developer proposing a regional shopping center on the city's west side appears… Continue reading