Jan Rodak

Sequim: Rising growth projections spur fire district to seek levy increase in the fall

SEQUIM -- Voters in Clallam County Fire District No. 3 will be asked this fall to approve an increase in the district's fire operations levy… Continue reading

Sequim: Jubilant school supporters launch 2006 levy campaign on heels of this week’s landslide victory

SEQUIM -- Fewer than 24 hours after a landslide win for a two-year Sequim School District levy, district officials and citizen supporters kicked off a… Continue reading

Sequim votes yes! School levy passes by almost 3-1 margin

SEQUIM -- The second time was a charm for the Sequim School District, in which voters approved a maintenance and operations levy by almost 3-1.… Continue reading

Sequim: Balloting in this year’s second try at school levy ends today

SEQUIM -- Unless voters are closely split over funding a $5.16 million replacement maintenance and operations levy, results from ballots tallied tonight in the all-mail… Continue reading

Game agents kill cougar wandering around homes in rural Port Angeles area

PORT ANGELES -- A cougar said to be wandering around a residential area in unincorporated Clallam County was shot to death by an officer from… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Cash registers ring out as cruise ship visitors shop downtown

PORT ANGELES -- Cash registers in downtown businesses were ringing at an accelerated rate Thursday as scores of passengers aboard the visiting Holland America Line's… Continue reading

Sequim: Hearings on Bell Farm shopping center proposal delayed until June

SEQUIM -- A pair of land-use hearings over a proposed regional shopping center south of the downtown area has been moved from the City Council's… Continue reading

Sequim: Another family ripped apart by highway fatality

SEQUIM -- He was the 15th person to die in a vehicle collision on North Olympic Peninsula highways and roads since the start of the… Continue reading

Sequim: Citizens group appeals court ruling essentially allowing regional shopping center

SEQUIM -- The legal battle isn't over for a Phoenix developer trying to build a regional shopping center with a Home Depot on the city's… Continue reading

Sequim: City Council proceeds on shopping center plan despite citizens group’s appeal

SEQUIM -- The City Council on Monday night voted unanimously to approve a binding site plan for a proposed regional shopping center on the city's… Continue reading

Trooper attributes most highway deaths to motorists’ disregard for others

The year's extraordinary death toll on North Olympic Peninsula highways is attributed by a veteran trooper at the scene to selfish driving. "These people have… Continue reading

Year’s 15th fatality on Peninsula’s highways: Sequim man killed in high-speed collision

AGNEW -- A Sequim man was killed and a Port Angeles man was injured in a two-truck collision Monday morning that closed U.S. Highway 101… Continue reading

Sequim: Irrigation Festival parade provides lots of enthusiasm

SEQUIM -- Dogs in T-shirts. Old-time cars from the 1920s. Marching bands from high schools and middle schools around northwest Washington. Fancy floats that glimmered… Continue reading

Sequim: Citizens group has until Monday to appeal to state court over shopping center project

SEQUIM -- Developers of a proposed regional shopping center with a Home Depot on the city's west side are waiting to see if a citizens… Continue reading

Sequim: Judge again refuses citizens group on Wal-Mart

Citizens group Sequim First was dealt another blow by Thurston County Superior Court Judge Thomas McPhee in its attempt to stall construction of a Wal-Mart… Continue reading

Sequim: Woman killed in highway crash was enormously generous to others, friends recall

SEQUIM -- When Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church secretary Beth Reinertsen needed to take time off Tuesday to visit a critically ill friend in Bremerton, parishioner… Continue reading

Discovery Bay: Sequim woman dies in crash that spills diesel fuel on U.S. 101

DISCOVERY BAY -- A Sequim woman was killed and her husband injured Wednesday when their car and a semi-truck collided in a crash that blocked… Continue reading

Sequim: New auto parts store stirs mayor to seek design controls for smaller retail buildings

SEQUIM -- As the city prepares for "big box" regional shopping centers, the mayor and others think more attention should be paid to smaller commercial… Continue reading

Sequim: Kids events supply Irrigation Festival fun after rocky start

SEQUIM -- Organizers of the community's annual Irrigation Festival learned an important lesson Saturday: 108 years of experience doesn't guarantee perfection. Confusion over the start… Continue reading

Sequim: Children’s activities help launch 2004 Irrigation Festival this weekend

SEQUIM -- Feel like strutting your stuff in a clever costume and parading around the track at Sequim High School? Give it your best shot… Continue reading