Jan Rodak

Sequim: Shopping complex next to new Wal-Mart planned by developer

SEQUIM -- A Wal-Mart "supercenter" under construction at the city's western edge may become supersized if a developer goes ahead with preliminary plans to build… Continue reading

Peninsula: Low rainfall early this season worries firefighters; burn bans could come sooner this year

Despite legendary humor over traditionally drenching weather conditions in Forks, firefighting agencies are not laughing at the lack of rainfall so far this year. In… Continue reading

Sequim: 109th Irrigation Festival to add some new features this year

SEQUIM -- The Irrigation Festival is said to be the state's oldest consecutively running event of its kind, but the committee planning this year's celebration… Continue reading

Sequim: Ballots mailed out today for school levy election

SEQUIM -- Auditors in Clallam and Jefferson counties will mail out about 18,000 ballots today to Sequim School District voters who are being asked to… Continue reading

Sequim: City abruptly cancels planned public hearing on Bell Farm Center shopping complex over environmental appeal

SEQUIM -- A City Council public hearing and comment session on a major retail shopping center was canceled Monday night after the city received notice… Continue reading

Sequim: School district hands out pink slips as part of cutbacks; jobs can be saved if levy passes next month

SEQUIM -- Having spent 21 years in the U.S. Army, Sgt. Mike Lippert wasn't about to spend his retirement on a golf course. Lippert, medically… Continue reading

Sequim: Another shopping center marathon hearing expected Monday night

SEQUIM -- Members of the City Council will hear from the public Monday night on a proposed shopping center project that could bring a Fred… Continue reading

Sequim: Clallam Democrats jam convention center, favor Kerry

SEQUIM -- Packed like sardines yet eager to participate in a civic tradition, nearly 500 Democrats assembled Saturday at Carrie Blake Park for the county… Continue reading

Clallam: County Democrats hold convention Saturday in Sequim

SEQUIM -- Continuing a civic tradition begun long ago, representatives of the Clallam County Democratic Party will gather Saturday at a convention to choose delegates… Continue reading

Sequim: City willing to consider extending its sewers west to Carlsborg

SEQUIM -- Extending city sewer lines to Carlsborg would not only benefit residents and businesses there, it would bring a financial boost to ratepayers in… Continue reading

Sequim: Council looks far into the future with sketch envisioning new City Hall

SEQUIM -- It could be years down the road, but a new City Hall looks good on paper. City Council members got a look Wednesday… Continue reading

Sequim: Lawsuit against city targets disputed West Sequim Bay Road property

SEQUIM -- The city is facing a land-use lawsuit over residential properties on West Sequim Bay Road included in a 2003 annexation. And its foe… Continue reading

Sequim: Concerned professionals pitch in to help get school levy passed next month

SEQUIM -- As a radiation oncologist, Heath Foxlee spends an inordinate number of hours and an impressive level of energy treating people facing a disease… Continue reading

Sequim: Elementary schools feel pinch of budget cuts, too

SEQUIM -- It's only a mushroom, but the figure displayed at the front of Yvonne Pepin-Wakefield's art classroom made for an intriguing challenge to first-graders… Continue reading

Sequim: School-cut fallout extends beyond district

SEQUIM -- Like many in this small city, Suzanne Little closely follows the unfolding drama surrounding the school district's levy failure and proposed program cuts.… Continue reading

Sequim: Schools group lays out campaign plans for passing levy next month

SEQUIM -- Ready to do battle, the non-profit community group charged with getting voters to finally approve a school district maintenance and operations levy request… Continue reading

Sequim: Fired choir director surrenders teaching certificate

SEQUIM -- A teacher who lost his job last month for what school administrators called inappropriate behavior with students withdrew an appeal challenging his termination… Continue reading

Sequim: School Board’s deep cuts eliminates most extracurricular activities

SEQUIM -- The School Board has made $1.49 million in sweeping cuts to the 2004-05 budget that all but eliminates extracurricular activities from the Sequim… Continue reading

Blyn: Casino finally draws a lucky seven – — – final two totem poles raised outside 7 Cedars

BLYN -- A decade after its opening, 7 Cedars Casino can finally lay claim to -- well, seven cedars. On a cool, overcast Monday morning,… Continue reading

Sequim: School Board making tough decisions on budget cuts for next year

SEQUIM -- More than two hours into a meeting Monday night in which $1.2 million in budget cuts were to be finalized, Sequim School District… Continue reading