Jeff Chew

In a tense

Clallam auditor shuts down Sequim licensing office

SEQUIM — Clallam County Auditor Patty Rosand shut down the Sequim Vehicle/Vessel Licensing Office today and was gathering the office's records for an audit to… Continue reading

In a tense

Camp Heebie Jeebie organizer seeking funds

SEQUIM — Camp Heebie Jeebie, an annual Lake Crescent summer school for youth and older musicians is in need of help, the camp’s lead fundraiser… Continue reading

Mark Nichols

Sequim licensing office stays open — for now

PORT ANGELES — The Sequim Vehicle/Vessel Licensing Office can remain open while Clallam County Auditor Patty Rosand audits the office's records and determines if she… Continue reading

Mark Nichols

Upper Dungeness watershed plans mulled

SEQUIM — A collaborative group with interests in the Upper Dungeness watershed’s habitat restoration, road and trail access, and recreational uses will consider next week… Continue reading

Gena Royal

Master Gardeners, WSU halt support for Sequim garden

SEQUIM — The Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County and Washington State University county extension are ending support of the garden at Sequim's Water Reuse… Continue reading

Gena Royal
Retired Methodist minister the Rev. Ruth Geiger

Petition-signing at Sequim church draws both sides of same-sex marriage issue

SEQUIM — Both sides of a controversial issue came face to face Saturday when more than 50 sign-waving protesters lined up along North Sequim Avenue… Continue reading

Retired Methodist minister the Rev. Ruth Geiger
Karen Shewbert

Sequim licensing office gets reprieve

SEQUIM — Karen Shewbert's often-busy vehicle and vessel licensing services at her office on East Washington Street have been given a reprieve through Wednesday after… Continue reading

Karen Shewbert

Same-sex marriage controversy reaches Sequim with planned Saturday protest

SEQUIM — A marriage-equality protest will be staged in front of Sequim Bible Church on Saturday to oppose the church’s support of Referendum 74, which… Continue reading

Christine Henderson

Sequim Licensing office will remain open through at least Wednesday

SEQUIM — The Sequim Vehicle/Vessel Licensing Office will remain open today and through Wednesday. Clallam County Superior Court Commissioner W. Brent Basden on Thursday granted… Continue reading

Christine Henderson

WEEKEND: Events pack finale to 2012 Sequim Irrigation Festival

SEQUIM — The 117th Sequim Irrigation Festival’s final weekend features men with big saws and axes, brawny trucks and tractors pulling heavy objects, and a… Continue reading

Christine Henderson

Clallam auditor plans to close Sequim licensing office over contractual dispute

SEQUIM — The Clallam County Auditor’s Office plans to close the Sequim vehicle and vessel licensing office at 5 p.m. Thursday, but the subcontractor operating… Continue reading

Christine Henderson
Jim McEntire wrote to the state Department of Ecology asking for an alternative to a water bank.

Clallam commissioner opposes water bank idea

SEQUIM — Clallam County Commissioner Jim McEntire, in a letter to the state Department of Ecology director overseeing the proposed Dungeness Valley watershed's in-stream flow… Continue reading

Jim McEntire wrote to the state Department of Ecology asking for an alternative to a water bank.

Health care reform essential for Peninsula medical facilities, forum told

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center hospital’s future is threatened without health-care reform and depends on it to survive, the hospital’s chief executive officer said.… Continue reading

Health care reform essential for Peninsula medical facilities, forum told

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center hospital’s future is threatened without health-care reform and depends on it to survive, the hospital’s chief executive officer said.… Continue reading

Sequim Irrigation Festival royalty debuted their float last month. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Sequim Irrigation Festival kicks off today

SEQUIM — The 117th Sequim Irrigation Festival launches today, and Deon Kapetan, in her second year as event chairwoman, said she believes the family-fun event… Continue reading

Sequim Irrigation Festival royalty debuted their float last month. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Ellen Lloyd

Sequim Open Aire Market to open for 2012 season

SEQUIM — It has been the town's central farm and craft market and downtown community gathering place for 15 years. And as the Sequim Open… Continue reading

Ellen Lloyd
Bagpiper Nancy Fredrick of Port Townsend plays from the point overlooking the entrance to John Wayne Marina in Sequim to celebrate the opening day of boating season in 2011. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Sequim boat parades marks start of season

SEQUIM — It's a floating tradition that dates back to the Sequim Bay Yacht Club's founding in 1975 at John Wayne Marina: the boat parade… Continue reading

Bagpiper Nancy Fredrick of Port Townsend plays from the point overlooking the entrance to John Wayne Marina in Sequim to celebrate the opening day of boating season in 2011. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Series of health reform forums begins Thursday

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County League of Women Voters plans a series of four forums on the health care system, with the first forum set… Continue reading

Bill Engle looks over  a pond with a fountain at SunLand Golf & Country Club. The private course is open to the public on the weekends. Jeff Chew/Peninsula Daily News

SunLand golf course battles declining membership

SEQUIM — The plush fairways, towering cedars, placid duck ponds and well-manicured greens still attract golfers nearly three years after a proposed $300 annual homeowners… Continue reading

Bill Engle looks over  a pond with a fountain at SunLand Golf & Country Club. The private course is open to the public on the weekends. Jeff Chew/Peninsula Daily News
Kate Creasey

Sequim Soroptimists doing well, and good, for 65 years

SEQUIM — Those with Soroptimist International have long wanted what's best for women and girls. And members say that is just what the Sequim club… Continue reading

Kate Creasey