Jim Manders

Sequim: Authorities say good Samaritans need to be prepared

SEQUIM -- A year and a day ago Jordana Wood was severely injured while trying to help a person injured in a car crash near… Continue reading

Clallam: Head-on collision kills 1, hurts 4 near Blyn

BLYN -- One person was killed and four others seriously injured in a two-car, head-on crash at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday on U.S. Highway 101… Continue reading

Peninsula hospital commissioners briefed on Medicare fund proposals

President Bush's plan to modernize Medicare by spending $400 million over 10 years could curtail reimbursements to North Olympic Peninsula hospitals, a medical lobbyist told… Continue reading

Port Townsend poet to take anti-war message to New York City

PORT TOWNSEND -- Local poet Sam Hamill wasn't too disappointed when First Lady Laura Bush canceled the symposium on Poetry and the American Voice. He'd… Continue reading

Oldenkamp is Sequim’s Citizen of the Year

SEQUIM -- Gil Oldenkamp believes a person receives far more than he gives as a community volunteer. On Tuesday, Oldenkamp received honors for years of… Continue reading

Chimacum: Investigators probe teen’s death linked to drinking party

CHIMACUM -- Jefferson County Sheriff's Office officials are investigating the death of a Port Ludlow teenager whose body was found in the vicinity of a… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center remodeling projects to start this year

PORT ANGELES -- The first in a series of $12 million in remodeling projects at Olympic Medical Center is expected to begin this year. The… Continue reading

Sequim man’s space-junk theory grows

SEQUIM -- Maybe investigators should call in David Briggs to help determine if the shuttle Columbia collided with space junk before disintegrating over Texas last… Continue reading

Exclusive: Second major retail development may be in Sequim’s future

SEQUIM -- A second major retail development is being planned in the western part of the city. An application for a shopping development on the… Continue reading

Sequim First leader concerned about Wal-Mart impact

SEQUIM -- Deborah Keeting-Hansen, one of Sequim First's leaders, is concerned about environmental and economic impacts caused by large retail stores. Keeting-Hansen walked along Washington… Continue reading

Wal-Mart confirms it’s coming to Sequim

SEQUIM -- Wal-Mart will build a 118,000-square-foot store that will open in 2004, the retailing giant confirmed Tuesday. Wal-Mart spokeswoman Amy Hill said an architectural… Continue reading

Sequim: Landing gear may be donated to Museum of Flight

SEQUIM -- A 6½-foot-tall landing gear assembly from a P-38 Lightning warplane that crashed in 1943 near Maynard Peak could soon become part of the… Continue reading

Sequim: Wal-Mart superstore coming to town?

There's a big -- big -- retail store in Sequim's near future. Speculation immediately surfaced that it will be a new Wal-Mart superstore, but no… Continue reading

Sequim: Council to focus on quality of life, development

SEQUIM -- The City Council will focus on economic development in 2003, in addition to improving infrastructure for businesses and residences, providing effective communications with… Continue reading

Peninsula: Olympic Medical Center gets high score for care

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center officials say a report by a Puget Sound newspaper proves central Olympic Peninsula residents don't need to look beyond… Continue reading

Sequim: Boys expelled from middle school

SEQUIM -- Three 14-year-old boys could face charges in juvenile court after Sequim Middle School officials found five knives and an air-powered pellet pistol in… Continue reading

Sequim: 13 vie for 108th Irrigation Festival crown

SEQUIM -- Thirteen young women are honing their personal and performance skills as they compete to be queen and royalty of the 108th Sequim Irrigation… Continue reading

Sequim: Finalists named for citizen of year award

SEQUIM -- Pat McCauley, Gil Oldenkamp and Emily Westcott have been selected as finalists for the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce's annual citizen of the… Continue reading

Sequim backs off full-time city attorney idea

SEQUIM -- The City Council put the idea of hiring a full-time city attorney on the back burner Wednesday during a work session. "It would… Continue reading

Family in Orcas plane crash reportedly had attended church services in Sequim

SEQUIM -- The family aboard a private airplane that crashed into the water near Orcas Island on Saturday night was returning from church services in… Continue reading