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City manager selects ex-colleague for police chief post in Sequim

SEQUIM — In deciding the future of the city’s law enforcement leadership, Bill Elliott went back to his…

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Tribal accords with state could boost cigarette sales on Peninsula

Cigarette sales have never been a big source of revenue for the Native American tribes of the North…

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Sequim Planning Commissioner chairwoman cites workload in abrupt resignation

SEQUIM — For the second time in a month, the city is seeking to fill a vacancy on…

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Ambassadors to dine at Jamestown S”Klallam event Jan. 15

BLYN — Norway’s and Namibia’s ambassadors to the United States top a distinguished lineup of guests spanning three…

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New Year’s revelry includes dip in Port Angeles, Nordland waters

Everyone pondering participation in a “polar plunge” on Saturday — including events in Port Angeles and on Marrowstone…

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Fired Sequim High School teacher disputes investigation, vows appeal

SEQUIM — On Nov. 17, Dave Trapp allegedly scratched a male student’s stomach during a classroom “skirmish” over…

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Investigative documents detail how Sequim teacher allegedly conducted late-night chats with girl, 13

SEQUIM — Sometimes they talked late into the night, the 52-year-old teacher and the 13-year-old girl. She shared…

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Sequim multiplex cinema could be showing flicks by next fall

SEQUIM — If all goes as planned, an eight-screen movie theater proposed for the east end of town…

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Even kids get into swing of new Sequim Transportation Center

SEQUIM — There may be no bigger boosters of Clallam Transit buses than the boys and girls of…

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Affordable-housing project for elderly gets green light in Sequim

SEQUIM — The City Council has sent a loud-and-clear signal about its commitment to affordable housing for senior…

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What it was like in federal detention center

SEQUIM — For the first three weeks of his confinement, Oliver Strong had nothing to read, nobody to…

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Congressman intervenes to gain freedom for Sequim immigrant

SEQUIM — The people clamored, and Norm Dicks listened. Deluged with thousands of e-mails, letters and phone calls…

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Four Sequim police chief candidates meet officials, civic leaders

SEQUIM — Nancy Reeder loves the Alaska city she’s called home during her 25 years in the military…

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Boys & Girls Clubs get a new executive director

SEQUIM — Nearly 20 years ago, Cinnamon Falley would steal a quarter from her mother’s house in a…

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Sequim business survey shows merchants, others optimistic about area’s future

SEQUIM — Tourism isn’t nearly the factor in this area’s economy that it’s marketed to be. Neither is…

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Sequim: Board waters down proposed head lice policy

SEQUIM — A no-nit policy has been nitpicked out of a School Board proposal to take a tougher…

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Sequim: Four candidates for police chief to visit this week

SEQUIM — There’s a reason all four finalists to become Sequim’s next police chief hail from the Pacific…

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Sequim: School district deals with head lice in children

SEQUIM — Public schoolteachers here have a nit to pick with nits. Dealing with students who come to…

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Sequim: Family ordered deported may get to leave on own terms

SEQUIM — Oliver and Penny Strong, along with their five children, have all but run out of avenues…

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Sequim: Eight-screen cineplex proposed

SEQUIM — The number of silver screens on the North Olympic Peninsula could almost double if an eight-screen…