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Dungeness pollution plan could include penalties

SEQUIM –– Several agencies are starting to develop a plan to identify and clean up sources of pollution…

Flames shoot hot air into a hot air balloon owned by Capt. Crystal Stout’s Morning Star Balloon Co.  -- Photo by Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

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Sky to be king in Sequim: Things aloft to be celebrated next weekend

SEQUIM –– Look, up in the sky. It’s a bird, it’s a plane . . . it’s a…

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Student fees lessened in Sequim schools budget

SEQUIM –– Students at Sequim schools will pay less than they did last year to attend classes when…

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The cost of growth: Sequim officials consider change in developer fees

SEQUIM –– City officials are trying to determine how much to charge developers of new homes and businesses…

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Sequim OKs lease with Port Townsend bakery to move into old gas station

SEQUIM –– A new tenant will help the city “make dough,” as Mayor Ken Hays put it, from…

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Sequim OKs lease with Port Townsend bakery to move into old gas station

SEQUIM –– A new tenant will help the city “make dough,” as Mayor Ken Hays put it, from…

Capt. Crystal Stout’s hot-air balloon inflates over Sequim’s Lavender Weekend in July.  -- Photo by Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

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Hot-air balloons returning to Dungeness Valley airport under new Air Affaire focus

SEQUIM –– Hot-air balloons, wing walkers and drones will fill the sky over Labor Day weekend, since plans…

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Sequim approves two contracts to one bidder despite cost

SEQUIM –– With only one firm bidding quotes for city street projects — quotes above the cost estimates…

Alexa Justus

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SPORTS: Forks’ Alexa Justus wins gold at Deaflympics

FORKS –– A gold rush struck Forks this week, as former Spartan hoop star Alexa Justus returned home…

Randy Wellman

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Restaurateur now can post sign for which he once was fined

SEQUIM –– After a battle with the city that ended in a fine, Randy Wellman, owner of Tarcisio’s…

Bicyclists on the 4K for Cancer

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Bicyclists near end of across-the-country cancer-awareness tour

RUBY BEACH –– A group of 28 college-age bicyclists dipped their front tires in the Pacific Ocean shortly…

Longtime stamp collector Phil Castell

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WEEKEND: Strait Stamp Show to lure young, old collectors to Sequim

SEQUIM –– Digging through a pile of canceled stamps, 8-year-old Ruby Coulson plucks out one that features a…

Marie Meyers

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WEEKEND: Bout with cancer prompts Sequim Relay For Life involvement

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Aug. 9. SEQUIM –– Marie Meyers, chairwoman of Sequim’s Relay For…

Ed Telenick of Sequim stands on what he refers to as "Mount Sherburne

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Neighbors shocked by piles of dirt from U.S. 101 widening

SEQUIM — Ed Telenick is bothered by a massive mound of dirt from a state project to widen…

The lure of the purple plant proved as good as ever this year

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A ‘strong’ lavender weekend, Sequim organizers report

SEQUIM –– With perfectly bloomed lavender, smooth traffic and sunshine all around, organizers of Sequim’s lavender celebration said…

Ken Burge

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Former Sequim police chief dies in Tennessee

ALCOA, Tenn. –– Former Sequim Police Chief Ken Burge died July 14 of an undisclosed illness at his…

R. Leo Shipley

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Big gift: Mobile home park to Sequim senior center

SEQUIM –– A steady stream of funding was donated this month to the Sequim Senior Activity Center in…

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Port of Port Angeles candidates discuss employee-commission relations at forum

SEQUIM –– What should be the relationship between Port of Port Angeles commissioners and their employees? That was…

Groomed greyhounds

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Owners show off preening pups at kennel club show in Sequim

SEQUIM –– After being poked, prodded and primped, dogs of all shapes and sizes pranced around Carrie Blake…

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Sequim bonds for City Hall project on the market

SEQUIM –– Those who want to own a piece of the city’s new City Hall/police station will have…