Alan Choate

Sequim leaders ponder how to encourage affordable housing in land-use rules

SEQUIM -- City leaders grappled this week with how to allocate land for future development and how to best encourage affordable housing. While no conclusions… Continue reading

Sequim: Students take three prizes at National History Day competition

SEQUIM -- Three of seven Sequim students who went to the National History Day Competition in Washington, D.C., last week came home with third-place finishes.… Continue reading

Tribe members busy planting trees, shrubs to reclaim area waterways

SEQUIM -- About 19,000 trees and shrubs have been planted in the Sequim area as part of two projects aimed at reducing flooding while improving… Continue reading

Friends, family recall crash victim as exuberant, fun to be around

SEQUIM -- Mike Haley, the 19-year-old Sequim resident who died in a pickup truck crash Monday, was an exuberant -- even hyperactive -- young man… Continue reading

Young lambs shot execution-style

SEQUIM -- A strange sheep execution that took place last week in the Happy Valley area has neighbors concerned and law enforcement personnel stumped. Three… Continue reading

Sequim council favors concrete over asphalt for sidewalk paving

SEQUIM -- If a sidewalk in a new development will become the city's eventual responsibility, it should be built with concrete, City Council members said… Continue reading

Planning Commission backs Jennie’s Meadow 202-lot subdivision in Sequim

SEQUIM -- After a 2½-hour discussion Tuesday night, the Sequim Planning Commission unanimously endorsed a large subdivision on Priest Road that had sparked concern among… Continue reading

Sequim board members eye property for new school bus barn

SEQUIM -- School district property behind the Boys & Girls Club building on Fir Street is probably the best location for a new "bus barn,"… Continue reading

Sequim School Board member Schmidt quits

SEQUIM -- School Board member Suzi Schmidt resigned Monday night in a letter read during a board meeting, citing her failure to accomplish "goals and… Continue reading

Affordable housing options disappear in Sequim

SEQUIM -- In discussions about Sequim real estate, the phrase constantly bandied about is that there are 1,000 units of housing somewhere in the planning… Continue reading

Bullets, houses don’t mix

SEQUIM -- A "no shooting" zone has been established in state trust land next to Johnson Creek Road to protect nearby houses whose residents felt… Continue reading

Proposed development north of Wal-Mart stirs worry

SEQUIM -- A large development proposed on Priest Road just north of Wal-Mart is raising red flags with several residents and others -- the same… Continue reading

Young buckaroo: Dickson heading to National High School Rodeo Finals

SEQUIM -- Nick "Bucky" Dickson's rodeo career began, suitably enough, with a dare. He was 5 or 6 years old at the time and at… Continue reading

Asphalt sidewalks vs. concrete; as tough a decision as paper or plastic

SEQUIM -- Anyone attending City Council meetings recently knows one thing for sure -- Councilman Don Hall really doesn't want more asphalt sidewalks installed around… Continue reading

Olympic Theatre Arts trustees counter critics of executive director’s ouster

SEQUIM -- Olympic Theatre Arts trustees on Thursday countered criticism of the board's decision to find a new executive director, describing what they called a… Continue reading

Olympic Theatre Arts group faces internal dispute over ouster of executive director

SEQUIM -- Olympic Theatre Arts will not renew the contract of executive director Cj Augustine, setting the stage for an internal backlash over the direction… Continue reading

Sequim sales tax revenues maintain steady rise

SEQUIM -- A surge in Sequim's sales tax revenue that started last summer -- months before the openings of Wal-Mart and The Home Depot --… Continue reading

Cat who escaped Sequim apartment fire still missing

SEQUIM -- Priscilla, the longhair cat which escaped from a burning apartment complex in Sequim, is still missing, despite several reports that she is hanging… Continue reading

Students engineer undersea rover, donated to federal lab for 10th the cost

SEQUIM -- Five Port Townsend students overcame many hurdles in building an underwater research craft donated to the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's marine center in… Continue reading

Many older buildings aren’t required to update for fire safety

SEQUIM -- An apartment complex destroyed by fire last week hadn't been upgraded to current fire codes over the years or even inspected for fire… Continue reading