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Missing man’s family hopes for resolution

SEQUIM -- On a trail near the Dungeness Campground off Palo Alto Road, Stephen "Mike" Mason vanished one June day after he and his wife,… Continue reading

Blocks to be used for math, fun at Sequim event

SEQUIM -- It'll be a block party for children 8 months to 8 years old, with a little math mixed into the play. Block Fest,… Continue reading

Sequim to seek ruling on study tax

SEQUIM -- After receiving a letter from real estate broker Mike McAleer and the Sequim Association of Realtors, Sequim will seek a Superior Court judge's… Continue reading

Waste audit checks trash at markets

SEQUIM -- Mark Ozias is being audited so thoroughly that he has to go through his garbage -- and he's downright happy about it. Ozias,… Continue reading

Graduate makes a U-turn into the future

SEQUIM -- Jordan Bush's high school career was "one long, slow and sometimes painful U-turn," his friend and counselor Mitzi Sanders said last week. He… Continue reading

Anundson pulls out of Sequim City Council race

SEQUIM -- City Council candidate Bob Anundson has pulled out of the race for Position 3, the seat to be vacated by longtime member Paul… Continue reading

Sequim counselor who lost son proud of students, record scholarship awards

SEQUIM -- At the end of a tragic year, Sequim High School counselor Mitzi Sanders is surrounded by lights, fierce lights she has helped to… Continue reading

Sequim boy breaks record for charity with a lot of pull

SEQUIM ­-- When Sam Manders and his mother, Kathrin Sumpter, paid a visit to Lindsay Dance's house in Portland, Ore., they thought they'd do her… Continue reading

More tension within Sequim City Council

SEQUIM -- Public comment and the Sequim City Council's response -- or lack thereof -- set off a sharply worded exchange between the mayor and… Continue reading

Pane D’Amore opens Sequim doors Thursday

SEQUIM -- If the simple "Bread Bread Bread" message in Pane D'Amore's window has the power to pull people over -- and they have been… Continue reading

Business blooming in Sequim

SEQUIM -- It doesn't get any more Mom and Pop than this. David and Megan Schmidlkofer opened Tiny'z Toy Chest on April 1, but they've… Continue reading

Man banned from SARC runs for board

SEQUIM -- Though he was banned earlier this year from entering the Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center, Jan Richardson is running for a seat on the… Continue reading

Two Sequim council races contested

SEQUIM -- After a year and a half of gritted teeth and disputes in the Sequim City Council chambers, familiar faces emerged last week as… Continue reading

Car show to benefit Boys & Girls Clubs

SEQUIM -- Your car, be it hot or cool, could help expand a youngster's world. The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula, in… Continue reading

Police warn of ‘Grandpa’ phone scam

SEQUIM -- The Sequim Police Department issued a warning Thursday about what's called the "grandparent-relative scam," an effort to bilk seniors out of large amounts… Continue reading

‘Incensed’ candidate files for Sequim council seat

SEQUIM -- Mike East, who describes himself as "just incensed" at a decision the four newest Sequim City Council members made a year ago, filed… Continue reading

Sequim schools send out layoff notices

SEQUIM -- Although it's just two weeks before school lets out for the summer break, the atmosphere on Sequim's campuses isn't as giddy as usual.… Continue reading

Burglars hit Sequim drugstore for 4th time

SEQUIM -- Would-be thieves sought to break into Frick Drug -- the 62-year-old pharmacy a few doors down from the Sequim Police Department -- on… Continue reading

Two running for vacant Sequim seat

SEQUIM -- Bob Anundson, one of two men to file for Sequim City Council seats on Monday, gives two reasons for running. One is that… Continue reading

Sequim council mulls big-ticket projects

SEQUIM -- As this city's elected leaders peer into the future, they're seeing a lot of big, expensive structures: a $6 million Police Department, a… Continue reading