Diane Urbani de la Paz

Farming roots, sin among wealth of Jefferson museum topics

1The newest exhibit at the Jefferson County Historical Museum in Port Townsend puts you in the shoes of today's farmers, while another display looks into… Continue reading

Sequim lists Citizen of Year nominees; honoree to be named Feb. 24

SEQUIM ¬­ ¬­¬­-- It's like the Academy Awards for Sequim, except only one honor is bestowed each year, and nobody wears Harry Winston diamonds or… Continue reading

Sequim to buy security fencing

SEQUIM -- Following a five-minute closed-door session on "national security," the City Council voted unanimously this week to spend up to $22,000 on fencing. Mayor… Continue reading

Foothills subdivision raises concerns in Sequim

SEQUIM -- The Foothills subdivision would have a lovely location: Beside the Cedarbrook lavender farm -- the oldest herb farm in the state -- and… Continue reading

River team to discuss limits, fees

SEQUIM -- Limits on water use and steep fees for new wells may be on the Dungeness Valley's horizon. The Dungeness River Management Team, an… Continue reading

Young archers take aim in new Sequim class

SEQUIM -- You would think that with no shooting range in Sequim, classes of 30 or more students and no school-district money for equipment, Billy… Continue reading

Working like a charmer today

PORT ANGELES -- Culinary Institute of America student Mike Shethar came up with a label for himself, one he plans to live up to when… Continue reading

Port Angeles market looks ahead

PORT ANGELES -- Last year was a leap forward for the Port Angeles Farmers Market, and two organizers are determined to see it grow stronger… Continue reading

Sequim Police Department school resource officer suspended

SEQUIM -- The Sequim Police Department will choose a new school resource officer to patrol the public school campuses in the wake of the suspension… Continue reading

Sequim City Council apparently agrees to put past behind

SEQUIM -- The City Council's closed-door "team building" workshop on Jan. 23 produced a more productive council, Mayor Laura Dubois said Tuesday. The session, held… Continue reading

Back on the beat; Spinks to return as Sequim police chief next week

SEQUIM -- After eight hours of surgery to remove a tumor next to his brain, and following seven months as city manager, Bob Spinks is… Continue reading

Huber nominated to be White House farmer

SEQUIM -- Nash Huber, the Dungeness Valley organic-farming pioneer, has been nominated to become the nation's first White House farmer. At www.WhiteHouseFarmer.com, an election is… Continue reading

Two new restaurants coming to Sequim

SEQUIM -- More pancakes, berry syrups, pizza and pasta are on the way, via two restaurants slated to open this year in Sequim. An International… Continue reading

Missing link found in Discovery Trail

SEQUIM -- After nearly 10 years of struggle over the "missing mile" in the Olympic Discovery Trail, the Sequim City Council voted 5-1 Monday night… Continue reading

Sequim FFA cow felled by rare disease

SEQUIM -- The death of Momma Cow, a champion Angus cow raised by Sequim High School students, was both shocking and unprecedented, said agricultural science… Continue reading

Sequim police officers hunt for tire slasher

SEQUIM -- Sequim Police Department officers continued to seek a vandal who slashed 10 tires on seven police vehicles last week. The vehicles -- patrol… Continue reading

Don’t call it a meeting: Sequim City Council to ‘team-build’

SEQUIM -- They will meet, but the Sequim City Council members won't call this Friday's get-together a meeting. At least they'd better not, if they… Continue reading

In P.A. and D.C., an ardent celebration of Obama inauguration

As the sun rose on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., a thunderbird and an angel from Neah Bay alighted. These winged creatures came on… Continue reading

Christian camp breaks ground

CARLSBORG -- Crisscrossing lawsuits, water rights questions and the commotion around 350 youngsters might have plowed under Camp King's Way. But after eight years of… Continue reading

King’s ‘Dream 2.0’ explained in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- Early in his talk titled "Find the Martin Luther King Within You," Eric Davis invited a young white man to lie on… Continue reading