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Protest of Border Patrol roadblocks planned in Port Angeles on Saturday

PORT ANGELES -- A small group of people from Port Angeles and Port Townsend hope to start a Peninsula-wide movement this Saturday. The Stop the… Continue reading

Sequim’s top post changes hands today

SEQUIM -- This city has a new manager, though she's not quite physically at her desk. Linda Herzog, until now the interim deputy manager of… Continue reading

Charitable gallery seeks holiday shoppers

CARLSBORG -- Jeff Becker is always on the lookout for art that will make money. Then she can give the proceeds away. For more than… Continue reading

Indoor market to debut in Sequim this weekend

SEQUIM -- Two things will wrap around you like silk and honey this Saturday: the scent of coconut oil and the music of the Port… Continue reading

Costs mount as Sequim seeks permanent city manager

SEQUIM -- Veteran City Council member Walt Schubert hasn't hidden his disgust with what he calls a "dysfunctional" group of elected officials. Back in May… Continue reading

New interim Sequim city manager has experience at other cities

SEQUIM -- Linda Herzog got to be Sequim's interim city manager via dinner at the Olympic Timber House in Quilcene. It seems a friend of… Continue reading

‘Twilight’ has fans beaming on the saga’s home turf

The dancing in the gazebo. The lightning climb to a treetop. And -- sharp gasp here -- the 17-year-old vampire's skin sparkling like a rainbow… Continue reading

‘Twilight’ shines bright where it all began: Port Angeles a cool spot for Twihards

PORT ANGELES -- For three days now, First Street has been the planet's cool, moist place to be for Twilight fans. The fictional vampire Edward… Continue reading

Love story brings family from Las Vegas to North Olympic Peninsula

FORKS -- Rianilee Belles, a native of South Africa who has lived in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, was led to her new hometown by… Continue reading

Peninsula-grown Thanksgiving: Farmers urge purchase of local produce

DUNGENESS -- If you detested Brussels sprouts as a child, Devon Beck has news for you. The little round vegetables are so sweet when they're… Continue reading

Line forms outside theater early for ‘Twilight’ in the land of ‘Twilight’

PORT ANGELES ¬­-- If anybody could stand the rain, it would be this band of 29 Bella Swans and one would-be Edward Cullen. By 12:40… Continue reading

Luscious, but not much rain: ‘Twilight’ movie dazzles Seattle

SEATTLE -- This is some working vacation, I thought: reading a teen novel on the bus to the big city, where I'll get to see… Continue reading

Scenic portion of Olympic Discovery Trail shored up for winter

SEQUIM -- One of the Olympic Discovery Trail's many picturesque legs is shored up just in time for storm season. The section of the bicycling-hiking-equestrian… Continue reading

City manager recruiter to Sequim City Council: Calm down

SEQUIM -- This town could be called "troubled," even "broken," city manager recruiter Greg Prothman told the City Council on Monday morning. By any measure,… Continue reading

‘A whole new era’: Cross-border couples celebrate Obama victory

FORKS -- After being a registered immigrant for 26 years, Brenda Carlsen is thinking about a change. A Canadian who lives and works in Forks,… Continue reading

Growing legacy from land: Developer of 1960s truck farm turns 89

CARLSBORG -- The first line of the story read: "The only commercial truck farm in the Dungeness valley has been developed and is run by… Continue reading

Sequim sales tax measure turns out losing by 61 votes

SEQUIM -- Sales tax in Sequim will not rise after all. A proposition on the Nov. 4 general election ballot asked Sequim residents to hike… Continue reading

Sequim police station to move into ex-restaurant

SEQUIM -- The city police station will nearly double in size and move into the former Danny's restaurant next year. The City Council voted unanimously… Continue reading

Severence pay a deal-breaker among city manager candidates in Sequim

SEQUIM -- "Golden parachutes," among other things, tripped up the City Council as it sought to hire a city manager over the weekend, council member… Continue reading

Interim Sequim city manager’s brain tumor adds to woes in quest for permanent manager

SEQUIM -- Interim City Manager and Police Chief Robert Spinks has been diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma, a non-cancerous tumor on his auditory nerve that… Continue reading