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Economic benefits seen from new innovation zone

SEQUIM - An new Innovation Partnership Zone means jobs, higher salaries and a new generation of globally marketed products from Clallam County, said Linda Rotmark,… Continue reading

Two Peninsula projects included in unusual gift catalog

SEQUIM - Surrounded as we are by worthy causes - people in need, a polluted planet, struggling wildlife - one can feel overwhelmed. And at… Continue reading

Sequim City Council political shift on growth gets an early hint

SEQUIM - Pat Johansen hopes the Sequim City Council can slow down and let the town "take a breath." In a short, blunt speech during… Continue reading

Proposed wildlife refuge park, Discovery Trail link off Sequim’s list

SEQUIM - The much-anticipated purchase of a 45-acre city park and wildlife refuge has fallen apart, Sequim Public Works Director James Bay told the Sequim… Continue reading

Teenagers, parents benefit from 2008 Sequim budget

SEQUIM - Teenagers, and possibly their parents fared well when the Sequim City Council adopted a 2008 budget of nearly $20.5 million this week. Councilman… Continue reading

Legal dispute delays Sequim cineplex

SEQUIM - If the Sequim Cinema story were a movie plot, it would twist, turn and stay shrouded in mystery. The coming-soon sign bearing the… Continue reading

Shhhh: Postal carrier plugs in rather than gassing up

SEQUIM - Slide into this driver's seat and see if you don't laugh. Carolyn Triebenbach's new Zenn is a little French car that carries mail… Continue reading

Growing Sequim shopping mecca mellower on first day of holiday period

SEQUIM - The word around this town on Black Friday: Mellow. Compared with the metropolis to the east, that is. Judy Hinrichs came to Sequim… Continue reading

State offices in Forks burn; interim site to open quickly

FORKS - Hot spots were still flaring up Saturday afternoon after a fire destroyed the Department of Social and Health Services building Friday morning. No… Continue reading

150 sit down in Chimacum for annual Thanksgiving community dinner

CHIMACUM - Larry Jones, lap-steel guitarist with the Shameless band and owner of the Lawn & Order gardening firm, spent his Thanksgiving doing something completely… Continue reading

Sequim’s public works director to retire

SEQUIM - On James Bay's watch, Sequim metamorphosed from a sleepy town into a place where new subdivisions, roads and stores spring up like corn-… Continue reading

‘Small-box’ store, church space among Sequim rezoning issues

SEQUIM - More neighborhood - call it small-box - shopping, more apartments, more Christian worship space: The City Council will consider such additions during its… Continue reading

Community reading gets boost in PA

PORT ANGELES - As the long, dark time settles over us, we Northwesterners tend to seek comfort between the covers. Book covers: They hold us… Continue reading

Newcomers bring wind of change to Sequim City Council

SEQUIM - On the Sequim City Council front, it looks like a clean sweep by the newcomers. Three challengers and an outspoken architect were enjoying… Continue reading

Sequim library backers eager to try ballot measure for expansion

SEQUIM - This place is minuscule compared with some other Sequim structures - which is part of the reason why its Friends are raring to… Continue reading

Sequim Irrigation Festival gets a new ‘ride’

SEQUIM - The mission: Keep the Ford station wagon cool. Joe Borden, chairman and mechanic for the Sequim Irrigation Festival, accepted that as he and… Continue reading

Business survey under way in Sequim

SEQUIM - Hattie Dixon hopes it'll be easier this year for eastern Clallam County business people to express themselves. Dixon, president of the Sequim-Dungeness Chamber… Continue reading

Sequim trio seeks to put community-oriented FM station on the air

SEQUIM - Ears on the East End may have a new noncommercial radio station to listen to by next summer. Three Sequim men have applied… Continue reading

Sequim City Council candidate Hays’ style sparks strong feelings, write-in foe

SEQUIM - These two tales of City Council hopeful Ken Hays are as different as they can be. Hays is running unopposed - with a… Continue reading

‘Angry mom’ hopes to take crusade for healthier school food to Olympia

Just before school started, Beth Loveridge began her revolution. As the mother of two teenagers who attend Port Angeles schools, she's been to plenty of… Continue reading