Diane Urbani de la Paz

Elk team wanders around fences, wonders about costs

SEQUIM - These 56 animals continue to grab a lot of attention and government-agency time. The Dungeness herd of Roosevelt elk have escaped a proposal… Continue reading

Lavender fields forever: Web cam to capture soothing sights of Sequim

SEQUIM - They're ramping up the lulling. Lavender, a lighthouse, lovely young ladies - Sequim has them all plus other soothing sights, says this year's… Continue reading

Sequim is Peninsula’s safest place, police chief says

SEQUIM - Police Chief Robert Spinks says he lives and works in the safest place on the Peninsula. He also said the quality of life… Continue reading

Theater of the assured? Sequim troupe looks upward for remodeling help

SEQUIM - The timing is apt, if nerve-wracking. Olympic Theatre Arts, the community theater group whose playhouse was shut down Feb. 28, is preparing to… Continue reading

Giant horsepower fuels dream of farming the old-fashioned way

SEQUIM - These horses and these dreams took more than six years to get here. When you lay eyes on the stallion Starcastle Titan and… Continue reading

Sequim’s off-leash dog park opens

SEQUIM - The dogs showed the humans how it's done. When you go to a gathering, trot up to strangers, introduce yourself, and run around… Continue reading

Dogs finally get their day when off-leash park opens this weekend

SEQUIM - It'll be a grand experiment: a society whose members come in all shapes and sizes, from all walks of life - to stretch,… Continue reading

Bell Creek dream dissolves in Sequim

SEQUIM - It could have been a lot of things: moderately priced housing with offices and shopping within walking distance. But it didn't happen. "Jerry… Continue reading

Sequim cat put down after failing to recover from ailment possibly linked to tainted pet food

SEQUIM - Janice and Mike Littlefield said goodbye to Blue, their sapphire-eyed tabby, on Saturday. Blue, after eating Nutro Natural Choice and Special Kitty -… Continue reading

Drill in Sequim practices response to terrorist attack

SEQUIM - Fir Street in Sequim is supposed to be quiet this week, with the high, middle and elementary schools on spring break. But on… Continue reading

Birdwatchers come from near, far to observe Peninsula’s feathered fauna

DUNGENESS -- They heard it was an "ideal paradise." So Lane and Nancy Lasater came. They saw. They conquered the North Olympic Peninsula's big attractions:… Continue reading

These events this weekend are for the birds

SEQUIM - As people on the North Olympic Peninsula turn their eyes skyward this weekend, Jim Karr hopes they'll also gain a fresh view of… Continue reading

Spath farm in Sequim to be subdivided, but not ‘affordable’

SEQUIM - A 160-lot subdivision on the former Spath farm in eastern Sequim won unanimous approval from the City Council on Monday night, though one… Continue reading

Sequim cat comes home after bout with food-borne illnessÂ

SEQUIM - Blue was drowsy, and "then she started drooling, really bad," said her owner, Janice Littlefield. Last Thursday, the 12-year-old tabby cat's condition worsened;… Continue reading

Sequim’s free-run dog park about to become a reality

SEQUIM - Her name is Rigby, like Eleanor from the Beatles song. She's done some waiting by the window. But she knows, ahh, where all… Continue reading

Can love keep Big Lots? Sequim residents hope store will stay

SEQUIM - When it comes to customer loyalty - no, make that love - this store's the envy of the retail universe. "Big Lots, don't… Continue reading

Hizzoner takes the helm to help demolish old fire hall

Sequim Mayor Walt Schubert got to take the first bite out of Sequim's former fire hall before it was demolished Tuesday. "It was like being… Continue reading

Sequim theater troupe moves ahead as its playhouse is renovated

SEQUIM - As parts of the Olympic Theatre Arts building came down, communication seemed to collapse, too. It was a tragicomic drama, unfolding in the… Continue reading

Springing forward fazes teens, but farmers are indifferent

SEQUIM - During the pre-spring spring forward this past week, some felt a jolt. An act of Congress brought Daylight Saving Time on soon this… Continue reading

Friends of Fields hopes to protect Dungeness Valley dairy

DUNGENESS - People were ready, hungry and willing. They breakfasted on farm-fresh eggs, ham and homemade bread, wrote checks and shelled out bills - all… Continue reading