Jeff Chew

New lavender group works out festival bus stop with Sequim

SEQUIM — The Sequim Lavender Farmers Association has worked out July festival transportation issues with the city and will not pick up passengers for bus… Continue reading

Sequim High School senior has participated in every student film festival

SEQUIM — Senior Amy McAndie is Sequim High School’s only student filmmaker to have participated in Sequim High School’s Student Film Festival since it was… Continue reading

Idea for inflatable ‘bubble’ athletic building for Sequim bursts

SEQUIM — Supporters of a proposal to erect a 40-foot-high inflatable dome-shaped fieldhouse to cover tennis courts at Sequim High School watched Monday night as… Continue reading

Suspect in alleged drug-deal-gone-bad car chase faces misdemeanors

SEQUIM — Charges have been filed in Clallam County District Court against a 29-year-old Sequim man in connection with a wild car chase around the… Continue reading

Man accused in Sequim pit bull attack issued citations

SEQUIM — A man accused of owning two pit bull terriers that attacked and injured a Sequim woman and her chihuahua mix dog has been… Continue reading

Two of three men charged in Sequim car chase

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has filed charges against two of three men involved in a wild car chase through Sequim… Continue reading

Sequim volunteer heads for Japan as part of Rotary ShelterBox team

SEQUIM — Tom Schaafsma, who has been honored as former Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year and a Clallam County Community Service… Continue reading

Racing cars around Sequim was drug deal gone bad, police say

SEQUIM — Three men arrested after a wild car chase through the streets of Sequim on Tuesday that ended in a crash near the high… Continue reading

Car race on Sequim’s busy streets ends in crash; three held

SEQUIM — A car race and chase around Sequim’s busy streets ended in a collision and crash near the athletic fields north of Sequim High… Continue reading

Sequim’s new chamber director welcomed

SEQUIM — Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce representatives and civic and business community leaders jammed into the Sequim Visitor Center late Tuesday afternoon to welcome… Continue reading

Dog a stool pigeon: Deputies collar suspected burglar

DUNGENESS — A whimpering dog turned into a stool pigeon Monday that helped authorities collar a suspected burglar, sheriff’s deputies say. The accused bicycle-riding burglar… Continue reading

Old lead shot poisoned swans, testing shows — but where did it come from?

SEQUIM — Five trumpeter swans found dead in January around the Dungeness Valley were all poisoned by spent lead shot, a state wildlife veterinarian said.… Continue reading

Sequim School Board to reconsider ‘bubble’ tennis building

SEQUIM — A proposal to erect a 40-foot-high inflatable fieldhouse to cover up to six tennis courts on the Sequim High School campus will have… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center union employees plan picket

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center union-represented employees plan to picket the hospital Wednesday, citing hospital officials’ proposed cost increases to health care insurance coverage,… Continue reading

Sequim shuttle’s new route includes Walmart, apartment houses; Saturday service cut

SEQUIM — Mayor Pro Tem Laura Dubois, who frequently takes the Clallam Transit bus to City Hall, said that despite the cut of Saturday service,… Continue reading

Culture, commerce should be focus of Sequim downtown, study says

SEQUIM — Residents want a downtown that centers on culture, commerce and civic life. That is the objective of preliminary recommendations for Sequim’s downtown that… Continue reading

Sequim farmers market prepares for new season

SEQUIM — The Sequim Open Aire Market — which will begin its 15th year in business when it reopens Saturday, May 14 — saw a… Continue reading

New interim choice a candidate for permanent Sequim planning director

SEQUIM — City Manager Steve Burkett has hired a veteran planner in Spokane and Bremerton as interim planning director. Burkett said Monday that Christopher Hugo… Continue reading

Senior power: Sequim City Hall will study safety of intersection near Walmart

SEQUIM — Andy Nilles, backed by 22 other Vintage at Sequim apartment residents, swayed city leaders Monday night to move forward with safety improvements to… Continue reading

Interim city planning director named in Sequim

SEQUIM — City Manager Steve Burkett has hired Christopher Hugo, a veteran planner in Spokane and Bremerton, as interim planning director. Hugo worked for the… Continue reading