Jeff Chew

Foot ferry sails with high hopes; Kingston success could spill over to Port Townsend {**Gallery, video**]

ABOARD THE SPIRIT OF KINGSTON -- It was fair winds and smooth sailing as the Port of Kingston's passenger ferry glided across Puget Sound with… Continue reading

Some neighbors worried about S’Klallam tribe’s proposed U.S. 101 changes

BLYN -- Proposed changes in access to U.S. Highway 101 have received skeptical reviews from surrounding residents, but the Jamestown S'Klallam tribe's chief operations officer… Continue reading

Ferry harpist to make return appearance at debut of MV Chetzemoka

PORT TOWNSEND -- Celtic harpist David Michael, who performed for 17 years on the Port Townsend-Coupeville ferry route, will make a return performance at the… Continue reading

Olympic Game Farm in Sequim sees rise in visitors (**Gallery**)

SEQUIM -- An aggressive marketing and advertising campaign is paying off for Olympic Game Farm, which is seeing dramatic increases in visitors and profits at… Continue reading

Sequim city manager’s reasons for firing police chief laid out in memo (UPDATED with PDF of the memo)

The Burkett memo is posted at http://issuu.com/peninsuladailynews/docs/council_policechiefmemo07192010 SEQUIM ­-- City Manager Steve Burkett outlined to elected city leaders his specific reasons for asking former Police… Continue reading

Marrowstone couple showcase area talents

SEQUIM -- A Marrowstone Island show business couple see a wealth of talent and a beautiful setting for moviemaking on the North Olympic Peninsula. That's… Continue reading

Mushroom show in Sequim to teach difference between the edible, deadly

SEQUIM -- It's a fabulous fall for fungi, thanks to rainy days, and the Olympic Peninsula Mycological Society's president said Sunday's mushroom show will be… Continue reading

Weekday foot ferry to Seattle launches from Kingston on Monday

KINGSTON -- The Port of Kingston will launch passenger ferry service between Kingston and downtown Seattle on Monday. It will provide two morning and two… Continue reading

Driver who plunged to her death in Dungeness Bay was ill, despondent

DUNGENESS -- A Dungeness-area woman was ill and despondent when she drove off a 30-foot bluff at 90 mph and plunged about 100 yards into… Continue reading

Sequim OKs affordable apartment complex

SEQUIM -- The City Council has approved, in a 4-3 vote, a binding site plan for a 109-unit affordable apartment complex in south Sequim, with… Continue reading

Fields of dreams: Playfield complex in Sequim down to the fundraising

SEQUIM ­-- With major donations of volunteer labor lined up, a group working to build 13 acres of playfields east of the city's Water Reclamation… Continue reading

Carlsborg business puts its stamp on concrete

CARLSBORG -- Colin Hiday got the bug to create with concrete when he was just 12. "I worked for my dad growing up, and I… Continue reading

‘She launched herself about 100 yards’: Cause of fatal crash into bay unknown (**Gallery**)

DUNGENESS -- Investigators had no answers late Thursday as to why a Sequim woman's van had raced over a 30-foot bluff into the shallows of… Continue reading

Breaking news update: Driver dies after van plunges off bluff into Dungeness Bay

DUNGENESS — A Sequim woman was killed today after the van in which she was driving soared over a 30-foot-bluff and plunged into Dungeness Bay.… Continue reading

Sequim Speaks citizens panel rethinking suggested; 2 new members sought

SEQUIM -- Members of Sequim Speaks and city leaders will be taking a second look at the citizens group charged with gathering public opinion about… Continue reading

Sequim’s historic Opera House building getting new lease on life

SEQUIM -- The historic Sequim Opera House is getting a face-lift -- and the commercial complex in which the building sits will get a new… Continue reading

‘I get younger every day, not older,’ says Sequim102-year-old

SEQUIM -- Opal Ward is happy and eager to live another year. Coming from anybody else that might seem unremarkable. Coming from Ward, who on… Continue reading

Sequim Senior Singles going strong at 20th anniversary

SEQUIM -- Twenty years ago in early September, four widows got together to form Sequim Senior Singles. "We thought senior singles will be lonely, and… Continue reading

Would tidal turbines’ electromagnetic fields affect sea life? Sequim lab wants to know

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second part of a two-part series on the Sequim Marine Research Operation for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The first installment… Continue reading

Japanese students visit their sister city of Sequim

SEQUIM -- Two cultures came together once again Friday to celebrate the friendship between Sequim and Shiso City, Japan. City leaders, hosts and an interpreter… Continue reading